Unit 4 Where’s my backpack?
1.About the teaching material
The main content of this unit is to talk about “Things around the house” and learn to inquiry “the location of objects”. Make Ss learn basic sentence patterns “Where’s my backpack? It’s under the chair.” At the same time, guide Ss to adopt the studying strategies of listening for key words, inferring vocabulary and role playing to learn to use the preposition of place on, in, under, behind, next to express the location of objects. Complete the dialogue through listening to the key words. Learn to guess the correct spelling forms of the words according to rearrangement. Learn new sentence patterns by using cartoon.
2.Aims
1)aims of ability
Ss may show their desire skillfully in the situation designed by teacher. From the functional item practice, Ss may apply them in the real communication. Improve their listening ability as well.
2)aims of skill
Some nouns about furniture as table, dresser, bookcase, sofa, chair, drawer, daily use things as plant, CD, alarm clock, video tape, hat; some prepositions of place on, in, under, behind etc; where questions to ask the location of objects.
3)aims of emotions
Make Ss have interest and the desire of learning English, and happy to participate in various English practices. Make Ss help each other in groups and cooperateactively with others to complete learning task. Help Ss set up long-range ideals.
3.Teaching steps
Period One: SectionA 1a-----1c
Period Two: SectionA 2a-----3c
Period Three SectionA 4-------SectionB 1c
Period Four SectionB 2a------3c
Period Five SectionB 4-------Self-check

Period 1 (Section A 1a～1c)
•Sub Topic: Talk about the room
•Language focus: Talk about where the things are
•Vocabulary: bookcase, sofa, chair, backpack, books, keys, baseball, drawer, plant, in, on, under
•Language Structure: There is / are …
Where is…? It’s on / in / under…
Where are…? They’re in /on / under…
•Tasks: Listening, Designing & Making a survey
Teaching procedures:
Greetings
Step 1 Warming up
•Learn the new words in ,on , under, near by helping the teacher find out the things she lost.
1. T: Where is my English book?
S: It’s here.
T: Oh, it’s on the desk.
2. T: Where are my keys ?
S: They’re under your book.
3. T: Where is my dictionary ?
S: It’s in the backpack.
•Look for things.
The students hide and look for the things in groups. They can give the others some clues.
For example:
This is my book.. It’s on the second desk.
Step 2: New words learning
•Show the students three pictures of rooms ( bedroom, sitting room, study)
Bedroom

Sitting room

Study

•Group work:
The students choose one of the three pictures and list the things they may think the room has.
•Class work: (sharing the ideas in class)
Ask the groups to share their ideas with the class. Meantime they can teach the new words.
Where is …… ? It’s ……
Where are …… ? They are…
Step 3: Activities
•Match the words with the pictures. (SectionA 1a)
•List and number the things in the pictures when you hear them. (SectionA 1b)
•Pair work:
Talk about the pictures in the textbooks and make their own conversation.
•Game: challenge your memory
Step 4: listen and read
Homework: Make a survey Interview a student / a teacher and fill in the forms
Period 2 (Section A 2a～3c)
•Sub Topic: Talk about the room
•Language focus: Talk about where the things are
•Recycled language: There is /are…
Where is …? It’s on /in /under…
Where are …? They’re in /on/under…
•language Structure: Is the book / Are the books on the desk?
Yes,… / No,… / I don’t know.
•Tasks: Listening & Making a survey
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