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Unit 1

New Zealand Travel Guide 教学设计

Teaching Goals:

1. To let students know about some basic information of travelling in New Zealand and be interested in it. 2. To develop students’ reading skills.

Teaching key and difficult points：

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The key point is how to enable students to master the reading skills, such as fast reading, detailed reading and so on. 2. The difficult point is how to get students to master the words and expressions in this unit and how to help the students to express their thoughts using what they have learned in the reading.

Teaching methods：

1. Task-based teaching method enables the students learn more details. 2. Discussion enables students to be active and creative.

Teaching Procedures: •

1. Warming up and discussion •

2. Fast reading •

3. Careful reading

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4. Post-reading: role play •

5. Homework Step 1. Warming up and discussion 1. To prepare Ss for the lesson by asking some questions and enjoying some pictures. 1). Do you like travelling? 2). Why do more and more people like to travel in other countries? 3). If you could have a chance to travel abroad, which country would you like to go? Why? 2. Group activity : Let’s make a guess where we are going to travel.

-It lies in the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the ocean water.

-It is famous for harbors and boats. -The main industry is farming, especially keeping sheep and cattle; -There are two main islands in the country.

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Next, the teacher will talk about New Zealand’s national flag, Kiwi bird(几维鸟), New Zealand’s Capital: Wellington

and Auckland: the largest city. 3. Let’s go on a wonderful tour to New Zealand to experience this amazing country! 1). New Zealand has a warm climate with plenty of sunshine. 2). New Zealand is famous for its sand beaches, beautiful natural landscape with green hills and mountains and so on. 3). The Maori were the earliest people to come to New Zealand. Maoris settled in Auckland 650 years ago. 4. Group discussion Through the pictures, the students have known much information about New Zealand. Let the students have a group discussion: How much do you know about New Zealand? Can you say something about New Zealand?

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Step 2. Fast reading Purpose: To develop Ss’ ability of reading.

1. Read the passage as quickly as possible and answer the question: What is the main idea of the passage? Give one sentence to describe it. It talks about the brief introduction of travelling in New Zealand. Fast reading2. Let’s find the main idea of each part together.Part1Part2Part3Part4Part 5The reasons why you should travel around New ZealandThe best time to visit New ZealandThe flexible schedule during your visit to New ZealandThe ways to travel around New ZealandThe accomodation the tourists need to know

3. Where is the topic sentence of a paragraph ? The first sentence. So the topic sentence of paragraph 1 is: For anyone who likes travelling, New Zealand is Heaven！

4. Reading strategies summary

Usually when we are asked to find the topic sentence of a paragraph,we should pay special attention to the first sentence. 5. Let the students do some exercises.

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True or false: 1). When travelling in New Zealand, you can have the chance to share in ceremonies and celebrations with local Maori. 2). New Zealand is large and difficult to get around. 3). New Zealand is a long narrow country lying roughly north-south, consisting of the North & South Islands & a number of smaller islands. 4). New Zealand covers an area slightly larger than the United Kingdom.

Suggested answers: 1). True

2). False

3). True

4). True 5). Please use four words to describe the characteristics of New Zealand. Clean, green, uncrowded, friendly. 6. Comprehending 1). Which of the following refers to New Zealand?

A. It is made up of four parts —Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. B. There are two parts in it —North Island and South Island. 2). Who will give you guidance about the most suitable accommodation, and be able to help you with any questions you may have? A. A teacher B. A consultant C. A student D. An engineer 3). Which country is the birthplace of bungee jumping?

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A. France B. China C. The USA D. New Zealand Suggested answers: 1). B

2). B

3). D

Step 3

Careful reading Read the passage and fill in the blanks. Pay attention to the red words. The students will be divided into two groups, and they will have a group competition. If the student can answer the question correctly, their group will get one point. If not, the other group will continue to answer it.

Touring by bicycle is another popular way to see all that the country has to offer. The climate is neither too hot nor too cold for cycling, and the roads are good. One of the best ways to travel around New Zealand, if you can afford it, is to hire a car.

The best time to visit New Zealand is from November to April-summer time in the southern hemisphere. Public health standards are high and crime rates are low.

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Step 4

Post-reading

1. Role play in the class •

Situation—Roles: a guide ; a tourist •

Destination: New Zealand •

Let’s make a dialogue

2. What will you tell others if you want to introduce a place? When we want to introduce a place to others, we should pay special attention to the following factors: history, location, population, climate, things to do, and things to see. 3. What should we learn from the passage? New Zealand is so beautiful a country that all of us want to visit it. Travelling abroad benefits us a lot. It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.

Step 5 Homework 1. Finish the exercise on page 57. 2. Surf the Internet to find more information about New Zealand.

3.Write an e-mail to introduce New Zealand to the tourists.

1). Introduction

2). Things to see

3). Things to do

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