it? （出示带四个方位词的中国地图）This is Xinjiang. It's here. It's in the west of China. (通过肢体语言引导学生回答)--进一步操练方位：And where is Beijing? -north. Where is Shandong( Shouguang)?-east.

　　T: Now boys and girls. We know Lingling went to Xinjiang. (PPT 出示问题)

　　1) When did Lingling go to Xinjiang?

　　2) Why did she go there?

　　 Read your book and find out the answers. You can talk about the questions with your partner.

　　S1: (Lingling went to Xinjiang) last year.

　　(教师评价) Quite right! Why?

　　S2: Because her grandma lives there.

　　T:(教师评价) Great! You've got it.

　　【设计意图】用图片和提供的问题搭建语言支架，让学生更容易获取文本中的信息，为后面对文本的深度把握做好铺垫。

　　 Q3: Who did she go there with? Now read again and answer.

　　T: How do you know? Yes. Lingling and her parents stayed there for two weeks. Now, take out your pen. Underline this sentence.

　　借助日历和手势学习week--two weeks;

What's the meaning of 'stay' here? Can you guess?