Period 1 :Speaking & warming -up

Step 1 warming up

Activity 1 talking about some signs used everyday

T: Most of you have been to many places whether big or small , far or near , and I’m sure you must have seen many signs . Now I’d like you to see some signs used everyday , and tell me what they represent , ok ?

Ss: Ok .

(show the signs on the screen)

T: What does Sign1 mean ?

Ss: Be quiet

T:Where do you usually see it ?

Ss: bus / railway station

T: what about sign 2 (sign2/3/4…the same as above)

Activity 2 : talking about the pictures on Page 15

T: turn to page 15 and have a look at the pictures ,I’ll give you two minutes to discuss with your partner and see whether they are doing wrong and write your answers on the line .there is already an example in picture 1, the man is driving too fast , he should drive at the speed of 30 km an hour , but he is driving at 60 km per hour .

(2 minutes later)

T: S5, is she doing anything wrong in picture 2?

S5: Yes

T: What’s that ?

S5: She is littering

T: Why?

S5: Because there is a sign in the tree saying Don’t litter/No littering.

(picture 3 and 4 the same as above)

T : Very good , Whenever you go on a trip , we shouldn’t do what we aren’t allowed to do , is that clear ?

Ss : Yes

step 2 an open discussion

T: How do you usually go to school? Or what kind of means of transportation do you take to go to school ?

( Bb : means of transportation : a means of carrying people or goods from one place to another)

Ss: By bus / by bike

T: Why ?

Ss: Because it’s not far.

( Bb : by bus –not far - distance)

T: Does anybody of you live in Dongtou Island?

Ss: No

T: Then suppose you live in Dongtou Island , and now it’s the weekend , how are you going home ?

Ss: By ship

T : why ?

Ss : because there is a lot of water around it .

( Bb : by ship-water - location)

T: suddenly the typhoon comes , how are you going home ?

Ss: By bus

T: So the weather is very important . Ok , what you said is reasonable

T: so from the above we can have a conclusion : before we decide which means of transportation we have to consider many things , now comes the question : what have we to consider ? ( an open question)

Ss: weather , time , distance, location …

( Bb : consider : think about , follow by sth ./doing sth /wh-to do sth /clause)

( show the map of PRC)

T : look at the third part of warming up , there are 4 situations and now discuss how you’d like to go to the places , by train , by boat , by air or others , and give reasons , the map can help you , please work in group of 4.

T: how would you go from shanghai to London( pointing to the map)what about from Beijing to Guangzhou / chongqing to chengdu / dalian to qingdao

Ss: By plane / train or bus / ship

Step 3 Speaking

Activity1 pre-speaking :ask and answer

T : do you know which actor I like best in Hongkong ?

Ss: …

T: I like him best , he plays an important part in this series (show the picture of Looking back into the Tang Dynasty on the screen)

T: What does this series talk about ?

S8:

( show on the screen “ a modern man traveled into the past ”)

T: what will you travel by if you want to go to the past or the future ? I have a machine which can take you to wherever you like and whichever year. (show the picture of the machine) I’m quite generous , if you want to borrow it from me , I’m glad to lend it to you.now I’ll give you 2 minutes to the place you’d like to visit best , the years when you would go and the reasons

( 2 minutes later)

T :Ok, who’d like to borrow it from me ?

( several students respond)

T: Ok, S9,which year would you like to go to ?

S9 :

T: where would you go ?

S9:

T: why ?

S9:Because…

T: Good , now take my machine , I wish you a good journey

T: OK ,S10, what about you ? Now S9 has come back , she said my machine was wonderful , which year would you like to go to ? ( S10/11 the same as above)

(the answers to each student are written on the blackboard)

Activity 2 making dialogues

T: Just now , I have made three examples for you . now please look at the examples in your books . it’s a dialogue between 2 students . They are talking about traveling to the future , read the dialogue by yourself first and two of you are to make a new dialogue using the information on the screen

(show the questions on the screen :Which year would you like to go to? Where would you go ? Why ? )

and make as many sentences as possible . I’ll give you 4 minutes to prepare and then I’ll ask 2 pairs of you to act out your dialogue , any questions ?

Ss: No.

( 4 minutes later )

T: who’d like to have a try ? S11 and your partner ,please ( 2 pairs)

Step4 debate

T : each of you wants to go somewhere else to have a trip , but not all the local people like you to go there , some thinks tourism is good for them ,others think it bad , now suppose you live in a village , some of you want to develop the lake and turn it into a tourist resort (勝地) while some not .

( show the two parties on the screen :)

A :You think tourism will be good for your village because

1.

2.

3.

