Teaching Plan
Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
Unite 2 What is the best way to travel?
Teaching content Unit2 What is the best way to travel? Lesson type Reading and writing Time __1__period
Analysis of teaching materials This is the second unit of this module. It mainly talk about transportation,,introduced all kinds of means of transportation and their characteristic. Grammar focuses on the formation and application of adjectives, and on the basis of the first unit talking about means of transportation, we also learn the highest level on the basis of talking about the choice of suitable modes of transportation for people to travel.
Analysis of students They are the students of junior grade2,and they are lively and outgoing. So the cooperating activities like group work will be adopted to arouse their interests in learning this lesson.
Teaching Objectives After learning this lesson, students will be able to: ● Knowledge objectives:Learn and master vocabulary: journey, book, park, outside, homework, cost Learn the highest level and master the use of adjectives, adverbs-est and most● Ability objectives:Listening and understanding familiar topics transportation. Comparing modes of transportation. Reading and finding specific transportation Writing a short passage comparing modes of transportation.● Emotional objective: Understand the scenic spots, love the motherland of rivers and mountains, choose a reasonable, safe way to travel. Take the initiative to learn about tourism transportation in English-speaking countries, connect it with their daily life, broaden their horizons and stimulate interest in learning.
Key points Understand text deeply. Get specific information and main idea.
Difficult point The Transformation between adjectives and adverbs at the Comparative level and the highest level
Teaching Method Tasked -based teaching method Communicative teaching method
Teaching aids PPT, blackboard.
Teaching procedures Warming up(3mins) Pre-reading(7mins) While-reading(25mins) Post-reading(4mins) Summary(5mins) Homework(1mins)
Teacher’s activities Student’s activities Design idea
Step1 Warming up (3mins) Warm upT: What kind of transportation do you choose when you travel? The students are free to answer. The purpose of the activity is to activate the theme, stimulate students' interest in learning, stimulate their enthusiasm for learning.
Step2 Pre-reading (7mins) Work in pairs.Talk about the ways to go to a city that you like to visit by asking and answering the questions.How do you get there? What is the cheapest way to get there? What is the best way to get there? Students talk about the ways of travelling discuss in groups. Talk about and predict the content of the article through the topic. Stimulate students' interest in learning and arouse their enthusiasm for learning.
Step3 While-reading (25mins) Activity 1:Fast readingHave students read and answer the question: How many ways form London to Amsterdam in the passage?Activity 2:Skimming and scanningList the phrases and words for the students to look for in the text.Have students read the second passage quickly and number the ways of travelling form the most expensive to the least expensive. Check the answers and present the right order on the screen.Activity 3:Close readingHave students read and think. Guide students together to find the advantages and disadvantages of various means of transportation and suggestions, one by one analysis. Have students complete the table. Check the answers by having them answer with full sentences. Read the text quickly and do it. Read and find out the answers quickly. Read and answer, discuss about the answer of the third question in small groups. Exercise students' ability to read quickly and grasp the main content of the article. Read and analyze the three specific questions mentioned in the paper one by one, and use the reading materials to cultivate students' ability of reading details and understanding of the general idea. Develop students' strategy in English learning and improve their ability to express their English.
Step4 Post-reading(4mins) Discussion:What is the most important for you to choose the traveling way? Discussion in groups. Take a comprehensive look at the text, consolidate the English learning methods learned in the text, and cultivate the strategy of English learning.
Step5 Summary (5mins) Guide the students to finish a composition according to what they have learned today. Complete the composition. To review the key points and difficult points for this lesson.
Step5 Homework (1mins) Make a family traveling plan for your weekend and choose proper traveling way. Make the traveling plan. Let students summarize and compare comparative and top-level usage and apply them to their own articles.
Blackboard design Module 4 Planes, ships and trains.Unit 2 What is the best way to travel? Words : Structures : Journey book outside It’s the best way to travel . A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach. It is the fastest way by train.