英语：Module+5+introduction;+Vocabulary+and+Reading（Module5+A+Trip+Along+the+Three+Gorges）+教案（外研版必修4） (2)

1 Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges Brief Statements Based on This Module The Analysis of Teaching Contents in This Module Introduction Show the students several pictures to lead in new words in this part such as cliff peak slope valley etc Encourage the students to describe what they see Then use the words in Activity 1 to complete the definitions in Activity 2 After that give the students a quiz about the Yangtze River the Three Gorges which is the main topic in this module That is the warming up Vocabulary and Reading Before the students read the passage let the students imagine if they are going on a trip through the Three Gorges which of the following topics will they talk about the boat the food life along the river the scenery the weather While reading this passage pay attention to the writer s travel route and underline the new words and the details After first reading finish questions in Activity 1 and words study in Activities 4 and 5 Then read the passage again complete the statements about the writer s journey in Activity 3 and a form with some key words If time permits ask the students to retell the text in class if not leave it as homework Grammar Grammar in this module is the revision of modal verbs This part can be led in by doing some exercises of modal verbs In this part we ll revise the usage of modal verbs such as can could must have to should etc Modal verbs are important and difficult English grammar points and it is rather confusing Ask the students to pay much attention to them In this part we ll deal with four activities First do some true or false questions in Activity 2 to know how much the students know about modal verbs In activity 1 the teacher ask the students to complete the sentences from the passage and then answer the five questions given After that in Activity 3 ask the students choose the correct answers Seven sentences are designed Then do a further practice based on Activity 3 Listening This is a short listening The listening material is not long and only two activities are designed Before listening the teacher can divide the students into groups of six Let each of them describe one picture with one or two sentences and guess where the speakers are By doing this teach the students how to predict the content of listening In Activity 1 listen to the tape and check where the speakers are In Activity 2 six pictures are given After listening tick the things you can do on a classic Three Gorges Cruise It aims to train the students ability of grasp detailed information Function The function in this module is talking about obligation permission and prohibition First the teacher may ask the students to speak out the way used to express obligation permission and prohibition The teacher can give them some examples Then ask the students to choose the correct answers in Activity 1 There are five questions in this activity In Activity 2 the teacher may encourage the students to find more examples of be allowed had to and let in vocabulary and reading on page 42 and some examples of their own Vocabulary and Speaking There are some signs in Activity 1 Let the students work in pairs and then ask some of them 2 to say where we would see them and what do they mean one by one In Activity 2 four situations are created which are at the airport on a train when you leave the country and at school Talk about rules in these situations The teacher may divide the students into four groups and give each group one topic to practice After several minutes preparation let the students share their opinions Pronunciation There are four activities in this part The aim is to make sure that the students can pause at the end of each sense group not making the sentence broken Exercises are designed to practice that First listen and repeat the questions in Activity 1 and make sure you pause at the end of the each sense group Second do some practice in Activity 2 Next more exercises are needed to do in Activity 3 and 4 Work in pairs and say the sentences aloud paying much attention to the pauses Vocabulary and Writing First in Activity 1 we ll learn the connection between the words in A and those in B such as hill and hilly mountain and mountainous coast and coastal desert and desert Time permitting teach the students more knowledge about word formation Then complete the sentences with words from Activity 1 Another exercise is given in Activity 3 which is matching the words in the box with their meanings In Activity 4 there is a passage Read it and identify the province and finish other questions There are some adjective noun combinations in the passage and try to tick them out After that write a short description of the region you live in including information in Activity 4 If time is unlimited it can be homework Everyday English Everyday English today are from the text A Trip Along the There Gorges and Postcards to Myself in cultural corner Get the students to know their meaning and use them correctly Encourage the students to do this activity individually and then check with a partner To consolidate it the teacher may ask the students to make up a sentence using the expressions in this part Cultural Corner In this part we will enjoy a story of a tourist who will send himself a postcard wherever he goes This passage can be used as an extensive reading material After leading in the students may read through the text to get the main idea of the passage and the answers to the questions Five questions are designed And show them on the screen In this text there are some useful expressions just as mentioned in Everyday English such as rip off be around get a kick out of The students can get their meanings in the context At last imagine you are visiting a country and write a short postcard to yourself like Mr McCorquodale Task The topic in this module is about travel Task in this module is also related to