1、8B Unit 2 Travelling Period One Comic strips & Welcome to the unitTeaching goals:1. Ask Ss to prepare and make them know what they are going to carry when go on a holiday.2. To introduce well-known attractions in foreign cities and popular places of interest3. To activate general knowledge about the
2、 world and identify activities which people do on holiday4. To start students thinking about different places in the world.Teaching important & difficult points:1、symbol2、a symbol of bringwith go hiking go skiing see the beautiful view take photos3、Ive been there many times. It must be fun . I dont
3、think itll be a holiday for me.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Revision or Warming-upT: introduces background information:There are many places of interest in China. Show Ss some photos and make Ss tell what they are. Apart from the ones, ask them if they have ever been to some other places.T: -What do
4、you often do during holidays? -Have you ever traveled to other cities countries? And Where did you visit last year?Work in pairs and tell each other about your traveling experiences.Step 2 PresentationT: -I have been to England twice? - Have you ever been there? - Where have you been?Talk about the
5、photos in Part A. Ask if Ss have ever visited or heard about any of them and make them speak out the names. Now look at the picture one by one.T:- What is it? Its the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy . S:-It is the symbol of Italy. T:-What can people do there ? S:- Take photos./Go hiking./Go skiing ./
6、See the beautiful views.Step 3 ConsolidationDivide the class into pairs. Tell Ss to work together to fill in the blanks with words from the box. Review answers as a class. Ask more students to write down the country where each of the sights can be found. Write the countries on the blackboard in rand
7、om order and ask some Ss to match the places with their corresponding countries.Step 4 SummaryAsk Ss to work in pairs to talk about each of the photos. Tell them to use Daniel and Millies conversation in Part B as a model. Encourage more Ss to expand the model conversation to include things they kno
8、w and want to do themselves.Model:S1: Whats this? S2: Its the Great Wall of China.S1: What can people do there? S2: They can go walking there. Ask Ss to talk about the places they have visited and what they did there.Assignment: Make sure that Ss can remember the places of interests and their corres
9、ponding country names.Step5 PresentationT:-If you want to go on holiday ,what should you take?-What do you think is the most necessary? -Is it good to take everything? Why not?-Eddies going on a trip,what about Hobo?Ask Ss to listen to the tape and read after tape. And then tell Ss to read the comic
10、 strip, and ask some questions to check understanding, e.g., Is Eddie happy in the first picture? Why? (Yes. He is going on a trip.)Does Hobo want to go too?(Yes.)How does he feel?(Hes very excited)Why is Eddie unhappy in the last picture?(He has to carry a heavy bag.)Step 6 ConsolidationAsk Ss to t
11、alk about what people should take when they go on holiday in groups. Tell them to write the items on the blackboard if they have any ideas.Ask Ss to read with partner and try to perform Hobo and Eddie according to the comic strip.Then ask three or four pairs to perform this conversation before the c
12、lass. (Pay attention to some useful expressions: )go on trip to / join sb.=go with sb. /take out for a few days/ let sb do sth: let me have a look./ take and bring bring with me/come on/ take the bag/go on a holiday/visit different places /go hiking /go skiing/see the beautiful view/ take photos/ a
13、symbol of Step7. Summary Assignment: Make a dialogue according to the comic strip. Period Two Reading I Teaching goals:1、To read a letter about a holiday in Hong Kong.2、To expand vocabulary to talk about traveling.3、To identify specific details by answering questions.Teaching important & difficult p
14、oints: 1、fantastic, include, whale, speed, ride, clap, magic, pie, excitement,2、at the entrance, at high speed, through the whole ride, such as , in all, scream with excitement3、I heard youve gone to Thailand. Ive been here in Hong Kong for two days. I met many of my favourite Disney characters, suc
15、h as Sleeping Beauty , Snow White ,Aliceand Cinderella. The performers all wore different costumes and waved to people while they marched acrossthe park singing and dancing all the way. The children clapped and screamed with joy when they saw their favourite characters.Teaching Procedures: Step 1. R
16、evision or Warming-upCould you talk about the places of great interest where you have ever been to. Present your information and some interesting facts to the class. Step 2 PresentationDo you like traveling to other cities or countries? Yes, I do. Why? Because I think the trip is wonderful. (fantast
17、ic) /I can learn a lot about other cites or countries. /I can make many friends. Have you ever been to Hong Kong? I have been there once. I went there last summer holiday. I spent the whole day in Disneyland. Do you have any ideas about Disneyland? Its a world famous theme park. At the entrance you
