九年级英语全册 Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are Period 5 ReadingWriting and Speaking教案 （新版）人教新目标版-（新版）人教新目标版初中九年级全册英语教案.doc

Unit 3: Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?Period 5: Reading, Writing and Speaking (Eat, have fun and learn in Watertown!)Objectives To learn to understand and use indirect questions To read, write and speak asking for information politely ProceduresWarming up by looking and sayingHello, class. Do you like to travel? Look at the photo and say something about it.This is a watertown in south China. It was built around 1,700 years ago. It lies to the south of the Yangtze River. The watertown is easy to get to because it is only one hour by bus from Shanghai.This watertown has many places of interest for the eyes. There are many Ming and Qing buildings, old stone bridges and small streets.To visit a watertown, please go to page 90. 3a Reading and fillingGo to page 90, please. While reading, try to cut/ the sentence into thought groups, study all the predicates, circle all the linking words and underline all the expressions. Thats grammar study, in deed.After reading fill in the chart on page 90 on the right.KidsTeenagersParentsEatUncle BobsFarmers MarketHave funClown City CafWater slidesDance lessonsLearnScience MuseumSports MuseumHistory MuseumUseful expressions from the conversationshave fun, a great place, take a vacation, visit the worlds largest water slides, eat at Uncle Bobs, a different rock band, play at Uncle Bobs, enjoy the Clown City Caf, organize games, dress up as clown, love good food, delicious and cheap, take the dance lessons on the beach, spend many happy hours walking throughNow read the text again to turn it into a conversation.3b Reading and completing On page 90 is an unfinished tour guide to Sunville. Now turn back to 2a and 2b for information to finish it. SUNVILLE has something for everyone. If youre looking for museums, you will find several here. History museums are fascinating to parents. But kids may find them boring. In a science museum you can learn lots of things. Childrens museums are more fun. An art museum is interesting to people who like arts. If you go to the computer museum you will find a lot of fun things for children there. They can learn all about the history of computers, as well as learn about science. IN SUNVILLE there are a lot of good restaurants, too. They are nice places to eat. You can find vegetarian food and meats, too. Green Land offers delicious salads. Public restrooms around SUNVILLE are clean and beautiful. Youll find some easily at the corner of Market and Middle Streets.3c Write a guide to your city or townMY HOMETOWN: TAIYUANTaiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, lies in the north part of Middle Jin and crosses the River Fen. The city area has three parts, one smaller city and five counties. The history of the city can go back to over 2,400 years ago. It was set up in 497 BC, the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and was named Jinyang, the northern bank of the Jin River. In Chinese, the northern bank of waters is called yang. In 982, Song Taizong, Zhao Kuangyi, the second emperor of the Song Dynasty burned and flooded Jinyuan City. After that, he ordered one of the officials, Pan Mei to build Taiyuan City in Tangming Town, north of Jinyuan City. Thus, came the present Taiyuan City. Taiyuan, in Chinese, means the greatest plain. In fact, around it there are many high mountains and hilly areas. Only one-fifth of the whole area is plains. Taiyuan has coal and iron, so it has the name, the home of coal and iron. Taiyuan is nice in climate. It is not dry and cold in winter, not hot and rainy in summer, not dusty and windy in spring. But it is cool and comfortable in autumn. 4 Grouping and speakingOne of the group members is to role play the information booth worker, and the others are the tourists. The tourists are asking about your city.Tourist: What is Taiyuan?Information booth worker: It is the capital city of Shanxi Province.Tourist: Where is Taiyuan?Information booth worker: It lies in the north basin of Middle Jin (Jin is another name for Shanxi Province) and crosses the River Fen. Tourist: How many districts are there in Taiyuan?Information booth worker: The city area administers three districts, one subdivided city and five counties. Tourist: How old is the city?Information booth worker: The history of the city is as old as 2,400 years. It was established in 497 BC, the end of the Spring and Autumn Period (the slavery Period in China). What was its old name?Tourist: Information booth worker: It was named Jinyang, the northern bank of the Jin River. In Chinese, the northern bank of waters is called yang.