人教版英语选修7 Unit5 Traveling abroad--Period1.doc

Unit 5 Traveling abroad Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading (KEEP IT UP, XIE LEI Chinese students fitting in well) Introduction This period will be warming up by students talking about what studying abroad is. Then students will first be guided to pre-read the text getting to know why people study aboard. The text will be read both for its forms and its contents. Useful expressions from the text will be found and copied. Sentences will be made with the expressions. Reading the text again for the type of writing and the summary of Keep it up, Xie Lei is to be done with the period ended in students drawing a diagram of the text and retelling it in their own words. Objectives To help students understand the text’s forms and contents and learn about traveling abroad To help students communicate on the topic in focus with the words, expressions and structures learned in this unit Focus Words board，lecture，recommend，comfort，substitute，acknowledge，occupy， succeed，comment，govern Collocations adjust to，keep it up，get used to，feel at home，settle in Patterns 1. How difficult or easy do you think it is to adjust to living in another country? 2. It was the first time she had ever left her home country. 3. You have to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all your concentration in the beginning. 4. Living with host families, some of which have children who are also at university, gives students the opportunity to learn more about everyday life and customs in their new country. 5. Besides, as far as he was concerned, what other people thought was not the most important thing. 6. I have been so occupied getting used to everything that I haven’t had time for activities. 7. I’m going to join a few university clubs and hopefully I’ll meet some people I have things in common with. Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedures 1. Warming up by talking about what studying abroad is? Good morning, class. What is this? Yes, it’