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Unit 3 Lesson 9 Near My Home(第一课时) Lesson Focus • Places, verbs • Talking about places near your home • There be Warm-up Exercise 1 Purpose: to help students know places Bring in two large photos from magazines: one of the countryside, for example, a village or a nature scene; one of a city scene, for example, a playground or a supermarket in the city. Hold up the photo of the countryside and ask "What's this?" Elicit or provide the countryside. Hold up the other photo and ask "What's this?" Elicit or provide the city. Point out that we usually use the article the when talking about the city or the countryside. Direct students to the photos. Ask " Do you go to these places?" Elicit an appropriate response. Ask if they know the names of the places in the photos. Direct students to the Key Words. Say the Key Words aloud, having students repeat after you. Point out that when we say these words, we usually use the article a. Hold up the picture of the countryside and ask students to identify anything they can in the photo. Students may be able to identify a hill or a cottage. Don't worry if students can't identify much or any of the items. Just give them a chance to think about the things they might see in the countryside. Follow the same procedure with the picture of the city. You may also use the Picture Dictionary on page 107, Places, to teach the Key Words. Bring in photos or drawings to illustrate the Key Words. If possible, have two pictures u illustrate each Key Word. Show one of the pictures, for example, forest. Ask "What his place?" Elicit or provide forest. Follow the same procedure with the rest of the Key Words. Go over the answers. Hold up the picture of forest and ask "Do you find a forest in the city or the countryside?" Students will probably say the countryside. Stick the forest picture onto the picture of the countryside using tacky or double-sided tape. If some students say that there are forests in the city, stick the other forest picture on the pi