Unit14 Have you packed yet教案(共七課時)新目標

step ⅲ 2a
this activity encourages students to predict what they are about to read.
go through the instructions with the students. get them to complete the task in small groups. when they work, walk around the classroom and make sure students discuss in english their reasons for selecting each word. ask students to report their answers. vote on the most likely words.
answers will vary. but it is likely students will select culture, family, history, grandfather and tradition.
step ⅳ 2b
this activity builds on activity 2a and asks students to confirm their predictions. look at the instructions. ask students to go through the reading to complete the task in small groups. let students report their answers.
answers
culture family guangdong grandfather
step ⅴ part 3
this activity encourages students to use the strategy of reading context. look at the story. find out the words indicated in bold. let different students guess the meaning. don’t give them the correct answers. get students to read the article once. say, pay attention to the bold words and expressions. and note any other word or sentence you don’t understand. read in context, guessing their meanings from the other words around them. let students read the article again for comprehension. ask a student to read the instructions aloud to the class. and let students look at the example. then ask students to match the correct meanings with the correct words and expressions. remind students to look at the story again for extra help. give them one or two minutes to do the work.
check the answers.
answers
root e ancestor a hardly g highlight b well c turning point d abroad f
get students to make sentences with the words and expressions. answers to this activity will vary. then ask a student to write his answers on the blackboard. help correct any mistakes.
sample answers
1. pull up the plant by roots.
2. my ancestor’s hometown is in shandong province.
3. i can hardly believe that.
4. this is the highlight of the story.
5. there was only one well in our village in the past.
6. work hard and there will be a turning point.
7. do you want to travel abroad?
step ⅵ part 4
this activity helps students read for specific information and paraphrase ideas.
go through the instructions with the class. elicit the first answer from the students from memory. make sure that they understand what they need to do.
let students do the activity individually or in pairs. students should try to remember or guess the answers before looking at the reading. check the answers. let different students to give their answers. ask students to give correct statements for the false statements.