Teaching plan of unit 3
Travel journal
Teaching aims and demands
1.Topic: traveling; describing a journey
2.V ocabulary and useful expressions:
journal, fare, transport, prefer, disadvantage, fare, flow, cycle, persuade, graduate, finally, schedule, fond , be fond of , shortcoming , stubborn, care about , make up one’s mind , determine, give in , valley, pace, altitude, bend, boil ,forecast, parcel, reliable, organize, journey, insurance, wool, as usual, view , pillow, midnight, at midnight, flame, beneath, t emple, cave, change one’s mind,
Function:
Good wishes：
Have a good day/time!
Have a good journey/trip!
Good luck!
Enjoy yourself!
Best wishes to you.
Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas!
Happy birthday!
Thank you.
You, too.
The same to you.
Means of transportation:
walking, cycling, horse riding, taking buses/trains/boats/planes
3.Grammar: 现在进行表将来
Where are you going on holiday?
I am going to Hawaii on holiday.
When are we coming back?
Teaching procedure:
Period 1.
Step 1.Warming up
1.Ask some questions:
Do you often travel? Where have you been?
2.Following the steps of the warming-up on page 17.
Step 2. Pre-reading
1.Show some traveling pictures of the teacher’s.
2.Ask Ss : which river is the longest one in the world and which is the largest one;
which river is the longest one in China.
3.Ask Ss: how people who live along a river use it.
Step 3. While-reading
1.Scanning: Ss read quickly and answer:
What are they going to do?
2.Skimming: Ss read again and finish comprehending 1 on page 19.
3.Ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph.
4.Ss list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.
Step 4. After-reading
Ss in pairs and discuss: Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s similar and different attitudes
Step 5. Assignment
1.surf the internet and get more information about the Mekong River.
2.retell the passage using your own words.
Period 2.
Step 1. Warming up
Ask some Ss to retell the passage that they have learnt last period.
Step 2. Learning about the language
Teacher explain some language points in the text on page 18.
1.persuade sb. into /out of sth.: cause sb (not) to do sth by arguing or reasoning
with him 说服或劝说某人（不）做某事
He is easily persuaded.
Wang Kun couldn’t persuade his sister to change her mind.
persuade sb (that clause): cause sb to believe sth; convince sb. 使某人信服
How can I persuade you that I am telling the truth?
2.insist(v. ): demand (sth) forcefully, not accepting a refusal 坚持或坚决要求；
Since he insisted, I had to stay.
insist on sth/doing sth: require or demand ; refuse to accept an alternative 一定要（某事物），坚决主张
She insists on getting up early and playing her radio loud.
