8B Unit 3 Online Tours
Period 6 Study Skills
Aims and demands:
1. To know how to make charts .
2.To understand the uses of charts .
3.To use a chart to make notes of a piece of writing.
Main and difficult points:
How to make a chart .
Teaching contents:
Four skills:
Word: book
Phrases: online course book tickets and hotels see a doctor
order meals daily communication
Teaching aids: Some cards
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Presentation
Think .Let students read them quickly.
1. How do you take notes quickly and easily
2.How do you organize your ideas when you write
3. What can help you see and understand the ideas better when you write
4. Do you just organize your ideas in your mind like the two children
5.How can we write easily
Step2 Revision
1.Ask students to retell Part Reading.
T: Do you still remember the tour guide Robin
Ss: Yes
T: He introduced the website “Around the World in Eight Hours”.
Let’s retell it .
Daniel is looking at a website called .
It provides people tour guides for many places around the world. Just click on the “Tour” icon at the top of the page, it can take you on an online tour to places all over the world, you can visit _____,______,_____,________and others.
________ New York, the ______city in the USA.
At the southern end of Manhattan Island is the world-famous trade centre---__________.There are many big___________and international __________.
Further on is Times Square. Thousands of people _______ here on every New Year’s Eve to see the huge glass ball _______ through the darkness.
is in the centre of the island. _____ several lakes, hills and a large green lawn, it’s a good place _______ after a hard day’s work.
______ you ever _________ the song “Memory” It comes from the famous Broadway musical Cats. So don’t miss . It has been famous for its _____ since the early twentieth century.
___________ New York. Click on the “Back” icon at the bottom of the page. _____ another city and start your new tour!
2.Let’s find out what people can see in New York. Fill in the blanks .
3.Here are many types of charts.
4.Using charts.
We can use charts to organize our ideas when we write.
This helps us see and understand the ideas better.
We can also use charts to make notes of a piece of writing.
Making a chart like drawing a tree .
You should write the title first, then write the other details.
5.Tip
(1). When we make charts, we do not need to use complete sentences.
(2). Write down the words or phrases of the same category.
Step3 Presentation
1.We can use the following chart to show people what the website “Around the World in Eight Hours” is about.
2. Now let’s make a chart for the reading article.
T: When we make charts, we do not need to use complete sentences.
3. Use a chart to show people what the website “Around the World in Eight Hours” is about.
Step4 Practice
1.We can use chart to help us see and understand the ideas better.
If I show you an article, can you make a chart to let us know the ideas clearly.
My favourite seasons are spring and summer.Spring is warm and beautiful. We can do many activities. For example, I can fly kites and go hiking with my friends and my parents .And I can wear my favourite sweater . Summer is hot ,but I can eat ice-cream . I can go swimming and wear beautiful skirts or dresses.
2.Let them make their own charts and show them.
Step5 Presentation
1. Make a chart to introduce an online course. Help Millie complete the chart by writing the correct letters in the boxes.
2. Check the answers together.
3. Work in groups and write a short text according to the chart.
It’s an online course called Daily English. We can learn to use English in daily communication in different situations. We can learn how to ask the way, how to book tickets and hotels, and what to say when ordering meals, seeing a doctor and going shopping. This online course is very useful.
Bb design:
Broadway
Central Park
Times Square
Wall Street
New York, USA
Others
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Takes you on an online tour to places all over the world
A website
8B Unit3 Study skills
Around the World in Eight hours