Unit3 Travel Journey-writing教案

1.teaching goals:.improve the students’ writing ability.2.teaching important and difficult points:. use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing. 3.teaching procedure: step 1 .lead-inin this unit, we have read the first two parts of a travel journal and have listened to the third part of the travel journal. what is the difference between a journal and a diary? let’s read the passage on page 23 and find out the difference between the two.a diarypersonals;to record how the writer feels very soon after things happen.

a travel journalfor a lot of readers;record the writer’s experiences ,ideas and afterthoughts about what they have seen;its topics include people , things and events less familiar to readers.step2.writing(1).preparationt: show a letter , ok, wang kun, you have got a new mail from your friend michael, would you like all of our classmates to read it?s: ok.附信的內容dear wang kun,    how are you these days? i keep worrying about  you all the time. how was your trip? i think you must have a great fun.    i decide to travel in tibet next week. so i write to you to ask some information about tibet because i need to do some preparations. then could you tell me something about……best wishes!(2) writing a letter
now let’s do a writing practice. imagine that you are a friend of wang wei. write a short letter to her and ask her to describe: how she feels, what she is doing, and some place you want to know about. then wish her well on her journey by using at least two of these expressions:
have a nice/good time. have a nice/good trip. take care.
good luck on your journey. say “hello” to …. write to me.
give my best/love wishes to …. have fun.
tell the students that they can refer to the following steps.
(1) in pairs. choose the details from the journey that are most interesting. think of what else you would like to know about the journey. write these ideas down as questions.
 (2)now choose two or three of the best questions for your letter. each question should have another sentence explaining why you want to know this information.
 put them in an order that makes sense.
 (3)begin your letter as shown in the textbook and add your questions for wang wei. (4)finish your letter as shown in the textbook.
a sample writing:
hi, brave little wei,
how i worry about you and wang kun! do you have a good time now? i hope so. what are you doing now? are you still in laos? can you tell me something about people’s life there? when are you leaving for cambodia? when you get there, tell me about the buddhist temples there. please send some photos with your next letter! well, have a good trip and don’t forget to write to me! give my best wishes to wang kun. good luck on your journey.