Module 3　My First Ride on a Train period2 教案（外研版必修1）.docVIP

The General Idea of This Period In this period, we’re going to read a passage about My First Ride on a Train. We’ll finish the five activities on 24. Let the students answer the questions about Australia match some words with these definitions. Get the general idea of this passage. Answer and discuss some questions. Teaching Aims 1. Learn and master the following words abandoned　camel　cassette　desert　diamond　expert　midnight　product　scenery　shoot　soil　journey　train 2. Train the student’s reading ability. 3. Tell the students something about Australia. 4. To know something about traveling to the central part of Australia. Teaching Important Points 1. How to grasp the general idea of the passage. 2. Know something about Australia. Teaching Difficult Point How to improve the student’s reading ability. Teaching Procedures  Step 1 Greeting T: Good morning! S: Good morning, teacher! T: Sit down, please!  Step 2 Lead-in T: The weather in September is very nice. It’s the best time to travel. Do you like travel? Ss: Yes. T: Have you ever been to Australia? Ss: No. T: Today let’s learn something about Australia.  Step 3 Presentation 　(Show picture of a Kangaroo on the screen.) T: What do you call it? Ss: A Kangaroo. T: Where does it live? Do you know? S: In Australia, of course. T: Open your books at Page 22, let’s come to Australia. T: Do you know the name of the capital city? S: Canberra. T: Do you know how many people live there? S: About 20 million. T: What do you think the central part of the country is like? S: Desert. T: Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast? S: On the east/southeast coast. T: What Australian animals do you know about? S: Koala bear, Kangaroo, Duck billed platypus, echidna and dingo(澳洲野犬). T: Yes, very good, thanks a lot, some of these animals are marsupials, that is, the mother keeps the baby in a pouch on her stomach.