Unit 3　Travel journal  Period 5　Extensive Reading

5. reading and underliningread the passage quickly again and underline all the useful expressions and collocations in it.collocations:although, ride bicycles, in front of, as usual, need to do sth. , be great fun, reach a valley, much warmer, change. . . into. . . , t-shirts, shorts, in the early evening, stop to do sth. , make camp, put up, after supper, go to sleep, stay awake, at midnight, become clear, so. . . that. . . , the sound of the fire, so far, join sb. , hardly wait to see, change one’s attitude6. reading aloudplay the tape for the students to listen and mark the rising and falling tone of each sense group and sentence. then practice reading aloud.→step 4 dialogueimagine that the dialogue happens the next morning before wang kun and wang wei leave their camp. write a short dialogue between them with your partner.several minutes later, ask some students to show their dialogue to the class.sample dialogue:wei:you look so tired.kun:yes, i stayed up late last night.wei:really? what did you do?kun:i watched the clear sky and the bright stars.wei:that’s nice. they must have been pretty.kun:yes, they were.→step 5 reading task(on pages 58-59)1. ask the students to turn to page 59 and read the passage:the end of our journey. then fill in the form with the information from the travel journal.topiclaoscambodiavietnampopulationweatherlearningfarming2. check the answers with the whole class. deal with any language problems.suggested answers:topiclaoscambodiavietnampopulationhalf the population of cambodiatwice the population of laosalmost seven times the population of cambodiaweathercool and dry in autumncooler in the north and much warmer in the southlearninghalf of its people couldn’t read or writefarmingrice and fishrice and fishrice, fish and fruit→step 6 consolidationretell each part of journey down the mekong. work in groups.1. fill in the chart.journey down the mekongpart 1part 2 a night in the mountainspart 3part 4part 5part 62. choose one for each group to report their retelling.→step 7 homework1. finish off the workbook exercises.2. write a summary for each part ofjourney down the mekong.設計方案（二）→step 1 revision1. check the homework exercises.2. ask some students to retell part 1 the dream and the plan.→step 2 lead-inshow the students the picture:the tibetan mountains. brainstorm some questions about tibet.→step 3 reading1. get the students thinking about the picture and the topic of the passage, then discussing in pairs to predict what it says.