Teaching plan Module Six Old and New
Teaching Aims:
1. Knowledge and Skill
a. Talk about the great building projects in world history.
b. Write a news bulletin about changes that have taken place in your region. c. Grasp the usage of some adjectives to express their strong feelings.
d. To get them familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam
e. Understand and grasp the usage of Non-defining relative clauses and contraction of relative
clauses.
2.Emotion and Values
a. To get them familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam and
believe that it will make a great contribution to our society and next generation.
b. To make them know something about their hometown and cultivate their feelings of loving
the place where they were born 3. Cross-cultural awareness:
a. Know something about Chinese and foreign tallest buildings or projects and take famous
construction projects as a topic to communicate with the foreign friends orally
b. Understand the development and changes of our times, broaden their outlook, and
strengthen the consciousness of the world and responsibilities of era. 4. Character-building:
a. To help them know more about the Three Gorges Dam and know the importance of the
western development of their motherland.
b. To let them know the importance of cooperating with others in a group. Difficulties and Importance:
a. Use the adjectives to express strong feelings freely.
b. Help the students understand the text exactly and retell the text in students’ own words. c. Master the usage of Non-defining relative clauses and contraction of relative clauses. Teaching Method:
a. Task-based methodology b. Communicative Approach Teaching Time: Five periods:
Period 1 vocabulary and speaking
Speaking
Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary
Period 3 Grammar 1 Non-defining relative clauses
Pronunciation
Period 4 Grammar 2 contraction of relative clauses.
Listening and Vocabulary
Period 5 Cultural corner
Function and Everyday English
Writing
Teaching Procedures: Period 1
Step 1. Warming up a. Brainstorming
Q1.Can you think of some famous big projects in China？
Q2.What should be taken into consideration when a big project is planned？ Some possible answers： Q1.（1）the Great Wall （2）the Grand Canal
（3）Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors （4）the Summer Palace （5）the Three Gorges Dam Q2.（1）aim
（2）environment （3）pollution
（4）how it will affect local people （5）advantages and disadvantages b. Lead-in
Work in pairs. Discuss these questions with you partner.
Q1. How far is the Great Wall of China from where you live? Q2. Which is the biggest airport in the country? Q3. Is there a dam near your town?
Q4. Do you know the name of the reservoir that provides water for your town? Step 2. Reading
Read the passage and answer the following questions. Q1. How long was the original Great Wall of China? Q2. Where does the wall start and end now?
Q3. How many passengers is the Chek Lap Kok Airport designed to accommodate a year? Q4. What’s the length of the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam? Q5. Have you ever visited any of the places in the passage? Q6. Which one is the nearest to your town or city? Q7. What other things do you know about them? Suggested answers:
1. 6300 kilometres long.
2. the easteren end of the wall is at Shanhaiguan. In the west, it ends near the town of
Jaiyuguan.
3. 80 million passengers a year. 4. more than 500 kilometres long. 5. Open. 6. Open. 7. Open.
Step 3 Speaking
Work in groups of four. Discuss the following questions.
1. The Three Gorges Dam has caused the disappearance of many towns and villages.
What do you think about this?
2. Has the Three Gorges Dam affected the lives of people in your area or anyone you
know?
Homework:
1. Search more information about the Three Gorges Dam from the Internet. 2. Preview the passage The Three Gorges Dam.
Period 2
Step 1. Revision
Complete the description with these words.
wonderful; cliffs; river; gorge; sites submerged; relics; lake The Three Gorges
The Yangtze River, which flows for 6,380 km, is the longest in China. The most beautiful part was the Three Gorges. The Qutang Gorge, which was only 8 kilometres long, was
famous for its high . Wu Gorge, which was 44 km long, was known for its scenery and quiet beauty. The famous Xiling, which was the longest and most dangerous ,
had many historical with ancient . This part of the Yangtze River was forever in the artificial behind the Three Gorges Dam. Suggested answers:
1. river 2. cliffs 3. gorge 4. relics 5. sites 6. lake Step 2. Pre-reading a. Brainstorming
Answer the following questions?
1. How much do you know about the Three Gorges Dam?
2. Do you think the advantages are more important than the disadvantages?
b. Vocabulary Learning
Choose the correct answer with the definition provided.
