Period 5　Cultural Corner;Task;Module File

　　The General Idea of This Period

　　The passage in Cultural Corner introduces to us the Congestion Charge the London government adopted in order to lessen the stress of traffic problems.To start with,the teacher may ask the students some questions.With the questions in mind,the students may read the passage quickly.In answering them,the teacher may divide the students into a few groups.The Teaching Procedures can be planned according to the level of the students and the time permitted.If the students are good enough and the teaching time is abundant,activities can be carried out fully in class.Otherwise,some Teaching Procedures may be omitted or done after class.And the task of this module is to complete a poster giving advice to visitor to a city or a town.The teacher may encourage the students to ask and answer questions using the questions listed in the text book or even come up with their questions themselves.They had better try to set as many questions as they can and provide solutions.The solutions may be written down in the form of key words for the writing of the poster.Remind the students to use proper modifiers to make the poster more attractive.The better ones may demonstrate their works to the whole class.

　　The Module File is a summary as well as a self-assessment of this module.It may help the students to know whether they have mastered the main points or not.If time permits,the teacher may have a revision of this module by analyzing this part and consolidate it with some exercises.

　　Teaching Important Points

　　Make the students learn about the congestion charge in London.

　　Teaching Difficult Points

　　How to use imperatives to make suggestions.

　　Teaching Methods

　　Skimming and explanation

　　Teaching Aids

　　Multimedia,a blackboard & a tape-recorder.

　　Three Dimensional Teaching Aims

　　Knowledge and Skills

　　Make the students master some new words.

　　Broaden their eyes with a passage about the London congestion charge.

　　Instruct the students to complete a poster giving advice to visitors to your city.

　　Process and Strategies

　　Encourage the students to check what they have learned often.

　　Feelings and Value

　　Through the cultural corner the students may know more about the present traffic situation at home and abroad,thus broadening their eyes and raise their consciousness of civic virtue.

　　Teaching Procedures

　　Step 1 Revision

　　 (Greet the students as usual.)

　　T:First I will check up your exercises.

　　(Show the following on the screen.)

　　Read the following passage and give advice about transport for these situations.

Wherever you are coming from,Oxford is very easy to get to.