B :You think tourism will be bad for your village because

1.

2.

3.

T: now group 1and 2 are A , and groups 3 and 4 are B , you can think out as many reasons as possible , then we’ll have a debate to which party will win I’ll give you 3 minutes to prepare

Step 5 summary and homework

Activity 1 : summary

Today we’ve done some speaking and know how to choose means of transportation , also we’ve used my machine and traveled to many places to the future and the past , besides we’ve learned some new words

Activity 2 : homework

Preview the reading text on page 17 and underline the new words and expressions

Do the exercises on page 101

Period 2 : Reading

Step 1 greetings

Greet the whole class as usual

Step 2 pre- reading

Activity 1 : pre-reading : questions

T : In the last period we’ve learned something about traveling , do you like traveling

Ss : Yes

T :why ?

Ss: because

T: where would you most like to go ? S1

S1: …

T: Why ?

S1 : because

( 2 students )

T : Do you want to experience something different ?

T : now turn to page 17 , look at the picture , what are they doing ?

Ss : they are walking

T : yes , and what are they carrying ?

Ss : Large bags

T : yes , or we can say it’s backpack . in front of them ,there is a high mountain , they are to climb them .

T: One of my friends went to Qingzang Plateau in the summer holiday .And he told me that he was making an adventure travel , do you think so ?

Ss : Yes

T : Then in your opinion , what’s an adventure travel ?

( S2 answers the question , 2 or 3 others add the answers)

T: Yes ,quite right . what are the two popular activities ?

Ss : hiking and rafting ( since some of them may have previewed the lesson , so they may know the answer )

Activity 2 : main idea

T : is it right ? now listen to the tape to find out whether hiking and rafting are the two popular activities , and to find out the main idea of the text , are you clear ?

( show the questions on the screen to make sure they won’t forget the questions)

( play the tape)

T : now all together , it’s right or not ?

Ss: Right

T : who ‘d like to tell us the main idea of the text . Ok , S3

S3 :

( generalize his answer and show the answer on the screen)

T : Very good . ok , we watch TV a lot , and from the TV , what other kinds of adventure travels do you see ?

Ss : ( climbing , diving , mountain biking , sailing , downhill snowboarding ,camping ,bungeeing)

Step 3 While reading

Activity 1 extensive reading

T: ok , now let’s turn to the text , This time , let’s read the text quickly and do the true or false questions on the screen .

T : first read through the questions

( 1minute later)

T : You can start reading now I’ll give you 3 minutes to do the job . if it’s false , correct it , ok?

( 3 minutes later )

T : ok , now , No. 1 …

( check the answers )

1.Hiking and rafting are both very dangerous.

2.When you are hiking , you should wear a life jacket .

3.People make adventure travels because they are looking for unusual experiences

4. The name “ whitewater” comes from the fact that the water is white Activity 2 intensive reading

T: turn back to page 17 . read the first paragraph carefully and find out the main idea of the paragraph , or what’s it about ? and find out the reasons of traveling , understand ?

( 1’ later)

T : ok , all together , what’s the main idea of the text

Ss: Why do many people travel ? ( shown on the screen )

T : yes , good . well , what are the reasons ?

Ss :see other countries , visit places …( shown on the screen)

T : yes , people travel for many different reasons , what do you travel for ? S4

S4:

T : what about you S5 ?( S 6 /7 the same as above)

S5/6/7 :

T : any problems about paragraph 1 , if not let’s go on

T : turn to page 18 , here is a chart , now you are wanted to read the following two paragraphs carefully and do the chart , finding out the similarities and differences between hiking and rafting , remember if the item is not mentioned in the text , just escape it , ok ? I’ll give you 3 minutes to do it.

( 3’ later ) ( ask one of the students who does the work more quickly to write the answers on the blackboard)

( then check the answer in accordance to the screen)

`Activity 3 : talking

T : can you go rafting in wenzhou?

Ss: Yes ,

T : where can you go rafting ?

Ss : nanxi river

T : who has ever been to nanxi river ?

Ss :

T : What can you do in nanxi river ?

S1 :

T : ok , now look at the pictures on the screen, can you tell me which picture is more likely to be the rafting in the nanxi river ?

Ss : the left one .

T :Do you think going rafting in nanxi river is the same as the rafting in the picture ?

Ss: No

T : what is the difference ?

Ss:more dangerous….

( the differences between normal rafting and whitewater rafting )

Step 4 post reading

T: now you have known a lot about the text , turn to page 18, there are 5 multiple choices here, after you have read them choose one of them , ok ?

Ss ; ok

T : I’ ll give you1.5 minutes to do it .

