Introduction

(5 minutes)

1. The whole class work.

2. Individual work and pair work.

3. Pair work.

4. Group work.

1. Focus their attention on the teacher.

2. Do duty report.

Take a picture of your   home. Then show it to your partner. Try to describe it to your partner, using   the expressions and phrases in Topic 1. Write a passage to describe it.

e.g.

This is my home. There   is an apple tree in the center of the yard. On the left of the yard, there is   a bathroom. On the right of the yard, there is a kitchen and a dining room.

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3.Take out your home   pictures. Ask and answer questions with each other.

A: What are there in   your home?

B:There are three   bedrooms, two bathrooms and a study in my home.

A: Do you love your   home?

B: Yes.

A: Why?

B: Because it’s large   and nice.

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4. Sit in groups of five. Add words to the sentence like   below.

e.g.

A: There is a desk in my   bedroom.

B: There is a desk and a   chair in my bedroom.

C: There is a desk, a   chair and a bed in my bedroom.

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1.Get students ready for   learning.

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

3.Help the students   revise words and expressions in the last topic.

4.Make the students   revise “there be” structure.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

1. The whole class work and individual work.

2. Individual work and pair work.

1. Look at the pictures   in 1b. Learn the new words about different kinds of homes with the help of   the pictures, apartment building, farmhouse, townhouse, country, live   with, look for.

T: Look at Picture 1.   What can you see?

S1: A building...

T:Yes. It’s an apartment   building. Do you live in an apartment building?

S1: Yes, I do.

T: Now look at Picture   2. What can you see?

S2:A house in the   country.

T:Good. It’s farmhouse.   Do your grandparents live in a farmhouse in the country?

S2: No. They live with   us in an apartment.

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2. Look at the picture in 1a. Try to predict what the conversation may be about in 1a. Then listen to the tape of 1a and match the buildings with the people in 1b individually. Then check your answers with your partner.

After that, make up new   sentences according to the picture in 1a.

e.g.

Wang Wei lives in a   townhouse with two floors.

His grandparents live in   a big farmhouse in the country.

Kangkang lives in an   apartment. There are seven floors in his apartment building. Michael is   looking for an apartment.

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1. Present new words of   different kinds of  homes with the help of the flashcards and pictures.

2.Play the tape recorder   and check the answers.

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

1. Pair work.

1. Read 1a after the tape. Practice the conversation in pairs. Some pairs act out the conversation to the whole class.

Ask and answer questions   according to 1a.

A: What kind of home   does Wang Wei live in?

B:He lives in a   townhouse with two floors.

A: Does he live with his   grandparents?

B: No, they live in a   big farmhouse in the country.

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

Practice

(10 minutes)

1. Pair work.

2. Individual work and pair work.

3. Individual work and pair work.

4. Group work and the   whole class work.

5.Individual work.

1. Do 1c. After practicing the conversation in 1a, make up a new conversation with your partner. Then practice in pairs. Some pairs act out the conversation to the whole class.

2. Do 2. Look at an ad. about room renting. Find what may be   talked about in an renting ad, the kinds of home, the price, the places,   how many rooms and so on.

Read the questions and   answers in 2. Predict what the conversation may be about in 2. Then listen to   the tape and choose the correct answers. Check your answers with your   partner.

3. Do 3a. Read the sentences in 3a. Then scan the ads on the bulletin board and complete the sentences individually. Then check the answers with your partner.

4. Do 4a. Divide the class into four groups. Each group reads one group of words. Discuss in groups and find the rules  of sounds about o,   o+st/ld, oa, h by themselves. Then one student in each group reads out   the sound and teaches the sound to the whole class. Then the whole class   listen to the tape recorder and check the sounds. Read the sounds and words   aloud after the tape.

5. Do 4b. Read the words in 4b by yourself. Then listen to the   tape, check your answers and repeat after the tape.

1.To be a good listener.  

2. Help students learn to predict before listening.

3. Learn to get information from ads.

4. Make the students learn the sounds in group work by   themselves.

5.Make the students   learn to read the words with the help of sounds. Play the tape recorder.   Check the answers.

Production

(10 minutes)

1. Group work and individual work.

1.Sit in groups. Suppose   you want to rent a house from/to others. Discuss how to write an ad and then   write it down. After that, show your ads to the whole class.

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

2. Assign the homework:

Review the words and   practice the conversations in Section A with your partner;

Go on making ads about   renting a house from/to others with your partners. Then report it to the   class next day;

Preview Section B.

Teaching reflection：

在本课中，学生学会了许多不同类型的房屋的表达，这些房屋有的在我们身边随处可见，比如公寓房、农舍等。因此教师可引导学生观察身边的房屋类型，可以用画画或者拍照的方式，带到课堂上来展示，加深学生对房屋类型的掌握。但是townhouse —“排房”在我们中国就较为罕见，因此教师可引导学生到网络上去搜索、了解更多关于国外“排房”的信息，拓宽学生的视野，同时也进行跨文化的渗透教育。