Unit3 Going places
The first period
Warming up and speaking
Teaching aims:
1. Educate students to have a good manner and do as the traffic signs do
2. Let student know how to choose suitable means of transportation when they use
3. Improve the students’ oral English
4. Encourage them to have a good imagination
Teaching important points:
1. Let student know how to choose suitable means of transportation when they use
2. Improve the students’ oral English
Teaching difficult point:
How to improve the students’ oral English
Teaching methods:
1. Show some traffic signs to let students to have a vivid impression about it and stimulate the interest of the students
2. Relate the information given in the text with the daily life
3. In order to set an example for them to follow, the teacher help to make up a dialogue with one of the students.
4. Pair work to make every student work in class.
Teaching aids:
Some pictures
Teaching procedures:
Step1: lead-in
Greeting
T: At first I’d like to ask you one question. Do you like traveling? Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: Where would you like to go?
S: The possible answers (The West Lake, the Great Wall and so on.)
T: Why would you like to go to the place?
S: The possible answers (beautiful scenery, long history and so on)
Ask two or three students to answer the question
T: Because of the beautiful scenery and long history and so on, it attracts you .It also attracts a lot of people to travel. With so many people traveling, will it cause problem? Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: What’s the problem?
S: ……
T: How about the water?
S: The water is polluted.
T: Why is the water polluted?
S: People throw the rubbish into the water.
T: Because people litter the rubbish, the water is polluted, so we must do something to protect it .What should we do?
S: ……
Step2: Warming up
T: How about this one? Do we need it? Yes or no? (Show a picture, saying “DON’T LITTER”)
S: Yes.
T: What does it mean?
S: Don’t litter.
T: We are not allowed to litter. How about this one? (Show another three pictures one by one)
T: Now I’d like you to turn to page 15, there are 4 pictures here .Are they doing anything wrong? If they do, write down your reason. I will give you 1 minute .Now let’s begin.
One minute later
T: Stop here, let’s check the answer. The first picture has already given the answer, so let’s look the second picture. Is she doing anything wrong?
S: Yes.
T: Why? What’s your opinion?
S: She is littering the rubbish, but the sign says “DON’T LITTER”.
T: The sign says “DON’T LITTER”, so she is not allowed to litter. How about the third one? (Check these pictures one by one)
T: (summary) From these pictures we know such actions are not allowed when we are traveling. No littering, no smoking and no parking in the wrong place, also don’t drive too fast. When we are traveling, we should keep a good manner and do as the traffic signs do. Yes or no?
S: Yes.
Step3: Means of transportation
T: From the picture, we also get some information about the means of transportation. Do you know what the means of transportation mean? (Write down such words on the blackboard)
S: …… (In Chinese)
T: Good. It means away to carry people or goods from one place to another place. Now look at the first picture in page 15. How does he travel?
S: He travels by car.
T: Car is means of transportation. Is the car only means of transportation?
S: No.
T: Can you give me more examples of means of transportation?
S: Ship, boat, bike, plane, spaceship and so on.
T: (summary) There are so many means of transportation. Now I’d like you to choose one .Which kind of means of transportation when you go to school? How do you go to school?
Ask two students to answer such question.
S: By bike.
T: By bike. Why do you go to school by bike but not by car or other?
S: My home is very near.
T: Your home is not far .so the distance should be considered here .Yes or no? (Write down “the distance” and “the consider” on the blackboard)
T: What does the “consider” mean?
S: ……. (In Chinese)
T: To think about. The word consider is very important; now let’s see some usage of the word.
Consider doing /noun
Consider +clause
Consider +wh- to do
T: As we know the distance should be considered when you go to school, because your home is not far. Now I’d like to ask you another question. When did this Olympic Games hold?
S: …… (In Chinese) Athens.
T: This time Olympic Games were held in Athens. Where will be the next Olympic Games held? Which city will hold the next Olympic Games?
S: Beijing.
T: Would you like to go to Beijing to see the Olympic Games in 2008?
S: Yes.
T: How would you go to Beijing in 2008?
S: By plane.
T: Why would you like to go to Beijing by plane but not other/
S: …… (It is faster and convenient and so on)
T: So the price and convenience should be considered. (Write down “the price and the convenience” on the blackboard)
We know lots of accidents happened to the plane. Do you still want to go to Beijing by plane?
S: ……
T: So what should also be considered?
S: Safety.
T: Is the plane only means of transportation when you want to go to Beijing?
S: No.
T: What’s the other means of transportation?
