本单元的主要话题是度假旅游。阅读部分向学生介绍了私人信件的书写方式,信中非正式的语言描写了Linda去北京世界公园旅游地一次经历,并表达旅游之后的感受。

8A Unit 3 A day out (reading)

Around the world in a day

Teaching aims and demands:

Ⅰ. Knowledge and skills

To help the students get the general ideas of the passage after reading it. To help the students organize some information about the World Park.

To help the students organize a day out to a place.

To cultivate the Ss’ abilities of obtaining and processing information in practice

Ⅱ.Teaching difficulties:

To learn the new words and expressions;

To improve the Ss’ reading skills;

To help the students report the day out to the World Park.

Ⅲ. Emotion:

It can arouse the students’ special attention and inspire them to describe feelings and experiences in a very informal day; At the same time, it is a link to the world outside China; It’s also heplful for the students to love the nature, protect our nature and get on well with it.

Ⅳ. Teaching methods:

Task-based approach

Ⅴ.Teaching aids:

Tape recorder; tapes; powerpoint

Teaching Procedures:

Ⅰ.Warm-up ＆ lead-in (3 minuites)

Ask some questions: What’s the weather like today?

What can we do in such pleasant weather?

T: We went to Shanjuan Scienic Spot last month.

Did you have a good time?

Do you want to go to foreign countries to visit the places of the interest there? Then go over the places of interest they learnt in last class.

Show four pictures and ask: What are they?