Unit 3 Travel Journal
Type of lesson: Reading
Teaching Content: Journey down the Mekong
Teaching Objectives: The students will be able to
find the meaning of the new words by using context and pictures.
express their opinions about the writer’s trip plan or preparation of their dream trip.
Teaching Time: 45 min.
Teaching Aids: computer, overhead projector, atlas and maps
Teaching Procedures:
Pre-reading
The Ss talk briefly about their travel experiences and lead into the topic. .
Q1. Have you done some traveling?
Q2. Where have you been?
Q3. How did you go there?
Q4. Have you thought of going there by bike?
While-reading:
Step 1: The Ss find the main idea of the text by looking at the title and subtitles.
Q1. What does the text mainly talk about? (A journey (down the Mekong))
[Q2. What can you learn about the journey from the title? (Prediction)]
Q3. What does part 1 mainly talk about? (No. The dream and the plan.)
Q4. Does this journal have only 1 part? (At least 2.)
Step 2: The Ss read for general information.
Q1. What were the dream and the plan? (Taking a great bike trip and cycling along the entire Mekong River.)
Q2. Who had the dream? (Wang Kun and Wang Wei.)
Q3. Who made the plan? (Wang Wei.)
Main idea:
What does Para. 1 mainly talk about? (Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream and their plan.)
Step 3: The Ss read for detailed information of Para. 2.
Q1. What is Wang Kun’s attitude towards Wang Wei? (He is fond of his sister.)
Q2. What kind of person is Wang Wei? (She can be stubborn.)
Q3. Who eventually planned the trip? (Wang Wei.)
Step 4: The Ss read for the meaning of the new words.
What does “stubborn” mean?
1. Underline the sentence with “stubborn.”
2. Underline the words that make you think so.
(She can be really stubborn. Although she didn’t know…, she insisted she organize …, determined, would not change her mind,)
Main idea:
What does Para. 2 mainly talk about?
(Their different attitudes towards the plan and how the plan came true.)
Step 5: The Ss read for detailed information of Para. 3.
Q1. What did they do for the trip?
(They went to the library to look for some information about the Mekong.)
Q2. What is an atlas? * (Teacher shows the atlas to the Ss.)
(An atlas is a book with good maps that show details of world geography.)
Comprehension activity：
Ss read and understand the words of landforms with the help of pictures.
1: Ss read and write correct words in boxes A & B.
2: Ss read and circle the words of landforms in the text.
3: Ss read and stick the pictures of landforms in the proper places on the map.
* (Ss work in groups of four and one S does this in front of the class.)
Extension activity:
Ss read the map and find countries the Mekong River goes through.
How many countries does the Mekong go through?
(Six countries. China and five other countries.)
Main idea:
What does Para. 2 mainly talk about?
(More information about the Mekong.)
Post-reading
Discussion:
Ss express their opinions on the trip plan or what to do to prepare for their own trip.
Ss work in groups of four and each group chooses either of the two questions.
What do you think of their plan? Why?
If you have a dream trip, what could be done to make it come true? List what could be done.
Prediction;
Ss predict the content of Part 2.
Homework:
Find more information about the Mekong online.
Read Journey down the Mekong Part 2 on P22 as an extensive reading exercise with the following form to help you understand the text well.
Time
Things they did
Things they saw
Feelings they had
In the beginning
In the late afternoon
In the early evening
After midnight
Board Design
课件19张PPT。Unit 3 Travel JournalJourney down the MekongPart 1 The dream and the plan
Part 2 A night in the mountainsPre-reading
1.What were the dream and the plan?
2.Who had the dream?
3.Who made the plan? Part 1 The dream and the plan Taking a great bike trip and cycling along the entire Mekong River. Wang Kun and Wang Wei. Wang Wei.While-reading
Read for general information.Read for the main idea of Para. 1What does Para. 1 mainly talk about?Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream and their plan. 1. What is Wang Kun’s attitude towards Wang Wei?
2. What kind of person is Wang Wei?
3. Who eventually planned the trip? He is fond of his sister.She can be really stubborn.Wang Wei.Read for detailed information of Para. 2.What does “stubborn” mean?
1. Underline the sentence with “stubborn”.
2. Underline the words that make you think so.Read for the meaning of the new words.Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly … I kept asking her, “When are we …?” I asked her whether she had looked … Of course she hadn’t; my sister doesn’t care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look – the kind that said she would not change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude …, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air …, she said it would be an interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.Read for the meaning of the new words.insisteddeterminednot change her mindOnce she has made up her mindRead for the main idea of Para. 2.What does Para. 2 mainly talk about?Their different attitudes towards the plan and who eventually planned the trip. They went to the library to look up some information about the Mekong. A book with good maps that show details of world geography.1.What did they do for the trip? 2.What is an atlas? Read for detailed information of Para. 3.Step 1. Read and write correct words in boxes A & B. Step 2. Read and circle the words of landforms in the text. Step 3. Read and stick the pictures of landforms in the proper places on the map.Read for detailed information of Para. 2.Comprehension activityAA Tibetan
mountain 1. Read and write correct words in boxes A & B. China
BSouth
China
Sea waterfallplainglaciervalleydeltaBAA Tibetan
mountain 3. Read and stick the pictures of landforms in the proper places on the map.
4.1.3.2.5.glacier
South
China
Sea Scan Para. 3 for detailed information.Read the map for more information about the Mekong River.
How many countries does the Mekong go through?
How many countries does the Mekong go through?VIETNAMCHINA Six countries:
China and five
other countries.Read for the main idea of Para. 3.What does Para. 3 mainly talk about?Some information about the Mekong.Our dream trip is to …
To make it come true, we need to … DiscussionPost-readingI think it is …, because …1. What do you think of the plan? Why?
2. If you have a dream trip, what could be done to make it come true? List what could be done.Find more information about the Mekong online.
Read Journey Down the Mekong Part 2 on P22 as
an extensive reading exercise with the following form
to help you understand the text well.HomeworkCycle along the entire
Mekong River
China Lancang RiverMekong Riverfrom where it begins
to where it ends.
