Unit3TraveljournalTeachingdesign:Lesson1readingcomprehentionLesson2grammarLesson3listeningandspeakingLesson4writingLesson5exercisesGeneralintroductiontothisunit:Thetopicisatraveljournal,actuallyit'sajourneydowntheMekongriver(travelogue),whichconsistsofsixpartsandtheyarepresentedaccordingtotime:thefirstpartisaboutthedreamandtheplan(thefirstreadingpassageonp17);thesecondpartisanightinthemountains(thesecondreadingpassageonp22);thethirdpartisaboutchattingwithagirl;thefourthpartisaboutOctoberinlaos.Boththetwopartsappearinthelisteningpassage;thefifthpartisaboutontheroadtolaos,andthesixthpartisabouttheendofthejourney.Thelasttwopartsappearintheworkbookassupplementaryreadingmaterials.lessononeReadingcomprehentionTeachingaimsandrequirements1.toimprovethestudentsreadingskillsandspeed,especiallytheskillsofsummarizing,wordguessingandscanning.2.Helpstudentsunderlinesomeimportantwords,expressions,andsentencepatterns,andanalyzedifficultsentencesifpossible.Teachingmethods:1.questionsandanswerforinducing2.Fastreadingtofindoutsomegeneralinformation3.Carefulreadingtofindoutthedetailsinthepassage4.pair-work/group-workactivitiesMainproceduresinteachingStep1:GreetingsStep2.Pre-reading-lead-in(presentation)1.Askstudentssomequestionsfreely,suchas:Douliketraveling?Whydouliketraveling?Andwhynot?wherewouldumostliketotravel?whyisthat?Haveuevertriedanyadventuretravelinyourlife?Whatwouldudotomakepreparationsforyourexploratorytravel?Thenletstudentsdiscussthesituationinwarmingup:ImaginethatyouliveinQinghaiProvince.youhavegotagoodjobandyouplantospendaholidaywithafriendsomewhereinSoutheastAsia.Choosethreeplacestovisitandfindouttheone-wayfaretogettherefordifferentkindsoftransport.Theimportantthingistogetstudentstocarryonconversationsinpairsusingthepresentcontinuoustensetoexpressplannedactionsintheimmediatefuture.2.Talkabouttheriversaroundtheworld.Ifthestudentshappentolivenearariver,askthemtoconsideritsroleintheirownlives.Ifnot,asksstosharehowtheyfeltwhentheysawariverorheardaboutit.ThestudentswillprobablyrecognizetheYangtzeandYellowRiversandthoseintheirhometownsbutmayhavedifficultynamingothers.wemayuseamaptohelpssifpossible.Thentellssthatwearegoingtoreadajournalbywangkunandwangwei.It'sabicycletripalongtheMekongriver.Step3.Fastreadingletssreadthepassagequicklyandfindthegeneralideaofthewholepassage(thetopic).Thepurposeofthisstepistoimprovethestudents'readingspeedandtrainthestudents'skillsofgraspingimportantinformation.Actuallythisreadingpassageisthefirstpartofthetravelogue.Itoffersthebackgroundaboutthebiketrip,especiallytheplanningthatwentintoit.Thispartalsointroducesstudentstothefouryoungpeoplewhomadethetrip:WangKun,thewriterofthejournalandhissister,WangWei,andtheircousinsDaoWeiandYuHang.Thissectionalsointroducesstudentstomanyofthegeographicaltermstheywillusethroughouttheotherfivepartsofthetravelogue.Step4.Deepreadingletssreadthepassageagain,andtrytofindmoredetails.ThendoexercisesonP19ex1,2,3.Inexercise1,therearesixquestions,ex2letthestudentslistthecountriesthattheMekongriverflowsthrough.Thesetwoexercisesareallrelatedtosomedetailinformationofthepassage.Letstudentsreadthepassageagain,thenanswerex1,2.Asforex3.It'sabouttheattitudesofWangweiandWangKunaboutthetrip.Thisexercisecanhelptrainstudentsgrasptheintentionorattitudeofauthor,Letstudentsworkinpairs,thensharewiththewholeclass.Step5.consolidationPlaythetapef...