Teaching 0bjectives:

1) To talk about lost civilizations

2) To help the students develop the ability of reading diary entries.

Important and difficult points:

The way of reading diary entries.

Teaching procedures:

Step1 Lead-in

1. Ask students to name some building that could represent ancient civilization in China.

2. Show students some pictures of Pompeii and Loulan and ask them to answer the following questions:

* Where are the places in the pictures?

* What have you known about them?

* What else do you want to know about them?

Step2 Reading comprehension.

1. Ask students to read the passage quickly and try to find answers to the questions in Part A.

2. Ask students to read again and complete Part C1.

3. Let students complete Part C2.

Step 3 Reading strategy

1. Discuss in pairs about what features are usually included in diary entries.

2. Let students read the Reading strategy.

3. Find out the facts and historical information about the two cities.

Pompeii time event in the 8th century in 89 BC on 24th Aug. AD 79 in 1860

Loulan 2000 years ago from AD 200 to AD 500 100 years ago Step 4 Discussion

1. Is it useful for people to study things from the past? Why or why not?

2. Since as long ago as 1553 people have said, 'History repeats itself.' What do you think this saying means? Do you agree with it? Why or why not?

Step 5 Homework.

1. Read the passage carefully and review the new words and phrases.

2. Make a summary of the text.

Period 3 Reading (2)

Teaching Objectives:

To understand the text better