( 1.5’ later)

T : No1, adventure travelers want to ________

( check the answers just in the book)

Step 4 summary and homework

Activity 1 : summary

In this class , we’ve read a passage about adventure travel. And we’ve learned something about hiking and rafting . I hope you’ll go hiking and rafting if there’s a chance .What’s more ,in your spare time , read some passages about other adventure travels to know something about them .

Activity 2 : homework

Preview the integrating skills part

Workbook : do the related exercises (the reading parts)

( time permitting , options :check the exercises of reading on page 101

discuss the tips of other adventure travels)

Period 3 : Reading Integrating skills and writing

Step 1 revision [reading ( useful expressions) ]

T :yesterday , we have got the general idea of the reading part , who can tell us what it is mainly about ?

S1: It’s mainly about the adventure travel , rafting and hiking .

T : Yes , very good . now let’s have a quick look at the text and explain some language points of the text .

( teacher retells some main sentences of the text which have language points and the language points will be shown on the screen )

T : Are you clear now ?

Ss :Yes .

T ; Very good . look at the blackboard , there are several multiple choices , you are to do the exercises to make sure that you all know them .

Step 2 integrating skills

Activity 1 reading

T : When people travel , what kind of travel do they usually make ?

S1 : hiking .

T : And what kind of travel is hiking ?

S1 : adventure travel

T : Yes , besides adventure travel , what is the other kind of travel ? you just go to Beijing to see the Great Wall , what’s it ?

S1: normal travel .

T : Good , have you ever heard of another kind of travel-eco-travel ?

Ss : No .

T : In yesterday ‘s debate , B said that tourism was bad for the ecology , for people had to cut trees to develop the lake . ( ecology )so in your opinion , does eco-travel have sth to do with ecology ?

Ss : Yes

T : look at the two words , do they have something in common ?

( write the words on the Bb)

Ss : the beginning 3 letters of the 2 words are the same .

T : Yes , the prefix eco – usually means “ o f ecology ” “ 生態的 ”

T : Now guess what an eco-travel is ? what do people make an eco-travel for ?

Ss :

T : Good , now turn to page 20 and read out the words above the table loudly ,try to find out the meaning of eco-travel and the differences between normal travel and eco-travel . I’ll give you 2 minutes .

( 2 minutes later)

T : Ok , S1 have you found out what eco-travel is ? ok , what’s it ?

S1 : Eco-travel is a form of travel that combines normal tourism with learning.

T : S2, can you tell us the differences ?

S2: normal tourism is bad for the environment and eco-travel can make the environment better , or at least understand it better .

Activity 2 talking about the eco-travel

T :Yesterday I surfed the Internet and noticed 2 places , they are very suitable for us to make an eco-travel , do you want to see what they are ?

( show the pictures on the screen )

T : How are they ? Are they good ?

Ss : yes .

T : One is the red river village in Viet nam , the other is snow mountain , it is longgu mountain

T : S2 , which one do you like better ?

S2 : Red river village .

T : suppose now you are making an eco-travel in the red river village , what can you do ? What can you learn ? What can you help do ?

( 3 students are required to do it .)

T : Good , now discuss in group of four , you can choose one of the 2 places and finish the red box , then send us a representative t o make a report to us , ok ?

You can do as _______

I think we should go to ________ , because we can __________and we can learn about _______

If we visit Red river village ,we can help __________

Step3 writing

T :Above all , wherever you go , you must make a schedule everyday . In that case , you will make good use of time and have a good time . Naturally , you will not waste money . I like traveling very much and have been to many places , last night I went to Japan and I had a good time so I wrote a letter to you , ( in my dream) , have you received it ?

( show a letter on the screen )

Qs : How many time points have I told you in the letter ?

What did I do yesterday ?

What am I doing today ?

What will I do tomorrow ?

( 4 Ss are to answer it )

T : Good , in writing a letter , you should use the past tense to indicate the things happend in the past , ( so does the present and future tense ) and pay attention to the form of the letter

T : Now look at my letter carefully and see whether there is anything wrong with it ?

S3 : the date , comma

T : Yes ,very good , thank you very much , so next time when you write a letter , pay attention not to make mistakes

Step 5 homework

T : Now comes your homework , please write a letter to your friend or teacher about the schedule of your trip like mine .before you start writing , you need to think about what you are going to write , list good ideas and make notes , you should pay attention to the form of a letter ( shown on the screen )

( option : do the exercises on useful expression and the tenses)

1.The girls _________(下班) work at five p.m.

2.______(當心)that you don’t get into trouble .

3.Clothing can _______(保護)us _____cold .

