Travel journal

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Travel journal
Unit 3
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This unit can be divided into 6 parts and 7
periods

1. Warming up
2. Reading
3. Grammar
4. Listening
5. Speaking
6. Writing

6 parts
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1) Warming up reading (p.17-19) 2) Important
language points (words expressions) 3)
Grammar (The present continuous tense sentence
pattern it is ---that/who---) 4) Reading
speaking (p.22) 5) Language points listening
reading(p.23) 6) Speaking writing 7)
Consolidation
7 periods
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Topic traveling describing a journey Vocabulary
and useful expressions journal, fare,
transport, --- change ones mind, give
in--- Function Good wishes Have a good
day/time! Best wishes to you. Have a good
journey/trip! Good luck! Enjoy yourself! Means
of transportation walking, cycling, horse
riding, taking buses/trains/ boats/planes Grammar
??????? Where are you going on holiday? I am
going to Hawaii on holiday.
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Period1 Warming up reading
Warming up Step I. Lead in 1. Teaching aims
(Knowledge Ability ) Help students get close to
the topic traveling and discuss the destinations
and fares. Help students learn new words and
their pronunciations. ( journal, fare, transport,
Vientiane, Laos, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, HoChiMinh
city, Vietnam)
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Activities Brainstorm Lead in Question If
you were tired, what kind of way do you like to
refresh yourself? (individual work) Do you like
traveling? Why? Lead in Before we set off, we
should first make a travel plan. What shall we
decide? Lead in two words destination fare
(destination a place where to go fare how
much you pay for your traveling.)
relaxation
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Learn new words and pronunciation
Vientiane Discussion (pair work) Discuss the
fares and decide where to go. (P.17 chart)
From To By Travel fare
Xining Qinghai Vientiane Laos Train Air RMB 1320 RMB 3200
Xining Qinghai Phnom Penh Cambodia Train Air RMB 1490 RMB 2600
Xining Qinghai Ho Chi MInh City Vietnam Train Air RMB 1650 RMB 3500
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2. Teaching aims (Knowledge) Help students get to
know that the present continuous tense can be
used for future use. Activities Discussion six
questions (pair work) (P17) 1) When are you
leaving? 2) How are you going to ? 3) When are
you arriving in/at? 4) Where are you staying? 5
) How long are you staying in? 6) When are you
coming back?
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Discovering the tense and function used in these
sentences. (individual work) Explanation The
present continuous tense can be used for future
use. It describes what will happen in the
future. The first sentence means When are you
going to leave? or When will you
leave? Practice (whole class work) Can you say
the rest five questions in another two ways?
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Step II Pre-reading Teaching aims Help students
activate students knowledge about great rivers
in the world. Stimulate students love for nature
by discussing the greatness of a
river. Activities Discuss the great rivers and
their locations in the world by filling in the
form (ppt.) Brainstorming How do people who live
along a river use it? (pair work)
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The great rivers in the world
Names of river Location
Mekong river Seine Nile Gongo Amazon Mississippi Thames England Egypt Central Africa US France China Brazil
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travel along a river
Brain
storming

to irrigate their fields

How do people who live along a river use it?

to make electricity

go swimming
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Step III Reading (first reading) Teaching
aims Help students learn different reading
skills (skimming, scanning guessing) Help
students learn new words waterfall, rapids,
valley, delta, glacier, plain, canyon Help
students get a whole meaning of the text.
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• Activities
• Skimming 3 questions
• Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
• What was their dream?
• Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
• Scanning guessing
• Go through the passage quickly and find out
• 7 words which can tell us the different
• topographical features of Mekong?
• 2) Write down 7 words and let Ss match
• waterfall rapids valley
• delta glacier plain canyon

