Unit3TravelJournal单元教案

　　period 1: a sample lesson plan for reading(journey down the mekong)aimsto talk about travelingto read about travelingprocedures i. warming up1. warming up by discussinggood morning, class. do you like traveling? why do you like traveling? and why not? where have you ever been before? how did you get there? if you are given a chance to travel around the world, what kind of transportations will you use and why? now look at the following pictures and discuss it in pairs. name of the transportationsmeans of transportationreasons by car (in a car)by bikeby plane (by air)by train ( on a train)by bus ( on a bus)by ship (by water or by boat)in a hot balloonby motorbike (on a motorbike)by jeepby truckin a plate2. warming up by looking and speakingnow boys and girls, what do you need to take with you if you are preparing for a bike trip along the changjiang river? look at the pictures and tell the whole class which object you think is the most useful and which one is the least useful. give a reason why you think so.3. warming up by asking and answeringnow suppose you live in qinghai. you plan to spend a holiday with a friend somewhere in southeast asia. you have been given a chance to choose three places to visit. please find out the one-way fare to get there for different kinds of transportation. perhaps you may not know the exact fare, but you can guess how much the fare is. please have a short discussion with your partners and then decide where to go. ok, now i’d like you to ask your partner the following questions.1. where are you going on holiday? 2. when are you leaving? 3. how are you going to…? 4. when are you arriving in/at…? 5. where are you staying? 6. how long are you staying there? 7. when are you coming back?ii. pre-reading1. imaging and sharingdo you like traveling along a river, a great river? what role does a river play in people’s life? in other words, how do people who live along a river use it?the suggested answers:people can drink the water in a river or wash their clothes.people can swim in a river in summer.people can use a river to irrigate their fields.people can use a river to produce electricity.people can travel along a river.2. talking and sharingas we all know, there are a lot of rivers in the world and also there are many great rivers. now look at the chart. in the left column are names of some great rivers. in the right column are locations where the rivers lie. please match them.
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　　answernames of riverlocationnames of riverlocationmekongindiamekongchina，se asiarhinefrancerhinegermanygangesrussiagangesindiaseineenglandseinefrancenile central africanile egyptthamesgermanythamesenglandcongobrazilcongocentral africanigerchina, se asianigerwest africavolgausvolgarussiadanubeegyptdanubecentral europeamazonwest africaamazonbrazilmississippicentral europemississippiusiii. reading 1. reading aloud to the recordingdo you know what countries the mekong river flows through? now look at the map of the mekong river and point out the countries it flows through. (china, laos, thailand, cambodia, burma vietnam)ok, today we’re going to read a passage about journey down the mekong. please listen and read aloud about the recording of the text journey down the mekong. pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. i will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too.2. reading and underliningnow please read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. copy them to your notebook after class as homework.collocations from journey down the mekongdream about, take a great bike trip, graduate from, got the chance to do sth., cycle along the river, go for long bike rides, mountain bike, persuade sb. to do sth., grow up, get sb. interested in sth., be stubborn, know the best way of getting to places, the source of the river, care about, give sb. a determined look, change one’s mind, at an altitude of, seem to do, the air be hard to breathe, an interesting experience, make up ones mind, give in, a large atlas with good maps, keep doing sth., at first, pass through, be surprised to do sth., half of, at last, the south china sea 3. reading aloud and understandingnext we are going to read aloud the text and then answer some questions.1) who are wang kun and wang wei? (they are brother and sister, and both are college students.)2) what was their dream? (their dream was to take a great bike trip.)3) who are dao wei and yu hang? (they are wang kun’s cousins who are at a college in kunming.)4) where is the source of the mekong river and which sea does it enter?(the source of the river is in qinghai province and it enters the south china sea.)5) what can you see when you travel along the mekong?(you can see glacier, rapids, hill, valleys, waterfalls and plains.)6) is it a difficult journey to cycle along the mekong? why? (yes. the journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.)4. discussingwe have got the general meaning of the passage, and we know wang wei and wang kun have some similar and different attitudes about the trip. you may have a short discussion with your partners and then fill in the chart. similar attitudes about the tripdifferent attitudes about the tripboth wang wei and wang kun thinks:1). taking this trip is a dream that comes true.2). that they will enjoy this trip a lot.3). they should see a lot of the mekong.4). that most of the mekong will be found in southeast asia.wang wei believes:1). they must start in qinghai where the river begins/see all of the mekong.2). that they don’t need to prepare much.wang kun believes:1). it is too cold and high to start in qinghai.2). that using an atlas is very important.iv. closing down closing down by answering questions what should you do before traveling? (before traveling, we should make good preparations, that is, to make a plan, decide the place to visit and get enough information about the place. with full preparations we’ll have a good time during the trip.) what will your family and your fiends say when you leave home to travel? (when we leave home, my family and my friends will say, ＂have a good trip. /have a good journey. /have a good time.