1、 1 / 3Unit 3 Travel journal-ReadingI. Teaching aims1. Knowledge aim:Learn the text “Journey Down The Mekong”,Get the students to master the words and phrases in the text. 2. Ability aim: Train the students reading skill.3. Emotion aim: Students should realize if they want to be successful, what pers
2、onalities they should have.II. Teaching important pointsHow to get the students to master the useful words and expressions.How to make the students understand the text well.III. Teaching difficult pointHow to make the students understand the reading text better.IV. Teaching Procedures Step1. Lead in
3、: Do you like traveling along a river, a great river? If you plan to travel along a river, how will you go and what will you do?Step 2 Pre-readingLet the students look at the map on page18 and list the countries the Mekong River flows through.2 / 3Step 3 ReadingIn this step, get the students to read
4、 the text and finish some tasks.Task1: Scan the text quickly, then answer some questions 1. Who will travel in the text?(Wang Wei and Wang Kun) 2. Where are they going ?(Mekong river) 3. How are they getting there?(By bike)Task2: Listen to the tape and pay attention to the pronunciation, then do the
5、 T or F exercise.1.Wang kun is a high school student. 2.Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are Dai and they grew up in eastern Yunnan province 3.The source of Mekong is in Qinghai province .4. Mekong river begins at glacier on a Tibet mountain. the water there is clear but not cold. 5. Only a small part of th
6、e river is in China.Task3: Careful readingRead the text again and try to answer the questions in comprehending Ex1.1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Weis idea of a good trip?2.Who planned the trip to the Mekong?3.Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it enter?4.What can you see when you tr
7、avel along the Mekong?5.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?6.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 3 / 3(Which character do you like,Wang Kun or Wang wei? Why?)Step 4 Language Points1. persuade 2. be fond of3. determined4. change ones mindmake up ones mind5. give inStep 5 SummaryStep 6 HomeworkRead the text again and write a passage about MeKong RiverV.Design of the writing on the blackboardTravel journal-Reading1.persuade 2.be fond of3.determined4.change ones mindmake up ones mind5.give in
