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words for making travel plans 3. write something about planning a trip 4. understand and write down some missing words as heard in sentences or passages in different contexts CLASS OPENING (5 MINUTES39。I In troduce the topic for Unit 6. See Teaching Techniques at the back of this teacher39。s guide for more general information about teaching readings. Step 1: Check to see if the students have previewed the text as required. You may ask them what places Brian, Danny and Jenny intend to visit. (The oceans, the mountains and cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Step 2: Play the audiotape. Have the class listen to the audiotape while looking at the textbook. Step 3: Ask three volunteers to play the roles of Jenny, Brian and Danny and act out the reading. Step 4: Divide the class into small groups. Ask each group to discuss and plan a trip around China. Instruct groups to make up a dialogue about their planned trip. Encourage the students to use words, expressions and sentence patterns from the text. Step 5: If you have time, have one or two groups perform their dialogues for the rest of the class. CLASS ACTIVITY: PACKING! (15 MINUTES) In this activity, the students talk about what they would pack for a long trip. This exercise reviews vocabulary about trips, and getting ready for them from previous levels. Here are some stepbystep instructions for this activity. Divide the class into small groups. Each group discusses what one person should take on a long trip. They must pretend that they only have one suitcase. Draw a box on the blackboard to show how big the suitcase is (You can make it any size you want. A bigger suitcase may