1、Part 1 Teaching Design第一部分 教学设计 Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading(JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG )IntroductionIn this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to imagine and share their views about the role of river in life. They will then be helped to read a narration entitled J
2、OURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG. Its about two students taking a trip down a river.Examples of “Warming Up” designs are presented in this book for teachers reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning. Objectives To help students read a travel journal To help studen
3、ts better understand “traveling down a river” To help students understand and use some important words and expressions To help students identify examples of the present progressive tense: expressing futurity in the textFocusWords transport, prefer, flow, persuade, graduate, schedule, organizeExpress
4、ions ever since, be fond of, change ones mind, make up ones mind, give in, as usual, at midnightPatterns When are we leaving and when are we coming back?Then she persuaded me to buy one.后来她说服我买了一个。Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. She insisted that she organize the trip properly.Fina
5、lly, I had to give in.AidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedure1. Warming upWarming up by discussingGood morning, class. Do you like traveling? Why do you like traveling? And why dont you like traveling? Where have you ever been before? How did you get there? If you are gi
6、ven a chance to travel around the world, what kind of transportations will you use and why? Now look at the following pictures and discuss it in pairs. Name of the transportations Means of transportation Reasons by car (in a car)by bikeby plane (by air)by train ( on a train)by bus ( on a bus)by ship
7、 (by water or by boat)in a hot balloonby motorbike (on a motorbike)by jeepby truckWarming up by looking and speakingNow boys and girls, what do you need to take with you if you are preparing for a bike trip along the Changjiang River? Look at the pictures and tell the whole class which object you th
8、ink is the most useful and which one is the least useful. Give a reason why you think so.Warming up by asking and answeringNow suppose you live in Qinghai. You plan to take a holiday with a friend somewhere in Southeast Asia. You have been given a chance to choose three places to visit. Please find
9、out the one-way fare to get there for different kinds of transportation. Perhaps you may not know the exact fare, but you can guess how much the fare is. Please have a short discussion with your partners and then decide where to go. Ok, now Id like you to ask your partner the following questions.1.
10、Where are you going on holiday? 2. When are you leaving? 3. How are you going to?4. When are you arriving in/at? 5. Where are you staying? 6. How long are you staying there? 7. When are you coming back?2. Pre-reading by talking and sharingAs we all know, there are a lot of rivers in the world and al
11、so there are many great rivers. Now look at the chart. In the left column are names of some great rivers. In the right column are locations where the rivers lie. Please match them. match answerNames of River Location Names of River LocationMekong India Mekong China，SE AsiaRhine France Rhine GermanyG
12、anges Russia Ganges IndiaSeine England Seine FranceNile Central Africa Nile EgyptThames Germany Thames EnglandCongo Brazil Congo Central AfricaNiger China, SE Asia Niger West AfricaVolga US Volga RussiaDanube Egypt Danube Central EuropeAmazon West Africa Amazon BrazilMississippi Central Europe Missi
13、ssippi US3. Reading aloud to the recordingToday were going to read a passage about JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG. Please listen and read aloud about the recording of the text JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG on page 18. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will pla
14、y the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too.4. Reading and underliningNow please read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.5. Reading aloud once again and understandingNext we are going to read aloud the
15、text once again and then answer some questions.1) Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? (They are brother and sister, and both are college students.)Collocations from JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONGdream about, take a great bike trip, graduate from, got the chance to do sth., cycle along the river, go for long bik
16、e rides, persuade sb. to do sth., get sb. interested in sth., be stubborn, know the best way of getting to places, the source of the river, change ones mind, at an altitude of, the air be hard to breathe, an interesting experience, make up ones mind, give in, a large atlas with good maps, pass throu
17、gh, be surprised to do sth, half of2) What was their dream? (Their dream was to take a great bike trip.)3) Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? (They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming.)4) Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? (The source of the river is in
18、Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.)5) What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? (You can see glacier, rapids, hill, valleys, waterfalls and plains.)6) Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why? (Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters
19、, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.)6. Reading and summing upWe shall go over the text once more to complete the chart below.Type of writing and summary of the ideaType of writing This is a travel journal.Main idea of the passage Wang Kun and Wang Weis dream of taking a great bike tripTopic
20、 sentence of 1st paragraph Wang Wei first having the idea to cycle along the Mekong RiverTopic sentence of 2nd paragraph Wang Wei insisting finding the source of the river and begin our journey thereTopic sentence of 3rd paragraph We finding a large atlas with good maps that showed the details of th
21、e world geography7. Making a diagram of the textNext try to turn out a diagram of the text to see its organization.Wang Kun and his sister to take a bike tripWang Kuns sister organizing the trip properly8. Retelling the text with the help of the diagram in about 200 wordsRetelling can be fun and use
22、ful. Next we are to retell the story in the third person. And we shall make use of the diagram above.One possible version：See II in Part 3 Teaching Assessment9. Discussing in groupsWe have got the general meaning of the passage, and we know Wang Wei and Wang Kun have some similar and different attit
23、udes about the trip. You may have a short discussion with your partners and then fill in the chart. Similar attitudes about the trip Different attitudes about the tripBoth Wang Wei and Wang Kun thinks:1) taking this trip is a dream that comes true.2) that they will enjoy this trip a lot.3) they shou
24、ld see a lot of the Mekong.4) that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia.Wang Wei believes:1) they must start in Qinghai where the river begins/see all of the Mekong.2) that they dont need to prepare much.Wang Kun believes:1) it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.2) that using an
25、atlas is very important.10. Closing down by taking a quizFill in the blanks to complete the summary of the text.I have long dreamed about taking a great 1_ trip along the Mekong River. After graduation from college in 2002 I finally 2 _ the chance to cycle along the river. In order to 3 _ for long b
26、ike rides, I bought a very 4 _ mountain bike. I persuaded my 5 _ to cycle with me. We grew up in the city, and 6 _ had long hoped to go outside the city. So I 7 _ her interested in cycling along the river. 8 _ she is stubborn. She thought she knew 9 _ best way of getting to places. But actually she
27、had 10 _ idea of the source of the river. And she 11 _ little about the details of planning. I then 12 _ her a determined look and changed my 13 _. We got onto an altitude of 5,000 meters. 14 _ seemed to be excited about the 15 _ air there. But then we found it was hard to breathe. 16 _ back I think
28、 it was really an Information about Mekong River17 _ experience. I have made up my mind to 18 _ up my job next week. I would buy a large atlas 19 _ good maps. I would keep 20 _ all my life, exploring the earth. (Keys: 1 bike 2 got 3 go 4 strong 5 sister 6 we 7 got 8 But 9 the 10 no 11 cared 12 gave
29、13 mind 14 She 15 fresh 16 Looking 17 interesting 18 give 19 with 20 cycling )Work out the structure and vocabulary questions.1. It was my father _ first had the idea to walk around the world.2. I am determined to cycle along the Yellow River form _it begins to where I ends.3. We are _and grew up in
30、 the north China mountains near the Zhang River. 4. He insisted that we _for a long bike trip along the river.5. The teacher gave me a determined lookthe kind _said she wouldnt cycle any further with me.6. _she has fallen asleep, nothing can awake her.7. We found a book with beautiful poems that showed _of her love towards the nature.8. The road became narrow _it passes through deep valleys, traveling across northern Shanxi Province.(Keys: 1. who, 2. where, where, 3. Han, 4. go, 5. that, 6. Once, 7. details, 8. as )