4.I __________(進行鍛煉)every morning on the playground .

5.He ______(細心)with his homework .

6.He has _____________(徒步旅游)

7.He is tired , let me go _____(代替)

8.He is tired , let me go ________(代替) him .

9.Don’t _________(靠近) the tiger , it’s dangerous .

Period 4 :Listening

Step 1 greeting

T : Good morning , boys and girls

S: Good morning ,Miss Huang

Step 2 pre-listening

Activity 1 : listening to a song

(play a piece o f song 2 or 3 minutes before the bell rings )

T : Is it a lovely song ?

Ss: Yes .

T: what’s the beautiful place in the song

Ss: California hotel

T: California is a lovely place for us to travel . If you want to go there , how can you make it ,by plane or by train ?

Ss: By plane

Activity 2 : talking about boarding calls

T : ok, now listen to me carefully , and tell me where you usually hear it ?

“ Ladies and gentlemen , attention please , Flight BA 432 from Shanghai to Wenzhou is boarding at Gate A2 in 20 minutes , please get ready .”

T : Have you heard of it before ?

Ss : Yes

T : Where do you usually hear about it ?

S1 : In the airport

T : When does it usually happen ?

S2 : Before people get on the plane .

T : Yes , very good . we can also say “ board the plane = get on the plane”

T : Now listen to me again and try to find out how many messages there are in my broadcast

( the same as the above)

T : now can you see how many messages ?

Ss : 3

T : yes , very good , what are they ?

S3 : the flight number , the destination , gate number

T : yes, ok now look at the screen , do you know what it is

Ss: Boarding pass

T : yes , now let’s go through the pass and find out the flight number , the destination , and the gate

T : ok , now altogether

Ss :

Step 3 : listening

Activity 1 : listening to the tape and doing the exercises on P15 -1

T : now turn to page 15 , there are 3 boarding calls , you will listen to them once and write down the destination , the flight number and the gate of each call , and pay attention to some details , make notes while listening

( play the tape once )

T: Have you got it ?now , all together .

( if necessary , play it again )

T : Good , you have done a wonderful job , among the 3 calls , which one isn’t changed ? What is the origin of each flight ? What happens to No.3 flight ?

( play again for the details)

Activity 2 : arrange the order of the pictures on page 97

T : We can see that things always change without expectation , so when you want to go somewhere by plane , please arrive at the airport earlier . you can wait in the waiting hall , when you hear the boarding calls , you can begin boarding the plane , now comes the question , when you hear the boarding calls what other things will you have to do before you get on the plane ?

S1:

T : Ok, turn to page 97 , what are they doing ?

Ss:

T : yes , very good , arrange the pictures first by yourself before listening

T : S5 , what’s your result ?

S5 :

T : Ok , now let’s listen to the tape to see whether it’s right or not

( play the tape )

T : arrange the right order

Activity 3 : listening to the tape and doing the exercises on P16-2

T : Do you know how to board a plane now ?

Ss : yes

T : Good , since you know how to board a plane , so going abroad becomes much easier , if you have a lot of money , where would you most like to go , at home or abroad ?

S6/7/8 :

T : Ok , you have many choices and we can’t say which is better , which is worse . I have been to many places , I think I could be a good guide for you , now look at my suggestions to see whether you like it or not.

( show pictures and describe the pictures : the Forbidden city , tian anmen, mona lisa , Eiffel Tower – how can we go up to the top of the tower , penguine , polar bear , yangliwei )

T : 5 world travelers like them very much , they take my suggestions and they wrote 5 postcards for us about their trip , now turn to page 16 , listen to the tape and find out the answers to the table

( listen to each card after talking about each picture on the screen )

( play the tape again if necessary)

( listen to it again one by one and discuss some other information)

NO.2 What’s the color of the flag?

Do you know where the painting is kept ?

What’s France called in the postcard ?

NO3 . How long is the plane ride ?

NO 4 . How high can we jump ?

NO5 : How long have we had to swim to get here ?

Is there enough air below ?

Step 5 : homework

do the exercises on page 18 : word study

Page 99-100 practising

Period 5 :Language study

Step1 word study

T : ok , now open your book ,turn to page 19 , match the words and phrases . Yesterday I have asked you to finish it , have you done your homework ?

Ss : Yes .

T :Good , now let’s have a check .

Step 2 grammar

Activity 1 do some exercises to review the tenses

T :We have learnt a few tenses before ,such as the present tense , the past tense , the past perfect tense and so on . Now look at the screen , we’ll do an exercises to review them . I think 2 minutes is enough for you .

( 2 minutes later , check the answers )

T : Ok , are you ready ? let’s have a check .

