Unit 3 Travel Journal單元教案

period 1: a sample lesson plan for reading(journey down the mekong)aimsto talk about travelingto read about travelingprocedures i. warming up1. warming up by discussinggood morning, class. do you like traveling? why do you like traveling? and why not? where have you ever been before? how did you get there? if you are given a chance to travel around the world, what kind of transportations will you use and why? now look at the following pictures and discuss it in pairs. name of the transportationsmeans of transportationreasons by car (in a car)by bikeby plane (by air)by train ( on a train)by bus ( on a bus)by ship (by water or by boat)in a hot balloonby motorbike (on a motorbike)by jeepby truckin a plate2. warming up by looking and speakingnow boys and girls, what do you need to take with you if you are preparing for a bike trip along the changjiang river? look at the pictures and tell the whole class which object you think is the most useful and which one is the least useful. give a reason why you think so.3. warming up by asking and answeringnow suppose you live in qinghai. you plan to spend a holiday with a friend somewhere in southeast asia. you have been given a chance to choose three places to visit. please find out the one-way fare to get there for different kinds of transportation. perhaps you may not know the exact fare, but you can guess how much the fare is. please have a short discussion with your partners and then decide where to go. ok, now i’d like you to ask your partner the following questions.1. where are you going on holiday? 2. when are you leaving? 3. how are you going to…? 4. when are you arriving in/at…? 5. where are you staying? 6. how long are you staying there? 7. when are you coming back?ii. pre-reading1. imaging and sharingdo you like traveling along a river, a great river?  what role does a river play in people’s life? in other words, how do people who live along a river use it?the suggested answers:people can drink the water in a river or wash their clothes.people can swim in a river in summer.people can use a river to irrigate their fields.people can use a river to produce electricity.people can travel along a river.2. talking and sharingas we all know, there are a lot of rivers in the world and also there are many great rivers. now look at the chart. in the left column are names of some great rivers. in the right column are locations where the rivers lie. please match them.