18、can take photos in front of the whale fountain. (Show the picture) You can take the roller coaster. (Show the picture.) Its moved very quickly. (at a high speed). Its exciting. People scream and laugh excitedly (with excitement) through the whole ride. You can see some Disney characters, such as Mic
19、ky Mouse, Snow White, etc. (Show pictures) The performers all wear different costumes and waved to people while they go ahead (march) across the park. The children are clapping and screaming happily. (with joy) Show pictures of Part B2 on page 28. Consolidate the words in the sentences according to
20、the pictures. Step 3 Consolidation（1）ReadingAmys cousin Shirley is interested in Hong Kong Disneyland. Now Shirley is telling her mum what she knows about the place from Amy. Now read the text and tell whether she is correct or not. 1. Disneyland is a world famous theme park and its really fantastic
21、. (T) 2. At the entrance, you can see the Micky Mouse fountain. (F) 3. The ride at Space Mountain is not very interesting. (F) 4. Kitty thinks the parade of Disney characters was the best part of the day. (T) 5. At the end of the day, they watched fireworks in front of Adventureland. (F) 6. Kitty to
22、ok lots of photos in Hong Kong. (T) （2）Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions: 1. Whats Disneyland? 2. Hong Kong Disneyland is one big park, but in fact, how many parks does it have? 3. Whats at the entrance to the park? 4. In Tomorrowland, what is one of the most exciting a
23、ttractions? 5. Where can people meet Disney characters? 6. Why do people think a three-D film is like magic? 7. Where can people watch the great Lion King show? 8. How long have Kitty and her parents stayed in Disneyland? (3) Having a detailed study of the passages Main Street, USA TomorrowlandHong
24、Kong Disneyland (a world famous theme park) Fantasyland AdventruelandAt the entranceTomorrowland (Space Mountain) (The whale fountain) (roller coaster) Fantasyland (Sleeping Beauty Castle)Adventureland (Disney charactersa parade) (watch the great Lion King show) Main streetSleeping Beauty Castle(buy
25、 souvenirs) (watch fireworks) Step 4 SummaryFinding out all the useful expressionsGo over the text Welcome to Hong Kong and find out all the useful expressions. Expressions from Welcome to Hong Konggo to, a week ago, come back, have a really fantastic time, spend the whole day in , a famous theme pa
26、rk, include different parks, go toby underground, take photos, at the entrance, a really exciting roller coaster, move at high speed, scream and laugh through the whole ride, have lunch in a fast food restaurant, rush there, in front of, look nice and cute, a parade of, the best part of the day, wea
27、r different costumes, wave to, march across, all the day, clap with joy, watch a three-D film, like magic, smell the apple pie, feel the wind, fly in the sky, watch the show, at the end of the day, watch fireworks, look shiny and beautiful under the fireworks, in all, a really exciting tripStep 5 Ho
28、meworka. Read after the tape five times. Your parents signature is needed. b. Memorize all the words and phrases. Period Three Reading IITeaching goals1. To figure out the structure of each passage2. To understand and use the expressions in the text3. To recognize and understand vocabulary about tra
29、veling 4. To practise the main language points of the context5. To speak out the passage in their own words, following the structure of the passagesTeaching important & difficult points: 1. fantastic, include, whale, speed,ride, clap,magic,pie, excitement,2. at the entrance, at high speed, through t
30、he whole ride, such as , in all, scream with excitement3. I heard youve gone to Thailand. Ive been here in Hong Kong for two days. I met many of my favourite Disney characters, such as Sleeping Beauty , Snow White ,Aliceand Cinderella. The performers all wore different costumes and waved to people w
31、hile they marched acrossthe park singing and dancing all the way. The children clapped and screamed with joy when they saw their favourite characters.Teaching proceduresStep 1. Revision or Warming-up(1) Reading aloud the passageTurn to page 26 and read aloud the passage together. Kitty is back in Be
32、ijing. She is showing some photos of her visit to her neighbor Julia. Finish the conversation of Part B1 on page 28. (2)Having a revisionNow, its an English class. Kittys English teacher wants the students to say something about their trips during the holiday. Kitty has been to Hong Kong. Suppose yo
33、u are Kitty, please say something about Hong Kong Disneyland with your own words according to the following expressions. At the entrance Tomorrowland (Space Mountain) (The whale fountain) (roller coaster) Fantasyland (Sleeping Beauty Castle)Adventureland (Disney charactersa parade) (watch the great
34、Lion King show) Main streetSleeping Beauty Castle(buy souvenirs) (watch fireworks) Step 2 Presentation(1) Explaining the language pointsI am going to explain the important words, phrase and sentences in the passage. (2) PractisingAmy went to Kittys house for supper. Kitty showed Amy her photo album.