S: By train.
T: Why?
S: It is cheaper and we can enjoy the beautiful scenery.
T: So whether we can enjoy the beautiful scenery should be considered.
(Summary) We should consider the price, distance, safety, convenience and whether we can enjoy the beautiful scenery. Anything else?
S: …… (The personal like and road condition and the weather and so on)
T: (summary all the factors that should be considered before we decide which means of transportation we will use)
Step4: Speaking
T: When we are traveling, we can choose the plane, the boat, the car, the bike, the ship. Can you think of more?
S: …….
T: I’d like to show you one picture. What’s it?
S: …… (In Chinese-xunqinji)
T: Yeah. Good. I am glad we have already known the TV series .Who is he?
S: Gu Tianle.
T: What role does he play in this TV series?
S: Xiang Shaolong.
T: What happened to him?
S: …… (In Chinese)
T: He returned to the past .How did he return to the past?
S: ……. (In Chinese)
T: He returned to the past by time machine. Do you know what the time machine means?
S: ……
T: Time machine is one kinds of machine that can let you travel in time. With this time machine you could travel to the past or the future. And what happened to Xiang Shaolong with the help of the time machine?
S: ……
T: With the help of the time machine, he met lots of important people. How about this one? Who is he?
S: He is Ying Zheng.
T: What happened to him and the Xiang Shaolong?
S: ……
T: He helped the king unify the country. How about these two beautiful girls?
S: ……
T: They became the wives of the Xiang Shaolong. Is it a wonderful experience? Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: Do you want to have a try?
S: Yes.
T: Now I give you a chance. Suppose that you have a time machine that can let you travel in time. Where and when would you like to go, and why would you like to go?
Now I’d like one of you to make up a dialogue with me.
Ask one student to help to make up a dialogue
E.g.
T: If you have a time machine, where would you like to go? The past or the future?
S: The future.
T: where and when would you like to go?
S: Beijing in 2008.
T: Why would you like to go to Beijing in 2008?
S: I want to see the Olympic Games in Beijing.
T: If you have a time machine, it would be a wonderful experience. And I wish your dream come true in 2008.
T: Now I’d like one of you to make up a dialogue, and try to answer three questions: Where and when would you like to go, and why would you like to go? If you really have difficulty in making up a dialogue, I’d like you turn to page 16.There is an example, you can follow it. But I’d like you to use your own words. Are you all clear?
S: Yes.
T: Now let’s go!
Several minutes later, ask two or three pairs to act out their dialogues
Step5: Another speaking task
T: Now I’d like you to turn to page98 exercise 2.suppose there is a beautiful lake, but only few people know the lake. Some people want to develop tourism, but
some people against it .What’s your opinion? Is it good or not to develop tourism? Why? I will give you 3mimutes.
3minutes later, ask several students to show their opinion and give their reasons.
The possible reasons:
For against
Earn money pollute the environment
Make friends overcrowd
Communicate with others …….
Develop the city
……
T: (summary)
Step6: blackboard
Means of transportation
Kinds: car boat ship plane spaceship bike bus time machine
Consider: distance
Price
Safety
Convenience
Enjoy the beautiful scenery
Personal like
Consider doing /noun
Consider +clause
Consider +wh- to do
All the pictures:
The second period
Listening
Teaching aims:
1. Do some listening to improve the students’ listening ability.
2. Familiar with the boarding calls by listening to 3 pieces of boarding call and try to be able to understand the boarding call in our daily life.
3. Learn some information about these places of interest by listening to the spoken postcards
Teaching important points:
1. Improve the students’ listening ability.
2. Learn some information about these places of interest by listening to the spoken postcards
Teaching difficult point:
Hard to have a full comprehension of the listening material (such as guessing where the traveler is)
Teaching methods:
1. Show vivid pictures in the screen to stimulate the interest of students.
2. Input enough information before asking students to output by stimulating the students’ former information about places of interest
Teaching aids:
Computer
Teaching procedures:
Step1: lead in
Greeting
T: As we know, we have learnt many means of transportation in the last period. Can you give me some examples of means of transportation?
S: By car, by boat, by plane, by bike, by bus …….
T: Today we will learn one of them. Can you guess which means of transportation will be discussed here? (Look at the screen)
S: Plane.
T: Good! What will we hear before you get on plane?
S: ……
T: How about this one? Listen carefully! “Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please? The flight AB111 from Beijing to Changsha will leave in 20 minutes……”
What’s this?
S: ……
T: It’s a piece of boarding call. What does the boarding call mean?
