Learning about Language教案1

Travel Journey

Using Language：Reading and Writing The type of the lesson: reading, speaking and writing. It is the fourth period of this unit, including the reading and writing part of the using language. The purpose is to enable the students to use the reading skills (skimming and scanning) to get the information from the text and write a letter. Teaching goals: 1).Improve the students’ writing ability.

2).Enable the students to understand the passage better. Teaching important and difficult points: 1). Read the passage A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS 2). Use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing. Teaching aids: a projector, a computer, a blackboard and chalks Teaching procedure: Step 1 Lead-in It is a fine day, isn’t it? It is a nice time for us to go out for traveling, and what about going to Tibet? 1.

Question: would you like to visit Tibet? 2.

Explain why Tibet is attractive? Answer: a)

geographical and natural beauty

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long historical culture and religion 3.

Appreciate the beauty of Tibet: the cloud and lake in Tibet, the Tibetan New Year festival, Monastery ceremony, Mount Everest and Potala palace Step 2 Reading Activity 1: fast reading Do you still remember our friends Wang Wei and Wang Kun? What is their dream? Year, now they have got to Tibet. If you want to know what they are doing there, please read the passage “A night in the mountains” on page 22 quickly and try to do the True or False exercise. •

When they arrived in Tibet, it was winter then. ( ) •

Wang Wei was behind me as usual. ( ) •

When we reached a valley, it became warmer.( ) •

Wang Kun went to sleep and Wang Wei stayed awake. ( ) •

There was almost no wind that night. ( ) Activity 2: detail reading 1、Read the first paragraph and try to fill in the chart see do

feel

2、Find the detailed information from second and third paragraph .

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In the early evening After supper They________

Wang Wei ____but Wang Kun___. the sky____________. At midnight the stars _____________ . There was only the flames of______ Activity3: Read the whole text again and try to find the beautiful phrases and sentences. E.g.: lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful Beautiful phrases and sentences

in my idea: surprised by the view; great fun; colorful butterflies; stars grew brighter; hardly wait to see them

Activity4: T: We know that in the reading of part 1, Wang Kun thought it would be a difficult journey. Now please looking at these beautiful phrases and sentences and try to guess “How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now?”

S: T：And what do you think has changed his attitude? S:

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Step 3 Speaking Imagine that you are Wang Kun. Try to discuss in pairs to describe your trip. What is your preparation(准备). What is the weather? What have you seen? What impresses you most? What difficulties have you met? Step 4 Writing T: Ok, Wang Kun, You have got a new mail from your friend Michael, would you like all of our classmates to read it? S: OK. Dear Wang Kun, How are you these days? I keep worrying about you all the time. How was your trip? I think you must have a great fun. I decide to travel in Tibet next week. So I write to you to ask some information about Tibet because I need to do some preparations. Then could you tell me something about……

Best wishes! Yours T: Now please try to reply a letter to your friend Michael. Before writing, you should pay attention to the structure. At the

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beginning part, you should write your response; at the second part, body part, you can talk about what we have discussed just now, such as the weather there , you can guess, and the scenery and you have seen, you can find the information in the passage we have just learned, your preparation, you can find the information in the passage we have learned last time and anything you want to talk; at the last part, you should give your wishes. Now, I have given you the first part and the last part; please try to finish the second part.

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Blackboard design

Using Language：Reading and Writing Reading ：try to find the beautiful phrases and sentences Before writing : 1)write down some expressions while speaking 2)choose two or three questions and use each as a new paragraph How was your trip? What did you do when…? Have you met…? When did you get back? What kind of things did you see?

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