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A large flat place.
waterfall rapids valley delta glacier plain
canyon
A fast-moving part of a river.
A high place from which a river suddenly goes
down.
A deep, very wide valley, usually with a river.
A long, low, wide place between hills.
The low place where a river enters the sea.
A large body of ice moving slowly down a high
valley.
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Show 7 pictures and tell what they are valley,
delta(ppt.) List the countries that the Mekong
River flows through. (ppt.)
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waterfall
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plain
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rapids
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delta
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glacier
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canyon
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valley
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China Laos Burma Thailand Cambodia
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Step IV Reading (second reading reading
aloud) Teaching Aims Help students get to know
the organization of the passage. Help students
cultivate their ability of reading a passage as a
whole, as well as reading between the lines. Help
students analyze Wang Kun and Wang Weis
different characters .
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• Careful reading information in details
• Look at the subtitle, ask the question How many
• parts can the passage be divided into?
• The dream (para 1)
• The plan (para 2-3)
• 2. Reading aloud 4 questions (group work)
• 1) Where is the source of the Mekong River?
• 2) Which sea does the Mekong enter?
• 3) Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong
  River?
• Why?
• 4) Which character do you like, Wang Kun or
• Wang Wei?

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Questions Where is the source of the Mekong River
and which sea does it enter?
sourceQinghai Province enter South China Sea
What can you see when you travel along the
Mekong River? Is it a difficult journey along
the Mekong River?
We can see a glacier ,deep valleys, waterfalls,
hills and plains.
Yes, it is. We know that the travelers had to
climb over a Tibetan mountain and pass through
deep valleys.
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Which character do you like, Wang Kun or Wang
wei?
Wang Wei
She is stubborn and determined. She is not easy
to change her mind. She loves natureshe
Personality
Wang Kun
He is careful and serious
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homework
The 7-day National Holiday is coming, everyone
has his dream of travelling. Think about it and
make your travel plan.( your favourite
destination and reason, the way of traveling, the
most useful things you should take and your
traveling routes ---)
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Period2. Important language points
P20
. Period3. Grammar
P21
(The present continuous tense sentence pattern
it is ---that/who---)
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Period4.Reading Speaking
Teaching aims To understand the second part of
Journey Down the Mekong. To learn how to read
and organize a travel journal. To learn how to
express good wishes. To develop students sense
of group cooperation and protecting nature.
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Activities Lead in(surpose)The famous singer
Jay will give a performance in Hangzhou tonight.
But tomorrow morning you will take an English
exam. What will you do?
compare you have different ideas, or you hold
different attitudes.(An attitude is what a
person thinks about something.) and compare Wang
Kuns and Wang Weis attitudes toward the trip
along the Mekong.(P19)
How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now?
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First reading Read the short passage and decide
the following sentences are true or false. ?When
they arrived in Tibet, it was winter then. (
) ?Wang Wei was behind me as usual. ( ) ?When
we reached a valley, it became warmer.( )
?After supper, we started to make camp. (
) ?Wang Kun went to sleep and Wang Wei stayed
awake. ( ) ?There was almost no wind on that
night. ( ) Second reading Discussion ?How
does Wang Kun feel about the trip now? ?What do
you think has changed his attitude?
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Speaking Teaching aim learn how to express good
wishes. Activity
Imagine you are a friend of Wang Weis and try
to wish her well on her journey by using the
useful expressions. (P.23) Make a short dialogue
and act it out (pair work)
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Period5. language points(P.22) Listening
Reading(P23)
Reading Whats the difference between diary and
travel journal?
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A diary  Personal To record how the writer feels.
A travel journal  For a lot of reader Record their experience, ideas and afterthoughts Its topics include people, things and events less familiar to readers.
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Period6. Speaking Writing
Teaching aims Help Ss summarize what they
have learned from this unit (words phrases
sentences how to make a plan) Help Ss
communicate their travel plans in English and
improving writing skills. Help Ss cultivate
their awareness of making efforts to be in
harmony with nature.
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Activity show your travel plan and revise it
and then write down. (group work)
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Period7. Consolidation (exercise)