Teacher Students
Teaching material Module 1 unit 2 Period One period
Teaching type Reading
Teaching plan
Module 1Wonders of the world Unit2 The Grand Canyon was not just big
Text analysis This text is an experience that the author go traveling to The Grand Canyon. The author not only describes the beautiful scene but also expresses her feelings about the great place. Reading the passage, students can feel the author’s view from the far to the near.
Students analysis Students are interested in traveling. They want to know more about the beautiful place they haven’t been to. Through this text, they will learn something about The Grand Canyon and also learn how to describe a place and express their feelings about the place with some adjectives. From the text, they will know there are many great places in the world and their interests of exploring the world will be aroused.
Difficult and important points Key vocabulary: canyon, silent, grey, stream, shine, on top of, look down, look across Key structures: I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream nearly one mile below me. The Grand Canyon was not just big. It was huge.
Teaching methods Bottom-up approachTask-based approach
Teaching aids Tape recorder, pictures, video
Teaching procedures Teachers’ activity Students’ activity
1.Leading-in 1. Talk about the topic of traveling with students. Ask students some questions.Do you like traveling Where have you traveled Have you ever been to any foreign countries And then lead in today’s topic- The Grand Canyon.2. Show a video of The Grand CanyonAsk students to watch the video. Ask students two questions: (1)Where is it (2)Is it a beautiful place Show some pictures of The Grand Canyon.List the key words：canyon, silent, grey, stream, shine, on top of, look down, look across(2)Lead students to read the new words and phrases. 1.talk about traveling with each other and answer the questions. Watch the videoWatch the video and answer the questions.3. Know today’s topic, traveling.4. Learn the new words and phrases, read them together.
2．Fast reading Ask student to count how many paragraphs in the passage.Show the three titles “ before the sun rose” “after the sun rose” “the writer’s feeling about The Grand Canyon.” to students.Let students put the five paragraphs into the three parts according to the three titles.Lead students to understand the structure of the whole passage and the order that the author wrote the passage. 1. Count how many paragraphs in the passage.2. Look at the three titles and understand what each title means. 3. Put the whole passage into three parts according to the three titles. 4. Understand the structure of the whole passage and the order that the author wrote the passage with the teacher’s help.
3．Careful reading(the first two paragraphs) Show a picture of the scene that the first two paragraphs describe.Show two questions.(1)What was the weathers like (2)Could the author see The Grand Canyon Why 3.Let some students read the first two paragraphs, giving them 2-3 minutes.4. Ask some of the students to answer the questions.5. Check the answers. Watch the picture and guess what the first two paragraphs will tell.Read the two questions carefully.Read the first two paragraphs carefully with the two questions in mind.Some of them will answer the questions.Check the answers.
4.Careful reading(the third paragraph) 1.Show a picture of the scene that the third paragraph describes.2.Show two questions.(1) What happened to the weather when the author was on the Grand Canyon (2) What did the writer do 3.Let some students read the third paragraph, giving them 2-3 minutes.4. Ask some of the students to answer the questions.5. Check the answers 1. Watch the picture and guess what the third paragraph will tell.2. Read the two questions carefully.3. Read the third paragraph carefully with the two questions in mind.4. Some of them will answer the questions.5. Check the answers..
5.Careful reading(the fourth paragraph) Show a table that describes the facts of the Grand Canyon.Ask students to read the table and know what kind of information they need to fill in the table.Ask students to read the fourth paragraph within 3 minutes.Ask some students to fill in the table. Check the answers.6. Let students learn how to describe a place, using long, deep, wide, high, tall. Watch the table.Know what kind of information need to be filled in the table.Read the fourth paragraph within 3 minutes with the table in mind.Fill in the table.Check the answer.
6. Careful reading(the fifth paragraph) Show the question to students.What does the author think of the Grand Canyon Ask students to read the last paragraph within 1 minute.Ask some of them to answer the question.Check answers.Add some more adjectives expressing one’s feelings and teach students how to use them, such as wonderful, great, amazing. Read the question carefully.Read the last paragraph within 1minute.Answer the question.Check the answers.Learn to use some adjectives to express feeling about some places.
7.After reading (doing some practice) 1. Show them some pictures of places and some given information.2. Let students work in a group of 2 to practise describing the places with the given information.3. Check the answers. Watch the pictures and the given information.Work in groups to practise describing the places.Check the answers.
8. Summary 1. Show a group of pictures of the author’s route.2. Lead students to watch and try to remember the text according to the pictures. Watch the pictures.Try to describe the picture using the words in the text.
