1.　 To enable the students to identify the interesting places of interest at home and abroad, especially in Beijing;

2.　　　 Revise and expand the knowledge of the places of interest in the world.

Abilities:

1.　　　 Read the passage to learn something about this trip;

5. Class work design:

A: Ask the students to write down the names of the places of interest at home and abroad, and learn them by heart;

B: Make up a conversation on a trip plan on their own, and be ready to share it with the class next period.

Period Two　　 Reading (I)

Teaching contents:

Words and expressions: mom; sky; model; metal; inside; main; stomach; pyramid; parade; movement; invite…to…; at the beginning; get on a coach; a lot of traffic; places of interest; on the highway; not any more; enjoy oneself; the whole world; from all over the world; on the Internet; home page.

Sentences: 1). The trip from Kitty’s school took about two hours by coach.

　　　　　　　　　 2). Kitty and I didn’t feel sick any more.

　　　　　　　　　 3). The model pyramids looked just like the real ones in Egypt.

　　　　　　　　　 4). When I saw them, I couldn’t believe my eyes.

　　　　　　　　　 5). Kitty’s classmate Daniel taught himself how to make a home page.

　　　　　　　　　 6). He put his photos on it for everyone to look at.　

Three dimenional objectives:

Knowledge:

4. Pairwork:

A: Create a situation for students first. Go through the postcards, and then listen for the specific information:

1). Which city does he want to visit? 　　2). Why does Simon want to go there?

B: Get some pairs of students to read it out first, then act it out before the class.

C: Production:

Enocurage the students to make up a conversation on a trip plan. For less able students, they can imitate Part B on page 39, replacing the underlined parts with the information in Part A. Then have some pairs of students act it out.

3. Introduction:

A: Present a map of the world and encourage the students to share the names of the foreign countries in English, such as the USA, the UK, England, Australia; France ect.

B: Prensent some postcards or pictures with the drawing of the White House in the Washington D.C. the USA, the Eiffel Tower and the River Seine in Paris, France, the Opera House and the famouse Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia. And help the students to learn something about the these famous places of interest by asking:

1). Do you know the name of this famous building?

2). Do you know where it is (located)?

C: Help the students to correctly pronounce the names of the countries and their famous buildings.

D: Part A on page 39. Match the postcards with the correct pictures. Ask: Who sent the first / second … postcard? Which city did he go? What did he see? etc.

2. Presentation:

A: To introduce the ‘Comic striop’ by the question ‘If you are free, what are you going to do?’ Listen for the specific information ‘What do you think Eddie is going to do?’

B: Go through the pictures and the conversation between Eddie and Hobo. Ask: Is Eddie really going to climb the hill? What is he going to do?

C: Read the conversation aloud after the recorder.

D: Act it out: Get some pair of students to read it out first, then act it out in roles before the class.

1. Warming-up:

　　 Get the students to share their travelling experiences with the class, by presenting famous places of interesting they’ve ever visited, and ask them to tell what they think of these places.

3.　　　 Enjoy ourselves-the reflexsive pronouns.

Analysis of Students’ learning and teaching ideas:

There are some pictures of the places of interest at home and abroad on the postcards. The students are familiar with them. I think the students must be interested in these pictures when I show them to the students in class. Of course I’ll show them a map of the world and then show the students how to search for some famous places of interest at home and abroad. Based on this, I’ll show them how to identify the places of interest at home and abroad, and how to discuss which foreign countries they would like to go.

Teaching preparation:

Teaching pictures; a recordeer; some postcards and a map of the world

Teaching procedures:

2.　　　 Learn how to discuss which foreign countries they would like to go.