Unit 3 Travel journal
Teaching ideology
The New English Curriculum for English is designed to develop students’ overall quality, which pays more attention to the comprehensive development of the language skill, knowledge, strategies, affects and cultural awareness. The goals and aims focus on Senior High School students’ interest, ability, positive attitude toward learning English , enabling the acquisition of the good pronunciation and intonation, cultivating their language sense and laying a good foundation for further study. Much emphasis should be laid on the Cooperative Language Learning and TBLT.
Text analysis
The teaching material is from NEW SENIOR ENGLISH FOR CHINA STUDENT’S BOOK 1 Unit 3 Travel journal. The main topic of this text is travel. A lot of students are fond of traveling, so they will be interested in this topic.
Students analysis
The students are from Grade 1, in Senior High School. As for high school students, they have achieved certain English level; therefore, they should have no difficulty in understanding for the main idea of the reading passage. What’s more, they are very curious in learning new thing. So they will be very active in talking about what they know about the topic.
Teaching objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
Knowledge objectives:
a.Skill goals:
Describe a journey.
Revise means of transportation.
The Present Progressive Tense expresses futurity.
Keep a travel journal to show personal impressions.
b.Function sentence patterns
(1)Good wishes and farewells
Have a nice/ good time. Have a nice/good time.
Tare care. Good luck on your journey.
Say “ hello” to … Write to me.
Give my love / best wishes to … Have fun.
Talking about future plans
When are you leaving Where are you staying
How are you going to... How long are you staying in...
When are you arriving in/at... When are you coming back
c.Vocabulary:
journal, fare, transport, prefer, disadvantage, fare, flow, persuade, cycle, graduate, finally, schedule, fond, shortcoming, stubborn, organize, determine, journey, altitude, valley, pace, bend, attitude, boil, forecast, parcel, insurance, wool, reliable, view, pillow, midnight, flame, beneath, temple, cave
Ever since, be fond of, care about, change one's mind, make up one's mind, give in, as usual, at midnight
d.Grammar:
The Present Continuous Tense to express future actions.
2. Ability objectives:
Listening: get information and views from the listening material;
Speaking: use some function sentence patterns to express good wishes and farewells
Reading: enable the students to get the main idea
3. Affective objectives:
a. To arose students’ interest in learning English;
b. To encourage students to be active in the activities and make students to be confident;
c. To develop the ability to cooperate with others.
Key points:
The usage of new words and phrases.
The Present Continuous Tense to express future actions..
c. Use some function sentence patterns to express good wishes and farewells
Difficult points:
a. The Present Continuous Tense to express future actions..
b. Use some function sentence patterns to express good wishes and farewells
Teaching periods:
Period 1: Warming up &Reading
Period 2: Language points
Period 3: Grammar
Period 4: Using Language
Period 5-7: Practice
Period 1: Warming up &Reading
Teaching goals
1.Knowledge:
Get to know what a river can be used for.
Learn something about the Mekong River through reading.
2.Ability:
Grasp some reading skills.
3.Emotion:
Stimulate Ss’ love for nature by getting them to know the greatness of a river.
Teaching important points
Get Ss to learn different reading skills,especially the abilities of understanding the implied meanings.
Teaching difficult points:
(1)Know the meanings and pronunciation of the new words.
(2)Learn different reading skills for different reading purposes.
Teaching aids:
ppt
blckboard
chalk
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Warming up (8 mins)
T: National Day has passed. Did you have a good time What did you do during the National Day
T: Did anyone travel during the National Day
S:......
T: (Show 3 photos) Look, people were going out. Look at these 3 pictures, what can you find
S: There are so many people go on a journey.
T: Why do so many people like traveling
S: increase our knowledge, make friends,enjoy beautiful scenery......
T: So we can see, travel benefits us a lot. If possible, where do you want to go Amusement park Seaside Modern city Ancient town Or other places
S:.....
Step 2 Pre-reading (12 mins)
T: As we all know, there are lots of great rivers in the world. Just like Yangtze River, Nile....
Does anyone like traveling along the river
S:....
T: Today, I'd like to recommend a famous river in southeast Asia, that is Mekong River
Show a map of Mekong river and ask a question.
Q: Which countries does the Mekong River flow through
A: China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, South China Sea
Step 3 Fast Reading (24 mins)
Now we are going to read passage about WangKun’s travel journal along the Mekong River
Listen to the tape, and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1 Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream.
Para.2 Different attitude between them
Para.3 Preparing for their trip.
