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Unit3TravelJournalOverallanalysis•Topic:travelling,describingajourney•Functions:talkingaboutfutureplans,goodwishesandfarewells•Grammaritem:thepresentcontinuoustenseusedtodescribefutureplansOverallobjectivesStudentscan:talkabouttheirfutureplansusingthepresentcontinuoustense;planfortravelling;knowmoreabouttheMekongRiver.understandthemainideaanddetailedinformationofthetext;makeinferencesbasedonthetext;usethewordsandexpressions;writeane-mailtoaskforajourney;bemoreinterestedintravellingandcanhavemoregeologicalknowledge;deepentheirunderstandingfortravellingandpromotetheirloveforourcountryandculture.Warm-up•Ex1:tocomparedifferenttransportations.•Ex2:todecideandplanforajourney,torealizethatthepresentcontinuoustensecanbeusedtotalkaboutfutureplans.•Purposesofwarm-up:toleadinthetopic:travelling,tohelpstudentscommunicativeabouttravelling;tointroducethegrammarstructureinasituation.Howtodealwiththetwoactivities?•Activity1:guidestudentstothinkaboutfromwhataspectswecanmakethecomparisonbetweenthetransports?Theteachercanmodifythechartintoanotherasfollows:TransportSpeedTimeneededSafetyCostPollutionbustrainshipairplanebicyclecarActivity2•Beforegettingstudentstostartdiscussion,theteachercanaskstudentstothinkabout:Whatshouldbetakenintoconsiderationwhenplanningforajourney?Theninordertomakestudentsbeawareofthestructure,theteachershouldtellthemthatwecanusethepresentcontinuoustensetoexpressfutureplans,giveexamplesandrequirestudentstousethestructuretotalkabouttheirplansforthejourney.•Thestudentscanworkinpairsorgroups.Thegoalofthetaskistocomeupwithaplanforthejourney.Theteachercanprovideacharttohelpstudents.Afterpreparation,studentsshouldbeinvitedtopresenttheirplans.’stravelPlanDestination:Transportation:Budget:Lengthofstay:Placeofstay:Preparation:Otheractivities:1.Askstudentstotalkabouttheirowntravellingexperiences:Doyouliketravelling?Wherehaveyoueverbeen?Doyouhaveanyinterestingstoriesinyourtravelling?Whathaveyougotfromtravelling?2.Debate:Isitbettertojoinatourteamortotravelalone?Pre-reading:todrawstudents’attentionononetravellingresource:rivers•Ex1:thefunctionsofrivers,morespecifically,thefunctionofriversastravellingresource•Ex2:tohelpstudentsunderstandthecharacteristicsofriversastravellingresource•Ex3:toprepareforreading,tohelpstudentsknowthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough.Thereadingpassage•ThepassageisaboutWangKunandhissister’sjourneydownTheMekongRiver.Itmainlydescribeshowtheyplannedtheirjourney.•Aims:Studentscan:1.getthemainideaanddetailedinformation;2.makeinferencesaboutWangKunandhissister’sattitudestowardsthejourney;3.transformreadingintooralproduction;4.activateandknowmoreknowledgeabouttheMekongRiver;5.knowwhatpreparationstomakeforajourney;6.knowwhatfactorstotakeintoconsiderationwhenplanningforajourney.Comprehending•Ex1:literalunderstanding•Ex2:languageknowledge,understandingsomedifficultsentences,paraphrasingthem•Ex3:makinginferencesontheattitudes•Ex4:transformingreading(input)intooralproductionbasedontheinformationtheyhavegot•Ex5:theeffectsofstressonsentencemeaningsPost-readingactivities•Retellthestoryindifferentpeople’stones.•Actasatourguide.IntroducetheMekongRiver.•Discussion:Howtoprepareforajourney?Writeatourguidance.Learningaboutlanguage:vocabulary•Ex1:spellingandmeaningofwords•Ex2:distinguishingsimilarwordsandexpressions•Ex3:geographicalterms,toenlargestudents’vocabularysizeandhelpthemdeveloponestrategyofmemorizingwords:memorizingwordsaccordingtotheircategories.Discoveringusefulstructure•Ex1:toprovideasituationtohelpstudentshavesomeunderstanding/perceptionforthestructure;•Ex2:usingthestructureinasituation,tohelpstudentsunderstandwhentousethestructure.•Ex3:applyingthestructureinstudents’reallife.Usinglanguage:Part2•Thispassageisacontinuationandextensionofthereadingpassage.ItdescribesanightthatWangKunandhissisterspentinthemountain.•Ex1:makinginferences•Ex2:developstudents’imaginationandspeaking;developmentofthetext•Ex3:pronunciation:tones,sensegroups,developlanguagesense•Somemorequestions:Howisthejournalorganized?Whathappenedduringthethreeperiodsoftime?Listeningandspeaking:anothercontinuation•Ex1:pre-listening:predictingbyskimmingtheexercises•Ex2:while-listening:togetthemainidea•Ex3:while-listening:togetdetailedinformation•Ex4:producingadialoguebasedonwhattheyhaveheard,tousethephrasesofsendinggoodwishesandsayingfarewellsWriting•Thewritingtaskfocusesonaskingaboutthejourney.Itisalsoacontinuationofthepreviousparts.Studentsareguidedtowrite.Howtohelpstudentsbepreparedforwriting?•Transitfromlisteningtowriting;•Haveadiscussiontoactivatestudents’knowledgeaboutLaos.Letstudentsimagine:supposeoneoftheirfriendsistravellinginLaosnow,whatwouldtheyliketoknowaboutthecountry?Whatquestionswouldyouask?•Letstudentstohaveashortperiodofthinkingtodecidewhataspectstheywouldfocusonintheletterandhowtoorganizetheirideasintoparagraphs.