S: …….
T: Boarding call means a call or announcement made by the broadcaster before you get on a plane. The Chinese meaning is “登机广播”.
Now I’d like you to listen to three pieces of boarding calls. Before we listen, I’d like you to know one word “destination”. Do you know what it means?
S: ……
T: Destination means a place someone is going to or something is sent to.
E.g.:
Flight AB1212from Beijing or Hangzhou is delayed. Which one is destination?
S: Hangzhou.
Step2: listening in page 15
T: Now let’s turn to page 15 and look at the chart. You are asked to write down the flight number, the destination and gate. Do you know how to mark the flight number and gate?
S: ……
T: Flight number is made up of 2 parts: two letters + number. E.g.: flight AB1212
Gate is also made up of 2 parts: one letter +number. e.g.: gate E12
Are you all clear?
S: Yes.
T: Now I’d like you to finish the chart after listen to the tape. Let’s start.
Play the tape.
After the first listening, I’d like to raise some question about the tape.
As follows:
How does the boarding call begin?
Hoe does the boarding call end?
Do all the 3 planed take off without any change?
Which one takes off without any change?
What happened to the other two planes?
How many minutes does it delay?
Why does it delay?
If they can’t answer these questions, listen again .Before the second listening, check the chart in page 15 first. If some of them are still not clear about the answers, look at the screen. I will show these answers in the screen.
Listen again, and try to find the answer to these questions above.
Step3: listening in page16
The first piece
T: Now let’s get on the plane with the world traveler and travel to the world. Can you guess where would they like to go?
S: …… (The Great Wall, the west lake, the pyramid and so on)
When students speak of the Great Wall, teacher ask some questions about it .
T: Where is the Great Wall?
S: Beijing.
T: What are there in Beijing except for the Great Wall?
S: ……
T: What’s the English for such places?
S: ……
T: How can you go to Beijing?
S: ……
T: How about the other places at abroad?
S: ……. (The France, the British and the Canada and so on)
When they speak of the France, teacher ask some questions about it .
T: What place of interests in the France?
S: ……. (The Paris)
T: why is it famous? What are there in Paris?
S: …….
T: Now let’s listen to the first tape, and try to know whether your guess is true or false? And try to finish the chart.
Play the tape for the first time.
After the first listening
T: what are mentioned here?
S: The Great Wall…..
T: Where is the traveler?
S: Beijing.
T: What are there in Beijing?
S: Tiananmen Square.
T: Anything else?
S: ……
T: Do you want to see such beautiful places?
S: Yes.
T: Look here.(there are some pictures about these places on the screen)
It’s a long way to get to the Beijing. And how did the traveler get there?
S: …….
T: What did he do? Which places did he travel?
S: …….
T: He saw the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Tiananmen Square. Are you all Clear?
S: ……..
T: If not, look here I list the answer in the screen.
Now listen again to find all the information mentioned now.
T: Are you all clear?
S: ……
The second piece
T: Now let’s listen to the second spoken postcard. And try to finish the chart and follow the example of the first one.
Play the tape for the first listening
After the first listening
T: Where is the traveler?
S: Paris
T: Good! Why do you think it is in Paris?
S: The reason:
The French
The flag
Tower
European capital
……
T: In France, a tower, what’s the name of the tower?
S: …… (In Chinese)
T: The Eiffel Tower. Look at the picture ( a picture about the tower)
Is it tall or short?
S: Tall.
T: How did the traveler get to the top of the tower?
S: By lift.
T: What did the traveler do?
S: ……
Show the answers in the screen
T: Should we listen again?
S: ……
The third piece
T: Now let’s move into the third piece of spoken postcard.
Play the tape
After the first listening, ask some questions about it.
As follows:
What’s the weather like there?
Is it a long way to get there?
How did the traveler get there?
How long did he get there?
What did the traveler see there?
Can you guess what the strange animal is?(show some pictures about the strange animals)
And list the answer in the screen
T: Should we listen again?
S: ………
The forth piece
T: Now let’s move into the forth piece of spoken postcard.
Play the tape. After the first listening, ask some questions about it.
T: How did the traveler get there?
S: By spaceship.
T: Have you ever seen man travel in the space?
S: Yes.
T: Look here. (A picture about a man walking in the space)
What should the traveler need to wear?
S: ……
T: Can you imagine how to walk in the space?
S: …..
T: How many meters can she jump?
S: …..
T: What did she do in the space?
S: ……
I also list all the answers in the screen.
