Unit 11 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
The First Period
Ⅰ．Teaching Aims and Demands
1．Knowledge Objects（1）Key Vocabulary: restroom, shampoo, stamp，escalator, furniture, exchange money, elevator
（2）Target Language: Excuse me．Can you please tell me where I can get a dictionary? Sure．There’s a bookstore on River Road．
Excuse me．Do you know where I can exchange money?
Sure．There’s a bank on the second floor．Take the escalator to the second floor and turn right．The bank is next to the bookstore．
2．Ability Objects: 1）Train students’ listening ability．
（2）Train students’ communicative competence．
3．Moral Objects
If someone asks you how to get to the place he wants to go to, you should tell him the way correctly．
Ⅱ．Teaching Key Points
1．Key Vocabulary
exchange money
2．Target Language
Excuse me．Do you know where I can exchange money?
Sure．There’s a bank on the second floor．
3．Structures
Do you know where I can buy shampoo?
Could you tell me how to get to the post office?
Can you please tell me where I can get a dictionary?
Ⅲ．Teaching Difficult Points
1．Indirect questions．
2．How to improve students’ listening ability．
Teaching
Step 1: Revision
T: You’re new to this school．You need to know where the main office is．How can you ask where the main office is?
S1: Where’s the main office?
T: That’s one way to ask．But there is a more polite way you can ask．You can say, "Can you tell me where the main office is?" Class repeat．Can you tell me where the main office is?
S s: Can you tell me where the main office is?
T: That’s correct．Now let’s practice with other places.
Step Ⅱ1a
Go through the instructions with the class．
Read the list of things to the class．To review the meaning of each item on the list, invite different students to say each phrase in their own words．
Then ask：Ask a student: What kind of place is this? What do they sell there? Do we have one in our community? What is the name of the one in our community?
While students are working, move around the room offering help as necessary．
Step Ⅲ1b
Read the instructions to students．Point out the two conversations that are shown in the picture．As you listen, fill in the blanks with words you hear in the recording．
Play the recording the first time．Students only listen．
Play the recording a second time．This time ask them to fill in the blanks with the words you hear．Check the answers with the whole class．
Step Ⅳ1c
Read the instructions to the class．
Point out the list of things people need and the pictures of the places in activity 1a．Say．Look at activity la．Have a conversation with a partner．Ask your parter politely where you can do these thing and then answer your partner’s questions．
As students work, listen to some pairs in order to check the progress and help with pronunciation as needed．
After students have had a chance to practise several exchanges, ask some pairs to come to the front of the classroom and act out their conversations．
StepV 2a
Read the instructions and point to the list of directions．
Get students to name the items in the picture such as escalator, elevator, shoe store, and so on．Play the recording．Students only listen．
Tell them that the picture may help them understand what they are hearing．
Play the recording again．This time ask students to write a number next to four of the directions．Check the answers with the whole class．
StepVI 2b
Point to the picture．Say, now you will hear the recording again．This time show where the boy went as he followed the directions to the drug store．Draw a line on the picture in your book．Play the recording again and ask students to draw the line on their own．Check the answer with the class．
StepVII 2c
Ask a pair of students to read the sample conversation aloud to the class．
Read the instructions aloud．Say．Make conversations using information about the places in the picture with your partners．
As students work, move around the classroom checking the progress of the pairs and offering help as needed．
Ask one or two pairs to say their conversations to the class．Ask the rest of the class to look at the picture as they listen．
Step ⅤIII Homework
Ask the students to write three sentences with the starters of the structures．。