Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges(北京市西城区)

外研社高中教材Book 4 Module 5 Period 2
A Trip Along the Three Gorges
Teaching Content: Reading and Vocabulary
Teaching Aims and Demands: Language Knowledge
1. New words: bamboo, colleague, distant, construction site, goods, legend, poet, rush, set, trade, characters, deck, dock, detour, exploit, raft
2. Main Sentences:
1. We could see the sun setting behind the white pagoda.
2. Every…, every stream that joined…, every… was heavy with the past.
3. On a distant mountain was a sign in 20-foot characters.
Ability Goals:
Guess the meaning of some new words.
Discuss the questions about the passage.
Enable the Ss to describe the scenery of the Three Gorges with the target language.
Learning Ability Goals:
Let the students know how to find clues of the writer’s journey.
Get the students to learn how to guess the definitions of the new words.
Teaching Important Points:
Get the students to describe the scenery of the Three Gorges.
Discuss the questions of comprehension.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Enable the students to find the clues about the writer’s journey.
Teaching Methods:
ask -and –answer
fast-reading and careful-reading
student-centered vocabulary learning
discussion
individual, pair or group work to finish each task
listening and retelling
Teaching Aids:
A tape recorder, four pictures, several cards
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Greetings and Revision
T : Now, please look at the photo. Is it beautiful
Ss:
T : Who can tell me which river it is
S1:.
T : Who can tell me what place it is
S2:
T : Who’d like to tell me where it is
S3:
S4:.
Step II Lead-in
T : Who can tell us what the names of the Three Gorges are
S5:
T : Quite right, boys and girls, quite right. You’ve hit the nail on the head.
Well, what would you do if you had a lot of time/money
Ss:
T : Yes, just do as you said. With the fast development of science and technology, people live a much more comfortable life than ever before. More and more people even including peasants in the countryside and foreigners spend holidays going on a trip through the Three Gorges. I guess you’ll be able to have “A Trip Along the Three Gorges” in the near future.
瞿塘峡 (Qutang Gorge) 巫　峡(Wu Gorge) 西　陵　峡(Xiling Gorge)
Title: A Trip Along the Three Gorges
Step III Pre-reading Discussion and Vocabulary
1. First, get the students to discuss the question on Page 42 with their partners. Then get them to talk about some topics of going on a trip through the Three Gorges. Finally, ask the students to report their work.
T : Would you like to visit the Three Gorges
Ss:
T : I bet you’ll have a chance in the near future. Now turn to Page 42, imagine you’re going on a trip through the Three Gorges. First discuss the question with your partners. Then I’ll ask some students to report your work. Are you clear
Ss:
T : Now who’d like to tell us which topic you will talk about Any volunteers
S1, S2, S3, S4, S5
2. Check the meaning of these words. Make sure they can read the words correctly and understand the meaning.
characters, deck, dock, detour, exploit, pagoda, raft
3. Do Activity 5
Step IV Fast-reading
Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly. Tell them to read the text silently and then ask them some detailed questions about the text. Encourage them to express their ideas.
Now, boys and girls, I’d like you to read the passage: A Trip Along the Three Gorges. Imaging you’re getting on the boat to enjoy the trip with the writer.
1. Read the text quickly and silently in a few minutes and find the answers to the following questions.
1). Which topics does the writer talk about
2). How did the writer go on his trip, by ship or by boat
3). What did the writer see at the dam
4). Did the writer enjoy the trip Why or why not
2. Complete the statements about the writer’s journey. (Activity 3, Page 43.)
Step V Careful-reading
In this part, firstly, get the students to read the text carefully again and then work together with their partners to find the clues of the writer’s journey. Secondly, show the table and the map of the Three Gorges on the blackboard. Thirdly, give them a few minutes to get more details and fill in the table about the whole text. Finally, check the answers with the whole class.
Now please read the passage carefully to find the clues of the writer’s journey with your partners. Try to get more details about it and fill in the table.
Time Place Feature Action
Afternoon
Evening
Night
Next Day
Step VI Listening and Retelling
Looking at the following map, listen to the tape of the text, imitating pronunciation and intonation as well, and then try to retell the writer’s route and experience with the help of the words and expressions given.
997, Peter Hessler, a young American teacher, go, the Three Gorges, colleague.
the first day leave, Fuling, sail, downstream, travel, Qutang Gorge, where, rush, mountains.
the next morning go through, Wu Gorge, pass, the Xiang River, Qu Yuan, come out of, Xiling Gorge, the construction site, dam, take, pictures, see, the Chinese flag, blowing, sign, say, build, the Three Gorges Dam, exploit, the Yangtze River..
Step Ⅶ Moral Education
T: What lesson can you learn from this passage
Ss: (S1, S2, S3, S4…)
Step Ⅷ Homework
1. Read the text again and again until you can recite it.
2. Write a short paragraph about A Trip Along the Three Gorges, using about 100 words.