Module 6 Unit5- Reading and WritingⅠ. Design Purpose: After this class, students will master some key new words for describing tourist attractions and be able to introduce a tourist attraction, TaiBai Mountain in Xi’an in written form. The class is designed following the principle of processed writing. The lesson consists of four parts. First, read the passage on the textbook to directly feel what a good essay to describe a tourist destination is like. The second part is to analyze the structure and the useful expressions. In the third part, students will write their first draft introducing a local tourist attraction. The last part is the peer evaluation and teacher’s feedbacks.Ⅱ. Teaching Content Analysis: The teaching content is from New Senior English for China Student’s Book 6, Unit5. This is the last part of this unit in which students are supposed to write to introduce and describe a tourist destination in China.Ⅲ. Students Analysis: The target students are in their second year in high school. They have already laid a relatively solid foundation in comprehensive skills of English. In the previous classes of this unit, students have learned about the power ofnature from reading passages about volcanoes and volcanologists. Before, they may find volcanoes are very dangerous, but now they have realized volcano can also be interesting and exciting. Therefore, the fact that volcano can attract tourists will not surprise the students. Instead, they may have the expectation to learn more about it.Ⅳ. Teaching aimsKnowledge aims:1.To enable students to master the useful words andexpressions of introducing a tourist destination2.To help students practice reading and writing skillsAbility aims1.To improve students’ reading ability through skimming andscanning.2.To improve students’ writing ability by learning thereading passage.3.To cultivate students’ ability of peer evaluation.Emotional aims1.To guide students explore the beauty of our country.2.To arise students’ appreciation of Xi’an.3.To help students generate a pride in our homeland.Ⅴ. Teaching Preparation:1.The teacher prepares well-designed PPT.2.The teacher prepares handouts to present questions andlearning materials.3.Find some pictures of TaiBai Mountain in Xi’an to helpstudents understand more with this local tourist attraction.Ⅵ. Teaching Procedures:1.Lead-in (2 mins)Ask students how much they know about Changbaishan and Tianchi.2.Question-based Reading (7 mins)Ask the students to skim the passage quickly and finish the tasks below✓Reading Task (1): match main idea for each paragraph Paragraph 1 A. storiesParagraph 2 B. TianchiParagraph 3 C. coinsParagraph 4 D. Changbaishan✓Reading Task(2): Answer the following question aboutChangbaishan and Tianchi. Check answers with your partner.●Information about Changbaishan1)Where is Changbaishan.2)What is special about Changbaishan?3)What is the height of Changbaishan?4)What rare animals or plants are there in Changbaishan?5)Why do visitors pay visits to Changbaishan?6)What is the most popular attraction in Changbaishan?●Information about Tianchi1)What is the location of Tianchi?2)What is the height of Tianchi?3)What is the depth of Tianchi?4)What scenery can visitors see in Tianchi?✓Reading Task(3) Finish the chart about the story of Tianchi.Have the students retell the story about Tianchi based on the table.nguage Points (8min)(1)vary from A to B (to is a preposition) 从…到…各不相同/ 从…变成…The land varies in height from 700 meters above sea level to over 2000 meters.樱桃的颜色从近乎黑色到黄色各不相同。