Step 4 Careful reading
Para 1:
1. T: Now please read the first paragraph by yourself and fill the blanks.
Who and what:
Wang Kun and ____ ______ Wang Wei are dreaming about ________________________.
Where and how:
They have the idea to ____ _____ the Mekong River. From _____ it ______ to ______ it ____.
2. Find some words about time and answer what did they do in these time
Para 2:
1. Complete the chart:
Why a difficult journey It begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres where it is hard to breathe and very cold
Wang Kun believes… 1.they must start in __________province where the river begins.2.that they don’t need to ______________ much.
Wang Wei believes… 1.it is ___________________ to start in Qinghai.2.that ______________ is very important.
2. T: What is the shortcoming of Wang Wei (stubborn)
T: Can you find examples of her stubborn character
Para 3:
What can they see during the journey
It begins in a ______ on a ______ _________.
Then, it______ quickly. It becomes______ as it passes through deep _____.
Sometimes, the river becomes a _______ and enters ____ _____.
At last, the river _____ enters the South China Sea.
Step 5 Consolidation.
T or F
1. Their dream was to go hiking alongthe river. F
2. Wang kun is a high school student. F
3. Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are Dai and they grew up in eastern Yunnan province. F
4. Wang Wei persuaded their cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang, to join in their cycling. T
5. Before flowing in other countries, the Mekong River is called the Lancang River. T
6. The source of the river is in QingHai Province and it enters the east China Sea. F
Step 4 Homework (1 mins)
课时讲练通相关练习
Blackboard design:
Unit 2 Reading
Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
Reflection:
本堂课的优点:1.吐字清晰,上课节奏合适,学生容易跟上。
2. 重要语法点在黑板上能用不同颜色的粉笔标出,便于引起学生注意。
3.课程内容安排合理,准备认真、充分。
本堂课的不足:1. 始终站在讲台,没有走到学生中交流。
2. 在Detailed reading中,三段都采用让学生齐读的方式,形式过于单一。
3. 当学生给出正确回答后,表扬的方式,拘泥于good,没有变化。
4.上课时声音平缓,始终在一个调上,没有激情。
鉴于对这节课的分析,在下次上课时我应该继续保持好的方面,改正不好的方面,争取在下次上课时能发挥地更好。
Period 2: Language points
Teaching goals
1.Knowledge:
Learn some important phrases and sentence patterns
2.Ability:
Learn to make sentences,using these phrases and patterns.
3.Emotion:
Stimulate Ss’ interest in learning English.
Teaching important points
Learn some important phrases and sentence patterns
Teaching difficult points:
Learn to make sentences,using these phrases and patterns.
Teaching aids:
ppt
blckboard
chalk
Teaching procedures
Step 1: Review: fill the blanks. (5 mins)
______ ______ middle school, I and Wang Wei have ________ about having a great _____ _____. It was Wang Wei who first had the idea to _____ along the entire Mekong River from where it ______ to where it ____. My sister doesn’t _____ ______ details. When I told her the difficulties we would come across during the journey, she gave me a __________ look--- the kind that said she would not _____ _____ _____. I know once she has _____ ____ ____ _____, nothing can change it. I had to _____ ____.
Step 2 Language Points (32 mins)
1. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.
从中学起, 我姐姐王薇和我梦想作一次了不起的自行车旅行。
Ever since 从那以后 (主句用现在完成时,从句用一般过去式)
eg:
Ever since he______(move) to London, I ___________(not see) him.
dreamed about = dreamed of 梦想做..
2. It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.
是我姐姐首先想到骑自行车沿湄公河从它的源头行走到入海口。
强调句的结构是 It was/is + 强调成分 + that-/who-分句
注意:强调时间和地点不能用when或where,只用that。
e. g. It was in Shanghai that I saw the film.
练习:改写强调句:All the members held a meeting in the club yesterday.(分四组,每组强调不同部分)
3. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.
尽管她不知道旅行的最佳方式, 但是她还是坚决主张她来合理安排这次旅行。
insist : 坚持认为, 坚持主张
1)insist on/upon one’s doing sth 坚持做,坚决做
坚持已做的事(陈述语气)
2) insist that +从句
坚持未做的事(虚拟语气)
练习:Mary was ill. Her parents insisted that she ______A______ a doctor.
A. see B. saw
C.will see D. has seen
My sister doesn’t care about details. 我姐姐是不会考虑细节的。
care about = be concerned about 关心
eg: The only thing he cares about is money.