travel Now write some rules for travelers arriving in your town They can begin like this When you arrive in Seven questions are given and pair work can be adopted in this part After they finish the discussion ask several pairs to read their rules to the whole class Module File This part is a summary of what the students have learned in this module Give the students some time to check whether they have mastered knowledge in this module If time permits the teacher may have a short revision of the words expressions Language Points and grammar and other points 3 Five periods for teaching Period 1 Introduction Vocabulary and Reading Period 2 Grammar Function Pronunciation Period 3 Listening Speaking Task Period 4 Vocabulary Writing Everyday English Period 5 Cultural Corner Module File Period 1 Introduction Vocabulary and Reading The General Idea of This Period Show the students several pictures to lead in new words in this part such as cliff peak slope valley etc Encourage the students to describe what they see Then use words in Activity 1 to complete the definitions in Activity 2 After that give the students a quiz about the Yangtze River the Three Gorges which is the main topic in reading That is the introduction Before the students read the passage let the students imagine if they are going on a trip through the Three Gorges which of the following topics will they talk about the boat the food life along the river the scenery the weather While reading this passage pay attention to the writer s travel route the topics the writer talks about and underline the new words After first reading finish questions in Activity 1 and words study in Activities 4 and 5 Read the passage again complete the statements about the writer s journey in Activity 4 and the form with some key words And then retell the text In the teaching of reading the teacher can organize different reading activities according to the content of the text on purpose to train the above reading strategies and help them develop good reading habits Teaching Important Points Teach the students some new words and follow the writer to make a trip along the Three Gorges Teaching Difficult Points Main idea of the passage and some Language Points And how to introduce a place Teaching Methods Individual work pair work to get every students to participate in class Teaching Aids Some pictures a map multimedia and a blackboard Three Dimensional Teaching Aims Knowledge and Skills Make the students master some new words Encourage the students to know how to introduce a place Make sure the students have a clear understanding the writer s travel route and what he did in each place Process and Strategies Collect some material about tourism places of interest and the Three Gorges Through the study try to improve the students English At the same time train the students speaking and reading abilities Feelings and Value Make the students have a better understanding of the Three Gorges After study stimulate the students love for our motherland and their environmental protection 4 Teaching Procedures Step 1 Introduction T Good morning boys and girls Ss Good morning sir T Look at the pictures on the screen Show the pictures on the screen T What can you see Try to use your own words to say it Sa I can see mountains and river Sb The top of the mountain T Good job Which word means the top of a mountain Ss Sorry T It doesn t matter Let me tell you It s peak Now read after me Peak Ss Peak Peak T What s this sharp side pointing at the sharp side in the first picture Ss Cliff T Good Then valley slope wood are mentioned T We can see cliffs valley slope peaks wood Teach them what s valley slope plain and some other new words in Activity 1 T Well done Read the words after me cave cliffs lake peak plain plateau shore slope valley wood Let the students read the new words T Let s come to Activity 2 Use the words we just learned in Activity 1 to complete the definitions There are ten definitions The first one is finished Show the following on the screen 1 A valley is the low ground between the sides of mountains 2 A is a large area of flat low ground 3 The is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake 4 A is the side of the mountain 5 are the steep sides of mountains at the edge of a river or the sea 6 A is the top of a mountain 7 A is an area of water surrounded by land 8 A is a small forest 9 A is a large hole in a cliff or a mountain 10 A is a large area of flat high ground Suggested answers 1 valley 2 plain 3 shore 4 slope 5 Cliffs 6 peak 7 lake 8 wood 9 cave10 plateau 5 T So much for the new words Next I ll show you a map Do you know the name of the river Ss It s the Yangtze River If the students can not give the right English name it doesn t matter The teacher can tell them and teach them to read it T Good What do you know about them OK let s do a quiz Show the following on the screen 1 The Yangtze River is the river in the world a longest b second longest c third longest 2 It flows from the Himalayas in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the a south b north c east 3 The world s biggest dam was opened on the Yangtze River in a 2001 b 2003 c 2005 Suggested answers 1 c 2 c 3 b Step 2 Pre reading T Have you ever been to The Yangtze River SS Yes No T Now today we have a chance to go there with the writer Imagine you are the writer which of the following topics will you talk about Show the following topics on the screen the boat the food life along the river the scenery the weather Sa I d like to talk about the boat the scenery and life along the river T Yes reasonable answers Do you have other choices Sb I ll choose all of them T Good choice Do you want to know which topics the writer talks about Ss Yes Step 3 Fast reading T Now read the passage on Page 42 and check which the writer talks about Meanwhile pay attention to the words in Activities 4 and 5 If there are some new words for you underline them and try to guess their meanings About seven minutes later collect their