1、Module 5 A Trip Along the Three GorgesBrief Statements Based on This ModuleThe Analysis of Teaching Contents in This ModuleIntroductionShow the students several pictures to lead in new words in this part,such as cliff,peak,slope,valley,etc.Encourage the students to describe what they see.Then use th
2、e words in Activity 1 to complete the definitions in Activity 2.After that,give the students a quiz about the Yangtze River,the Three Gorges,which is the main topic in this module.That is the warming up.Vocabulary and ReadingBefore the students read the passage,let the students imagine if they are g
3、oing on a trip through the Three Gorges,which of the following topics will they talk about,the boat,the food,life along the river,the scenery,the weather.While reading this passage,pay attention to the writers travel route and underline the new words and the details.After first reading,finish questi
4、ons in Activity 1 and words study in Activities 4 and 5.Then read the passage again,complete the statements about the writers journey in Activity 3 and a form with some key words.If time permits,ask the students to retell the text in class;if not,leave it as homework.GrammarGrammar in this module is
5、 the revision of modal verbs.This part can be led in by doing some exercises of modal verbs.In this part,well revise the usage of modal verbs,such as can,could,must,have to,should,etc.Modal verbs are important and difficult English grammar points and it is rather confusing.Ask the students to pay mu
6、ch attention to them.In this part,well deal with four activities.First,do some true or false questions in Activity 2 to know how much the students know about modal verbs.In activity 1,the teacher ask the students to complete the sentences from the passage and then answer the five questions given.Aft
7、er that,in Activity 3,ask the students choose the co rrect answers.Seven sentences are designed.Then,do a further practice based on Activity 3.ListeningThis is a short listening.The listening material is not long and only two activities are designed.Before listening,the teacher can divide the studen
8、ts into groups of six.Let each of them describe one picture with one or two sentences and guess where the speakers are.By doing this,teach the students how to predict the content of listening.In Activity 1,listen to the tape and check where the speakers are.In Activity 2, six pictures are given.Afte
9、r listening,tick the things you can do on a classic Three Gorges Cruise.It aims to train the students ability of grasp detailed information.Function The function in this module is talking about obligation,permission and prohibition.First,the teacher may ask the students to speak out the way u sed to
10、 express obligation,permission and prohibition.The teacher can give them some examples.Then ask the students to choose the correct answers in Activity 1.There are five questions in this activity.In Activity 2,the teacher may encourage the students to find more examples of be allowed,had to and let i
11、n vocabulary and reading on page 42 and some examples of their own.Vocabulary and SpeakingThere are some signs in Activity 1.Let the students work in pairs,and then ask some of them to say where we would see them and what do they mean one by one.In Activity 2,four situations are created,which are at
12、 the airport,on a train,when you leave the country,and at school.Talk about rules in these situations.The teacher may divide the students into four groups and give each group one topic to practice.After several minutes preparation,let the students share their opinions.PronunciationThere are four act
13、ivities in this part.The aim is to make sure that the students can pause at the end of each sense group,not making the sentence broken.Exercises are designed to practice that.First listen and repeat the questions in Activity 1,and make sure you pause at the end of the each sense group.Second do some
14、 practice in Activity 2.Next,more exercises are needed to do in Activity 3 and 4Work in pairs and say the sentences aloud,paying much attention to the pauses.Vocabulary and WritingFirst,in Activity 1 well learn the connection between the words in A and those in B,such as hill and hilly;mountain and
15、mountainous;coast and coastal;desert and desert.Time permitting,teach the students more knowledge about word formation.Then complete the sentences with words from Activity 1.Another exercise is given in Activity 3,which is matching the words in the box with their meanings.In Activity 4,there is a pa
16、ssage.Read it and identify the province and finish other questions.There are some adjective+ noun combinations in the passage,and try to tick them out.After that,write a short description of the region you live in,including information in Activity 4.(If time is unlimited,it can be homework.)Everyday
