Unit 3Unit 3

Travel JournalTravel Journal

Period2Period2

南靖四中 陈勇成

围绕本单元话题的材料” Journey Down the

Mekong ” 分六个部分贯穿于本单元的始终 :part1: The dream and the plan ( reading )

part2: A night in the mountains( reading

and

speaking)

part3: Chatting with a girl (listening)

part4: Journey Down the Mekong

(listening)

part5: Their experiences in Laos

(listening)

part6: The end of our journey (reading

task)

Unit 3

Travel Journal

Period2操作步骤

pre-reading;pre-reading;ReadingReading

comprehensioncomprehension

Names of river Location

Mekong river

Seine

Nile

Gongo

Amazon

Mississippi

Thames

England

Egypt

Central Africa

US

France

China

Brazil

The great rivers in the world

step1 (pre-reading)1.Have you imagined traveling down a river?2.How do the people near the river make use of the river?3.Do you know the Mekong River?How many countries do the river flow through?

……

How do people who live along a river use it?

Brain

go swimming

travel along a river

to irrigate their fields

to make electricity

storming

Pre-reading—II

ChinaLaos Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam South China

Sea

step2 (while-reading 环节 )activity1 Fast-reading

What’s the style of this reading text?--Travel JournalFind out the main idea of each paragraph.Para1: prepare to take a bike tripPara2: Wang Wei organized the tripPara3: Information about Mekong River活动目的：培养快速获取信息的能力

Activity2: detaied reading Work in pairs and try to find out 1. How many people are there in the story?

Who are they? Four. They are Wang Kun, Wang Wei, Dao

Wei and Yu Hang. 2. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? They are Wang Kun’s cousins who are at a

college in Kunming. 3. What was their dream?

活动目的：培养获取信息的能力

know the river bettter 1. What can you see when you travel along the river?

2. Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?

Glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.

活动目的：培养整合信息的能力

Hard to breathe; cold; begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres.

3.Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?

可增加讨论活动 :

If you are Wang wei and Wang Kun ,will you cycle down the Mekong River? Give your reasons to support your idea.

活动目的 : 在活动前选择或预测材料中人物的遇事态度 , 对比自己与人物的态度

Step 3(Post-reading) 活动目的：理解文中人物的态度，共分易难二个层次形式一：“ T” or “F” exercise（易） .

1. Wang Wei insisted that they begin the journey in

Qinghai.

2. Wang Wei thought that her way was the proper way.

3. Wang Wei was a stubborn and careful girl.

4. Wang Kun gave in at last.

5. Wang Kun thought that it would be easy to start in

Qinghai.

活动形式三：（整合和表达）稍难

Use words to describe the characteristics of Wang kun and Wang wei.

Wang Wei: stubborn; determined; wouldn't change her mind; adventurous Wang kun: serious; careful 学生通过自主和探究性学习，形成一种在日常学习与生活中乐于互助、交流并解决问题的习惯

step 4 ： Homework

1. review the learnt lesson 2. underline the useful words and phrases

in the text. 活动目的：巩固本课时的教学内容，预习下一课时

Reading 课时安排小结 Step 1: Lead-in and pre-reading (7mins)Step 2: While-reading (21mins)Step 3: Post-reading (11mins)Step 4: Homework (1min)Step 5: Blackboard design 通过上述环节的 individual work 、 pair work 和 group work 能有效地激发学生的兴趣，培养课前预习、利用资源获取信息的能力、进而培养学生整合信息、理解文中人物的态度和进行表达的能力