Unit1Writingatravelguide.doc

Unit 1 Writing a travel guideUnit task: talking about places of interest in Shanghai and what tourists can do in those places, writing about the places and compiling a travel guide.Language focus: wh-question Review of if clause Review of words of locationLanguage skills: Identify details that support the main idea Maintain an interaction by replying to questions Recognize recurrent patterns in language structure Developing written texts by presenting main and supporting ideasKey words and phrases: tour suggestions, take part in, on Chongming Island, get on with, be famous for, be known as, not surprising that, in the east of, think of etc.Period 1 Tour suggestionsFocus:Asking wh-questions to find out specific informationUsing modal verbs to make suggestioinsSkills:Identify details that support the main idea.Key points :tour suggestions, suggest, take part in, names of placesPre-task 1. Guessing game: What places of interest can you guess in Shanghai?2. A competition: Recommend places for tourists to visit in Shanghai and the reasons why to recommendWhile-task1. Play the tape and ask questions about the dialog Q: Where can tourists go in Shanghai? What can they do there2. Pair reading3. Encourage the students to list more places for tourists to visit and give their reasons as well.4. Show a map of Shanghai and in pairs ask them to mach the places with the locations on the map.5. Ask Ss to introduce these places 6. Review the words of location7. Notes1. A travel guide = a tourist guide (sth.) A TV guide, a guide map, a guidebook guide (v.) Eg. She guides the people around the city. Shes a tour guide.2. Tour suggestions go on a tour(n.) around the world = tour(v.) the world tourist (n.) eg. a tourist city tourism (n.) eg. The town depends on tourism. suggest (v.) sb doing sth eg. What would you suggest the tourists doing in Hongkong? Lily suggested his mother carrying some medicine. suggest sb (should) do sth eg. Lily suggested his mother (should) carry some medicine. The doctor suggests the patient (should) eat less meat. 3. take part in a competition/activity/ party attend a lesson/meeting/ lecture/ game join the army/ the group/ the Party join in =take part in4.Beautiful beauty(n.) Beauty and Beast Beauty salon Beauty contest5. Local snacks local news/ national news/ international news local people be located in eg. Railway stations are located in the city center.6. Peoples Square is in the center of Shanghai. review: in/ on/ to the east of Post-task1. Make up conversations to introduce one place of interest.HomeworkCopy the word bankPeriod IIFocusUsing proper nouns to refer to placesUsing positions to indicate placesusing connectives to express conditionsasking wh-questions to find our specific informationskillsuse visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning to the wordkey pointsbe famous for, be known as, be located in, it isnt surprising thatPre-task1. Guessing: Read the descriptions of the places in Shanghai and tell the names.2. Ask Ss to describe a place and let others guess.While-task1. Show pics to teach the new vocab.2. Ask Ss to guess what “shopping paradise” is and give the reasons why Shanghai is known as such.While-task1. Play the tape of Look and Say. Ask Ss to follow it.2. Show the video clip one para by one para and ask related questions3. Ask Ss to listen again and retell them by the given words.4. Explain the new vocabNotes1. be famous for= be known for sth. eg.Egypt is famous for the pyramids. Bill Gates is known for his generosity.be famous as= be known as eg. Egypt is famous as an ancient country. Bill Gates is known as the CEO of Microsoft. _ is famous for/as_.fame (n.) eg. Fame and fortune are always together.2.night view bird viewCF. view: a picture seen from a far place scene: a place, not moving scenery: natural surroundings eg. Hes a photographer of street _s. It is the most beautiful mountain _. He got a fine _ of the town from the top.3. It is not surprising that+ a sentence. It is + adj. + that + sentence + to do sth. eg. It was disappointing that the weather was not good. It is exciting that well hold the arts festival. It was terrible that _.surprise (v./n.)eg. He surprises his wife with special birthday presents every year. A surprise quiz surprised/surprisingeg. He was surprised to hear that they quitted the job. It was surprising that they quitted the job.4. an observatory An observatory is to observe (v.) the space.Everyone should observe the school rules.This zoologist job is to observe the bird migration.bird observation5. go there for sightseeing and fun go sightseeing, a sightseeing bus, eg. He often goes to his teachers for advice. for: He did it for many reasons. The box is too heavy for us to lift. This present is for me, not for you.Post-task: A role playYoure a travel agent at PFLS travel agency. One day an American wants to have a two- day visit to Shanghai.Design a travel guide .Make suggestions about where to go, when to visit, how to go there , why to visit these places. Also you should think about the meals, the hotels and the price.Homework:Copy the new phrasesPeriod III Writing a travel guideFocususing connectives to express conditionsSkillsGather and share information, ideas and languages by using strategies such as brainstorming listening and questioning.key pointsthe Huangpu River, a contents page, think ofPre-task1. Error correction: Ask Ss to find out the mistakes about the introduction of ShanghaiWhile-task1. Review of If clause2. Show pics to teach the words in Think and write3. Ask Ss to help Kitty finish the travel guide. First have a group discussion and then complete the travel guide individulely.4. Notes: 1. floating restaurant floating (a.)-float(v.) What floats on water? I could see a fly floating on the soup.2. think ofeg. I couldnt think of his name