DevelopingthetopicReadingforWritingUnit9FromHeretoThere

LearningobjectivesTounderstandandlearnsomenewwords,expressionsandsentencepatterns;Tounderstandandusesequencechaintodescribeatrip;Toreadforgeneralideaandspecificinformation;Towriteanessayaboutatrip;Tounderstandtheimportanceofsafety;Toimproveindependentlearning,cooperativelearningandinquiry-basedlearningabilities.

KeypointsanddifficultpointsTolearnandmasterthekeynewwords,expressionsandsentencepatterns;Toanswerthecomprehensionquestions;Toanalyzethetextandidentifysequencechain;Tostrugglewithcomplicatedsentencestructures;Towriteashortessayaboutatripwithaclearstructureandlogicalcoherence;Tothinkcriticallyandexpressopinionsfreely.

Leadingin01

Atripwhenwherewhowhathow...Whatcanwetalkaboutatrip?Leadingin

Whendidyougo?·yesterday·lastweekend/Sunday·lastsummerholiday·InJuly/February...·WhenIwas10...·...Leadingin

Wheredidyougo?AhikingtripAcampingtripAtriptothezooLeadingin

Whodidyougowith?friendsparentsclassmatesLeadingin

Whatdidyouprepareforthetrip?foodwaterbackpackLeadingin

Whatdidyouprepareforthetrip?cameramap?Leadingin

Whatdidyoudoduringthetrip?Leadinginenjoythefoodclimbamountaintakephotos

Howdidyoufeelaboutthetrip?happyexcitedtiredsadangry...Leadingin

Activity102

Predictwhatthetextisabout.Activity1ATriptotheNorthMountainYoucanreadthetitleofatextfirst,andthenpredictwhatthetextisabout.Thetextisaboutatrip.

Readthetextandcompletethetasks.Activity1ATriptotheNorthMountainThissummer,IwenttotheNorthMountainnearmyhometownwithmyfamily.Intheevening,wearrivedatthetopofthemountainandsetupthetent.Itwasveryquiet,andmyparentswenttosleepsoon.ButmybrotherandIweretooexcitedtosleep.Wethenwentouttowatchthestars.Suddenly,itstartedtorain.