他唯一在乎的东西就是钱。
5. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, she seemed to be excited about it.
当我告诉她我们将在海拔5000米处开始旅程, 她好像对此很兴奋。
at an altitude of = at a height of 在海拔……米处
6. When I told her the air would be hard to breath and it would be very cold…
当我告诉她将呼吸困难, 天气……
主语 + be + adj.+ to do sth. 不定式用主动形式表达被动含义
e.g.: The problem is really hard to work out.
练习:课时讲练通
Once
all at once 突然
at once 立刻
once again 再一次
once upon a time 从前
8. Finally, I had to give in. 最后, 我只好让步。
give in (to sb./sth.) 屈服于, 让步
give off 发出;放出(光、热)
give out 分发,发出,用完;精疲力竭
give away 泄露秘密;赠送
give back 归还,恢复
give up 放弃
练习:1) After the long trip, both the men and the horses ________.
2) Because of his small salary, he had to _______ his dream trip to Europe.
3)He _________ most of his fortune to the poor.
It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province. 穿过深谷流经云南省西部时它变成急流。
辨析:across 常表示从一定范围的一边到另一边或事物交叉位置, “横穿, 横跨” 表面, 含义与on 有关。
through 表达两边穿过或穿过空间内, 含义与in 有关。
over表示 “越过” 是指越过较高的物体从一侧到另一侧。
练习:The new railway winds its way to Hong Kong, ___ mountains ___ tunnels and ___ rivers. (C)
A. across; over; through
B. over; across; through
C. over; through; across
D. through; over; across
Step 3: Consolidation. ( 7 mins)
根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示,写出该单词的正确形式。
1. He is planning his work ________ (进度表) for the following week.
2. They took many pictures of the _________ (瀑布) yesterday.
3. What is the _______ (海拔) of this mountain s___________. In fact, no one is perfect.
5. He is so s________ that nobody can change his mind.
6. Do you know where the s______ of the Changjiang River is
Step 4: Homework. (1 min)
Recite the new words and their usages.
Blackboard design:
Unit 3 Language Points
It was all the members that/who held a meeting in the club yesterday.
It was a meeting that all the members held in the club yesterday.
It was in the club that all the members held a meeting yesterday.
It was yesterday that all the members held a meeting in the club.
Period 3: Grammar
Teaching goals
1.Knowledge:
(1)Learn the present continuous tense for future use.
(2)Go over the other ways of expressing future actions.
2.Ability:
Learn to make sentences,using present continuous tense for future use.
3.Emotion:
Stimulate Ss’ interest in learning English.
Teaching important points
The present continuous tense for future use.
Teaching difficult points:
The present continuous tense for future use
Teaching aids:
ppt
blckboard
chalk
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Review (10 mins)
形式:Be (am , is ,are ) + v. Ing
I am
He/she/it is
We/you/they are
用法:1. 表示说话时正在进行的动作或存在的状态。
Eg :We are waiting for you now.
我们正在等你。
时间状语:now, at this moment…
2.表示现阶段在进行的情况。
Eg: --- What are you doing recently(最近)
I am preparing for the mid-tern exam recently
时间状语:these days, today, this week, this term…
3. 表示反复性或习惯性的动作,常与always, continually等连用,表示说话人的赞扬、厌恶、不满和遗憾等感彩。
She is always changing her mind. 她老是改变注意。
She is always thinking about others first. 她总是先想到别人。
Step 2: new usage.(10 mins)
现在进行时表示将来
现在进行时可用来表示一个在最近按计划或打算要进行的动作;通常带一个表将来的时间状语, 但有明确的上下文时无须指出时间.
能用进行时表将来的动词:
go, come, leave, start, arrive, give, return, sleep ,stay, play, do, take, get, see off, travel, fly, drive, walk, reach, meet…
Exercise 1
用现在进行时翻译下列句子。
1. 我星期五动身去北京。
2. 我的朋友今晚过来。
3. 下周五我们乘飞机去上海。
4. 下课后我们打算在操场踢足球。
Answer:
1.我星期五动身去北京。
I’m leaving for Beijing this Friday.
2. 我的朋友今晚过来。
My friends are coming over this evening.
3. 下周五我们乘飞机去上海。
We are flying to Shanghai next Friday.
4. 下课后我们打算在操场踢足球。
After class we are playing football on the playground.
Exercise 2: Travel Plan
The Browns ________ (go) to the North China by train next week. They __________ (stay) in Beijing for a week. They ________ (go) to Xi’an. They __________ (get) there by air.
