Module1Unit3TravelJournal(Reading)JourneydowntheMekongPart1TheDreamandthePlanTeachingaims:1.Readingforreading:Withthehelpoftheteacherandthecreatedlanguagesituation,studentstakepartinsomediscoveryactivitiestofindoutthefollowingwaystoreadapassageandexperiencehowthesewayscanhelp:A.howtopreviewalessonB.howtogetthemainideaofapassageC.howtotellthetopicsentencefromthesupportingonesD.howtoguessthemeaningofanewwordE.howtoskimapassageF.howtopredict2.Readingforlanguage:Whilecarryingouttasks,studentsdiscoverthefollowinglanguageitems:A.variousverbsandverbphrasestodescribethecourseofarivertoavoidtherepetitionofacertainverbinapassage.B.“stubborn”isanadjwithanegativemeaningandwhy.C.Howtoemphasizeacertainpartusinganemphaticsentence3.Readingforwriting:Whiledealingwiththestructureofthe2ndparagraphwiththehelpoftheteacher,studentsdiscover:A.thedifferencebetweenanopinionandafact.B.Howtosupportanopinionwithseveralfacts.4.Readingforinformation:Readingthepassage,studentsgettoknowmoreabouttheMekongRiverandhowtoplanforatripTeachingProcedures:Step1Preview:11.Guessthemainideaofthepassagebylookingatthetitleandthepicturetolearnhowtopredictthemainideaofapassage.2.2:Readthroughthepassagetogetthemainidea,andseewhetheryou’vegotitright.Step2Pre-reading:1.Organizeafreetalkatthebeginningoftheclassabouttraveltoleadinthetopic.2.Answerthequestion“what’sthemainideaofthepassage?”Step3While-reading:1.Readtomatchthekeywordswiththeparagraphs.A.Readsomesentencestakenfromthepassagetomatchthethreekeywordsinthemainidea(dream,plan,river)withthethreeparagraphs.B.Findoutwherethesesentencesalwayslieinaparagraphtolearnwhatatopicsentenceisandgettoknowreadingthetopicsentencecanhelptogetthemainideaquickly.2.ReadPara3toknowabouttheMekongRiver.A.Readtoanswer“WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekong?”bytickingthepictures.B.DiscussandreportwhyyouthinkPicture1showsaglacier,etctolearnhowtoguessthemeaningofanewword.C.Discovertheverbsusedtodescribetherouteofarivertoreplacetheword“flow”inagivenpassage.3.ReadPara1-3tocrossoutthethingthatisnotincludedintheplanforthejourneytolearnhowtomakeaplanforajourney.4.Discussingroupsoffourtoanswer“Whydoesthewritersay‘Nowsheisplanningourscheduleforthetrip’?”andfindinformationtosupporttheanswersoastohaveabetterunderstandingofthepassage.5.Trytofindandunderstandtwolanguageitems.Inthisway,thebarriertocomprehensionismovedandthelanguageitemsareacquired.Q1:CanyoufindasentencepatterninPara1toemphasizeonly“she”isplanning2thetrip?Q2:WKthinksthathissistercanbereallystubborn.WhichisitsChinesemeaning?(A.坚决B.固执)andwhy?6.Answerthequestion“HowWKmakesusbelievehissisterisreallystubborn?”totellopinionfromfactsandhowtosupportopinionwithfacts.Step4Post-reading:1.Groupwork:haveadiscussionandguesswhatwillPart2tellus.Andwhy?2.Reflectuponwhatyouhavelearntbydoingareadingassessmentjob.Step5Homework:1.ReadPara2againandworkinpairstomakeadialoguebetweenWW&WKaccordingtothepassage.2.Recallwhatyouhavelearntabouthowtobeanindependentreaderandtrytobeabetterlearner.3