Date:

Class: 3rd grade

Unit: 3

Lesson: 4

OBJECTIVES:

  A.  Preview the reading.

  B.  Practise silent reading.

  C.  Introduce new vocabulary.

TEACHING AIDS:

some cards

ACTIVITIES:

A. (20m)

B. (15m)

C. (10m)

   ·   Open PB/17, C. read aloud Q C1, S answer them.

   ·   Say: There is some inf. about Saudi Arabia's national airline in the reading.

   ·   Turn PB/P21-22.

   ·   S read the title, how many lines, papa and pic are there? 63, 8 and 5.

   ·   S read the captions under the pic's.

   ·   Say these are types of planes used by Saudia.

   ·   Turn PB/P17, look at the last 3 Q's, S turn 12-22 and find out the answers.

   ·   Write these Q's on the board:

How many Saudi cities received regular flights in the airline’s first seven years?

L:15-17: six Jeddah, Riyadh, Hofuf, Dhahran, Taif and Madinah.

How long was the flight from Jeddah to Riyadh?

L: 30-33, one hour twenty minutes.

Why did air travel increase in Saudi Arabia in 1985?

 L: 55-56, because air fares were reduced by 25%.

   ·   S take (5m) to read the passage and find the answers.

   ·   S read the passage again silently and underline the unknown words.

   ·   Introduce:

   ·   Þpresident: Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt? The American president.

   ·   Þseat: L: 9, The place where someone sits rather than the think one sits on. (pl. is seats)

   ·   Þairfield: L: 19, a small, simple airport.

   ·   Þover: L: 35, as the same as during the next ten years.

   ·   Þserve: L:38, to do something regularly for people; to fly regularly to and from airports in S.A. The PPT serves thousands of towns and villages in S.A.

   ·   Þwide-bodied: L:41, a wide-bodied plane has a wide body; there were more seats in each row .

   ·   Þresult: L:57, the (v) from the (n) result.

   ·   Þwell: L:60, = a lot.

HOMEWORK:

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