6 parts

1. Warming up

2. Reading

3. Grammar

4. Listening

5. Speaking

6. Writing

This unit can be divided into 6 parts and 7 periods

7 periods

1) Warming up & reading (p.17-19)2) Important language points (words & expressions)3) Grammar (The present continuous tense& sentence pattern :it is ---that/who---)4) Reading & speaking (p.22)5) Language points & listening & reading(p.23)6) Speaking & writing7) Consolidation

Topic: traveling; describing a journeyVocabulary and useful expressions: journal, fare, transport, ---change one’s mind, give in---Function:Good wishes: Have a good day/time! Best wishes to you.Have a good journey/trip! Good luck! Enjoy yourself! Means of transportation:walking, cycling, horse riding, taking buses/trains/boats/planesGrammar: 现在进行表将来Where are you going on holiday?I am going to Hawaii on holiday.

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能力目标1 、能运用所学语言表达将来的计划。2 、能根据已知信息推测所听材料的内容。3 、掌握理解本单元旅游日志的内容和基本的阅读技巧4 、学会用英语交流旅游计划，谈论旅游的行为规范、 旅游工具、旅游必备品及相关旅游注意事项。5 、学会以书信的形式写旅游日志和书写旅游广告。情感目标1 、了解旅游的行为规范、旅游工具、旅游必备品及相关 旅游注意事项。2 、了解生态旅游的概念和意义，帮助学生树立为建立人 与自然和谐发展的环境而努力的意识

Warming up

Step I. Lead in1. Teaching aims (Knowledge & Ability )Help students get close to the topic: traveling

and discuss the destinations and fares.Help students learn new words and their pron

unciations.( journal, fare, transport, Vientiane, Laos, Phn

om Penh, Cambodia, HoChiMinh city, Vietnam)

Period1 Warming up & reading

Activities:Brainstorm & Lead inQuestion: If you were tired, what kind of way do you like to refresh yourself? (individual work)

Do you like traveling? Why? Lead in: Before we set off, we should first make a travel plan. What shall we decide?Lead in two words: destination & fare (destination: a place where to go; fare: how much you pay for your traveling.)

relaxation

Learn new words and pronunciation: Vientiane…Discussion (pair work)Discuss the fares and decide where to go. (P.17 chart) From To By Travel

fare

Xining

Qinghai

Vientiane

Laos

Train

Air

RMB 1320

RMB 3200

Xining

Qinghai

Phnom Penh

Cambodia

Train

Air

RMB 1490

RMB 2600

Xining

Qinghai

Ho Chi MInh City

Vietnam

Train

Air

RMB 1650

RMB 3500

2. Teaching aims (Knowledge)Help students get to know that the present continuous tense can be used for future use.Activities: Discussion: six questions (pair work) (P17)1) When are you leaving?2) How are you going to …?3) When are you arriving in/at…?4) Where are you staying?5 ) How long are you staying in…?6) When are you coming back?

Discovering the tense and function used in these sentences. (individual work)Explanation: The present continuous tense can be used for future use. It describes what will happen in the future. The first sentence means “When are you going to leave?” or “ When will you leave?”Practice: (whole class work) Can you say the rest five questions in another two ways?

Step II: Pre-readingTeaching aims:Help students activate students’ knowledge ab

out great rivers in the world.Stimulate students’ love for nature by discussi

ng the greatness of a river.Activities:Discuss the great rivers and their locations in t

he world by filling in the form (ppt.)Brainstorming: How do people who live along

a river use it? (pair work)

Names of river Location

Mekong river

Seine

Nile

Gongo

Amazon

Mississippi

Thames

England

Egypt

Central Africa

US

France

China

Brazil

The great rivers in the world

……

How do people who live along a river use it?

Brain

go swimming

travel along a river

to irrigate their fields

to make electricity

storming

Step III: Reading (first reading)Teaching aims:Help students learn different reading skills

(skimming, scanning &guessing)Help students learn new words: waterfall,

rapids, valley, delta, glacier, plain, canyonHelp students get a whole meaning of the text.

