2．Ask one or two students to talk about their family locations in class, the other students draw maps of their families．

1．Let students show the maps of their family houses．

Then tell their partners where they live．

2．Play it again．This time draw a map of Michele’s neighborhood in the box．

Step 5 　Pair work

1．Play the recording the first time, ask students to circle the places they hear in 1a．

Check answer．(shorten)

2．Section B 1a

Read the words aloud．

Say each word's meaning．

Then ask students to match each word or phrase on the list with one of the pictures．

Step 3　 Practice

Section B 1b

First, read the dialogue together．

Second, work in pairs according to the model．

Ask some students to present their dialogues for the class．

Step 4 　Listening

1．Teach the following description words by the picture of Section B 1a．

big / small, clean / dirty, busy / quiet / noisy, new / old

2．Make sure they can use these phrase correctly．

go / walk straight, turn left / right, on the right / left

Step 2　 Presentation

1．Revise the conversation of Section A 3a

2．Make a sentence．

(1)the, neighborhood, is, a, post, office, in, there

__________________________________________________?

(2)next, the, to, it, is, library

____________________________________________?

(3)bank, is, a, pay, there, the, park, between, phone, and, the

________________________________________________________?

Teaching note after class:

Period Four (pp10-11)

Step 1　 Revision

1．Complete the conversation

A: Excuse me, Is there a bank ____(1)the neighborhood?

B: Yes．Just _____(2)straight and ______(3)left．It's down the Second Avenue _____(4)the right．It's next _____ (5)a post office．

A: ____(6)there a supermarket near it?

B: Yes．It's _____(7)from the bank．

A: Thank you very much．

B: You're ______(8)