Module4ASocialSurvey-MyNeighborhoodTeachingaims:Enablingthestudentsto1.learnmorewordstodescribetheirhomes2.graspthemainideaofthepassageinreadingandvocabulary.Teachingsteps:1.IntroductionVocabularyandwritingBeforeopeningthebooks,thinkabouttheneighbourhoodyoulivein.Trytothinkoutasmanywordsaspossibleaboutbuildings.stone,bricks,high-risebuilding,apartment,floor,storey…Turntopage31.ReadthewordsinActivity1.Nowtellmewhichwordsdoyouusetodescribebuildings?apartment,apartmentblock,five-story,high-risebuilding,floor,stone.2.Readaboutthehomesofthetwostudents.Telluswhichoneismoresimilartoyours.Whatkindofhomedoyoulike?Why?3.Payattentiontothekeylanguagepoints:1)sixteen-year-oldZhangHuaafive-storeyapartmentblockthehouseistwostoreyshigh2)inthesouthofChinainthenortheastofthecity4.Turntopage32.ReadingandVocabulary.Firstlookatthepicture.Doyouknowwherethisplaceis?HaveyoueverbeentoXiamenorhaveyouheardXiamen?Whatdoyouknowaboutit?SupposeIwanttoknowsomethingaboutacity.Whatshouldyoutellmeaboutit?ListentothetapeofthetextandmakeanoteofwhatyouthinkisimportantaboutXiamen.oneofthemostattractive,friendly,themostinterestingcities,theclimate,manytourists,modern,high-risebuildings,harbour,prettyparks,GulangyuIsland,restaurant…5.Readthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions:1.)Whoisvisitingwhosehometown?2.)WheredoesXiaoLilive?3.)What’stheclimate/weatherlikethere?4.)WhichdistrictisthemostinterestingpartofXiamen?5.)WhatisGulangyuIslandlike?6.TrytofinishActivity1andActivity2.Answers:1)a2)b3)bAnswers:1.4.6True,therestarefaulse.7.Readthetextagainandtrytosaysomethingaboutthelivelycity-Xiamen.8.Asksometotellaboutthecitywiththehelpofthisclue.hometown→beautifulcities→friendly→fortunate→climate→apartment→businessdistrict→shoppingmalls→dress→present→harbor→district→island→restaurant.9.Homework:1)Readthepassageseveraltimestogetmorefamiliarwiththeinformationinit.2)Trytoretellaboutthecity.