T: I think it is a bit difficult. I will play it again, listen carefully and try to get all information about the trip. Are you all clear?
If not ,play the tape for the second time
The last piece
T: Now let’s move into the forth piece of spoken postcard.
Play the tape.
After the first listening, ask some questions about it.
T: What are mentioned here?
S: …… (Fish, wet, swim)
T: Can you guess where they are?
S: ……
T: In the sky, in the land or in the ocean?
S: In the ocean.
T: How did they get there?
S: Swim.
T: If there is paper, what will happen to the paper?
S: Wet.
T: What did they do?
S: …..
I also list all the answers in the screen.
T: I think it is a bit difficult. I will play it again, listen carefully and try to get all information about the trip. Are you all clear?
If not,play the tape for the second time
Step4: listening in page 97
T: Now let’s turn to page 97.Look at these six pictures. Can you guess where they are now?
S: At the airport.
T: Now I’d like you to describe these six pictures. At first, let’s look at the first picture.
Some questions about the first picture
As follows:
What are they doing now?
What’s this in the hand of the man?
(A ticket or money?)
Some questions about the second picture
As follows:
What are the police doing?
Why do the police check the man?
How about the bags? Why?
Some questions about the third picture
As follows:
What are they doing now?
Where are they?
What will they do after they pass the gate?
Some questions about the forth picture
As follows:
What is the man doing now?
Why does the man put the bag in the convey belt?
What is the woman in uniform doing now?
How about the girl?
Some questions about the fifth picture
As follows:
What is the officer doing?
What should be checked?
Some questions about the last picture
As follows:
What are they doing now?
What will they do next?
T: Now I’d like you to arrange them in right order.
One minute later
T: Have you finished?
Now let’s listen to the tape to check whether you are right or wrong?
Play the tape. After listening, check the answer.
Step5: homework
Preview the next period ---reading
The third period
Reading
Teaching aims:
1. Do some reading practice to improve the students’ reading skill.
2. Get some information about adventure travel and try to make good use of what we learn in the period.
3. Students should be familiar with some useful words and expressions
4. Able to retell the text in your own words.
Teaching important points:
1. Improve the students’ reading skill.
2. Get some information about adventure travel and try to make good use of what we learn in the period.
3. Able to retell the text in your own words.
Teaching difficult points:
1. Improve the students’ reading skill.
2. Able to retell the text in your own words.
Teaching methods:
1. Communicative method is adopted here
2. In order to move from one paragraph to other paragraph naturally, teacher continuously raises questions, one of which will lead to another question.
3. Make good use of the pictures in the book and make a comparison between them.
4. Teacher retells one part of the text in order to set an example for students to follow.
Teaching aids:
A tape recorder
Teaching procedures:
Step1: lead-in
Greeting
T: In the first period, you told me you like traveling. Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: Why? Why would you like to travel?
S: I want to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
T: Anything else?
S: …….
Ask two or three students
T: Studying, studying all day .Do you want to travel?
S: Yes.
T: Yeah, you want to have a rest .Yes or no/
S: Yes.
T: How about the bungee jumping? Do you know what it means?
S: ….
T: The Chinese meaning for bungee jumping is “蹦极”.Why do people do bungee jumping?
S: …….
T: They want to experience excitement. What kind of traveling can help people to experience excitement?
S: ………
T: What’s the title of this reading?
S: Adventure travel.
T: What does it mean? What do you think adventure travel is?
S: ……
T: Adventure travel is one kinds of travel that is dangerous.
Do you know anything about the adventure travel? One word or one sentence both is ok?
Ask some students to describe it
S: …….
(It is dangerous, exciting, and adventurous)
T: Have you ever the adventure travel?
S: ……
T: I hear some of you say “no”. Really? I can’t believe. Have you ever climbed the mountain?
S: Yes.
T: Climbing Mountain is one kinds of the adventure travel.
Do you want to know more about the adventure travel?
S: Yes.
Step2: fast reading
T: Now I’d like you to read the text quickly and try to answer the questions in page 18 exercise 1.Are you all clear?
S: Yes.
T: I will give you three minutes. Let’s begin!
3minutes later
T: Stop here, let’s check the answer. Who’d like to have a try?
Ask students one by one
T: No1: Adventure travelers want to ……
S: …….
If they have some difficulty in finishing it, explain it one by one.
Step3: careful reading
T: Now I’d like you to read the first part, and try to find the topic sentence. Are you all clear?
S: Yes.