9. Try to remember 1.Show some pictures of historic sites.2. Led students learn this sentence He that travels far knows much. （远行者，见识广）3.encourage students to travel and know more about the world, increase knowledge and fun. 1. Watch the pictures.2. Learn the sentence.
10. Writing 1. Show a short passage of the teacher’s traveling experience.2. Read it with students together. Read the passage with the teacher together. Learn how to write a passage of traveling experience.
11. Homework Write a passage about one of your travel, describing the place you visited and sharing your feelings with others. Do the homework after class.
12. Blackboard design Key words:canyon, silent, grey, stream, shine, on top of, look down, look across Key structures: long deep high describing facts wide tall huge greatwonderful expressing feelings beautiful amazing
Teaching reflection Through this text, students may have a better understanding of traveling, and know to how to write a travel experience using different kinds of adjective to express feelings and describe facts..评测练习
1. Everyone here. No one away.
A. is, are B. is, is C. are, is D. are, are
2. When you born I born in 1980.
A. were, were B. was, was C. was, were D. were, was
3. Neither of my parents a teacher.
A. am B. are C. is D. were
4. Mike and his sister here a moment ago.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
5. There a sports meeting next week.
A. are going B. will have C. is going to have D. will be
6. How much fish there in the fridge
A. are B. is C. be D. has
7. there a message for me Yes, .
A. Were, there were B. Was, there was C. Were, they were D. Was, it was
8. Father usually on Sundays.
A. rest B. rests C. resting D. rested
9. What Lily often in the evening
A. do, do B. is, doing C. does, do D. is, do
10. you reading Yes, I .
A. Are, like, like B. Are, like, do C. Do, like, do D. Do, like, am
11. The days shorter and the weather
cooler in autumn.
get, get B. get, gets C. are getting, gets D. are getting, is get
12. Ann’s aunt to see her later.
A. came, meet B. comes C. will come D. come
13. Where we tomorrow morning
A. are, meet B. will, meeting C. do, meet D. shall, meet
14. He told me that he the Summer Place the next day.
A. had visited B. has visited C. will visit D. would
15. They said they the news about her the next day.
A. had got B. will get C. have got D. would get
16. Our teacher told us that the earth round the sun.
A. went B. go C. goes D. going
17. Neither your father nor your brother in that time.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
18. Mr Smith told us he the guests around the factory.
A. will show B. has shown C. would show D. shows
19. We won’t go to the Great Wall if it
tomorrow.
snow B. snowed C. snows D. will snow
20. He can’t walk because he his leg.
A. has broken B. had broken C. broke D. is breaking
21. Mother when I got home.
A. is cooking B. was cooking C. cooks D. has cooked
22. The train when we got to the station.
A. has just left B. had just left C. leaves D. leave
23. Look! It hard, isn’t it
A. rains B. will rain C. is raining D. is going to rain
24. We will go to the zoo if it tomorrow.
A. won’t rain B. isn’t rain C. not rain D. doesn’t rain
25. He English here for ten years since he came here.
A. teaches B. taught C. has taught D. had taught
26. I a new dictionary. Look! How thick it is!
A. had B. got C. have had D. have got
27. in the sun. It’s bad for your eyes.
A. Not read B. Don’t read C. Not to read D. Don’t to read
28. you read the story When you read it
A. Do, have B. Are, will C. Did, have D. Have, did
29. Their parents in two hours.
A. return B. returned C. would return D. will return
30. I’ll tell him the good news as soon as he
back.
will come B. came C. come D. comes
31. Jenny saw a wallet lying on the ground and .
A. pick it up B. pick up it C. picked it up D. picked up it
32. Do you know when he
A. arrive B. will arrive C. arrived D. would arrive
33. Mr Li said he to the Summer Palace the next day.
A. will go B. would go C. has gone D. is going
34. Be quiet, please. I’m trying to hear what the man .
A. says B. is saying C. had said D. has been said
35. Don’t make any noise, They a meeting .
A. have B. will have C. are having D. is having
36. Mr King some places since he came to China.
A. will visit B. visited C. has visited D. have visited
37. your sister a new bike Not yet.
A. Has, buy B. Has, bought C. Did, buy D. Will, buy
38. Tom isn’t here now. He to the library.
A. has been B. would go C. has gone D. went
39. They the newspaper when I went into their room.
A. are reading B. have read C. will read D. were reading
40. She here in 2000. She a teacher for over six years.
A. came, be B. came, has been C. has come, is D. has come, has been
41. We for Toronto tomorrow.
A. are leaving B. leave C. left D. have left
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