unit 3 travel journal period 5 extensive reading 从容说课 this is the fifth teaching period of this unit. the teacher should first check the students’ homework and offer chances for the students to go over what they learned in the last period at the beginning of the class. in this period, the teaching emphasis will be put on developing the students’ reading ability by reading extensively and getting them learning to use some reading strategies such as skimming, scanning. as to new words and phrases, the teacher can first find those the students feel most difficult and help them to understand. some important points should be explained and practiced. we will deal with two reading passages. the first one is the second part of journey down the me
