Listen and imitate 

Section A, 2a. Revise what the things are. Play the tape for students and let them number them.

Section A, 2b. Play the tape again, students number the things [1-6] in the picture.

Imitate the dialogues.

Step Three

A guessing game A guessing

game. Show the students a picture of a room with a few things in it.

Have them guess the places of the other things.

e.g.: T: There is a bookcase in it. Is the bookcase near the bed?

Ss: Yes, it is. / No, it isn' t.

Write the general question and the answers on the blackboard.

Step Four

Pairwork

Section A, 2c. Look at the picture in 2b again. Students use general questions to ask

and answer about the things in it.

Step Five

Game: Find the difference

SectionA, 4. Student A looks at Picture 1 ( Textbook P21 4), Student Blooks at Picture 2 ( Textbook P19, 1a). Ask and answer in pairs and fill in the form.

e.g.: SA: Where is the backpack? Is it under the table?

SB: No, it isn' t. It' s on the table.

Things Picture 1 Picture 2under the table on the table pencil case books

keys dog Ask some students to report their answer like this: In Picture 1, the pencil case is ...In

Picture

2, the pencil case is...; In Picture1, the books are...In Picture 2, the books are...

设计意图：设置任务，通过对比的方式让学生理解方位介词。利用表格直观体现出两幅图的不同点，再将它的不同点复述出来，其目的在于培养学生的语言组织能力。

作用运用：

Listing & comparing

Step Six

Practice the drill Where is / are...?"

5Present short dialogues, using pictures or objects to help.

Dialogue 1' s my bag?

B: I don' t know. Is it on the sofa?

A: No, it isn' t. Dialogue 2:

A: Where'

re my books?

B: Idon't know. Are they on the bed?

A: Yes, they are. Teach "don' t =do not", " know". 

Check the homework in Period One. Make reports to share the information they got

from the friends or teachers, and give their simply assessment.设计意图：话题由课本知识向实际生活延伸，体现语言的语用原则。

Let the students make similar dialogues according to the pictures in Section A, 3a&3c.