Crossing the River to SchoolLisaObjectives:By the end of the class, students will be able to:1. Consolidate what they learned in order to discuss todays topic.2. Predict the topic of the passage from the picture and title.3. Grasp the key expressions in the passage.4. Obtain the main ideas of each paragraph and by scanning the passage. 5. Sort out the information of the way to school for the students in a village by filling in a mind map and a self-introduction of Liangliang.6. Referring to Liangliangs example, show other students stories in a performance way.7. Comparing Liangliangs study conditions with their own study conditions, learn to cherish the life in front of them.Focus:1. Grasp the key expressions in the passage.2. Obtain the information of the way to school for the students in a village and retell Liangliangs story by the mind-map.Difficulties:1. Referring to Liangliangs example and show other students stories in a performance way.Teaching resources:Book, 101 online school, blackboard, PPT, cardsTeaching procedures:StepsActivitiesIntentionsTimeStage I. Pre-readingStep 1.Check students homework on the 101 online school.Invite some students to share their way to school.Consolidate what they learned so as to discuss todays topic.3minsStep 2T asks students to guess: how does the teacher get to school?T directs students attention from the teachers picture to another picture and teach some new words.T invites students to think: how can they get to school if there is no bridge or boat?Create situations and lead to the topic.Teach some new words of the passage.3minsStep 3Students watch a video about how the students in a village get to school and answer two questions.Let students initially perceive the hard learning environment.3minsStage II. While-readingStep 41st readingStudents read the picture and title and predict what might be talked about in the text.T invites students to read the whole passage quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph.After matching, T invites 3 students to read the topic sentence in each paragraph.Let students extract background knowledge and basic information of the passage.5minsStep 52nd readingT asks students to read paragraph 1 carefully and fill in the mind-map and find the main information out.T invites one student to show his/her mind-map.T invites 4 students to read the original sentences.T asks students to read paragraph 1&2 carefully and fill in the blanks.T invites one student to read the passage.Further sort out the details and internalize target language in the process of tasks.8minsStep 63rd readingT asks students to read the passage aloud and find out their problems about understanding this passage.Let students find out the difficult words and expressions for themselves.2minsStage III. Post-readingStep 7T asks students to make a pair work talking about Liangliang according to the chart.T invites 3 pairs to finish the task.Consolidate and integrate the language and content, and further deepen the understanding of the text through questions and answers.5minsStep 8Students watch a video about the most dangerous ways to school in the world.T directs students to compare their study conditions and these study conditions.T asks students to make a program named Dream Show.T invites 3 pairs to show.Students vote.Further understand the village students attitudes towards learning under hard learning environment.Experience the village students emotions by using the language they have learned.16minsHomeworkWrite a passage about how the students get to school. Your passage should include: who, what, where, how, how long, how far.