Introduction

(5 minutes)

1. The whole class work.

2. Group work.

3. Individual work and the whole class work.

1. Focus their attention on the teacher.

2. Do duty report. Work   in groups. Discuss in groups about the traffic rules. Draw them on the paper   and write down the traffic rules. Then some students show your pictures and   share your traffic rules to the whole class.

e.g.

(1)Don’t drive after   drinking.

(2)Don’t drive too fast.

(3)Wear a helmet when   you are riding a bike or a motorbike.

(4)Wait until the light   turn green.

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3. Read the chant in Section C individually. Some students   read the chant to the whole class. After that, the whole class read the chant   given by the teacher.

Stop, look, and listen,

Before you cross the   street,

Use your eyes, use your   ears,

Before you use your feet.

1. Get students ready   for learning.

2. Help the students revise the words and expressions in the last   section.

3.Listen to the students   carefully. Give them a new chant to help them know some traffic rules.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

1. Individual work and pair work.

2.Group work.

1. Look at the pictures and choose the prepositions in “Grammar”   to complete the sentences. After that, check your answers with your partner.

(1)The bank is _______   the post office.

(2)Go _____ Zhongshan Road until to the end. Turn left and go _____ the bridge. The school is on your   right.

(3)The supermarket is   ______ of the Shandong Road and Fujian Road.

(4)The park is ____ the   library and the hospital. You can’t miss it.

2. Work in groups. The teacher shows the pictures about   traffic signs, public facilities and warnings. Then every group try to say   them out as quickly as you can and make sentences with the words. The group   which can answer the most correct answers will be the winner.

e.g.

(1)(Show a picture of “Playing   on the street”.)

Ss:Don’t play on the   street.

(2)(Show a picture of “right   turn”.)

Ss:Turn right here.

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After that, have another   group competition. The teacher shows some pictures about places. Every group   try to say the sentences about how to ask  ways.

e.g.

(1)(Show a picture of a   library.)

Ss:Excuse me, how can I   get to the library?

(2)(Show a picture of a   park.)

Ss:Excuse me, which is   the way to the park?

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1. Make the students revise the prepositions. Check the   answers.

2.Make the students   revise the “Grammar” and “Functions”.

Consolidation  

(10 minutes)

1. Pair work.

1. Look at the map on the screen. Work in pairs. Make up a new   conversation about asking ways and giving directions in pairs. Practice the   conversation with your partner. Then some pairs act out your conversations to   the whole class.

1. Show a map on the   screen. To be a good listener.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1. Individual work, pair work and the whole class work.

2. The whole class work and pair work.

3. The whole class work and individual work.

1. Do Task 1. Look at the two maps in A. Try to describe the routes   from Zhichun Road to the apartment. Then listen to the tape and check the   correct map. Check your answers with your partner.

Listen again and   complete the conversation in B individually. After that, check your answers   with your partner. A pair read the conversation to the whole class to check   the answers. After checking the answers, practice the conversation in pairs.   Some pairs act out the conversation.

2. Do Task 2. Draw a map to show the way from your home to   your school. Then write a passage about how to get to your school. After   that, share your map and passage with your partner. Check the passage with   each other. Some students read your passage to the whole class.

e.g.

This is my home. When I   go to school, first, I need to go along Guangqian Road. Turn right at the   second crossing. Go down Xuncun Road until to the end. The school is on my   left. What about your way to school?

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3.Do Task 3. Talk about   the rules of traffic lights, red-stop, green-go, yellow-wait. Then read the   lyrics in Task 3. Listen to the song and learn to sing this song. The whole   class sing this song together. After that, some students sing the song to the   whole class.

1.Play the tape   recorder. Check the answers. To be a good listener.

2. To be a good listener.

3.Help the students   revise the traffic rules with the help of the English song.

Production

(10 minutes)

1. Group work.

1. Sit in groups of four. Student 1 puts the six places in   A,B,C,D,E and F. Student 2 and student 3 make up a new conversation about   asking ways and giving directions from A to F. Student 4 draws the route with   color pens according to the conversation. Then change roles in groups. Finally,   some pairs act out your conversations to the whole class.

(A: the bank,

B: the post office)

A: Excuse me, where is   the bank?

B:Go along Zhongshan Road until you get to the end. Turn right. It’s on your left. You can’t miss it.

A: Thanks a lot.

B: You’re welcome.

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1. Make the students learn to use what they have learned in   real situations.

2. Assign the homework:

Review the words and   expressions in this topic. Complete the Exercise Book;

Go on writing the   conversations in Project;

Finish Review of Units   5-6.

Teaching reflection：

学生在听力活动、绘画与描述、学唱英文歌以及探究活动中，复习并操练了关于建筑物地理位置的介词、介词短语、有关简单交通规则的英文祈使句表达、问路及指路的表达、交通灯的英文表达等。本话题与学生的生活实际密切相关，因此在学完本话题之后，教师可引导学生继续关注并搜集生活中一些常见的交通标志，并尝试用英语进行交流，然后再带到班级来和同学进行交流。