1. A long narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
A、canal B、dam C、 cliff
2. A lake that is used for storing water before it is supplied for people. A、River B、 gorge C、 reservoir
3. If you want to bring a natural energy resource under your control and use it, which word should you use?
A、Construct B、 harness C、generate
4. Something made in an early period and kept to the present is called a ____. A、Souvenir B、 dynasty C、 relic
5. A ____ is where vehicles, passengers, or goods begin or end a journey. A、terminal B、historical C、 civil
6. A high area of land with a very steep edge, especially next to the sea. A、Dam B、gorge C、 cliff Suggested answers:
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C Step 3. While-reading
a. Skimming and scanning.
Read the passage quickly, and then choose the best answers. 1.Who dreamed of harnessing the power of the Yangtze River? A. Sun Yat-sen B. Mao Zedong
C. Deng Xiaoping D. A great designer
2.How many tons of coal was used for heating and generating electricity in 1993? A. 1.2 billion B. 20 billion
C. 40 billion D. About 800 billion 3. What problem does burning coal cause? A. Air pollution.
B. Increasing global warming.
C. Destroying the balance of nature. D. Both A and B.
4. Which of the following famous historical sites is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. The Qu Yuan Temple. B. The Han Watchtower. C. The Grand Canal. D. The Moya Cliff carving. Suggested answers:
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C b. Fast-reading
Read the passage silently and quickly, and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
1. Mao Zedong once dreamed that there would be a great dam to harness the power of the Yangtze River.
2 .The Three Gorges Dam will provide enough hydro-electric power for the whole country. 3.The dam will generate a lot electricity causing much less air pollution. 4.A large number of historical relics have been damaged because of the dam. Suggested answers: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F c. Detailed reading
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. Q1. what is the dream of Mao Zedong? Q2. Why was the Three Gorges Dam built? Q3. What is the size of the Three Gorges Dam?
Q4. Who first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River? Q5. What is the advantage of the Three Gorges Dam? Q6. What happened after the reservoir built? Q7. How are people in different areas?
Q8. What has happened to the historical sites? Q9. How should we protect and save the relics? Q10. Why has Mao Zedong’s dream come true?
Q11. What are the three biggest construction projects in China until now? Q12. What are the disadvantages of burning coal?
Q13. What about the inhabitants who lived in that area before? Q14. What happened to the historical relics? Q15. Who was Sun Yat-sen? Suggested answers:
1. “Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow
gorges‖
2. To control flooding and provide hydro-electric power
3. The dam is nearly 200 meters high and 1.5 kilometers wide. 4. Sun Yat-sen suggested the idea in 1919.
5. To generate heat and electricity and prevent air pollution and help reduce the global
warming
6. The reservoir has flooded 2 cities, 11 cities, 140 towns and more than 4000 villages. 7. They are living a happy new life in different areas.
8. Many historical relics and historical sites were flooded and have been submerged. 9. Some of them are being removed and some are being put into museum.
10. Because the Three Gorges Dam has been built and the power of the Yangtze River has
been harnessed.
11. The Great Wall, the Grand Canal and the Three Gorges Dam.
12. Burning coal wastes much energy, causes serious air pollution and increases global
warming.
13. More than a million people have moved from their home and are living a happy new life
now.
14. About 800 have been submerged. Only some are being removed and some are being put
into museums.
15. He was the leader of the 1911 Revolution and the first person who suggested the idea of
a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919.
Step 4. Post-reading
a. Read the passage again and choose the best answers.
1. According to this passage, the word ―harnessed‖ means _______ A. equipped B. controlled to produce electricity C. fasten D. saddle
2._______ of china’s energy is produced by others, except for burning coal, according to this passage.
A. 1/3 B. 2/3 C. 3/5 D. 1/4
Which of the following statements are Not true according to this passage.
A. ? of China’s energy is produced by burning coal. B. Over a million people have moved.
C. Around 800 historical relics have been flooded. D. The dam caused much air pollution. Suggested answers: B D D
b. Read the passage again and write questions for the answers.
1 Why _____________________________?To control flooding and provide hydroelectric power. 2 How high________________?Two hundred meters.