Unit 7 Where would you like to visit?
say, boys and girls, please scan the e-mail in activity 3a now. try to get the main idea of the letter and find out the answers to the statements. ask them to scan the letter individually, and write t, f or dk before each statement.
after they’ve all finished scanning, check the answers with the whole class. elicit why the false sentences are false at the same time.
after checking the answers, tell the children to read the passage more carefully and prepare to answer the questions on the blackboard.
after they’ve all finished reading, get some students to answer these questions.
encourage them to ask questions on what they don’t understand about the e-mail.
ask one student to read the letter to the class. help him or her with the pronunciation. then let all the students read the passage several times.
step ⅲ 3b
read the instructions to students.
ask: who can explain the instructions in your own language?
choose two or three among those who have put up their hands to explain the instructions in english.
they may say like this, suppose i work for ace travel agency and i have received the letter from s.t. zhang. then it is my duty to reply the e-mail and i have to tell where they should go on vacation.
after they all know what to do, get them to begin writing. move around the classroom as they write, offering help if necessary. remember whose passage is excellent and prepare to ask them to read theirs to the class.
after they’ve all finished writing, ask the students who have written very good passages to read theirs to the class.
let them work in pairs to correct the mistakes in the passage they’ve written.
tell them that they have to rewrite the letters after class and bring them to school tomorrow.
step ⅳ part 4
read the instructions to students.
say something about the three places in the chart. showing some pictures of these places to the students, say like this, qufu is a small city in shandong province.
it is famous for confucius. it was confucius’ hometown. he was born there.
the great wall is the pride of the chinese people. it is very long and it is hard to believe that it was built over two thousand years ago.
the forest of steles in xi’an is a great place for people who are interested in writing chinese with brushes.
what do you think of the three places?
look at the chart in activity 4. we can see the sample answer in the box about qufu in the column of you.
continue saying, now please fill in the boxes about the great wall and the forest of steles in xi’an on your own.