Step 1. Warming-up

Review the new words and expressions.Read and practise.

Step 2. Lead in

1. Label the pictures with the words and expressions from the box.

    dining hall                           gate                             building                            science lab                      library

     office                                 playground                       sports hall

2. Read Betty’s words, and write her classmates’ names on their desks.

 In the classroom, Daming’s on my right. Gao Yan’s in front of Daming and between Zhao Feng and Li Min. Lingling is behind Zhao Feng.
Step 3. Reading

1. Listen and read the passage again and label the map of the school.

2. Read the passage and answer the questions.

 1)How many buildings are there in the school?

    There are six buildings.
 2) What’s on the right of the library?

    It’s the playground.
 3)What’s in the library?

   There are many books, maps and computers in it.

 4) How many classrooms are there in the  classroom building?

   Twenty-four.
 5) Where are the computer rooms and  science labs?

    They are in the science building.
3. Look at these sentences.

The library is in front of the office building.
— It’s in front of the office building.
— Is the science building behind the library?
— No, it isn’t.
— Are the science labs and computer rooms  in the same building? Yes, they are.
Now answer the questions. Use short forms.

1) —Where’s the playground?
   — It’s in the middle of the school.
2 )— Where are the science labs?
   — They’re in the science building.
3) — Is the library behind the sports hall?
   — No, it isn’t.
Step 4. 当堂检测

根据汉语提示完成单词。

1).We play the basketball in the  _____ (体育馆)?
2). The science _____ (实验室) is next to
    the classrooms.
3). There are _____ (一些) flowers in the garden.
4). — Is there a lab?
    — Yes, there is. It’s a big _______ (建筑物).
5). Are there ___ (一些) students in the classroom?

根据汉语完成句子。

1). 教室在办公室的后面。
     The classrooms are ______ ___ ______.
2). 图书馆挨着科技实验室吗？
    Is the library ____ __ the ______ ____?
3). 我家房子前面有一棵大树。
    There is a big tree __ ____ __ my house.

4). 教室的前面有黑板吗？
     Is there a blackboard __ ___ ____ ___
     the classroom?
5). 办公室在哪里？
     _____ ___ the offices?
Step 5. Homework.

Try to describe your school. You can use the following expressions: 
in the middle of, on the left of,
on the right/left, in front of, next to.