1、1（Advance with English Senior 1 Module 2）Unit 2 Wish you were herePeriod 2 ReadingAn adventure in AfricaTeaching aims:1.Train the students reading ability.2.Get the students to know the main idea of the letter.3.Develop the students creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.Teaching import
2、ant points:1.Develop the students reading ability.2.Help the students find out the traveling route.3.Encourage the students to express their own opinions by radiant thinking.Teaching difficult points:1. How to help the students find out the traveling route.2. How to make the students understand the
3、title “an adventure” well.23. How to encourage the students to express their own opinions by radiant thinking.Teaching methods:1.Scanning to look for the places they will go to.2.Fast reading to find out the traveling route.3.Careful reading (from one place to another) to get the detailed informatio
4、n.4.Shouting out answers together to encourage the students to think quickly5.Radiant thinking and discussion to develop the students creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.Teaching procedures:Step 1: Scanning and fast reading T: Open your books. Do scanning and find out the places they
5、 will go to. If you find one, shout it out.S:T: So many places! Where will they go first? And then, from where to where? Lets read 3the letter quickly to find out the traveling route.(wirte this word on the blackboard) I will show you an example - first, they will leave London for Morocco. And then?
6、(to give a simple route map on the blackboard)S:T: Now we can see their traveling route very clearly.Step 2: Careful readingT: Look at the map again. Which place catches your eye most?S: Sahara!T: Yes. Sahara - the largest desert in the world - catches our friends eye too. They will first travel the
7、re.Sahara (Para 2)T: Lets do careful reading and find out the detailed information (Show them the following table). Is one minute OK?S: OK!(draw the table on the blackboard)4T: Lets do it together (complete the table)T: How long will it take?S: Six days.T: Six days! And now, just imagine how it feel
8、s to sit on camels for six days!S: Uncomfortable!T: Yes, the camel must be very uncomfortable because it will be very tired!Departure LondonTime 15th JulyArrival Morocco/SaharaMeans of transportationPlane (from London to Morocco)Camels (throughout Sahara)What to do Camping / seeing beautiful starsEq
9、uipment Tents / sleeping bags / torchHow long Six days5Lake Victoria (Para 3)T: After traveling on camels, they will travel down the River Nile and then arrive at Lake Victoria. What will they do there? 6Read Para 3 to answer the three questions:1. What adventure activity will the writer try?2. Why
10、does he want to do this adventure activity? (Very exciting!)3. What equipment is needed for this activity? T: What do they prepared for this activity?S:T: Have you noticed the words dry and wet? Here both a dry bag and a wet suit are waterproof. And do you know this word (the rescue on the rope bag)
11、? It just means saving. You know, this is only an activity in the trip, but why do they need so many kinds of equipment?S: Because it is very dangerous.Kenya (Para 45)T: Is white-water rafting exciting?S: Very exciting!T: Well, thats the exciting activity in water. Ok,but then they want to do some e
12、lse 7activity on land .lets go to Kenya to experience such exciting activities! What should they take this time? You have only a few seconds to find them out. Come on! Shout out!S: A backpack, supplies of food and water, a camera and a gun.T: Anything else? - A guide! Anyhow, next time you go to Afr
13、ica, dont forget to take a guide, especially a local one.(if the students mentioned it,say this sentece after that) With so many things taken, they will start. What will they do there?(While the Students are looking for the answers, tell them: try to focus on verbs while reading. Then check their an
14、swers.)T: Will you drink cows blood?S: No!T: Yes, neither will I.Tanzania Kilimanjaro (Para 6)T: Having done so many things, their travel will finally come to an end in Tanzania. 8What will they do there? S: They will climb Mount Kilimanjaro.T:Yes. Read Paragraph 6 and find out the answer to this qu
15、estion: What is the common problem to mountain climbers?(After the Students answer it, tell them “Mountain Sickness”)T: Why will they feel sick?S: Because they are tired.T: Yes, mountain climbing is very tiring. So since now, if you want to climb mountains, first be sure to have a good rest. OK?Step
16、 3: ConsolidationT: So far, weve known about Tobys traveling plan. Lets go over their plan again. First they will leave London for Morocco, and then where and how will they go? After that (Let the Students go over the traveling route together again)T: Very obviously, this letter is about their 9trav
17、eling plan. But pay attention to the title-Why not use “A Trip in Africa” or “Our Travel in Africa” but use “An Adventure in Africa”? -What is an adventure? -Can you find out some adjectives in the letter to describe the travel? (dangerous, exciting, tiring, astonishing, uncomfortable, scary) T: Yes
18、, it is dangerous, exciting so we call it “an adventure”.Step 4: Radiant thinking 1. QuestionsWill you take part in an adventure? What kind of adventure do you like? (mountain climbing, cycling, X-sports, searching for treasures, struggling for survival, walk through a forest)2. DiscussionWhat hards
19、hips will you meet with in your adventure?What will you do in such situations?After discussion, about the second topic give 10the students some answers to do “True” or “False”. I will cry. I will do nothing but wait for help.I will try to send a message of SOS.I will work to find ways to solve the p
20、roblems facing me.I will check and use what I have with me.I will despair and blame myself. I will manage to survive first. T: Boys and girls, anyway, remember this: Whatever happens, never give up! (write this sentence on the Blackboard and ask the students to read it twice)after that,tell them,any
21、way,the life is most importante.3.A brain teaserA new situation-Suppose you are lost in a forest on a cold. Luckily you see a cabin in the distance. 11Inside, you find a candle, an oil lamp, paper and logs in a fireplace. You only have one match. What should you light first? You have to light the ma
22、tch first.Step 5: Homework Write a postcard to your friends, introducing one of the places you have visited today in Africa.The design of the writing on the Blackboard:Unit 2 Wish you were herePeriod 2 ReadingAn adventure in AfricaDraw the traveling routeThe table to introduce the adventureWhatever happens, never give up!Some new words