＂)closing down by translatingin the last few minutes you are asked to translate some difficulty sentences in the passage.assignmentrevise the contents of the passagecomplete the passage on page 56 in workbookdo exercise 2 on page 57 in you exercise books.period 2: a sample lesson plan for learning about language(the present continuous tense for future action)aimsto learn about the present continuous tenseto discover and use some useful words and expressions procedures i. warming upwarming up by discovering useful words and expressionshello everyone. after reading the passage, we have got to know the usage of the words and expressions, but we should do more practice. now turn to page 20 to find the correct words and expressions from the passage to finish the sentences. you are given two minutes to finish them and discuss with your partners. two minutes later, check in pairs and then check with the whole class.ii. learning about language1. reading and finding good, you have mastered these words and expressions. let’s turn to page 17 and look at the questions in warming up 4. underline the verbs in the questions, and pay attention to the verb forms and do some explanations by yourselves.2. learning grammarwe can see that the verbs are all used in the ＂-ing＂ form. they are ＂the present continuous tense＂, but they express future actions or plans. the present continuous tense may be used to denote an action that can be pre-planned or prearranged instead of the future indefinite in colloquial english. but please note that, not all verbs can be used in the ＂-ing＂ form to express future actions. such verbs as come, go, leave, fly, walk, ride, drive, stay, meet, die, see, have, arrive etc. are mainly used in the ＂-ing＂ form to express future actions.3. doing exercises no. 2 and 3 on page 21now turn to page 21 and do exercise 2. in the dialogue a newspaper reporter is interviewing wang wei about her plans for the trip along the mekong river. however, they are not sure about some of the verb tenses. can you help them complete their conversation?let’s continue to do exercise 3. do you have any plans for the future yourselves? if you have any, please use the present continuous tense to express your future actions. give as much information as you can.iii. ready used materials for the present continuous tense for future actions or plansbe + v.-ing与表示将来的时间连用，表示不久的将来，含义是＂预定要做＂。（这种结构中常用动作动词或去向动词：go, come, leave, start, arrive, travel, fly等，不适用于状态动词）i’m leaving for beijing this friday. my friends came over last night, and they are coming over this evening, too.we are going to laoshan this may day holiday.we had an english class this morning, and we are having another english class tomorrow.we took six subjects last term, and we are taking seven subjects next term.i have arrived in beijing. i’m visiting the great wall tomorrow morning.after class we are playing football on the playground.we are flying to shanghai next friday.iv. closing down closing down by making a dialogueto end the period you are going to make a dialogue in pairs to tell the whole class your plan on this sunday.closing down by writingsuppose you are planning a holiday trip. write a short passage about your plan. you must pay great attention to the tense. the following questions can help you.where are you going for your holiday? who are you going with?how are you getting there? what are you doing there?where are you staying? what are taking with you?when are you returning?period 3: a sample lesson plan for using language (a night in the mountains)aimsto read the passage a night in the mountainsto use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing proceduresi. warming up by talking about tibet have you ever been to tibet? do you want to travel in tibet? can you tell me something about tibet?tibet lies on the qinghai-tibet plateau of the southwest border of china. the average height of the whole region is more than 4,000 meters above sea level, for which tibet is known as ＂roof of the world＂. the highest peak of tibet, also the highest in himalayas and in the whole world, is everest peak, which is as high as 8,846.27 meters above sea level. although a part of china, tibet has a unique culture of all its own. it is mainly inhabited by tibetans, a minority nationality of old and mysterious people. tourist attractions include the potala palace in lhasa, jokhang temple, and a number of buddhist sacred places.tibet (xi zang in chinese) is to the south of xin jiang uygur autonomous region and qing hai province, to the west of sichuan, to the northwest of yunnan and to the north of india and nepal. its population of 2.3 million people come from a variety of ethnic groups including tibetan, han, monba and lhota. its capital city is lhasa.northwest tibet, mainly qing hai plateau, is home to a variety of unusual and unique animals. across the northern expanse of tibet, you can see vast grasslands where horses, yak and sheep roam freely. the world＂s lowest valley, the grand yarlun-tzanpo river valley lies in east tibet.it is freezing cold in most time of the year. most tourists come to visit