1、The Sixth Period WritingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语situation, personality, original, meanwhileb. 重点句式Meanwhile Sadly We learn that Some months /years later However 2. Ability goals能力目标Enable the students to write a short description of the characters in a novel and rewrite a
2、story with a different ending.3. Learning ability goals学能目标Help the students learn how to write a short description of the characters in a novel and rewrite a story with a different ending.Teaching important difficult points教学重难点Enable the students to rewrite the story with the target language. Teac
3、hing methods教学方法Guided-writing. Teaching aids教具准备A computer and a projector.Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式Step I Greetings and revisionT: Good morning / afternoon, everyone!S: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. / Ms .!T: First lets check your homework: Writing a description of your own town or near
4、est city. Who would like to read your description to us?A sample version:I was born in a small town in the north of Hebei province, which is the same size as one tenth of the city of Beijing. Though my hometown is very small in size, yet it is a fairly beautiful place with not only beautiful natural
5、 sense, but also kind people. In the past, in the north of the town was a large lake, whose water was so clean that we could see fish swimming and playing happily. In spring, people came here to go boating to relax. In winter, people came here to go skating on the frozen lake. To the east of the lak
6、e lay a great field on which peasants grow all kinds of crops, such as wheat, corn and so on. When winter came, the snow would cover the field, promising a good harvest in the next year. When spring came, everything on the field turned green, the field seemed to be dressed a beautiful green coat. Pe
7、ople living there all had warm heart and were ready to help each other what a nice place my hometown was in the past!With the development of society, a great many changes have taken place in my hometown. More and more people are driven by money to start all kinds of small factories along the lake, w
8、hich produce so much waste such as polluted water, gas, and used matters. When dealing with these wastes, many factories turn to the lake to regard it as the home of waste. These wastes that are thrown into the lake bring about the terrible pollution of the lake. The number of fish is becoming small
9、er and smaller. And the water set off a terrible smell. In addition to these, a lot of rubbish is laid on the field which destroy the formal grow of the crops. Now, the beautiful things of the past have gone. Every time I remember the pollution in my hometown, I feel sad. I call on people to protect
10、 the environment to bring back the beautiful things in the past.Step II Writing (1)Deal with Activity 1 in WRITING on Page 38. T: In the last period, we have read a short description of Dickens novel Great Expectations. I think you should have had some ideas about the main characters in it. What are
11、 they?Ss: Pip, Estella, Miss Havisham and Abel Magwitch.T: Now Id like you to write a short description of these characters about their family, situation in life and personality. A sample description:Pip lived in a poor family with his sister and her husband. They didnt treat him well. So he lived a
12、 hard life. But he was a kind boy. He helped a prisoner called Abel Magwitch and as a result, got a lot of money from him later. Finally he married the mans daughter whom he had always loved.Estella was a beautiful girl. She was cold and cruel to Pip and looked down upon him. She happens to be Abel
13、Magwitchs daughter. She had an unhappy marriage and finally fell in love with Pip and married him. Miss Havisham was a wealthy but lonely woman. She hated all man because her finance left her on her wedding day. But Miss Havisham also helped Pip.Abel Magwitch once escaped from prison and was helped
14、by Pip. But he was soon caught again and sent to Australia. Some years later, he made a lot of money in Australia. He gave a lot of money to Pip in order to repay his kindness. But sadly he was caught again by the police and died. Step III Writing (2)Deal with Activity 2 in WRITING on Page 38.T: Wor
15、k in pairs or small groups. Rewrite the last two paragraphs to the story, changing the story and giving it a different ending.Show the requirements on the screen:1. Discuss your idea;2. Decide on the changes and make notes. You can keep two or three parts of the original story;3. Write your new endi
16、ng to the story. Here are some useful phrases:Meanwhile (means while something else is happening, used to compare two things, especially if they are completely different and are happening at the same time)Sadly (used at the beginning of a sentence with a comma after it, equals to “it is sad that ”)W
17、e learn that Some months / years later However A sample version:I decided to go back to the village. I wanted to ask Bibby to marry me, and I knew I would be happy with her. I married Bibby finally. It was not until ten years later that I returned to England in the hope of revisiting Miss Havishams
18、old house. Sadly, I heard that her husband had died two years ago. Walking sadly around, suddenly I saw a womens figure in the shadows. Yes, it was Estella. She was older, but still beautiful. Having had a talk, we learned that we had been in love with each other all times in fact. But I had lived a
19、 perfect life with Bibby. Some years later, the old house had been knocked down. Estella had died, lonely. However, I could never forget her. It was all a dream. My daughter had her name, Estella. Step IV Speaking and writing (Workbook)T: As we know, in his novels, Dickens described life in the midd
20、le of 19th century, a period called Victorian. Now we are going to read about Victorian childrens lives. Turn to Page 108, Speaking and writing. After reading, answer the two questions. After reading. T: What kind of jobs did Victorian children have to do?”S: Some of them had to go under the machine
21、s to mend them and it was very dangerous.S: Some of them worked underground to get coal out of the ground.T: What was life like for the poor child?S: They were ill and did not have enough food, and their family had to sleep in one room.S: The managers were cruel and made them work all the time.S: A
22、lot of children were orphans and had to live on the street.T: Now imagine you are a poor child in Victorian London. Write a diary entry after a typical day in your life, working in the factory and living in the workhouse. Choose one of these opening lines.A sample version:Today was another terrible
23、day. First of all, I had to get up very early in the morning. It was very cold and windy. I worked underground to get coal out of the ground. It was very dark and dirty. At the same time, I was very hungry and thirsty. But there was no water and food. The managers were so cruel that they made us work all the time. I was too weak to carry a big basket of coal, so the manager beat me seriously. I lost my consciousness. When I woke up, I was lying in a dark and damp room. What a day!Step V HomeworkPrepare to act out a scene from one of Charles Dickens novels.
