Unit 3 Travel journal---Reading

Teaching goals

1. Learn something about the Mekong River through reading.

2. Students can use what they have learned to describe a trip.

3. Students should realize if they want to be successful, what personalities they should have.

Teaching important and difficult points:

1. Understand the text well.

2. Try to master the useful new words & expressions in this period.

Teaching aids: a computer & a projector

Teaching procedures

Step 1 warming up

Do you like traveling along a river, a great river?

As we all know, there are a lot of rivers in the world and also there are many great rivers. Now look at the chart. In the left column are names of some great rivers. In the right column are locations where the rivers lie. Please match them. What role does a river play in people's life? In other words, how do people who live along a river use it?

The suggested answers:

People can drink the water in a river or wash their clothes.

People can swim in a river in summer.

People can use a river to irrigate their fields.

People can use a river to produce electricity.

People can travel along a river. Step 2 Lead In

If you plan to travel along a river, what will you do?

Step 3 Pre-reading

T: Have you visited the Mekong River? If no, let's learn something about it.

Enjoy a clip of video.

2. Can you list the countries that the Mekong River flows through?

Enjoy the beautiful sights along the Mekong River to arouse their interest of it.