unit 1 the world of our senses reading
fog
teaching aims:
to improve the reading skill
to learn reading strategy.
to learn important words and phrases.
teaching procedure:
step one: leading-in
ask students to discuss and help them prepare for the reading.
1. what’s the weather like today? do we sometimes have foggy days here?
how do you feel on a foggy day?
2. have you ever lost your way in the fog?
what would you do if you got lost in the fog?
3. what sense or senses do you think we can use on a foggy day?
step two: reading comprehension
1. fast reading. ask students read fast and finish part a.
why did polly leave work early that day?
because there was a thick fog that afternoon, and she wondered if the bus would still be running.
why did polly take the underground to green park?
because it was too foggy for the bus to go to king street.
what was the weather like outside the station?
the fog lay like a thick, grey cloud.
2. second reading. ask some questions and true or false statements to help them understand better.
the fog was very thick in the morning.
when she got to green park, the weather turned out to be fine.
polly got to green park by train.
the old man carried an umbrella in his hand.
keys: f, f, t, f
