Book 4 Module 5
A Trip Along the Three Gorges
新疆木垒县Period 2
同心回民中学 马英福
Teaching Content:
Reading and Vocabulary
Teaching Aims and Demands:
Language Knowledge
1. New words: bamboo, colleague, distant, construction site, goods, legend, poet, rush, t, trade, characters, deck, dock, detour, exploit, raft
2. Main Sentences:
1.We could e the sun tting behind the white pagoda.
望尘莫及打一生肖2.Every…, every stream that joined…, every… was heavy with the past.
我亲爱的兄弟3.On a distant mountain was a sign in 20-foot characters.
Ability Goals:
Guessing the meaning of some new words.
Discuss the questions about the passage.
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Enable the Ss to describe the scenery of the Three Gorges with the target language.
Learning Ability Goals:
Let the students know how to find clues of the writer’s journey.网络安全学习心得
Get the students to learn how to guess the definitions of the new words.
Teaching Important Points:
Get the students to describe the scenery of the Three Gorges.
Discuss the questions of comprehension.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Enable the students to find the clues about the writer’s journey.
Teaching Methods:
ask -and –answer
fast-reading and careful-reading
student-centered vocabulary learning
discussion
individual, pair or group work to finish each task
listening and retelling
Teaching Aids:
A tape recorder, four pictures, veral cards
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Greetings and Revision
T : Now, plea look at the photo. Is it beautiful?
Ss:
T : Who can tell me which river it is?
S1:.
T : Who can tell me what place it is?
S2:
T : Who’d like to tell me where it is?
S3:
S4:.
Step II Lead-in
约数T : Who can tell us what the names of the Three Gorges are?
S5:
T : Quite right, boys and girls, quite right. You’ve hit the nail on the head.
Well, what would you do if you had a lot of time/money?
Ss:
T : Yes, just do as you said. With the fast development of science and technology, people live a much more comfortable life than ever before. More and more people even including foreigners and peasants in the countryside spend holidays going on a trip through the Three Gorges. I think you’怀感ll have “A Trip Along the Three Gorges” in the near future.
瞿塘峡 (Qutang Gorge) 巫 峡(Wu Gorge) 西 陵 峡(Xiling Gorge)
Title: A Trip Along the Three Gorges
Step III Pre-reading Discussion and Vocabulary
1. First, get the students to discuss the question on Page 42 with their partners. Then get them to talk about some topics if goes on a trip through the Three Gorges. At last, ask the
students to report their work.
T : Would you like to visit the Three Gorges?
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Ss:
T : I think you’ll have the chance in the near future. Now turn to Page 42, imagine you’re going on a trip through the Three Gorges. First discuss the question with your partners. Then I’ll ask some students to report your work. Are you clear?
Ss:
T : Now who’d like to tell us which topic you will talk about? Volunteer?
S1, S2, S3, S4, S5
2. Check the meaning of the words. Make sure they can read the words correctly and understand the meaning.
characters, deck, dock, detour, exploit, pagoda, raft
3. Do Activity 5
Step IV Fast-reading
Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly. Tell them to read the text silently and then ask them some detailed questions about the text. Encourage them to express their ideas.
Now, boys and girls, I want to help you to read the passage about A Trip Along the Three Gorges. And I think you’ll be glad to enjoy the trip with the writer.
