1、The Second PeriodThe General Idea of This PeriodIn this period, were going to read a passage about My First Ride on a Train. Well finish the five activities on Page 22-24.Let the students answer the questions about Australia match some words with these definitions.Get the general idea of this passag
2、e.Answer and discuss some questions.Teaching Aims1. Learn and master the following wordsabandonedcamelcassettedesertdiamondexpertmidnightproductsceneryshootsoiljourneytrain2. Train the students reading ability.3. Tell the students something about Australia.4. To know something about traveling to the
3、 central part of Australia.Teaching Important Points新-课 -标-第- 一-网1. How to grasp the general idea of the passage.2. Know something about Australia.Teaching Difficult PointHow to improve the students reading ability.Teaching Methods1. Fast reading and careful reading to improve the students reading a
4、bility.2. Pair or group work to make every student work in class.3. Discussion to help the students grasp the detailed information.新 课 标 第 一 网Teaching Aids1. a computer2. a projector3. the blackboardTeaching ProceduresStep 1 GreetingT: Good morning!S: Good morning, teacher!T: Sit down, please!Step 2
5、 Lead-inT: The weather in September is very nice. Its the best time to travel. Do you like travel?Ss: Yes.T: Have you ever been to Australia?Ss: No.T: Today lets learn something about Australia.Step 3 Presentation(Show picture of a Kangaroo on the screen.)T: What do you call it?w w w .x k b 1.c o mS
6、s: A Kangaroo.T: Where does it live? Do you know?S: In Australia, of course.T: Open your books at Page 22, lets come to Australia.T: Do you know the name of the capital city?S: Canberra.T: Do you know how many people live there?S: About 20 million.T: What do you think the central part of the country
7、 is like?S: Desert.T: Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast?S: On the east/southeast coast.新 课 标 第 一 网T: What Australian animals do you know about?S: Koala bear, Kangaroo, Duck billed platypus, echidna and dingo(澳洲野犬).T: Yes, very good, thanks
8、 a lot, some of these animals are marsupials, that is, the mother keeps the baby in a pouch on her stomach.T: Now, youve known much about Australia.Step 4 Learning to Read (Show a passage on the screen.)T: Well, lets look at the screen. Read through the passage, youll learn something more about Aust
9、ralia.Culture Box: AustraliaAustralia is 7 686 850 square km, with 25 760 km of coastline. It is the 6th largest country in the world, but has a relatively small population, because much of the central and western part of the country is uninhabitable, being desert. There are 19 731 984 people (July
10、2003 estimate) living there. Of these,6.2 million live in New South Wales, and 3 789 000 live in Sydney,3.3 million in Melbourne,1.5 million in Brisbane, and only 313 000 in the Capital,Canberra.85% of the population occupy 1% of the land! There are 386 049 aborigines living there, they are the indi
11、genous people of Australia.The climate is variable. The center and west is arid desert and semi desert, the south and east is temperate and the north is tropical. The lowest point is Lake Eyre(15 m below sea level) and the highest point is Mount Kosciusko(2229 m above sea level).6.86% of the land in
12、 arable.The country is divided into 6 states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia) and 2 territories (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory).Step 5 Word StudyT: Before we read the passage, my first ride on the train, check the meaning of the
13、se words.(Show them on the screen.)abandoned adj.被遗弃的,camels,cassette,clouds,colorful,desert,diamonds, distance,experts,famous,farms,fields, food,products,recently,sand,scenery,shine,shoot,soil,supply,weather1. Read through the words as the students follow, make sure the students understand the word
14、s.2. Pay attention to the correct pronunciation of them.3. Tick the words you will see in the passage.4. (Brainstorm) get the students to match some of the words with these definitions quickly.(1)First ask them to do the activity individually then check the answers.(2)Call back the answers from the
15、class.Suggested answers: desertdiamondspassengerssandcloudssoil(field)/farms(3)Go through the “learning to learn box” with the students.Step 6Fast-readingT: Open your books at Page 23 and listen to the tape carefully.1. Play the tape for the students to listen for the first time, and tell the studen
16、ts to catch the main idea of the passage “My First Ride on a Train”.2. Read through the topics as the students follow.3. Ask students to do the activity individually, then check with the other students. Suggested answers: The passage is about traveling to the central part of Australia.Step 7 Careful
17、-readingGet the students to read by themselves carefully then give some questions to answer.(Show the question on the screen.)Q1: Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?Q2: Was her destination on the coast of Australia?Q3: Was the scenery the same during the whole journey?来源:学*科*网Q4: Did she
18、study while she was on the train?Q5: Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the country?Q6: Do they still use camels to deliver goods?1. Read through the questions and make sure that the students understand them.2. Ask students to do the activity individually, then check the
19、 answers with the students.Suggested answers: 1. No, she traveled on the train recently.2. No, Alice travelled in the centre of Australia.3. No, at first there were fields, then it was desert.http:/w ww.xkb 4. Yes, she studied Chinese.5. Yes, at first, but the horses didnt like the hot weather.6. No
20、, they use the train now.Step 8 Discussion1. Put the students into groups of four to discuss the question.Q1: What sort of people do you think travel on the Ghan train?Fill in the form (If the train can hold 40 people).What sort of peopleNumber of peopleWhy do you think they will be on the Ghan trai
21、n?Young students5They are having a holiday. They like traveling on the train.Chinese10They want to see Australia.They are in a group.Q2: What kind of towns and villages do you think the train passed?(Show some pictures of the cities, rural villages in Australia.)First find out cities, such as Sydney
22、, Alice Springs, then let Ss describe the route of the train movements.(to the west, turn north, to the east)2. Call back answers from the class. Students own answers are various.Additional topicTeacher give the tips for traveling abroad, whether you are traveling overseas for business, pleasure or
23、study, the best way to ensure a carefree and relaxing trip is to prevent problems before they happen. The more you learn about passports, visas, customs, and other travel basics, the less likely you are to have difficulties during your travels.Let the students think after class: 1. What will you pre
24、pare before you go?2. While you are on the way, how to deal with the unexpected?3. Safety tips given while you are on the way?Step 9 Summary and HomeworkToday we have learned something more about “My First ride on the Train”, we have known something about it, now homework for today.1. Read the passa
25、ge again and again.2. Find out the phrases of the passage.X|k |B| 1 . c|O |mStep 10 The Design of Writing on the BlackboardUnit 3My First Ride on a Train The Second PeriodReading and vocabularyQuestionsAnswersWordsabandonedexpertStep 11 Activity and InquiryStepsStudents ActingTeachers Organizing1Look at the screen.Show the following questions.2Look at the picture.Give the guidance.A list of animals.系列资料
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