By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. use new words and expressions correctly;

2. make notes about the hometown before writing;

3. write about their hometown.

1. New words and phrases: hometown, friendly, raise, grow, wheat, smell, drive, raise cows; grow wheat; smell the flowers

2. New structures: Some families raise cows, and others grow wheat.

               I think it is a wonderful place to live.

1. To make notes about the hometown before writing.

2. To write about the students’ hometown.

1. Memory of Sunshine Town.

T: Hello, boys and girls, today we will learn Task of Unit 3. Do you still remember the hometown of Class 1, Grade 7 students in Sunshine Middle School? Let’s complete the table.

【设计意图：通过回忆有关阳光镇的内容，引出“家乡”这一主题。】

1. John’ notes about his hometown.

T: You really have a good memory. We have learnt something about Neil, one of the exchange students. Today we will meet another exchange student, John. He wanted to make a video about his hometown, so he made some notes about it. Read the notes and try to remember as much information as you can.

2. New words and phrases.

  T: Time is up. John took some photos of his hometown. I’ll show them to you. Can you say something about these photos with the information in his notes?

    Picture 1: raise cows

    Picture 2: grow wheat

    Picture 3: smell flowers

    Picture 4: hear birds sing

3. Make notes.

T: Read Neil’s notes again. We can find that his notes include these pieces of information.

4. Listen and answer.

  T: Before making the video, John wrote a script. Let’s listen to it and answer some questions.

(1) How do people make a living?

(2) What can people do for fun?

(3) What are the people like there?

(4) How do people go around?

5. Different parts of Neil’s script.

T: How many parts can we divide the script into? What does each part talk about?

Part 1 (Introduction): name, greetings.

Part 2 (Main body): my house, things to do, hometown.

Part 3 (Conclusion): opinions, invitation.

T: Can you find the useful expression?

【设计意图：通过不同形式的练习，让学生充分理解文章。】