tibet only in the warmest seasons, june, july, august and early september.ii. reading1. reading and underliningnow let’s go on with journey down the mekong with wang wei and wang kun. they are in tibet now. please turn to page 22. read the passage quickly and underline all the useful expressions and collocations in it. copy them to your notebook after class as homework.collocations from journey down the mekong (ii)although, ride bicycles, in front of, as usual, need to do sth., to climb the mountain road was hard , be great fun, reach a valley, much warmer, change… into, t-shirts, shorts, in the early evening, stop to do sth., make camp, put up, after supper, go to sleep, stay awake, at midnight, become clear, so …that, the sound of the fire, travel so far, join sb., hardly wait to see, change one’s attitude.2. reading and translatingnext you are going to read the text journey down the mekong and translate it into chinese.3. speakingread the passage again and find the answers to the questions:1) how does wang kun feel about the trip? (he is starting to like the trip.)2) what do you think has changed his attitude? (seeing the beautiful land)3) is it natural for wang kun not to feel lonely? (yes. because the scene wang kun saw is beautiful. the sky was clear and the stars were bright. also their cousins are waiting for him.) 4) would you feel the same way in this situation? why or why not? (you may have different opinions about this. just speak it out and let us share your idea, will you?)imagine that the dialogue happens the next morning before wang kun and wang wei leave their camp. write a short dialogue between them with your partner. wei: you look so tired kun: yes, i stayed up late last night.wei: really? what did you do? kun: i watched the clear sky and the bright stars.wei: that’s nice. they must be pretty. kun: yes, they were.iii. listeninglet’s go on with journey down the mekong river (part 3) with wang wei. turn to page 23 and do the listening text. before listening to the tape, please read the words fast, then tick the words you hear on the tape. after that i’ll play the tape for the second time and then finish the chart. you should look through the chart and find out the listening points. the following questions can help you understand the listening text.where is the girl from?what do people in laos use the river for?why do people in laos call the river ＂the sea of laos＂?what is the river called in tibet and vietnam?what other beautiful sights along the mekong river in laos?iv. guided writing1. reading and underliningin this unit, we have read the first two parts of a travel journal and have listened to the third part of the travel journal. what is the difference between a journal and a diary? let’ read the passage on page 23 and find out the difference between the two. underline all the useful expressions and collocations in it. copy them in your notebook after class as homework.collocations from reading and writingput one’s thoughts into a diary, travel journey, the difference between, for on thing… for another, record one’s experiences, soon after, be familiar to, make a list of, compare…with, agree to. read the passage quickly and then fill in the information on the chart. a diarya travel journal1). personal;2). to try to record how the writers feel very soon after things happen1). isn’t as personal as a diary2). to record the writers experiences, ideas and afterthought about what they have seen3). is written for a lot of readers4). it’s topics includes people, things, and events less familiar to readers.2 writing a letternow let’s do a writing practice. imagine that you are a friend of wang wei. write a short letter to her and ask her to describe: how she feels, what she is doing, and some place you want to know about. then wish her well on her journey by using at least two of these expressions:have a nice/good time. have a nice/good trip. take care.good luck on your journey. say ＂hello＂ to …. write to me.give my best/love wishes to …. have fun.you can refer to the following steps.l in pairs choose the details from the journey that are most interesting. think of what else you would like to know about the journey. write these ideas down as questions.l now choose two or three of the best questions for your letter. each question should have another sentence explaining why you want to know this information.l put them in an order that makes sense.l begin your letter as shown in the textbook and add your questions for wang wei. your writing should not be more than one paragraph.l finish your letter as shown in the textbook.a sample writing:hi, brave little wei,how i worry about you and wang kun! do you have a good time now? i hope so. what are you doing now? are you still in laos? can you tell me something about people’s life there? when are you leaving for cambodia? when you get there, tell me about the buddhist temples there. please send some photos with your next letter! well, have a good trip and don’t forget to write to me! give my best wishes to wang kun. good luck on your journey.take care! yours, wang linv. further applying1. finding informationgo to the library to read or get online to search in order to find some places of interest in china and in the world. take notes of your findings and tell the class which place you want to visit most next period.2. writing a lettersuppose you want to travel to yunnan province, write a letter to one of your friends in yunnan and ask him/her what preparations you should make and which places are worth visiting.vi. closing down summing upwe have learned the whole unit. let’s look at the chart on page 24.try to fill in it.