Unit 3 Travel journal ---Journey down the Mekong Teaching materials ( This unit is to introduce the traveling to us. The reading passage is the center of this unit. It is the most important teaching material in this lesson, which contains most of the vocabularies and grammar points that students should learn. Learning Targets 1. Knowledge target : Master eight words and ten phrases. 2. Ability target : Learn to find details from the passage. 3. Emotion target : Success belongs to the perserving( Students Although the students have the basic abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing, they still need more opportunities to practice what they have learned and to develop their autonomous and cooperative learning ability. Teaching methods Generally speaking, I adopt task-based language teaching and communicative approach in my class. As for learning, students will master the knowledge through independent reading, discussing and cooperating. As for this class, multi- media teaching is adopted, which can increase the teaching pace and arouse students interest. Lead-in (5mins) ~ This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries in southeast Asia. The Mekong River the longest river in Southeast Asia the Mekong River - 4880 81 the Lancang River In China it is called Out of China, it is called the Mekong River Fast Reading (5mins) Read quickly for the main idea of each paragraph. Read and find the main idea of each paragraph: A.Preparation B.Dream C.A stubborn sister --Wang wei Dream Preparation A stubborn sisterWang Wei Paragraph 1:_____________ Paragraph 2:_____________ Paragraph 3:_____________ Careful Reading (31mins) Para1 Words & phrases _____________________ _____________________ ____________________ ... _____________________ ever since dream about doing sth persuade sb to do sth graduate from Para 1 1. What's their dream? They dreamed about ___________. 2. Where are they going? Along ______________ from_____ __________ to _________________. 3.Who will travel? ______ ______ ______ ______ taking a great bike trip the Mekong River where it begins where it ends Wang WeiWang Kun Dao Wei Yu Hang Para 1 4. How are they getting there? 5. What did Wang Wei prepare for the trip? 1)Two years ago, bought ) Then, persuaded 3) Last year,......visited ) Several months before our trip, went to Cycle Para 2 Words & phrases ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ be fond of care about a determined look change one's mind make up one's mind give in Paragraph 2: A stubborn sister Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why? Yes. She insisted that she ______________ the trip properly. Once she has ________________, nothing can change it. made up her mind (should) organize xlj to the West Ever since primary school ( I have watched the TV play Journey to the West Journey He is determined.He tries to complete the journey no matter how hard it is. He is stubborn and sometimes makes himself get into trouble. He cares about not only humans but animals and insects. He is brave and never __________to enemies or difficulties. ( give up, give in ) He prefers living on earth freely to staying in heaven as an unimportant official. He makes up his mind to protect Tang SanZang on the journey to the west. gives in (=determines) Who is he ? shortcomings be fond of give in to change one s mind not determined Tang Sanzang is caught by a powerful demon ( ) and he has made Sun Wukong leave because of misunderstanding ( ). ever since, prefer to, parcel persuade, stubborn change one s mind, Zhu Bajie : Brother Sha, the demon is too powerful. We cant defeat him. Its time for us to say good- bye to each other. Give me my _______. Sha Wujing : No. I wont do that. ___________I determined to follow Master, I have never thought about ________________. Zhu Bajie : Dont be so _________. We cant do anything about it. Sha Wujing : I _________dying _____giving in. We should _______Brother Monkey to come back. Zhu Bajie : Maybe you are right. I will have a try. parcel Ever since changing my mind stubborn preferto persuade Para 3 Preparation Learn some words through the pictures. glacier waterfall plain Valley delta rapids Paragraph 3: What can they see along the Mekong? xlj What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? It begins in a ______ on a ______ _________. glacier Tibetan mountain Then, it______ quickly. It becomes ______ as it passes through deep _____. moves rapids valleys Sometimes, the river becomes a _______ and enters ____ _____. wide valleys waterfall At last, the river _____ enters the South China Sea. delta It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the ___________ where rice grows. plains Post-reading (3mins) A Summary Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _________ about taking a great bike trip. when they __________ from college. They _______ to _____ along the Mekong River with their ________. Wang Wei is very _________. Once she is __________ to do something she will never _______ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she ________ that they find the ________ of the river and begin their journey there. dreamed graduated decided cycle cousins stubborn determined change insisted source Homework(1min) Translate the passage according to the Chinese meanings with the given phrases. (ever since, dream about, graduate from, persuade, change ones mind, insist) Dream para1 A stubborn sister --Wang wei para2 para3 Blackboard design Preparation