Step 3 other ways for future use. (15 mins)
① will / shall+动词原形: 不以主观意志为转移的,客观的。
I shall be seventeen years old next month.
② be going to+动词原形:表示即将发生的或最近打算进行的事。
We are going to have a meeting today.
③ be to+动词原形:表示按计划要发生的事或征求对方意见,事先安排好的。
Are we to go on with this work
④ be about to+动词原形,表示即将发生的动作,不与表示将来的时间状语连用。
I was about to go swimming when my guide shouted at me and told me not to do so.我正要去游泳, 这时向导大声叫我不要去。
⑤一般现在时表示将来时
come, go, leave, move, start, return, arrive, begin, stay等动词表示的是航班,轮船等时间表时,用一般现在时表将来。
The plane takes off at 10:10. That is, it’s leaving in ten minutes.
⑥ 单纯叙述未来的事实,可以用将来进行时,也可表示按计划安排将来要执行的动作。
Step 4.exercises.(10 mins)
课时讲练通相关练习
Step 5 Homework.
英语周报
Period 3: Using Language
Teaching goals
Knowledge:
To read the passage A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS
Ability:
Improve the students’ reading ability
3.Emotion:
Learn something more about Mekong River.
Teaching important points
Enable the students to understand the passage better
Teaching difficult points:
Improve the students’ reading ability
Teaching aids:
ppt
blckboard
chalk
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead in.(5 mins)
Show a video about Mekong River to learn more about this river
Step 2 Reading. (20 mins)
Read the whole passage and answer where did they get to
Tibet( show some pictures about Tibet)
Listen to the tape and complete True or False.
1)They reached Tibet in winter. ( F )
2) Wang Wei always rode in front of me. ( T )
3)When we reached a valley, it became warmer. ( T )
4)They went to sleep early in their tent. ( F )
5) Their cousins will join them in Dali. ( T )
3. Look at some details. Talk with your classmates and complete the chart.
see On the mountain: 1. 2. sky 3. starsIn the valleys: 1. flying around us 2. eating grass
hear No but of the fire
do 1. bike in the snow.2.Change clothes for clothes3. tent to make camp
feel 1. Legs were .2. To climb the mountain was but to go down the hills is great .3. we can to see our cousins.
Step 3 Language Points (20 mins)
Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us.
Be dressed in + 颜色/ 衣服
Dress / undress +宾语是人,而不是衣服
Eg. The lady dressed her baby in a pink shirt.
Wang Wei road in front of me as usual.
usual : adj. 经常的、通常的
usually: adv. 通常
as usual: 照常;照旧
the same as usual:一如既往
than usual: 比以往
3.To climb the mountain road was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view.
爬山很难, 但是当我们环顾四周的时候我们被这里的景色给震惊了。
View: n ①自然美景,风景 ② 观点,见解
③视野,视线
词组:
In different views: 持不同的观点
In view: 在……的视野范围内
练习:翻译:There was nobody in view
一个人也看不见
辨析:View:强调从高处或某一特定角度看到的风景
Sight: 名胜古迹等
Scene: 场景,情景
Scenery:指一个国家或地区的整体自然风光,不可数
4. We had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts. 我们只好把帽子, 外套和裤子换下, 穿上T恤和短裤。
change 换衣, 更换
change A for B 用A换B
1.Wait, it won’t take me long to ______.
2.I’d like to _______this dress _____one in a larger size.
① get changed 换好衣服
② change 可作名词 “零钱”讲
The little boy reached in his pocket and pulled out some change.
高考链接:1.Sara, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have time to__A__ before the party.
get changed B. get change
C. get changing D. get to change
5. We put up our tents and then we ate.
我们先搭起帐篷然后吃饭。
Put up: ① 举起, 抬起 = raise
② 挂起, 张贴
③ 建造, 搭起 = build
④ 住宿, 留宿
eg: He put up his hand to catch the teacher’s attention.
put down : 写下,放下,镇压
put away: 存放,把……收起来
put forward: 提出
put off : 延迟
6. We can hardly wait to see them.
我们迫不及待地想看一看。
hardly是副词,意为“简直不能”,常用于can / could之后,主要动词之前,强调做某事很难。
can hardly wait to do/ for sth
迫不及待做某事
练习:I must be getting fat.
— I can _B__ do my trousers up.
A. fairly B. hardly
C. nearly D. Seldom
Step 4 Homework
Recite the new words and their usages.