A teaching plan for Unit 3，Module7
一、Teaching materials:
Unit 3 Language in use (Module 7 Planes, boats and trains)
二、Targets for this period:
To summarize and consolidate superlatives and “by means of +transport”
To learn about the longest railway journey
三、Key points:
Key vocabulary—the most expensive / comfortable / popular, busiest, farthest, by ferry, by bus, by train, by plane, on foot
四、Teaching methods:
Formal and interactive practice
五、Teaching aids
Handouts, blackboard
六、Teaching arrangements:
Step One Warming-up
Students complete the word map on the blackboard one by one. (Activity 4)

Travel Plane Airport



Step Two To write questions and then answer the questions in groups (Activity 1-3)
Example : How / you / travel / to school?
(Activity 1) How do you travel to school?
1. How far do you travel to school?
2. How long does your journey take?
3. How much is your fare?
4. Is your journey comfortable?
Example : What / popular way / travel to school?
(Activity 1) ----What’s the most popular way to travel to school?
----Most people travel to school by bus, so that’s the most popular way.
1. Who travels the farthest to school?
2. Who has the longest journey?
3. Who has the most expensive journey?
4. Who has the most uncomfortable journey?
Step Three To complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives. (Activity 5)
Example: Americans travel by bus because it’s the cheapest and (the) safest way to travel.
1. A lot of people go by train. It’s the most crowded and uncomfortable way to travel.
2. People like to go by plane. It’s the most popular way to travel long distances.
3. A lot of people know about it. It’s the most famous ferry in the world.
4. The taxi fare is a lot of money. It’s the most expensive way to get to the airport.
5. The train is modern. It’s the most modern train in the world.
Step Four To translate the sentences into English. (Handouts)
1. 他们从香港到北京要花多长时间？
How long will their journey from Hong Kong to Beijing take?
2. 黄河是中国第二大河。
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.
3. 哪一课最难学？
Which lesson is the most difficult to learn?
4. 他们认为英语是门最有趣的学科。
They think English is the most interesting subject.
5. 汤姆家离学校最远。
Tom lives farthest from school.
6. 相同的路程乘小轿车约需30分钟。
The same journey by car takes about 30 minutes.
7. 车票不贵，你可以在车站买票。
The fare isn’t expensive, and you can buy a ticket at the station.
8. 学校离你家有多远？
How far do you travel from your house to school?
9. 英国航空公司是最繁忙的国际航线之一。
British Airways is one of the busiest international airlines.
10. 最受欢迎的出行方式是搭渡船。
The most popular way to travel is by ferry.
Step Five To complete the dialogue. (Handouts)
A: Is your home far from your school?
B: ____________________________.
A: Then you can’t get to school on foot, I think?
B: You’re right. ____________________________?
A: My home is only 10 minutes by bike from my school.
B: ____________________________?
A: There are five. We go to school together by bike.
B: Really? Most of my friends live far from our school, so __________________, too. But Mike and Sam ____________________, and it is the most expensive way to get to school.
Step Six To study the table carefully and finish the exercises.
Tianjin to Dalian Tianjin to
Guangzhou Tianjin to
Guilin Tianjin to
Hangzhou Tianjin to
Honkong
Days 1234567 1234567 25 123456 1234567
Departure 0800 0815 0810 0800 0835
Arrival 0900 1105 1245 1045 1135
Fight No. XW229 CA1317 CA1531 XW229 CA103
A) Answer the following questions.
1. How long does it take to travel from Tianjin to Honkong by plane?
2. Is there a flight to Guilin from Tianjin on Thursday?
3. What’s the flight number from Tianjin to Hangzhou?
4. What time does the plane get to Dalian if it leaves Tianjin at 8 a.m?
5. Which journey is the longest from Tianjin by plane, do you know?
B) Answer right or wrong.
1. There is a flight to Dalian from Tianjin any day of the week.
2. There are two flights leaving Tianjin Airport at the same time.
3. The journey from Tianjin to Hongkong takes more time than the journey from Tianjin to Guilin.
4. There isn’t a flight to Hangzhou from Tianjin on Sunday.
5. CA 153 arrives at Guilin at five minutes past eleven.
Step Seven Group working (Module Task)
1. Answer the questions according to the table.
2. Talk about the journey from Beijing to Jinan.
Homework:
1. To review Module 7 and copy all the words and expressions in P158
2. To finish Module7, 点中典 & 轻巧夺冠

Blackboard designing
Unit 3 Language in use
Word map:
Travel Plane Airport




Answers:
Step Five 1. Yes, it’s quite far.
2. What about your home? / How far is your home from your school?
3. How many of you go to school by bike?
4. they go to school by bike
5. go to school by taxi / take a taxi to school
Step Six A) 1. It takes about three hours.
2. No, there isn’t.
3. It’s XW229.
4. It gets to Dalian at 9 a.m.
5. It’s the journey from Tianjin to Guilin.
B) TFFTF