Unit 3 How do you get to school? 1st Period (1a---1c) 1. Students review words for different ways of transportation: bike, bus, train, plane, car, ship. 2. Students study new words for different ways of transportation: subway, motorbike 3. Students study expressions how they get to school: by+vehicle ， take+a/the+vehicle. Students learn to talk about how to get to places. How do you get to school? I get to school by bike./ I ride a bike to school. Pattern :take+a/the+vehicle PPT and recording Procedures Step 1 Listen and guess what transportation it is. Students review and study different ways of transportation: car, motor car, bus, train, plane,ship. Step 2 The teacher give an example: I get to school on foot. I walk to school every day. And ask students “How do you get to school?” several students will answer the question and the teacher write their answers on the blackboard. The teacher also helps students to compare: by bike on foot by bus ride a/ the bike walk take the school bus Teaching Aims Teaching Focus Difficult points Teaching Aids Sometimes, “I go to walk by car.” Can you say it in an different way? Ask students to answer: “I drive my car to work.” Step 3 Questions for practicing key structures: (1) How do students in Beijing go to school? (take the subway/ take the bus) (2) How do you get to Xi’an? (take a train) (3) How do you get to London? (fly; take the plane) (4) How do you get to Taiwan? (take the train, fly, take the ship) ?If you use different means of transportations， you can say: I usually..., but sometimes I... 1Step 4 Summary Step 5 Listening:(1b) Students listen to the conversation and take notes about how each of the students gets to school. Students’ name Bob Mary John Paul Yang Lan Jim Step 6 Speaking Four students work in a group to ask each other how they go to Hami City and their parents go to work. Group leaders report how each member go to Hami City, the teacher asks group members to report how their parents get to work. How he/she gets to school 2