AroundOurSchool.doc

Around Our School
I. Warming up activity
A song: Big Big World
In this part, the students are going to listen to and sing along with an English song “Big Big World”.
 (T: Wow, we live in a big big world. There are many different places in this big big world.
And there are many different sounds in the places. Now we are going to listen to the tape and can you find out what these places are? )
II. Lead-in
1. Listen to the tape and guess the places.
(T: You know the places very well. Do you know the places around your school very well?  Can you tell the teachers and me  what’s around your school? )
There is/ are  … -- On the BB
2. What’s around your school?
III. Presentation
A story line is imaged for the following language points to be input and also for the students to practice them.
flat
café
in the north / south/ east/ west of …
has got a population of …
… one of …s
(T There are a lot flats around the school. In America, people call it apartment. Do you live in a house or in a flat? )
flat – On the BB
(T: There is a lake near your school too. It’s called the West Lake. And there are a lot of cafes near the lake. What can people do in a cafe?)
cafe – On the BB
(T: Why is the West Lake called the West Lake?)
–  Because it is in the west of Hangzhou.
in the … of – On the BB
(T: Where is Hangzhou in Zhejiang?)
– It’s in the north of Zhejiang.
(T: Where is Zhejiang in China?)
– It’s in the south of China
(T: China is a big country. There are a lot of people. The number is 1,300,000,000
China has got a population of one billion three hundred million. )
has got a population of … On the BB
(T: What a bout Zhejiang? ) See PPT
(T: What about Hangzhou? ) See PPT
(T: Hangzhou is one of the most beautiful cities in China. )
one of … s – On the BB
(T: What about Jianlan? ) See PPT
(T: What about Class Seven?) See PPT
IV. Reading
Prediction before reading: Anne from Wales wants to find a pen pal in your class. She has sent us a letter. What might she write in her letter?
1. Read for the first time: What did Anne talk about in her letter?
2. Read for the second time: Complete the jigsaw puzzle and give the reason why.
(T: Class Seven is the Heaven！You are so good that even some foreigners would like to make friends with you. Anne, is a girl from Wales, the UK. Wales is one of the four parts in the UK. She plans to study in China. She wants to find a pen pal in your class.  She wrote you a letter.)  （Show the letter）
(T: What might she write in her letter?)
She might write … On the PPT (Take down what the students come up with)
(T: Now let’s read the letter. What did she talk about in her letter?) （While reading, skip to the next ppt）
(T: Together with the letter, she also sent us a jigsaw puzzle. Let’s work in pairs and put the pieces into the right places. )
1 is the Teacher’s House
2 is the school.
3 is the park.
4 is the swimming pool.
(T: Can you tell us why you put the piece in the place? )
V. Brainstorming
(T: We know her town and school now. What does she want to know about us? – Our town and school too. What else might she want to know?)
What else might she want to know about? – On the BB (Take down what the students come up with)
VI. Dialogue time:
The students are going to make up a dialogue between a child and a parent about the letter the child received.
(T: You are very excited, aren’t you? Now you are going to share this with your parent. What are you going to tell him or her? Would you please work in pairs: a dialogue between you and your parent. Take your work sheet please. )

VII. Letter writing and map designing.
Four students are in a group. They are going to write Anne a letter back about our town and our school.
? A + B? make a map of the school and its neighborhood, and one of them is going to show and point out the places while C/D is reading out the letter
? C + D? write a letter to Anne on behalf of the group, and one of them is going to read out the letter
(T: Well you and your parent go on discussing. Finally you have got an idea. You are going to send her a map and a letter too. You invite two friends to help make the map. Your parent and you are working on the letter. Student A and B are friends. You make the map about your school neighborhood. Student C and D you are going on discussing and finally, the child is going to read out the letter. )
VIII. Homework:
Polish the project and send them to our blog . Anne is going to read them.