One minute later
T: Stop here. What’s the topic sentence of the first part?
S: Why do people travel?
T: Well done! Generally, we can find the topic sentence in the first sentence or the last sentence or just in the middle. Yes OR NO/
S: Yes.
T: The topic sentence is “why do people travel?” And now try to answer the question “why do people travel?” All together please!
S: Many people travel because they want to see other countries and visit ……..
T: Because they want to get away from the cold weather. What does “get away from” mean?
S: ……..
T: It means to escape. Pay attention to this phrase. (Write it down on the backboard)
How many kinds of adventure travel are mentioned here?
S: Two.
T: What are they?
S: Hiking and rafting.
T: Do you want to know more about the hiking? Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: Read the second part carefully!
One minute later
T: Stop here. Look at the picture in page 17.Have you found it ?
S: Yes.
Teacher asks some questions about the picture.
As follows:
What are they doing now?
Where are they?
Is the mountain only place when people do hiking?
Where are the other places?
What do they carry in the back?
(A bag-----backpack)
What are there in the bag?
How many people are there?
T: There are so many people hiking. Why do people like hiking?
S: You will get close to nature and take exercise at the same time. Hiking is easy to do ……
T: You will get close to nature. Pay attention to the phrase “get close to” .What does it mean?
S: …….
T: Be near to.
T: From the picture, we get much information about hiking. What are they?
S: …….
T: We get the information about the place, the equipment and Cost and skill needed. What are the place, equipment and cost? (Write them down on the blackboard)
Hiking has such advantage, but at the same time, it also has disadvantage. What’s the disadvantage?
S: Danger.
T: It is adventurous. What should we pay attention to when we do hiking?
S: Safety.
T: Yes. In the text it lists many tips for successful hiking. What are they? Read it out all together.
S: Don’t hike alone.
Tell someone where you are going.
……
T: And why?
Why can’t we hike alone?
S: ……
Explain these five pieces of advice one by one. (Write the “possible dangers on the blackboard)
T: Hiking is one kinds of adventure travel mentioned here? What’s the other?
S: Rafting.
T: Do you want to know more about the rafting?
S: Yes.
T: Now let’s read the last part carefully! And try to answer the question: what’s the raft?
One minute later!
T: What’s the raft?
S: A raft is a small boat that you can use to paddle down rivers and streams.
T: Good! How many kinds of rafting are mentioned here?
S: Two.
T: What are they?
S: Normal rafting and whitewater rafting.
T: What’s the difference between them?
S: …….
T: Do you think the name of the whitewater rafting is strange? Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: Why does it get such strange name?
S: The name “whitewater rafting” comes from the fact that the water in these streams and rivers looks white when it moves quickly.
T: (explain) When the water movers quickly, the water in these streams and rivers looks white, and the name “whitewater rafting” comes from such the fact. Are you all clear?
S: Yes.
T: Now turn to the next page, page 18.Look at the picture in page 18. Have you found it?
S: Yes.
Teacher asks some questions about the picture.
As follows:
What are they doing?
What kind of rafting are they doing now?
Why? Why do you think it is this kind of rafting?
S: Because the color of the water is white and it moves very quickly.
T: I t moves very quickly. So it is very dangerous. What should we need and learn when we do rafting?
S: Life jacket
Skill to handle the raft and paddle
How to get in and out of the raft
How to swim
T: Well done! From the picture, we also get some information about the rafting. What are they?
S: …..
T: We get the information about the place, the cost, the skill and the equipment. What’s the place, the cost, the skill and the equipment? (Write them down on the blackboard)
T: (summary) Today we have learned two kinds of adventure travel----hiking and rafting. And we get some information about the place, the cost, the equipment and the skill needed.
Now I’d like you to retell the text according to the information on the blackboard. I will give you 2minutes to prepare. Are you all clear?
S: Yes.
2minutes later
T: Who’d like to have a try? If nobody, I’d like to call your name. You please!
One or two students retell the text.
T: Well done! Where can we do rafting in Wenzhou?
S: Nanxi River.
T: What kind of rafting can we do in Nanxi River?
S: Normal rafting.
T: How can we do hiking?
S: climbing Mountain.
T: So both kinds of adventure travel are close to our life. If possible, have a try! But be careful! Yes or no.
S: Yes.
Step4: Homework
1. Underline the important phrase or sentence
2. Try to finish the vocabulary in page 99 to the reading in page101
Step5: blackboard
Adventure travel
Hiking rafting
Places mountain, river, city, river and stream
Cost cheap not expensive
Skill good walking skill swim, how to handle…….
