Unit 3 Travel journal
unit 3 travel journal
designed by xu jianying, ying huihong, zhao lili wu xianfen, jiang jinling
i.teaching aims and demands:
1.skill goals:
describe a journey.
revise means of transportation.
the present progressive tense expresses futurity.
keep a travel journal to show personal impressions.
2.function sentence patterns---good wishes and farewells
have a nice/ good time. have a nice/good time.
tare care. good luck on your journey.
say “ hello” to … write to me.
give my love / best wishes to … have fun.
3.vocabulary:
journal, fare, transport, finally, cycle, persuade, stubborn, insist, proper(ly), determine(d), altitude, valley, attitude, shorts, camp, record, topic, familiar, brave, give in, change one’s mind.
detail, atlas, glacier, rapids, waterfall, plain, delta, canyon, afterthought.
vientiane, laos, phnom penh, cambodia, ho chi minh, vietnam, mekong, tibetan.
4.grammar:
the present continuous tense to express future actions.
ii.the analysis of the teaching material:
1. warming-up and listening: let students know that travel is very common in modern society. ask them to discuss the fares to get to one place for different kinds of transport. do some listening practice
2. pre-reading and reading: the word has many great rivers. one of them is the mekong. introduce a travel journal---journey down the mekong to students.
3.learning about language: in this part, students will discover useful words and expressions and also learn useful structures---- the present continuous tense to express future actions
5.using language: present how to write a travel journal and then practise writing
iii.teaching arrangment
1st period warming-up and listening
2nd period reading
3rd period learn about language
4th period using language
the first period warming-up and listening
teaching aims
1. to talk about things related to travel, e.g. the place the fares and transport, etc.
2. to improve the ss’ listening ability.
teaching important points