35、 Amy was very excited and asked a lot of questions. Finish Part C on page 29, and then work in pairs to make the similar conversation. For stronger class, students can add more questions. Step 3 ConsolidationFinishing the exercisesKitty_ (已经去) Hong Kong for two days. She and her parents had a great
36、time there. They spent the whole day in Disneyland. It is _ (世界文明的主题公园) and its really fantastic. It is one big park, but it actually has four parks. They got to Disneyland from their hotel _ (乘地铁). They took photos _ (在鲸鱼喷泉前) at the entrance, then they went to Space Mountain. They took the roller c
37、oaster, it _ (高速移动). In the afternoon, there was a parade of Disney characters. The _ (演出者) all wore different costumes and waved to people while they marched across the park. The children _ (鼓掌) and screamed with joy. (Keys: has been to, a theme park of the world civilization, by underground, in fr
38、ont of the whale fountain, moved at high speed, performers, clapped)Step 5 Homeworka. Learn the reading passage by heart. b. Tell something about Hong Kong Disneyland. Period Four GrammarTeaching goals1. To recognize contexts for the use of the present perfect tense2. To understand the verbs with fo
39、r, since or ago 3.To consolidate the present perfect tense 4.To understand the verbs with continuous time adverbialsTeaching important & difficult points: 1、motorcycle, lamb, conference,programme ,gift,marriage2、Millie has been to South Hill many times. Daniel and Sandy have never been to South Hill
40、. Kitty has gone to Hong Kong with her family. Millie has been away from Beijing for two days. Simon has been a member of the Football Club since last year.Teaching procedures Step 1. Revision or Warming-upGrammar AWhat do you often do during the holiday? _Do you often travel to other places? _How m
41、any places of great interest so you know in the world? _What can you learn from the trip? _Gramma BMake a dialogue like this: A: Have you ever been to Shanghai? B: Yes, I have. A: Where did you go there? B: I went there two weeks ago.A: When did you leave Shanghai? B: I left there two days ago.A: Ho
42、w long have you stayed there? B: I have stayed there for twelve days.Work in pairs. Step 2 Presenting Grammar A Where did you go last summer holiday? I went to Shanghai last summer holiday. Have you ever been to Beijing? Yes, I have. Do you want to go there again? Yes, I do. We use have /has been to
43、 express the idea that someone went to someplace and has already come back. I have been to England twice. (Where am I now/Am I still in England? ) Millie, can you go to office to bring me the chair? Wheres Millie? She is on the way to the office, or maybe she is in the office. She has gone to the of
44、fice. And she will come back in a few minutes. We use have /has gone to express the idea that someone went to someplace and is still there. Grammar BWe can say: Jim has stayed in Shanghai for 12 days. He left there two days ago. But we cant say: Jim has left Shanghai for two days. Because some verbs
45、, such as come, go and leave cannot be used with continuous time adverbials such as for two hours or since last month. To talk about an action that happened at a point in the past, we will have to use ago and the simple past tense. Tell if the following sentences are true or false. 1. He has bought
46、a bike for two years. (F) 2. Millie bought a purse two days ago. (T) 3. She has already left Beijing. (T) 4. She has been away from Beijing for 2 days. (T) 5. She left Beijing two days ago. (T) 6. Simon has joined the Reading Club since 2000. (F) 7. His grandfather has died for 3 years. (F) 8. When have they got married? (F) If you want to express a continuous state, you can use another way like this: Verbs Used for a continuous statebuy have
