Teaching plan of unit 3: Travel journalTeaching aims and demands1.Topic: traveling; describing a journey2.Vocabulary and useful expressions: journal, fare, transport, finally, cycle, persuade, insist, proper, properly, determine, rapid, valley, waterfall, plain, attitude, shorts, camp, record, afterthought, topic, familiar, brave change one’s mind, give in3.Function:Good wishes： Have a good day/time!Have a good journey/trip! Good luck! Enjoy yourself! Best wishes to you. Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! Happy birthday! Thank you. You, too. The same to you.Means of transportation: walking, cycling, horse riding, taking buses/trains/boats/planes4.Grammar: 现在进行表将来Where are you going on holiday?I am going to Hawaii on holiday.When are we coming back?Teaching procedure:Period 1.Step 1.Warming up1.Ask some questions:Do you often travel? Where have you been?2.Following the steps of the warm-up on page 17.Step 2. Pre-reading 1.Show some traveling pictures of the teacher’s.2.Ask Ss : which river is the longest one in the world and which is the largest one; which river is the longest one in China.3.Ask Ss: how people who live along a river use it.Step 3. While-reading 用心 爱心 专心1.Scanning: Ss read quickly and answer: What are they going to do?2.Skimming: Ss read again and finish comprehending 1 on page 19.3.Ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph.4.Ss list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.Step 4. After-reading Ss in pairs and discuss: Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s similar and different attitudes about the trip.Similar attitudes about the tripDifferent attitudes about the tripBoth Wang Wei and Wang Kun think…1. taking this trip is a dream come true.2. that they will enjoy this trip a ...
