Unit 3 Travel journal
Reading II: Journey down the Mekong
Part 2 A Night in the Mountains
I. Learning Target:
1. 教学内容:Using language-reading and discussing; Listening (P.23)
2. 教学目标:
1.能力目标
学生能够在阅读过程中运用记笔记的形式理解文章,并且能够根据自己所记的笔记按照时间的顺序描述作者骑自行车旅行途中的所遇所见和所感。
2.目标语言
1)重点词汇和短语
wool, reliable, as usual, view, at midnight, pillow, flame, beneath
2)重点句子
Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice.
II. Learning procedures.
Step 1 practice before class.
Sentence translation:
我父母坚决要去拜访的是布朗先生。
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大学毕业后,他去了一所中学工作。
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Step 2 Pre-reading
Imagine that you and your partners are planning to make a trip down the Mekong, you need to choose what you will take with you.
flashlight, umbrella, matches, can openers, water bottle, compass, radio, blanket
tent, map…
What else would you take with you ____________________________
Step 3 skimming
Task 1: answer the following questions:
1. When and where does it happen
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2. How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now
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3. What do you think has changed his attitude
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Task 2: Decide the following statements are true or false.
①When they arrived in Tibet, it was winter then. ( )
②Wang Wei was behind me as usual. ( )
③When we reached a valley, it became warmer.( )
④After supper, we started to make camp. ( )
⑤Wang Kun went to sleep and Wang Wei stayed awake. ( )
⑥There was almost no wind on that night. ( )
Step 4: scanning
Read the passage and fill in the chart.
see 1.___________2.__________________ 3._____________ 4. _____________ 5. _________________
hear
do 1. ride __________ in the snow2. change winter clothes back to _______________3. put up ________ to make camp
feel 1. Legs were _______ and ________.2. _____________________ was hard work, but _______________________ was surprising. 3. _________________ was great fun.4. ___________________to see their cousins.
Step 5: careful reading
Task 1: Find the detailed information from the passage.
We __________________________
Wang Wei _____________ but I______________.
The sky __________. The stars __________.
There was only the sound of______________
Task 2: sentence translation:
1. Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet.
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2. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view
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3. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer.
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Step 4: summarize the passage
My sister and I started the journey from ________ where snows was already beginning to fall. Everything _______ (freeze) and we felt so cold. We were _________ by the view as we climbed to the top of the mountain. But as we traveled down the valley it became much ________ and we have to change our ________.
After we have _________________ at night, my sister went to sleep but I ________ _________.
I started to like our journey and I couldn’t wait to see our __________!
Step 6. self-evaluation
Write down the new words and expressions you have learned in this class.
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Read the text aloud, and write down the beautiful sentences in the text.
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Step 6: Assignment
Find out all the beautiful sentences in both Part 1 and Part 2 of Reading.
In the early evening
After supper
At midnight