1Unit3TraveljournalTheFirstPeriod●从容说课Thisisthefirstperiodofthisunit.Thisunitisabouttravel,sotheteachercanfirstbrainstormthewordsorphrasesabouttravel.SincetherearesomenewwordsforthenamesofthecountriesandcitiesinSoutheastAsia,theteachercanfirstdealwiththemwiththehelpofamap.ThenSsaresupposedtofindouttheone-wayfaretogettothedestinationfordifferentkindsoftransportation.ThistaskgivesSsachancetopractisegettinginformationthroughtheInternet.LaterSsarerequiredtotalkinpairsaboutthefollowingsixquestions:(1)Whenareyouleaving?(2)Howareyougoingto...?(3)Whenareyouarrivingin/at...?(4)Whereareyoustaying?(5)Howlongareyoustayingin...?(6)Whenareyoucomingback?ThispartisdesignstosmoothawaySs’difficultyinunderstandingthepresentcontinuousforfutureuse.Toleadinthetext,theteachercanaskSstodiscusswhyariverisgreatorwhatarivercanbeusedfor.ThentellSstheMekongisagreatriverliketheChangjiangRiver,anditisthebirthplaceofoldcivilizationandlifebloodoftheSoutheastAsia.Readingskillsareveryimportantforseniorstudents.Forthefirstreading,weintendtocultivateSs’skimmingability.Theyarerequiredtolistthewordsreferringtodifferenttopographicalfeaturesinthetext.ThentheyarerequiredtomatchthesewordswiththeEnglishexplanations.ThroughthispartwecandevelopSs’abilityofguessingthemeaningsofnewwordsaccordingtothecontexts.TostimulateSstotakepartintheclassactivitymoreactively,theteachercanorganizeagroupcompetition,toseewhichgroupcanfinishthetaskfastestandbest.ToshowSsthedifferenttopography,theteachercanpresentsomepictures.Lateron,theteacherwillteachsomeothernewwordsinthetextandaskSstopronouncethesewordscorrectly.Forthesecondreading,theteacherwillpresentfivestatementsforthestudentstojudge.ThispartisdesignedtogetSsintothehabitofreadingapassageasawhole,thatis,togetthegeneralidea.AnotherpurposeofthispartistoaskSstopayattentiontothedetails.TheteacherasksSstoreadthetitleandsubtitleinordertomakethemthinkabouttheorganizationofthewholepassage,andthismethodcanhelpthemnotonlyintheirunderstandingbutalsoinwritingapassage.TodevelopSs’scanningability,theteacherdesignsfivequestions,someofwhichareverydifficult.Sotheteacherwillhelpthemtoreadbetweenthelines,thusSscangraduallygettheabilitytounderstandthewriter’simpliedmeanings.Toconsolidatethenewwordsinthepassage,theteacherasksSstofinishPart1andPart3onPage20afterclass.Atthesametime,theyarerequiredtofindoutwhattheyshouldpayattentiontowhengoingtraveling.ThispartisdesignedtohelpSstogetthesenseofprotectingthemselvesandnature.●三维目标1.Knowledge:(1)Learnthefollowingnewwordsandtheirpronunciation:journal,fare,transport,Vientiane,Laos,PhnomPenh,Cambodia,HoChiMinh,Vietnam,Mekong,finally,cycle,persuade,stubborn,insist,source,proper(ly),detail,determine,determined,altitude,atlas,glacier,Tibetan,rapids,valley,waterfall,plain,delta.2(2)Gettoknowthatthepresentcontinuoustensecanbeusedforfutureuse.(3)Gettoknowwhatarivercanbeusedfor.2.Ability:(1)LearntogetinformationthroughtheInternet.(2)Graspsomereadingskills.3.Emotion:StimulateSs’lovefornaturebygettingthemtoknowthegreatnessofariver.●教学重点GetSstolearndifferentreadingskills,especiallytheabilitiesofunderstandingtheimpliedmeanings.●教学难点(1)Knowthemeaningsandpronunciationofthenewwords.(2)Learndifferentreadingskillsfordifferentreadingpurposes.●教具准备Multi-mediaclassroomandothernormalteachingtools.●教学过程Step1GreetingsTeacher:Hello,myfriends.Students:Hello,MissXu.Step2Warming-upT:Wehaveknowneachotherfor2weeksandIthinkwehavebecomefriends.Canyoutellmewhatyourhobbiesare?S:Ilikesinginganddancing/football/surfingontheInternet/skiing/traveling...T:Good.Thenwhenyoucomeacrosstheword“traveling”,whatwillyouthinkof?S:Travelcost/means/destination/plan...T:Yes.Beforewesetoff,weshouldfirstmaketravelplan,Imeanweshouldfirstdecidethedestination,themeansoftransportanditsfare.(Writethethreewordsontheblackboard.)Here“destination”means“aplacetowhichsb.isgoing”.Wecangotoourdestinationbydifferentmeansoftransport,forexample,bybus,bytrain,byplaneandsoon.“Transportfare”referstohowmuchyoupayfortheplane/trainticket.Now,lookatthescreen,readaftermethethreewords.SupposeyouandyourfriendaregoingtoSoutheastAsia,whichcountryorcitydoyousuggestvisiting?Hereisamaptohelpyou.S:Thailand,Philippines,Singapore,越南,柬埔寨,老挝...T:Good,Icanseeyouaregoodatgeography.Butyou’dbettersaythesenamesinEnglishandpronouncethemcorrectly.Pleasereadafterme:Vientiane,Laos,PhnomPenh,Cambodia,HoChiMinh,Vietnam.T:NowIgiveyouseveralminutestocompletethechart.T:Pleasetellmewhatyouhavegot.S:...T:Then,I’llaskyouandyourpartnertoaskandanswerthefollowingsixquestions:(1)Whenareyouleaving?(2)Howareyougoingto...?3(3)Whenareyouarrivingin/at...?(4)Whereareyoustaying?(5)Howlongareyoustayingin...?(6)Whenareyoucomingback?T:Tellmewhattenseisusedineachsentence?S:Thepresentcontinuoustense.T:Doyouthinkitdescribeswhatishappeningnoworatpresent?S:...T:No,itdescribeswhatwillhappeninthefuture.Question1means“Whenareyougoingtoleave/Whenwillyouleave?”Canyousaytherestfivequestionsinanothertwoways?S:...Step3Pre-readingT:Nowlookatthemapagainandwecanseeagreatriverflowsthroughthecountriesmentionedabove.Doyouknowitsnam