Travel

Teaching Procedures:

I. Showing aims

　　Have the students know what they will learn in this lesson and what they will do in this class:

　　1. Master some useful expressions.

　　2. Read the passage “Jim’s Train Ride” carefully to improve their reading ability.

　　3. Know something about Mount Emei and some other mounts in China.

II. Revision

　　1. Check homework.

　　2. Revise the Object Clause. Play games “Kate says…” Have the students do in groups of three.

　　v   K: Nancy is not here yet.

　　v   T: She will be here soon.

　　v   Y: Nancy is not here yet. I hope that she will be here soon.

　　v   K : The weather is cloudy.

　　v   T : It will clear up soon.

　　v   Y: The weather is cloudy. I hope that it will clear up soon.

　　v   K: There is a lot of food.

　　v   T: You can eat more.

　　v   Y: There is a lot of food. I hope that you can eat more.

　　v   K: The park is crowded.

　　v   T: There are enough tables and benches.

　　v   Y: The park is crowded. I hope that there are enough tables and benches.

III. Pre-read

  　　Part 1. In small groups have the students answer the questions. Then discuss the questions in class.

　　Put up a map of China on the blackboard and get the students to show Mount Emei and other mounts such as Mount Hua etc, and talk about some mounts if they know them.

IV. Presentation

　　Have the students discuss in groups. Ask: “What will they do if they will go travelling?” A few minutes for them to discuss, then ask some of them to give their reports to share with the class.

V. Reading

　　Part 2. Speech Cassette. Let the students read through the passage to find the answer to the question: How did Jim feel on his trip to Mount Emei? Help the students use these words: happy, exciting, … See if the students can guess the meaning of the new words.

　　Play the tape. Ask the students to listen carefully. The teacher may stop the tape while the students are listening, and ask the students to go on reading. It can test the students' ability to follow the passage as it is read on the tape.

　　Using Exercise I in the workbook of Lesson 14, check the students' reading. The students ask and answer in pairs.

VI. Acting

    　　Divide the students into small groups. Change this passage into a play, ask them to act out this play. One of them plays the part of a narrator, the others play Mr Green, Mrs Green, Jim, the conductor, and fruit shop assistant.

VII. Workbook

　　Do Exercise 3 in class. Have the students read the sentences and translate them into Chinese, check with the whole class.

　　For Exercise 2, it can be worked as homework.

　　Answers for Exercise 2: by, enjoyable, by, took, bus, lively, comfortable, watching, scenery, offer, magazines, nearby, practised, trip / journey, tired.

VIII. Summary

Exercises in class

     Rewrite the following sentences

　　1. She will have a train ride to Hangzhou. ( She says…)

　　2. Class Five will have a football match with Class Six. ( The teacher says…)

　　3. The station is very crowded. ( He said… )

　　4. A young man is speaking in English. ( Jim said… )

　　5. The train is quite comfortable. (Jim thought…)

　　6. There aren’t too many people in their sleeping car. ( Jim told me…)

IX. Homework

　　Read the passage after class.

　　Finish off the exercises in the workbook.
教学设计方案

Lesson 15

Language Focus:

　　1. Useful expressions: on a trip; have a football match; What a Pity. How interesting. Have a good time; take photos.

　　2. The use of “that” in the Object Clause.

Properties: recorder; Overhead Projector; Pictures

Teaching Procedures:

I. Showing aims

　　Get the students to know what they will learn in this lesson and have the students know what they will do in this cla