Activities:Skimming: 3 questionsWho are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?What was their dream?Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?Scanning & guessing1)Go through the passage quickly and find out 7 words which can tell us the different topographical features of Mekong?2) Write down 7 words and let Ss matchwaterfall rapids valleydelta glacier plain canyon

waterfall

rapids

valley

delta

glacier

plain

canyon

A high place from which a river suddenly goes down.

A fast-moving part of a river.

A long, low, wide place between hills.

The low place where a river enters the sea.

A large body of ice moving slowly down a high valley.

A large flat place.

A deep, very wide valley, usually with a river.

Show 7 pictures and tell what they are: valley, delta…(ppt.) List the countries that the Mekong River flows through. (ppt.)

waterfall

plain

rapids

delta

glacier

canyon

valley

China

Laos

Burma

Thailand

Cambodia

Step IV: Reading (second reading & reading aloud)

Teaching Aims:Help students get to know the organizatio

n of the passage.Help students cultivate their ability of read

ing a passage as a whole, as well as reading between the lines.

Help students analyze Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s different characters .

Careful reading: information in details1.Look at the subtitle, ask the question: How many parts can the passage be divided into?The dream (para 1)The plan (para 2-3)2. Reading aloud & 4 questions (group work):1) Where is the source of the Mekong River?2) Which sea does the Mekong enter?3) Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River? Why?4) Which character do you like, Wang Kun or Wang Wei?

QuestionsWhere is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?

source:Qinghai Province; enter: South China Sea

What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?

Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?

We can see a glacier ,deep valleys, waterfalls, hills and plains.

Yes, it is. We know that the travelers had to climb

over a Tibetan mountain and pass through deep valleys.

Wang Wei

She is stubborn and determined.

She is not easy to change her mind.

She loves nature;she …

Wang Kun

He is careful and serious

Personality

Which character do you like,Wang Kun or Wang wei?

The 7-day National Holiday is coming, everyone has his dream of travelling. Think about it and make your travel plan.( your favourite destination and reason, the way of traveling, the most useful things you should take and your traveling routes ---)

Period2. Important language points

P20

. Period3. Grammar

(The present continuous tense & sentence pattern :it is ---that/who---)

P21

Period4.Reading & Speaking

Teaching aims:To understand the second part of Journey Down the Mekong.To learn how to read and organize a travel journal.To learn how to express good wishes.To develop students’ sense of group cooperation and protecting nature.

Activities:Lead in:(surpose)The famous singer Jay will give a performance in Hangzhou tonight. But tomorrow morning you will take an English exam. What will you do?

compare :you have different ideas, or you hold different attitudes.(An attitude is what a person thinks about something.) and compare Wang Kun’s and Wang Wei’s attitudes toward the trip along the Mekong.(P19)

How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now?

First readingRead the short passage and decide the following sentences are true or false.①When they arrived in Tibet, it was winter then. ( )②Wang Wei was behind me as usual. ( )③When we reached a valley, it became warmer.( ) ④After supper, we started to make camp. ( )⑤Wang Kun went to sleep and Wang Wei stayed awake. ( )⑥There was almost no wind on that night. ( )Second reading & Discussion

①How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now?②What do you think has changed his attitude?

Speaking Teaching aim: learn how to express good wishes. Activity: Imagine you are a friend of Wang Wei’s andtry to wish her well on her journey by using the useful expressions. (P.23)Make a short dialogue and act it out (pair work)

Period5. language points(P.22) & Listening & Reading(P23)

Reading :What’s the difference between diary and travel journal?

A diary  Personal;To record how the writer feels.

A travel journal

 For a lot of reader;Record their experience, ideas and afterthoughts;Its topics include people, things and events less familiar to readers.

Teaching aims: Help Ss summarize what they have learned from this unit (words; phrases; sentences; how to make a plan) Help Ss communicate their travel plans in English and improving writing skills. Help Ss cultivate their awareness of making efforts to be in harmony with nature.

Period6. Speaking & Writing

Activity: show your travel plan and revise it and then write down. (group work)

Period7. Consolidation (exercise)