1、Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言 重点单词和短语 one, suddenly, after that, first, as, then, meanwhile, in the end, later2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to write a story following the guidelines.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn to write a story.Teaching important and d
2、ifficult points教学重难点How to write a story using some linking words expressing sequence.Teaching methods教学方法Individual work and writing. Teaching aids教具准备A projector and some slides.Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式Step I Homework-checkingCheck the students homework and explain something where neces
3、sary. Suggested answers to Exercise 8 on page 25:Mother Teresa was a great woman in the world. Because her hard work, kindness and persistence, she made the great achievements and won the Nobel Peace Prize. I think she is well worth it.When she was 20 years old, she went to India, where she began to
4、 be a teacher and soon after became headmistress. However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and trained to become a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly others came to help her, and her
5、work spread to other parts of India. She became a well-known person. When she traveled the world, she opened many new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she had given to the poor.In my opinion, we should learn fr
6、om her to serve the people heart and soul.Step II ReadingGet the students to read the story on page 90 and complete the text in Exercise 1 on page 74 to learn the layout of the story and the usage of some linking words expressing sequence. T: Now please read the story called “True Life Dream” on pag
7、e 90. There are three paragraphs in the story. One paragraph is setting the scene, one tells us the development of narrative and another is the conclusion. After you read the story, match the paragraphs with these sections of the story. Are you clear?Ss: Yes.T: Good. Lets read it.After the students
8、read it, check the answers with the whole class. T: Good! Now lets read another story in Exercise 1 on page 74. First you should complete the story with the words expressing sequence in the box. Obviously, the story happened in the order of the time. Sometimes we can use necessary conjunctive words
9、or linking words to make the writing logical. They can be called bridge words, which can make the writing move on naturally and coherently. Now please complete it. After you finish it, Ill ask some of you to report your answers to the whole class.After the students finish it, check the answers by as
10、king some of them to read out their answers.Step III Writing Guide the students to learn to write a story according to the writing stages. T: Were going to do writing practice. Imagine your friend was involved in a rescue and is a local hero. Write a story about the rescue for your school magazine.
11、You may think it is easy to write it. But to write a good article is not such an easy task. Generally speaking, three parts should be included in the story as follows: Part 1: Setting the scene describe the situation at the beginning and what happened; Part 2: Development of narrative how the person
12、 reacted and what happened; Part 3: Conclusion what happened in the end. Besides, you should also know the basic stages of writing such kind of story. Ill show them on the screen.Show the following on the screen.The stages of writing a story:Stage 1: Decide the 5Ws (Who, When, Where, What, Why) and
13、1H (How).Stage 2: Draw a timeline of the main events and put them in the order of the time when they happened.Stage 3: Write a story in three or four paragraphs: beginning: 1 paragraph; development: 1 or 2 paragraphs; conclusion: 1 paragraphT: You can write your story according to the writing stages
14、 on the screen. In addition, you can refer to Writing Help 2 (layout, linking words and useful vocabulary) on page 91 in Stage 3. What should you do when you finish your story?Ss: Check our writing.T: Good! This is exactly Stage 4. I think you should check your writing to see: 1. Is there any gramma
15、tical mistakes (tense, irregular verbs, etc.)? 2. Has your story got clear paragraphs? And have you used linking words? 3. Is your story a logical story? These are the basic rules and keep them in mind when writing. OK. Please finish the writing. Ill give you fifteen minutes and after you finish it,
16、 Ill ask some of you to read your stories before the whole class to see whose writing is good.T: All of you did well. Now lets do Exercise 2 on page 74. First read the text and then rewrite it in your notebook with capital letters and full stops.After the students finish it, check the answers togeth
17、er.Suggested answers to Exercise 2 on page 74:There are Olympic Games for disabled people, called the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games take place every four years, like the Olympics. The first games were in Rome in 1960. Most Olympic sports are in the Paralympics too, like badminton and diving
18、. There have also been winter Paralympics since 1976.Then help students summarize when we use capital letters and full stops.When do we use a capital letter?We always use a capital letter at the start of a sentence.We always use a capital letter for the names of places, people and titles (proper nou
19、ns).We always use a capital I for talking about yourselfWhen do we use full stops?We use a full stop at the end of a sentence:We use full stops with abbreviations (in an abbreviation the last letter of the word and of the abbreviation are not the same):Co. (Company) etc. (et cetera) M.P. (Member of
20、Parliament) Step IV Homework T: After class, please finish Exercises 3 and 4 on page 74 (Language Power). After you finish the writing of Exercise 3 on page 74, work in pairs and read each others articles. You should help each other to improve your writing. Do you understand me?Ss: Yes.T: Right. In
21、the next period, Ill ask some of you to read your writing before the whole class. I hope you can take the opportunity to present your work and learn from each other. So much for this unit. After class, please review this unit by finishing Unit Diary on page 48 and remember the words in KEY WORD BANK on page 75. It can help you to consolidate what we have learned in this unit.