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Unit 1 Lifestyles
Communication Workshop
(Writing)
Teaching Contents: How to write a short personal letter.
Teaching Objectives:
1. Knowledge objectives
(1) Students can learn and master the meaning of some important words and phrases: at the moment, over the years, survey, classical, formal, and so on.
(2) Students can write a personal letter.
2. Ability objectives
(1) Writing Skill : students can write a personal letter to express their emotions.
(2) Speaking Skill: students can speak the letter written by themselves.
3. Emotional objective
Students will be able to express their emotions to their friends by writing letter.
Teaching Key and Difficult Points:
1. Teaching key points
(1) Students can recognize and master the meaning of some important words and phrases.
(2) Students can enhance their ability of writing skill.
2. Teaching difficult point
Students can write a personal letter to express their emotions correctly and appropriately. Teaching Methods:
(1) Communicative method
Organize the teaching in a communicative way by asking students to do pair or group work, fulfilling certain communicative tasks.
(2) Heuristic method
Try to draw answers from students by asking questions and eliciting answers step by step. Teaching Aids:
A computer, a blackboard, chalks and so on.
Length of Teaching: 45 minutes
Major Steps:
Step 1 Warming–up ( 5 minutes)
Show a picture of a personal letter on the computer and then ask the students a question:
①How to keep in touch with your friends?
②How often do you write letters? To whom? Is it easy to do so?
③When did you last receive a letter? What was it about?
Give the students two minutes to discuss, and then ask some students to answer this question. (Justification: Warming–up can arouse students’ interest in th e topic of the text.)
Step 2 Read and Presentation ( 5 minutes)
(1)Reading Wang Ying’s letter. Match each paragraph with one of the following.
a. A reason to end the letter
b.Questions about the other person
rmation about Wang Yang’ life
d.Saying who you are
(2)Presentation: student give us their answers after reading Wang Ying’s letter. (Justification: Paraphrasing helps students be well know a personal letter.) Step 3 Writing (20 minutes)
Stage 1 Decide who you are writing to and need to think about these things:
1)What is the person’ name?
2)Where and when did you meet him/her?
3)What kind of person was he/she?
4)What were his/her interests then?
Stage 2 Make notes about your life:
1）What are you doing now?
2）What were your interests then?
3）How have your interests then?
Stage 3 Write a letter.
To organize your paragraphs and content (layout);
Layout: Dear
1. Introduction
2. Questions
3. Information
4. Reason to finish
Sign off
To use linking words and expressions (linking);
Linking:
1.We haven’t seen each other for ten year ? right?
2.Anyway, how are you?
3....and guess what ?we’re going out together!
4.Well, I must finish here because I’ve got an exam tomorrow.
To get to know words and expressions you may need (vocabulary). Vocabulary： 1. This is ?
2.We haven’t seen each other for ?
3.At the moment I’m ?
4. Do you remember ?
5. Write back soon.
6. Tell all your news.
Step 4 Write and Talk ( 10 minutes)
Write a personal letter:
Let students write a letter according to this lessen.
