Teaching plan of unit three
Travel Journal

广州南武中学  朱琼

Teaching aims and demands

1. Topic: traveling; describing a journey
2. Vocabulary and useful expressions:
 journal, fare, transport, finally, cycle, persuade, insist, proper, properly, determine, rapid, valley, waterfall, plain, attitude, shorts, camp, record, afterthought, topic, familiar, brave
 change one’s mind, give in
3. 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
4. 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 warm-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 about the trip.

Similar attitudes about the trip

Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think…
1. taking this trip is a dream come 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. 

Different attitudes about the trip

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.
 
Step 5. Assignment
1. surf the internet and get more information about the Mekong River.
2. retell the passage use 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.
3. care about: be worried, concerned or interested 忧虑，关心，惦念
don’t you care about anybody?
I don’t care about what happens to him.
care for /to do: be willing or agree to do sth.; wish or like to do sth.
Would you care a drink?
Would you care to go for a walk?
care for sb.
1). Like or love sb.
  He cares for her deeply.
2). Look after sb; take care of sb; be responsible for sb
     Who will care for your child if you are out?
4. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. 她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使她改变。
once: adv.
1). for one time 一次
 I have only been here once.
2). at some time in the past 一度；曾经
  He once lived in Zambia.
3). all at once: suddenly 突然
  All at once the door opened.
conj. = as soon as 一旦；一…就…
 Once you understand this rule, you’ll have no further difficulty.
Step 3. Practice
1. Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 20 by themselves.
2. check the answer.
3. Ss do Ex 3. on page 20.
4. Teacher gives Ss suggested answer and tell them why if the Ss have any problem.
Step 4. Assignment
1. Learn the useful expressions by heart.
2. Finish Wb. Ex1 on page 56.
3. Finish Wb. Ex 2 on page 57.

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