九年级英语全册 Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are Period 3 ReadingSpeaking and Writing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 3: Reading, Speaking and Writing
(They’re all at the mall.)
Objectives
● To learn to understand and use indirect questions
● To read, speak and write asking for information politely
Procedures
■ Warming up by learning to use “mall” to make sentences
Hello, class. Do you know what a mall is?
It is a business center, usually including restaurants and a convenient parking area. It is a modern version of the traditional marketplace.
Now let’s make sentences with “mall”.
Sentences with “mall”
1. They spent their weekends at the local malls" 他们在附近的购物中心过周末。
2. I saw all manner of people at the mall. 我在购物中心看到各种各样的人。
3. Patty and her children arrive at the mall. 帕蒂和孩子们到达商场。
4. They often go to the shopping mall nearby. 他们常去附近的购物中心。
5. Are you at the location next to the mall? 你们位在大型百货商场旁吗？
6. Where is the biggest shopping mall in this town? 这市镇最大的购物中心在哪里？
7. How many bus stops are there before the shopping mall? 有多少个站才到购物中心呢？
3a Reading and listing
On page 88 is an article about going to a mall. Now read it to list the advantages and disadvantages of going to a mall. While reading try to cut/ the sentence into thought groups, study all the predicates, circle all the linking words and underline all the expressions. That’s grammar study, in deed.
Advantages
disadvantages
There’s always something happening.
The air isn’t fresh.
There are a lot of free concerts there.
It’s usually crowded.
It’s also just fun to watch people.
when I go into stores I always spend too much money！
I like to go in the music store and listen to CDs.

I like to look at books in the bookstore.

Copy all the expressions in your notebook.
Useful expressions from the conversation
all at the mall, after school, go to the mall, talk to …about why …, go to the mall, hang out there, prefer being outside, be usually crowded, free concerts, It’s also just fun to …, watch people, go in the music store, listen to CDs, look at books in the bookstore, go into stores
Rewrite it! (改写)
They’re all at the mall.
After school, a lot of young people go to the mall. They go to the mall because their friends hang out there. Li Hong doesn’t really like the mall. The air isn’t fresh. She prefers being outside. Also, it’s usually crowded. Wang Qiang loves the mall because there’s always something happening. There are a lot of free concerts there. It’s also just fun for him to watch people. As for me, I like the mall, too. I like to go in the music store and listen to CDs. I also like to look at books in the bookstore.
3b Grouping and speaking
Where do you usually hang out with friends? What are the advantages and disadvantages of hanging out at your house, at a mall or at your school? Now in groups talk about them.
A: Where do you usually hang out with your friends?
B: We usually go to my friend, Qiu’s place.
A: Is that a good place to hang out?
B: Well, it has advantages and disadvantages. It’s kind of small. But Qiu’s mom is a wonderful cook, so we always have great snacks.
A: Where do you usually hang out with your friends?
B: We usually go to the bookstore.
A: Is that a good place to hang out?
B: Well, it has advantages and disadvantages. It’s very big and the air is fresh, too. And we can just read books there. We don’t have to buy books. So we always have a good time there.
A: Where do you usually hang out with your friends at weekends?
B: I usually stay at home.
A: Is that a good place to hang out for the weekends?
B: Well, it has advantages and disadvantages. My room is kind of small. But I have a computer there. I go online reading and watching. It is a wonderful place. So I always hang in at home.
4. Thinking and writing
Now we are going to challenge one another. Write directions from your school to three certain places. Read the directions to each other and guess the places.
A: Go out the front door and take a right. Walk about three blocks. Go past the park, and turn left onto Oak Street. Then it is the…?
B: Then it is the bookstore.
A: Go out the back door and take a left. Walk about two blocks. Go past the post office, and turn right onto Chang An Street. Then it is the…?
B: Then it is the Teachers College.
A: Go out the side door and take a right. Walk about three blocks. Go past the bus station, and turn left onto Flag Street. Then it is the…?
B: Then it is the lake.