17、 EnglishEveryday English today are from the text A Trip Along the There Gorges and Postcards to Myself in cultural corner.Get the students to know their meaning and use them correctly.Encourage the students to do this activity individually and then check with a partner.To consolidate it the teacher
18、may ask the students to make up a sentence using the expressions in this part.Cultural CornerIn this part,we will enjoy a story of a tourist,who will send himself a postcard wherever he goes.This passage can be used as an extensive reading material.After leading in,the students may read through the
19、text to get the main idea of the passage and the answers to the questions.(Five questions are designed.And show them on the screen.) In this text,there are some useful expressions,just as mentioned in Everyday English,such as rip off,be around,get a kick out of.The students can get their meanings in
20、 the context.At last,imagine you are visiting a country,and write a short postcard to yourself like Mr.McCorquodale.TaskThe topic in this module is about travel.Task in this module is also related to travel.Now write some rules for travelers arriving in your town.They can begin like this:When you ar
21、rive in . Seven questions are given and pair work can be adopted in this part.After they finish the discussion,ask several pairs to read their rules to the whole class.Module FileThis part is a summary of what the students have learned in this module.Give the students some time to check whether they
22、 have mastered knowledge in this module.If time permits,the teacher may have a short revision of the words,expressions,Language Points,and grammar and other points.Five periods for teachingPeriod 1:Introduction;Vocabulary and ReadingPeriod 2:Grammar;Function;PronunciationPeriod 3:Listening;Speaking;
23、Task Period 4:Vocabulary;Writing;Everyday English Period 5:Cultural Corner;Module FilePeriod 1 Introduction;Vocabulary and ReadingThe General Idea of This PeriodShow the students several pictures to lead in new words in this part,such as cliff,peak,slope,valley,etc.Encourage the students to describe
24、 what they see.Then use words in Activity 1 to complete the definitions in Activity 2.After that,give the students a quiz about the Yangtze River,the Three Gorges,which is the main topic in reading.That is the introduction.Before the students read the passage,let the students imagine if they are goi
25、ng on a trip through the Three Gorges,which of the following topics will they talk about,the boat,the food,life along the river,the sce nery,the weather.While reading this passage,pay attention to the writers travel route,the topics the writer talks about and underline the new words.After first read
26、ing,finish questions in Activity 1 and words study in Activities 4 and 5.Read the passage again,complete the statements about the writers journey in Activity 4 and the form with some key words .And then retell the text.In the teaching of reading,the teacher can organize different reading activities
27、according to the content of the text on purpose to train the above reading strategies and help them develop good reading habits.Teaching Important PointsTeach the students some new words and follow the writer to make a trip along the Three Gorges.Teaching Diff icult PointsMain idea of the passage an
28、d some Language Points.And how to introduce a place.Teaching MethodsIndividual work,pair work to get every students to participate in class.Teaching AidsSome pictures,a map,multimedia and a blackboard.Three Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge and SkillsMake the students master some new words.Encourag
29、e the students to know how to introduce a place.Make sure the students have a clear understanding the writers travel route and what he did in each place.Process and StrategiesCollect some material about tourism,places of interest and the Three Gorges.Through the study,try to improve the students Eng
30、lish.At the same time,train the students speaking and reading abilities.Feelings and ValueMake the students have a better understanding of the Three Gorges.After study,stimulate the students love for our motherland and their environmental protection.Teaching ProceduresStep 1 IntroductionT:Good morni
31、ng,boys and girls!Ss:Good morning,sir!T:Look at the pictures on the screen.(Show the pictures on the screen.)T:What can you see.Try to use your own words to say it.Sa:I can see mountains and river.Sb:The top of the mountain?T:Good job.Which word means the top of a mountain?Ss:Sorry.T:It doesnt matte
32、r.Let me tell you.Its peak.Now,read after me.Peak.Ss:Peak,Peak.T:Whats this sharp side.(pointing at the sharp side in the first picture.)Ss:Cliff.T:Good!.(Then valley,slope,wood are mentioned.)T:We can see cliffs,valley,slope,peaks,wood.(Teach them whats valley,slope,plain and some other new words i
33、n Activity 1.)T:Well done!Read the words after me.cave cliffs lake peak plain plateau shore slope valley woodLet the students read the new words.T:Lets come to Activity 2.Use the words we just learned in Activity 1 to complete the definitions.There are ten definitions.The first one is finished.(Show