Equipment cloth, backpack life jacket, boat
Possible dangers snake, get lost, sunburn fall into the water
The forth period
Language point and Grammar
Teaching aims:
1. Improve the students’ grammar level and have a full understanding of the text
2. Be able to find the attributive clause.
3. Let students to master the new usage of the present continuous tense for future actions.
4. Be able to make up a dialogue to master the new usage
5. Have a clear idea about the tense (the past, the present and the future)
Teaching important points:
1. Improve the students’ grammar level and have a full understanding of the text
2. Let students to master the new usage of the present continuous tense for future actions.
2. Have a clear idea about the tense (the past, the present and the future)
Teaching difficult points:
1. Let students to master the new usage of the present continuous tense for future actions.
2. Have a clear idea about the tense (the past, the present and the future)
Teaching methods:
1. Ask students to fin the difficult points
2. Lead students to think about the new grammar.
3. Set an example for students to follow to master the 3 different tenses of verb.
Teaching aids:
A pen
Teaching procedures:
Step1: the language point about the reading
Greeting
T: Last period, I told you to underline some important phrases and sentences. Have you finished?
S: …..
T: Now let’s look at the first paragraph. Which phrases and sentences do you think are important?
S: …….
All the important phrases and sentences
As follows:
1. Visit places (that are famous, interesting or beautiful)
The following sentence modifies the word “places”, it is called attributive clause.
定语修饰名词或代词,从句顾名思义是一个句子。定语从句就是一个句子弹来修饰名词或代词。(that are famous ,interesting or beautiful)来修饰places,翻译成中文就是…….的地方。
Can you find more examples in the text?
Such as:
⑴ A raft is a small boat (that you can use to paddle down rivers and streams.)
⑵a quiet stream or river (that is wide and has few fallen trees or rocks.)
⑶It is done on rivers and stream (where the water moves quickly.)
2. Experience vt/n
Experience life vt
An unusual experience
Put the sentence into English:
温州在过去10年内经历很大变化。
Wenzhou has experienced great changes in the past 10 years.
3. Get away from: escape
Put the sentence into English:
你不可能回避这个事实。
You can’t get away from the fact.
4. More and more
Put the sentence into English:
越来越多的人喜欢冒险旅游。
More and more people like adventure travel.
T: Any other question about this part? Yes or no.
S: No.
T: If no, let’s move on. Now let’s move to the second part. Which phrases and sentences do you think are important?
S: …….
All the important phrases and sentences
As follows:
1. Instead of prep. +Noun/doing/pronoun
Instead adverb
He is tired. Let me go instead of him.
He is tired. Let me go instead.
2. Get close to
3. Take exercise
4. Equipment uncountable noun
5. Watch out for
6. Protect someone/something from something
Put the sentence into English:
衣服可以御寒。
Clothing can protect us from cold.
T: Any other question about this part? Yes or no.
S: No.
T: If no, let’s move on. Now let’s move to the last part. Which phrases and sentences do you think are important?
S: …….
All the important phrases and sentences
As follows:
1. The name “whitewater rafting” comes from the fact (that the water in these streams and rivers looks white when it moves quickly.)
同位语从句,从句顾名思义是一个句子,从句是所修饰语的内容。(that the water in these streams and rivers looks white when it moves quickly.)是the fact的内容。
2. As with: as it is the same with
3. Unless: if not
T: Any other question about this part? Yes or no.
S: No.
Step2: word study
T: Really? Now let’s turn to page 18, and do the exercise1.i’d like to know whether you really have no question about the words in the text.
One minute later
T: Stop here. Let’s check the answer.
Check it one by one
Step3: grammar
T: When will the National Day begin?
S: Next week.
T: Next week is not far from now. Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: So the National Day is coming. (Write it down on the blackboard)
Do you want to travel during the National Day? Yes or no?
S: Yes.
Ask one or two students
T: Where are you going to during the National Day?
S: …… (I am going to..)
T: How are you getting there?
S: …… (I am getting there by train.)
T: Do you have any question about these two sentences?
S: ……
T: If not, I have a question for you. Look at the second sentence: I am getting there by train. I am getting there by train now or during the National Day?
S: The National Day.
T: Why do we use the present continuous tense here?
S: …….
T: The present continuous tense can be used for future actions. But it is limited to some special verbs, such as go, get.
Can you give me more examples of such verbs/
S: ……
T: Except go, get, such verbs can be come, leave, start, stay, return, reach, play and so on. Can you find some rules of these verbs?
