An adventure in Africa

Teaching aims:

1.     Train the students’ reading ability and know how to write an informal letter.

2.     Develop the students’ creative and comprehensive abilities.

Teaching important points:

1.     Improve the students’ reading ability.

2.     Encourage the students to express their own opinions by discussion.

Teaching difficult points:

1.     How to help the students to find out the travelling routes.

2.     How to encourage the students to express their own opinions.

Teaching methods:

Skimming and scanning, asking and answering activity, individual and pair work.

Teaching aids:

The blackboard., whiteboard

Teaching procedures:

Step1. Lead- in

Focus on the title of this letter by asking two questions.

1.Where is Africa?

2.What comes to your mind when speaking of Africa?

Step 2 Fast reading

Skim the text to find out the traveling route.

Step 3 Careful reading

1.     Listen to the tape and find out what they plan to do in time sequence.

2.     Scan the text and find what they will take with them

3.     Read the text and find some key adjectives to describe the trip.

4.     Complete Part C1

Step 4. Discussion

What hardships will you meet with in your adventure?

What will you do in such situations?

Step 5 Summary and homework

1.     Learn something about Africa.

2.     Finish Part D and E.

教材分析  ：本阅读文章是高一教材中的一篇，与我们的生活实际相关联，学生能理解也能参与相关的教学活动。

学情分析：学生为高一年级学生，英语词汇量不多，语言组织能力不强，有的甚至很弱，在教学中应注意到这个情况。

教学反思：练习形式应多样化，教学效果会更好一些。