Unit 2 Wish You Were Here

unit 2 wish you were here
   welcome to the unit---教案
teaching aims:
1. learn about traveling
2. develop students’ speaking ability by talking about places in the world and traveling.

teaching important point:
develop students’ speaking ability.

teaching difficult point:
how to get students to speak more and improve their speaking ability.

teaching methods:
1. free talk to arouse students’ interest in traveling.
2. discussion to make students finish the task of speaking.

teaching aids:
1. the multimedia
2. the blackboard

teaching procedures;
step 1  greeting and lead-in
(show the students some pictures on the screen)
1. do you like traveling?
do you want to visit these picturesque places?
why do you want to visit these places?
stpe 2  welcome to the unit
(show the students 4 pictures of africa, australia, brazil, and gobi desert)
which of these places would you like to visit most?
and why?

step 3  some questions about yourself
1. have you ever been to some places?
2. what is the most exciting place you have ever been to?
3. try to describe the place for us.

step 4  pair work
bob just come back from sydney, and now susan is asking him about his trip.
1. work in pairs and try to use the following expressions.
useful expressions:
• what do you think of the city?
• how do you find the city?
• are there any places of historic interest to see in this city?
• what is the city famous for?• would you please tell me something about the historic art of the city?
• i’d like to look around the city.
• how i wish i could go there someday!
2. act out your dialogue in front of the class.

step 5  discussion
-- talk about traveling
(show the following on the screen)
bob likes traveling, but jean thinks it too costly and she has a good idea about how to travel without paying too much.

step 6  homework
1.find more information about places in the world and traveling.
2.preview the reading text.
good staying with you!thank you for your cooperation!