Lesson planUnit 5 Traveling AbroadPeriod 1 Warming-up and readingTime: 45 minutesThe number of students: 50The grade of students: grade two in high school1.The analysis of teaching materials:This unit formsa part of high school English teaching material, Student’s Book 7. This unit can be divided into three parts: warming-up, reading, listening about language. Its main topic is traveling abroad and it contains two reading materials, studying in foreign country and traveling in foreign country. Today,we will learn the first part, studying in a foreign country. In this unit, it tells students what problems they will meet in foreign countries and how to deal with these problems. Also, it introduces the benefits and difficulties of studying abroad through the story of Xie lei.2.The analysis of students:As high school students, they have learned English for several years and they have a basic command of English. Students will be interested with a certain topic easily, such as traveling, sports healthy life and so on, which adapts to their physical and psychological characteristics. Additionally, students are weak in English speaking, so in my class, I will design some questions and activities for them to practice their pronunciation.3.Teaching aims:Knowledge aim:a)Students will learn about Xie L ei’s school life in London.b)Students will learn new words and phrases including lecture, academic,comfort, requirement, acknowledge, preparation, contradict, occupy,recommend, substitute.Ability aim:a)Students will be able to use the new words about traveling abroad todescribe the life in foreign countries.b)Students will be able to think of their own way to deal with the possibleproblems of living abroad.c)Students will be able to know how to read the news report and get themain idea by finding the key information about what, when, why, whereand who.Emotion aim:a)Students will be more interested in traveling or studying abroad.b)Students can overcome the difficulties in study and life after readingXie Lei’s story.Learning strategy aim:a)Students will learn about the characteristics of the news report and getthe main idea by finding the main words, who, when, where, why,what.Culture aim:a)Students will gain more knowledge about the lifestyle and the weatherfeature in London.2.Key point:a)Learning the new words and phrases about traveling abroad and knowtheir meanings, such as requirement, acknowledge, preparation, fit in.b)Learning about the benefits and difficulties of studying abroad.3.Difficult point:a)Grasping the ability to skim and scan the text and the ability tosummarize the main idea of each paragraph. It requires students tosummarize the main idea according to find the key information aboutwhat, when, why, who, where.b)Learning the basic structure of emphatic sentence and how to use it. Itrequires students to be able to use it in the composition.4.Teaching aids:Power Point, a blackboard, some chalk, a tape recorder5.Teaching methods:Task-based language teaching6.Teaching procedure:Step1 Lead-in (4 minutes)At first,the teacher will ask students a question,if you have a chance to goabroad in the world, which country would you like to go?Why? Fifteen seconds later, the teacher will choose two students to tell their answers. After hearing these answers, the teacher will show some beautiful pictures of different countries to attract students’attention, such as Statue of Liberty, Sydney Opera House, Eiffel Tower and so on(5 slides)and next the teacher will ask students whether they want to go abroad to have a further study or not.Step2pre -reading(6minutes)Nowadays, more and more students wants to go abroad to have a further study. What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad? Then the teacher will ask students to discuss in the four-people group.Suggested answers:T:”Youare going to read a newspaper article about aChinese student who goes to study in England. What do you think she will find differences from studying at a Chinese school/university? ”Step3 listening and fast reading (5minutes)1. Listen to the tape and find the answers to the following questions.1)Who is the main character?2)Will she overcome difficulties at last? Who helps her?3)What is Xie Lei in England for? How long has she been in England?2. True or False.a.When Xie Lei went to New York, she felt very excited and relaxed.b. Xie Lei came to the university to complete a science qualification.c. Xie Lei lives in the student accommodation.d. Xie Lei found the preparation course was very easy to learn at first.e.Xie Lei’s tutor helped her a lot in her study.Step4 detailed reading (12minutes)1.Summarize the main idea of the passage (the teacher will give students three minutes to skim the whole text and summarize the main idea) Suggested answer:The text mainly tells us a Chinese student named Xie Lei is studying at an English university, which introduces us her study life there and how she solved the difficulties she faced.2. Put the events into order_3__The difficulties Xie Lei met while living in London;_7__The newspaper will follow Xie Lei’s progress in later editions._2__The general introduction to Xie Lei and her study;_1__The advantages that Xie Lei gained while living with a host family._6__Xie Lei is now getting along well and is living an active life._4__ Xie Lei, a Chinese girl, is studying in a foreign country--London._5__Xie Lei is getting used to the Western University’s way of learning.3.Answer questions( The teacher will invite four volunteers to answer the four questions）1)Why is she doing a preparation course first?2)What are some of difficulties she faced when she first came to England?3)Why does Xie Lei have such a decision that she would like to board with ahost family while studying in England?4) How does Xie Lei try to get used to the new social life in England?Step5new words(8minutes)Firstly, the teacher will ask students to find out the new words in the first two paragraphs when they are reading it. Next, the teacher will check the new words that students find in the two paragraphs. Then the teacher will explain its meaning in the text and he will also expand its relevant phrases.For example:Step6 text analysis (9minutes)The teacher will write the example of emphatic sentence in the blackboard and tell students what an emphatic sentence is and then the teacher will ask students to make other sentences according to the sentence in the blackboard. Next, students will finish four single-choice questions about this grammar point in the PowerPoint. (强调句详情在幻灯片上可见)课文原句： It’s not just study that’s difficult.It is/ was + 被强调部分（通常是主语、宾语或状语）+ that/ who（当强调主语且主语指人）+ 其他部分。