34、 the following on the screen.)1.A valley is the low ground between the sides of mountains.2.A _is a large area of flat low ground.3.The _is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake.4.A _is the side of the mountain.5._are the steep sides of mountains at the edge of a river or the sea.6.A _is t
35、he top of a mountain.7.A _is an area of water surrounded by land.8.A _is a small forest.9.A _is a large hole in a cliff or a mountain.10.A _is a large area of flat high ground.Suggested answers:1.valley 2.plain 3.shore 4.slope 5.Cliffs 6.peak 7.lake 8.wood 9.cave10.plateauT:So much for the new words
36、.Next,Ill show you a map.Do you know the name of the river?Ss:Its the Yangtze River.(If the students can not give the right English name,it doesnt matter.The teacher can tell them and teach them to read it.)T:Good!What do you know about them?OK,lets do a quiz.(Show the following on the screen.)1.The
37、 Yangtze River is the _river in the world.(a)longest(b) second longest(c) third longest2.It flows from the Himalayas in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the_.(a) south(b) north(c) east3.The worlds biggest dam was opened on the Yangtze River in_.(a) 2001(b) 2003(c) 2005Suggested answers:1.c 2.c 3.bSt
38、ep 2 Pre-reading T:Have you ever been to The Yangtze River?SS:Yes/No.T:Now,today we have a chance to go there with the writer.Imagine you are the writer,which of the following topics will you talk about?(Show the following topics on the screen.)the boat the food life along the river the scenery the
39、weatherSa:Id like to talk about the boat,the scenery and life along the river.T:Yes,reasonable answers.Do you have other choices?Sb:Ill choose all of them.T:Good choice.Do you want to know which topics the writer talks about?Ss:Yes.Step 3 Fast readingT:Now,read the passage on Page 42 and check which
40、 the writer talks about.Meanwhile,pay attention to the words in Activities 4 and 5.If there are some new words for you,underline them and try to guess their meanings.(About seven minutes later,collect their answers to Activity 2.)T:Time is up.Lets check your answer to question in Activity 2:Which of
41、 the items does the writer talk about?the boat the food life along the river the scenery the weatherSuggested answers:the boat life along the river the scenery the weatherThe writer enjoyed the trip because of the things he sawthe scenery,the people,and the sense of history.T:Are you sure about the
42、meanings of the new words?Lets do some practice.First,complete the definitions of the words in the box in Activity 4.Read through the words in the box aloud,paying attention the pronunciation of these words,where the stress is not on the first syllable:construction,bamboo.Then ask some individual to
43、 read the words for the whole class.Give the students two minutes to complete the blanks,and then call back from the whole class as complete sentences.(Show the following on the screen.)bamboo colleague construction site distant goods legend poet rush set trade1.A _is the place where something is be
44、ing built.2.To _means to buy and sell things.3.If you _somew here you go there quickly.4._is the opposite of near.5._are things you can buy or sell.6.A _is a very old story which is probably not true.7.The sun rise in the east and _in the west.8.A _is someone who writes poems.9.A _is someone who wor
45、ks with you.10._is a plant which grows quickly and is used to make furniture.Suggested answers:1.construction site 2.trade 3.rush 4.Distant 5.Goods 6.legend 7.sets 8.poet 9.colleague 10.BambooT:So much for Activity 4.There are some other words for you.Match the words with their definitions in Activi
46、ty 5.Read through the words in the box and have the students repeat them chorally and individually.Ask the students to complete the activity individually,then check with a partner.Then,ask some pairs to give their answers.One gives the definition,the other provides the word.characters deck dock deto
47、ur exploit pagoda raft1.a place where boats load and unload_2.a simple boat made of pieces of wood tied together_3.a Buddhist temple_4.a change of route_5.a floor on a boat_6.marks or signs used in writing_7.to use or take advantage of_Suggested answers:1.dock 2.raft 3.pagoda 4.detour 5.deck 6.chara
48、cters 7.exploitIf possible,the teacher can show the students some pictures related to the seven words to make sure they have known their Chinese meanings.There are some pictures:(Show the pictures on the screen.)Pagoda Raft DockStep 4 Careful reading T:Read the passage carefully and try to get as much details as you can.After you finish reading,two tasks are designed in this part.First,complete the statements about the writers journey in Activity 3.Ask them to do the following questions individually,and then check with their partners.Then call back the answers as complete sentences.(Show th
