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The General Idea of This Period

In this period, we're going to read a passage about My First Ride on a Train. We'll 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 passage.

Answer and discuss some questions.

Teaching Aims

1. Learn and master the following words

abandoned　camel　cassette　desert　diamond　expert　midnight　product　scenery　shoot　soil　journey　train

2. Train the student's reading ability.

3. Tell the students something about Australia.

4. To know something about traveling to the central part of Australia.

Teaching Important Points

2. Know something about Australia.

Teaching Difficult Point

How to improve the student's reading ability.

Teaching Methods

1. Fast reading and careful reading to improve the students reading ability.

2. Pair or group work to make every student work in class.

3. Discussion to help the students grasp the detailed information.

Teaching Aids

1. a computer

2. a projector

3. the blackboard

Teaching Procedures

 Step 1 Greeting

T: Good morning!

S: Good morning, teacher!

T: Sit down, please!

 Step 2 Lead-in

T: The weather in September is very nice. It's the best time to travel. Do you like travel?

Ss: Yes.

T: Have you ever been to Australia?

Ss: No.

T: Today let's learn something about Australia.

 Step 3 Presentation

　 (Show picture of a Kangaroo on the screen.)

Ss: A Kangaroo.