Unit 3 Travel Journal單元教案

assignmentrevise the contents of the passagecomplete the passage on page 56 in workbookdo exercise 2 on page 57 in you exercise books.period 2: a sample lesson plan for learning about language(the present continuous tense for future action)aimsto learn about the present continuous tenseto discover and use some useful words and expressions procedures i. warming upwarming up by discovering useful words and expressionshello everyone. after reading the passage, we have got to know the usage of the words and expressions, but we should do more practice. now turn to page 20 to find the correct words and expressions from the passage to finish the sentences. you are given two minutes to finish them and discuss with your partners. two minutes later, check in pairs and then check with the whole class.ii. learning about language1. reading and finding good, you have mastered these words and expressions. let’s turn to page 17 and look at the questions in warming up 4. underline the verbs in the questions, and pay attention to the verb forms and do some explanations by yourselves.2. learning grammarwe can see that the verbs are all used in the “-ing” form. they are “the present continuous tense”, but they express future actions or plans. the present continuous tense may be used to denote an action that can be pre-planned or prearranged instead of the future indefinite in colloquial english. but please note that, not all verbs can be used in the “-ing” form to express future actions. such verbs as come, go, leave, fly, walk, ride, drive, stay, meet, die, see, have, arrive etc. are mainly used in the “-ing” form to express future actions.3. doing exercises no. 2 and 3 on page 21now turn to page 21 and do exercise 2. in the dialogue a newspaper reporter is interviewing wang wei about her plans for the trip along the mekong river. however, they are not sure about some of the verb tenses. can you help them complete their conversation?let’s continue to do exercise 3. do you have any plans for the future yourselves? if you have any, please use the present continuous tense to express your future actions. give as much information as you can.iii. ready used materials for the present continuous tense for future actions or plansbe + v.-ing與表示將來的時間連用，表示不久的將來，含義是“預定要做”。（這種結構中常用動作動詞或去向動詞：go, come, leave, start, arrive, travel, fly等，不適用于狀態動詞）i’m leaving for beijing this friday. my friends came over last night, and they are coming over this evening, too.