人教版（新课程标准）必修一Unit 3 Travel Journey Warming up教案

Topic: Warming up
Lesson duration: 40 minutes
Teaching Contents: Warming up of Unit 3
Teaching key points and difficult points:
Students can talk about his/her traveling experience with his/her partner.
Teaching objectives:
1. Knowledge objectives:
Students can get some information about travel and the Mekong River.
2. Ability objectives:
Students can talk about his/her traveling experience with his/her partner.
3. Emotion objectives:
Stimulate students’ love for nature by getting them to know the greatness of a river.
Teaching methods:
Task-based teaching and learning; Cooperative learning and reading; Discussion
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Teacher: “Good morning, boys and girls. Last week we had finished National Day holiday, right So have you travelled around on holiday ”
Students: “Yes.”
Teacher: “So it means that you like travelling, right ”
Students: “Yes.” “No.”
Step 2 Preparation for travel
Teacher: “Well, I hear someone say ‘yes’, and others say ‘no’. So if you say ‘yes’, why If you say ‘no’, why ”
Student A: “I do not like travelling, because travelling is tired.”
Student B: “I like travelling because I think travelling is interesting.”
Teacher: “OK. And I believe that even if you do not like travelling, you should have the experience to travel. So what should we consider before travelling Maybe you can have a discussion with your partner now.”
Students: “Clothes.” “What to take.” …
Teacher: “Well-done. So we should consider the following things.
At first, let’s talk about transportation. In other words, we need to think about how we get the destination, right So what kind of transportation would you choose And why ”
Student A: “I want to take the bus, because it is cheap.”
Student B: “ I want to take the airplane, because it takes a short time.”
…
Teacher: “Good. These transportation can help us reach our destinations. In order to have a perfect journey, what else do we need to consider besides transportations ”
Students: “Maybe we should take something.”
Teacher: “Very good. As we all know, we choose too much things to take, which may make our journey not comfortable. So I will you nine things, and you can pick three of them. And tell me your reasons why you choose them. Ok And now you can have discussion with your partner.”
Students: “…”
Teacher: “I agree with your opinions. They are very important. So if you have a chance to travel in the following days, where will you go ’’
Student A: “Chengdu.”
Student B: “Shanghai.”
Teacher: “Can you tell me reasons ”
Students: “…”
Teacher: “Good reasons. But if I were you, I will choose to travel along the river As we all know, there are many famous rivers in our country. Do you know them ”
Step 3 Some information about Chinese River
Teacher: “Let’s look at the picture at first. Can you guess what is it Well, I will give you some tips. This river is called our mother river.”
Students: “The Yellow River.’
Teacher: “Good. And can you guess the river’s name from the picture Well, I will give you some clues, too. It is the longest river in China.”
Students: “The Changjiang River.”
Teacher: “And the next river, maybe you do not know it. But do not worry. I will tell you its name directly. Its name is the Mekong River. And the river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries. And look at the following picture to talk the countries it flows.”
Step 4 Summary
Teacher: “So today we have learned two parts: the preparation before travel and some information about the Mekong River. Are you clear now ”
Students: “Yes.”
Step 5 Homework
Teacher: “Very good. And today’s homework is to inish pre-reading part on page 54. Class is over