answers to Activity 2 T Time is up Let s check your answer to question in Activity 2 Which of the items does the writer talk about the boat the food life along the river the scenery the weather Suggested answers the boat life along the river the scenery the weather The writer enjoyed the trip because of the things he saw the scenery the people and the sense of history T Are you sure about the meanings of the new words Let s do some practice First complete the definitions of the words in the box in Activity 4 Read through the words in the box aloud paying attention the pronunciation of these words where the stress is not on the first syllable construction bamboo Then ask some individual to read the words for the whole class Give the students two minutes to complete the blanks and then call back from the whole class as complete sentences Show the following on the screen 6 bamboo colleague construction site distant goods legend poet rush set trade 1 A is the place where something is being built 2 To means to buy and sell things 3 If you somewhere you go there quickly 4 is the opposite of near 5 are things you can buy or sell 6 A is a very old story which is probably not true 7 The sun rise in the east and in the west 8 A is someone who writes poems 9 A is someone who works with you 10 is a plant which grows quickly and is used to make furniture Suggested answers 1 construction site 2 trade 3 rush 4 Distant 5 Goods 6 legend 7 sets 8 poet 9 colleague 10 Bamboo T So much for Activity 4 There are some other words for you Match the words with their definitions in Activity 5 Read through the words in the box and have the students repeat them chorally and individually Ask the students to complete the activity individually then check with a partner Then ask some pairs to give their answers One gives the definition the other provides the word characters deck dock detour exploit pagoda raft 1 a place where boats load and unload 2 a simple boat made of pieces of wood tied together 3 a Buddhist temple 4 a change of route 5 a floor on a boat 6 marks or signs used in writing 7 to use or take advantage of Suggested answers 1 dock 2 raft 3 pagoda 4 detour 5 deck 6 characters 7 exploit If possible the teacher can show the students some pictures related to the seven words to make sure they have known their Chinese meanings There are some pictures Show the pictures on the screen PagodaRaftDock Step 4 Careful reading 7 T Read the passage carefully and try to get as much details as you can After you finish reading two tasks are designed in this part First complete the statements about the writer s journey in Activity 3 Ask them to do the following questions individually and then check with their partners Then call back the answers as complete sentences Show the questions on the screen 1 Peter and his friend went downstream a to see the dam b to see the Three Gorges c to get to Fuling 2 He chose the Jiangyou boat because a it was crowded b it didn t stop at temples c it didn t usually carry foreigners 3 When they started the trip it was a sunny b cold c evening 4 When the boat went through the first Gorge Peter and his friend a took lots of photographs b spent most of the time on deck c were asleep 5 When they reached the site of the dam came to look a everyone b no one c only the foreigners 6 Peter was impressed by the Yangtze River s sense of a power b history c danger Suggested answers 1 b 2 c 3 a 4 c 5 a 6 b T The other exercise is to fill in the graph with the information in the passage Work with your partners and give me your answers as quickly as possible A Trip Along the Three Gorges Timea beautiful afternoon January 1997 Place Fuling Means of transportation by boat What they saw and what they did From Fuling to Fengdu bamboo rafts the sun setting Along the Qutang Gorge sleep the Daning River smaller gorges Along the Wu Gorge the Yangtze River big gorges the Xiang River From the Xiling Gorge to the Dam on deck take pictures If time permits encourage some students to retell the text in class Step 5 Summary and homework T First we learn some new words and something about the Yangtze River which made a preparation for reading Then we studied some new words in the passage and some details about the text Today s homework is to write down the retelling passage and hand it in after class That s all for today Good bye everyone Ss Good bye teacher The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges The first period the boat 8 the food life along the river the scenery the weather Record after Teaching Activities and Research 1 Learn some knowledge about the Yangtze River and the Three Gorges 2 Try to love our motherland and protect our cultural and natural heritage Reference for Teaching Background Information The Three Gorges With Baidi City Fengjie in the Sichuan province to the west end and Nanjin Pass of Yichang in the Hubei province at the east the Three Gorges Qutang Wu and Xiling total 192 km in length The Qutang Gorge known for its magnificence is only 8 km long Wu Gorge 44 km long is famed for its deep valley and quiet beauty Among the twelve peaks the Goddess Peak is the most exquisite Xiling Gorge extending 66 km in length and full of turbulent currents and whirlpools is one of the most dangerous shoals Wu Gorge 44 kilometers long is known for its deep valley and quiet beauty The Twelve Peaks lining the banks of Wu Gorge have been admired by visitors from all over the world It is said that if you look carefully a silhouette of a goddess can be seen at the top of Goddess Peak The Qutang Gorge known for its magnificence is only 8 kilometers long with many scenic spots such as the Meng Liang Staircase the ancient Plank road the Kui Gate the Seven Gate Cave the Bellows Gorges and the Rhinoceros Watching the Moon Xiling Gorge extending 66 kilometers in length is composed of many scenic spots such as Military Manual and Precious Sword Gorge Ox s Live and Horse s Lung Gorge Kongling Shoal and Shadow play Gorge Among the cultural relics