S: ……
T: Most of these verbs mean a movement between two places, such as go, from one place to another place.
Just now we leant the travel plan of ###, now we are going to learn the travel plan of Jane and Betty. Turn to page 19, boys read the part of the Betty and girls read the part of Jane. One two start!
After they finished reading
T: What are they going to do?
S: …….
T: They are talking about the travel plan. So they are talking about the future action .Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: I’d like you to underline these sentences using the present continuous tense for future action. I will give you one minute. Be quickly please!
One minute later
T: Stop here! Which sentences use the present continuous tense for future action? Read them out!
S: How are you getting to the airport?
Is anyone seeing you off?
My brother Bob is going with me to the airport.
I am going to Xi’an with my parents on Friday.
How are you getting there?
T: Good! From the dialogue we know that Jane and Betty are gong on separate holidays in a few days. They talk about destination, means of transportation. Yes or no?
S: Yes.
T: At last, they express good wishes to each other. How do they express good wishes to each other?
S: Have a nice time.
Have a good trip.
Say “hi” to Bob for me.
T: Now I’d like to know your travel plan. I’d like you to make up a dialogue using the questions on the blackboard and good wishes. Are you all clear?
S: …….
Two minutes later, ask two pairs to act their dialogues out.
Step4: tense
T: In the first period, we learnt many means of transportation. Can you give me some examples?
S: Plane, car, bus, bike …….
T: Yeah. Today people travel by bus, by plane……
How did people travel in the past?
S: Horse, cart……
T: How about the future? How will people travel in the future?
S: Spaceship …….
T: Now I’d like one of you to retell what we said before?
Ask one student to summary it.
S: In the past, people used to travel by horse. Today most people travel by car or by plane. In the future, people will perhaps travel by spaceship.
T: (repeat it) What tense do we use to say “in the past”?
What tense do we use to say “today”?
What tense do we use to say “in the today”?
S: “in the past”---------did/used to
“Today”--------------- does
“In the future”------ will do
T: Everything has history. So has the pen.(show a pen) What’s it used for?
S: writing.
T: How did people write in the past/
S: Brush pen.
T: How will people write in the future/
S: Computer or electronic pen.
T: Now I’d like you to summary the history of the pen. Who’d like to have a try?
Ask one student to summary.
T: How about the reading, shopping and working? I’d like you to work in-group of four. I will give you two minutes.
Two minutes later.
T: Which group wants to have a try? How about your group? I’d like you to read your idea our in complete sentence, such as “in the past, people…today…in the future…”
S: …….
Step5: home work
1: finish the grammar in page 99 and page 100
2: preview the integrating skills
Step6: blackboard
The National Day is coming.
Where are you going to during the National Day?
I am going to …..
How are you getting there?
I am getting there by train.
Verbs: go, get, come, leave, start, stay, return, reach, and play and so on
“In the past”---------did/used to
“Today”--------------- does
“In the future”------ will do
The fifth period
Integrating skills
Teaching aims:
1. Do some reading and writing to improve the students’ integrating skills.
2. Have a correct attitude about traveling
3. Be able to write a travel letter to your relatives or friends.
Teaching important points:
1. Improve the students’ integrating skills.
2. Be able to write a travel letter to your relatives or friends
Teaching difficult point:
Be able to write a travel letter to your relatives or friends.
Teaching methods:
1. Make a comparison between the eco-travel and the normal tourism, to let the students have a vivid impression about what is the eco-travel.
2. Draw a picture on the blackboard to attract the attention of the students.
3. Set an example for them to follow how to write a travel letter.
Teaching aids:
A picture (drawn by myself)
Teaching procedures:
Step1: lead-in
Greeting
T: Last period, we talked about the adventure travel. You must have your opinion about the adventure travel. What’s your opinion about the adventure travel?
S: It is dangerous and exciting.
T: Yeah, it’s dangerous. How about the normal tourism? At first, try to answer the question: what’s the normal tourism?
S: ……
T: The normal tourism is as we do in our daily life. Just like this one in page 15 picture 2. What is she doing?
S: She is littering.
T: What will happen next?
What’s the result of such action?
S: ……..
T: What will by attracted by the rubbish?
S: Fly.
T: So it will be very dirty. Right?
S: Right!
T: Is it good or bad for the environment?
S: Bad.
T: The normal tourism usually is bad for the environment. And the adventure travel is dangerous. Does it mean we can’t need tourism? Yes or no?