( explain the tenses and list the table of 12 tenses on the screen )

1.Unless he ________(promise ) to help us , we shall lose the games .

2.It is five years since my dear aunt _____(leave) here .

3.I don’t know when he _________(come) , but when he _____(come), I’ll speak to him.

4.She___(be) poor in French , but she _______(do) her best to improve it .

5.I’m sorry I ______( forget) to tell him to come here for the meeting .

6.I ________(have) the bad cold for a week ,still I can’t get rid of it.

7.Tom told me that he _______(meet ) John and ______(give) him he message already .

8.She __always _______(work) when I go to see her .

9.He ________(do)his lessons from seven to nine last night .

10.He said he _______( be) free the next week

Activity 2 : talking about the changes of life in different time , using 3 different tenses

T : Look at me carefully , am I different today ?

Ss : yes

T : Ok , now what are the changes ?

Ss : Hair style

T :yes , things are always changing . times change and so does the way we live , many things we often do become easier and faster ,such as writing , reading , shopping and so on , do you know the ways of doing things in the past ? can you imagine the ways in the future .

T :ok , now look at the red chart on page 19 , for example , in the past we traveled by horse , today we travel by car/plane , in the future, we will perhaps travel by spaceship . try to fill in the blanks and read out yours answers as the examples in part three . are you clear ?

Ss: yes.

(teacher copies the chart on the Bb ,4 students are required to do it ,T write down the answers on the blackboard)

T : look at part 3 ,When you make the report , follow this :

In the past people…

Today people…

In the future , people will …

Activity 3 the future tense

T : so we can say , to express the future tense , we can use “ will do ”, what else ways can we use to express the future tense ?

Ss : be going to , be to do

T : Yes , quite right , now we’re going to learn another kind of expression about the future tense .

( Bb : will do, be going to , be to do ; while explaining the grammar , use Chinese properly)

T : turn to page 19, Jane and Betty are going on separate holidays in a few days’ time , ok, S1 and your partner , can you read out the dialogue for us

( S1 and his partner read the dialogue)

T : thank you , sit down please

There are quite a number of expressions to express the future tense , now please underline the verbs that express future , I’ll give you 2 minutes to do the job

(2’later)

T : S2 , please .

Ss : are off, be getting to …

( when S2 is speaking , write down the answers in the blackboard and explain some important phrases)

T : Very good , the verbs used are 移動性動詞, can you think out other移動性動詞 like go

Ss : arrive , reach.. come, stay , return, leave , start …

T : yes , usually , when present continuous tense is used as the future tense , it aims to function as

1) 表示即將發生的或預定中計劃好的活動。

　　 Are you staying with us this weekend? 這周和我們一起度周末嗎?

　　 We are leaving soon.　 我們馬上就走。

2) 漸變動詞如：get, run, grow, turn　 become, begin及die。

　　 Eg :He is dying.

移動性動詞：go,come,return,arrive,get,reach,leave,meet,see off,take off,start,fly,stay等

3)與always, constantly, forever 等詞連用，表示反復發生的動作或持續存在的狀態，往往帶有說話人的主觀色彩。

　　 You are always changing your mind

( shown on the screen)

Step 3 expressions for good wishes

T : If it’s my birthday today , what will say to me ?

SS : Happy birthday

T : In our everyday life , we often have to wish others

now read the dialogue again ,try to find out some expressions for good wishes .

( 30 seconds later)

T : Are you ready ?

T : What are they ?

Ss : Have a nice time in Guangzhou & have a good trip .

T : How should we respond ?

Ss : Thanks & the same to you .

( when Ss finish answering , show the answers on the screen )

T : and we have a lot of other expressions . How can we say“ 祝你好運 ”“新年快樂”， “圣誕快樂”，“ 國慶節快樂”…

( shown on the screen )

Step 4 homework

Finish the exercises on page 99-101(完成課后99-101練習)

Finish workbook（完成同步練習）

Step 5 consolidation ( option)

T : Now we’ll do an exercise to consolidate the tense reviewed and learnt today .

( shown on the screen )

1.There ___ an English evening next Saturday.

A will have B is to have

C is going to do D is going to be

2.You’d better set about doing your homework now , or it __ too late .

A is B was C has been D will be

3.The boy is ill , he ___ absent from school for at least a week .

A has to B is to C will have to D will have to be4. They don’t buy any new clothes because they ____money to buy a big house

A save B are saving

C is saving D were saving

5.How ___ you ___ on with your work recently ?

A do ;get B have ;got

C are ; getting D were ;getting

6. He __ out when it began to rain .

A is going B was going

C was about to go D went