Introduction

(5 minutes)

1. The whole class work.

2.Individual work and pair   work.

3. Group work.

1. Focus your attention on the teacher.

2.Do duty report. Draw a   picture of your community. Then draw up a frame about your community. Discuss   your community with your partner. Then write a passage to describe your   community. After that, check your passage with your partner.

e.g.

Frame

What’s in the community?

(1)Many people:   teachers, doctors, officers and so on;

(2)A lot of  tall   buildings: school, library, post office...

(3)Community service   center;

...

Passage

   My name is   Johnson. I live in Meishancun. It’s a big community. It’s like a big family.   Many doctors, teachers and officers live here.

...

3.Sit in groups. Discuss   the words about facilities and places around you. Then one student tells them to the whole class.

1.Get students ready for   learning.

2.Help the students   learn to express correctly.

3.Help the students to   revise the words about facilities and places.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

1. Individual work and pair work.

2. Group work.

1. Read through Sections A~C. Fill in the blanks in    “Grammar” and “Functions” individually. Then check the answers with your   partner.

2. Sit in groups.  Look at the teacher’s picture about   community. Try to describe it in groups, using “there be” structure in   “Grammar”. Then some students report to the whole class.

1. Help the students revise the words, phrases and functions   in this topic.

2.Help the students   revise “there be” structure in oral work.

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

1. Pair work.

1.Make up new   conversations about asking and offering help in “Functions”. Practice in   pairs. Then some pairs act out your new conversations to the whole class.

e.g.

A: Excuse me, I am new   here.

B: Hello. Would you like   me to help you?

A:Yes, thanks. Can you   tell me where I can buy some fruits?

B:Yes, of course. You   can ...

1.Make the students use   the function sentences in real conversation.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1. Individual work and pair work.

2. Individual work, pair work and group work.

3.Individual work and   pair work.

4. Group work.

1. Do Task 1. Read the statements in Task 1. Predict the   listening material before listening.

Listen to the tape.   Choose the correct answers in Task 1 individually. Then check the answers   with your partner.

Listen again and try to   fill in the blanks.

e.g.

My name is Bob. I come   from _______. Now I live in a small ________ in Beijing. My favorite room is   the ______. It’s on the ______ floor. My sister and I often _____ ______ in   the study when my mother is _____. In the evening, we _____ _____ in the   living room. I have a pet _____. It sleeps in the garden.

Then check the answers   with your partner.

2. Do Task 2a.  Look at the picture in 2a. Learn some new words, move, noisy, traffic, cost, miss, fresh while talking about the pictures.

e.g.

T: What can you see in   Picture 1?

S: A lot of cars.

T: Yes, you are right.   The traffic is heavy in the city. And it’s noisy,   because lots of people like to move to the cities.

What can you see in   Picture 2?

S: A countryside.

T: Yes, you are right.   It’s a quiet countryside. The air there is quite fresh.

...

Work in groups. Talk   about the differences between the city and the countryside. Fill in the form   with your group members.

3. Read 2a. Write down the main idea of this passage. Check your answers about the differences between the city and the   countryside. Read again and list the key words or phrases in 2b. Check your   answers with your partner.

4. Work in groups. Discuss with your group members about your   opinions of living in a city or the countryside. After that, write a passage   about your ideas and try to use the words in 2b. Share your passages with   your group members.

1. Play the tape recorder. Check the answers.

2. Make the students learn some new words and get ready for   the reading work.

3. Make the students learn to summarize the main idea of the   reading passage. Check the answers.

4. Make the students   learn to use what they have learned in oral and written work.

Production

(10 minutes)

1. Group work.

1. Sit in groups. Collect words about rooms and furniture in   homes. Complete the table in Project.

Discuss in groups and   design your ideal home with your group members. Draw a picture of it.

Write down a passage to   describe your ideal home.

Some groups show your   pictures and passages to the whole class:

In our ideal room, there   will be three bedrooms, one is a study and the other two will be bedrooms.

...

1. Help the students to   use what they have learned in this topic to output information .

2.Assign the homework:

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

Go on writing the   passage to report your ideal homes;

Preview Topic 3 Section   A.

Teaching reflection：

    在本课中，学生结合听力训练、阅读理解、小组综合探究等活动，复习和巩固there be句型及本话题所学的谈论住房类型和邻里关系的功能表达。在本课的探究活动中，教师除了引导学生做小组综合探究活动之外，还可以渗透一些跨文化意识的教育，比如“关于英语国家的社区和中国的社区”的背景知识介绍等，拓宽学生的知识面，加强他们对外国文化的了解。