S: No.
T: Yeah, we need travel but what kind of the travel we need?
S: ……
Step2: reading and talking
T: Read the first part quickly and find what kind of travel we need?
One minute later
T: Stop here! What kind of travel do we need?
S: Eco-travel.
T: Look at the word. It is made up of two parts: eco and travel.
Do you know what it means?
S: Eco-travel is a form of travel that combined normal tourism with learning.
T: What’s the difference between them?
S: ………
T: The purpose of the normal tourism is just for pleasure. But the purpose of the eco-travel is to learn about the world and help the people and animals. On the other hand, the normal tourism is bad for environment, but the eco-travel is good for environment.
Anything else?
S: ……
T: How to change the normal tourism into the eco-travel?
S: …….
T: To learn and to help.
Now let’s look at the second part of the text about the Red River Village and Snow Mountain. And try to answer the question: why are they eco-travel?
One minute later
T: Stop here! Why are they eco-travel?
S: …….
T: Because they learn about the water… and help the villagers make money so…….
What does the traveler learn? Read it loudly!
S: Learn about water and the fish in the river,
Learn how to keep the water clean
Learn about the birds by the river
T: Suppose you have a chance to pay a visit to one of the two places, which one would you like to go and why? And try to finish the chart in page 20. Are you all clear?
S: Yes.
T: Let’s begin!
One minute later (when they do the exercise, teacher draws a picture about Tom)
T: What’s your opinion? Where would you like to go?
S: ……
T: Why?
S: ……..
T: Who choose the other place? Would you like to have a try?
S: …….
Step3: writing
T: Look here! What’s this?
S: ……
T: This is a picture of a man. Do you know the name of the man?
S: …….
T: He is Tom. He is American and he just gets off the plane at 5pm at the Beijing Capital airport. He wants to visit Beijing, but he doesn’t know anything about Beijing. Can you help him and give him some information about Beijing?
S: Yes.
T: At first, what should you know about the Beijing? Can you tell me some places of interests in Beijing?
S: The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the temple of heaven, Tiananmen Square…….
T: Anything else?
S: ……
T: Which road is very famous in Beijing?
S: The Wangfujing Street.
T: Which food is very famous in Beijing?
S: The Beijing Roast Duck.
T: Now I’d like you to arrange his trip. What should he do first?
S: At first, he will get off the plane.
T: What will he do next?
S: Arrive at the hotel.
T: What will he do next?
S: …….
T: Now Tom plans to write a letter to his parents to say something about the trip. Who’d like to write a letter to summary up the travel?
Ask one student to summary up the journey.
T: What tense does she use here?
S: The past tense.
T: Suppose he is eating the Beijing Roast Duck. What tense should be used at that time?
S: The present continuous tense.
T: What tense should be used before that?
S: The simple past tense.
T: What tense should be used after that?
S: The simple future tense.
T: Good! When we are writing a letter to describe your trip, tense should be considered. But we also should pay attention to the pattern of the letter.
Pattern:
Time
Dear Mum and Dad,
I have just arrived at the hotel. I am packing my bags and I will go to the Great Wall.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Tom
T: Are you all clear about the patter of the letter. As we know, there are so many wonderful places in Beijing. How about Wenzhou? Is there any place of interest in Wenzhou?
S: Nanxi River, Yandang Mountain, Jiangxin Island and so on.
T: I’d like you to write a letter about your trip in Wenzhou after class. Do you have any problem?
S: No.
T: If you really have problem in finishing the letter, turn to page 21.Look here, there are some tips for writing a letter.
Step 4: homework
1: write a letter about your trip in Wenzhou, and hand it in tomorrow morning
2. Finish the exercise in the exercise book
Step5: blackboard
Adventure travel normal tourism eco-travel
Dangerous bad for environment good for environment
Exciting for pleasure learn and help
Places of interests in Beijing:
The Great Wall,
The Forbidden City,
The temple of heaven,
Tiananmen Square
The Wangfujing Street.
The Beijing Roast Duck
……
The arrangement of his trip:
Get off the plane
Arrive at the hotel
Have supper
Have a rest
Go to the Great Wall
Visit the Forbidden City
Eat the Beijing Roast Duck
Visit the temple of heave
……
Return to the hotel
Pack the bags
Go to the airport
Get on the plane
Go back home
Pattern:
Time
Dear Mum and Dad,
I have just arrived at the hotel. I am packing my bags and I will go to the Great Wall …….
Best wishes!
Yours,
Tom