教案Unit4Lesson4VirtualTourism.doc

Teaching Plan
Unit 4 Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism
The First Period
Feidong No.1 High School
Cheng Xia
Teaching aims:
Knowledge aims:
1. To read a passage about Auckland and know more about it.
2. To learn some words and phrases: locate, central, seaside, settle, volcano, harbour, sunshine, surfing, be known as.
Ability aims:
1. To develop strategies to match topics with paragraphs.
2. To identify important words in a text .
Emotional aim:
To help Ss know more about their hometown and give themselves a sense of pride.
Teaching important point:
To train Ss’ reading ability and learn about Auckland
Teaching difficult point:
To help Ss introduce Auckland to the tourists.
Teaching aid: Multi-media.
Teaching procedures:
Step I. Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.

Step II. Review
Review some information about New Zealand.
Q: How much do you know about New Zealand?

Step III. Lead- in
Questions:
1. Do you want to visit New Zealand?
2. What do we need if we go there?
3. Can you go there in several seconds? (Virtual Tourism)

Step IV. Pre-reading
Look at the photos and guess a few things about Auckland.
Step V. Reading.
Task 1: Listen to the text and check their guesses .
While checking, help Ss learn some new words and phrases.

Task 2: Read the passage quickly and match the topics a-f with the five paragraphs in the text with the help of “Reading Strategies”.

a) the history of the city
b) travel links
c) things to see in Auckland
d) night-life in Auckland
e) for water lovers
f) New Zealand’s largest city

Task 3: Read the passage carefully and complete the table.

Auckland: the _______ city in New Zealand
Location
It is ________ North Island.
Features
An important center for __________. The most exciting city for people with different __________.
History
Maoris settlement: ________ years;
European settlement in _________;
Capital of New Zealand for some time;
In 1985, a center for ___________ in Asia-Pacific.
Population
__________
Famous sights
________________________________
Climate
Called “the city of _______”
_____ climate with plenty of _______;

Step VI. Role-play (group work)
Introduce Auckland to the tourists.
Divide the students into groups of four. One acts as a guide, while the other three act as tourists. The tourists can ask any questions about Auckland.
Role A: a guide Role B-D: tourists

Step VII. Discussion
Ask Ss to talk about our hometown.

Step VIII. Summary & Homework
Homework: Surf the Internet for more information about our hometown and write a short passage.

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