1、Period 6 WritingTeaching Goals 教学目标1.Target language 目标语言a. 词汇 record, familiar, topics, afterthought, event2. Ability goals能力目标Enable the students to write a short email and a poster.3. Learning ability goals学能目标 Students are requested to know how to write an e-mail and a poster.Teaching important
2、points and difficult points 教学重点和教学难点How to write an e-mail and how to give best wishes to somebody. Teaching methods 教学方法Reading and discussingTeaching aids 教具准备 A recorder, a projector and a computerTeaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step I RevisionCheck the homework. The teacher shows the chart on
3、 page58 on the projector. One student will be asked to fill in the information in the chart. The whole class will check the answers together and give correct information.Step II Lead-inT: Id like to ask you a question. What is the difference between a diary and a travel journal? Perhaps this is a di
4、fficult question to you.Let students discuss this question.S: Many people put their thoughts into a diary but others write about their travels in what is called a travel journal. For one thing, a journal isnt as personal as a diary. For another, a travel journal has a different purpose. In a journal
5、, writers also record their experiences, ideas and afterthoughts about what they have seen. While diary writers try to record how they feel very soon after things happen, journal writers try to better understand what has happened to them much later. Unlike a diary, a travel journal is written for lo
6、ts of readers. Its topics can be different from a diary, often including people, things, and events less familiar to the readers. T: Very good. In this unit, you have read the first two parts a travel journal. Some of the things described in these travels are real and some are not. By the way, anoth
7、er word for “afterthoughts” is “reflections”. The word “real” here refers to things that exist or have happened. So the things that are not real refer to anything that doesnt exist or hasnt happened. In other words, the people and events described in this journal are fictitious. Now please make a li
8、st of details from the travel journal that you believe are real and make another list of details that you dont believe are real. Then compare your lists with those of your classmates. Are you clear?Answer keys1. Answers will vary since lists will vary in length. Real details include anything about t
9、he geography of China and Southeast Asia, and the people who live there. Also, the places the bikers visit are real details.2. Answers will vary since lists will vary in length. Unreal details include anything about the four bikers and their personal experiences.T: Finished? Now make another list wi
10、th your partner, keeping only those details you can agree to. Then I will ask one of you to share your new list with the class.After two minutes, ask one student to write his / her list down on the blackboard.StepIII WritingT: Today lets do a writing practice. Imagine that you are a friend of Wang W
11、ei. You will write an e-mail to her. You can start your e-mail like the one on page 24. In your e-mail you will ask her to describe how she feels, what she is doing, and some things you want to know about. Finally you wish her well on her journey by using at least two of these expressions on Page 23
12、.Give the students some time to do it.Show on the slide a possible sampleMy dear brave Wang Kun,How are you these days? How I worry about you and Wang Wei. Are you enjoying your trip? I hope so. What are doing now? Are you in Cambodia yet? When you get to Phnom Penh, tell me about the Buddhist templ
13、es there. Please send some photos with your next letter! Well, have fun and dont forget to write to me! Say “Hello” to Wei for me.Good luck on your journey.Your friend forever,Ju Lin.T: Who is the volunteer to read aloud your e-mail to the class.S: Let me try.My dear Brave Wang Kun,How I worry about
14、 you and Wang Wei. Are you having a good time? Where are you now? Are you still in Laos? Can you tell me something about peoples life there? When are you getting to Vietnam? Please send me some photos with your next letter! Well, have a nice trip and take care. Dont forget to write to me! Give my be
15、st wishes to Wang Wei and your cousins.Good luck on your journey.Your close friend,Li PinStep IV PracticeT: Great! OK, everyone, its time to do the Writing task on Page 60. You are asked to write an advertisement that both foreigners and Chinese can read. This is a persuasive writing practice. You m
16、ust persuade or convince your classmates to use your travel agency with this advertisement. So you must make your advertisement attractive to readers. You must choose words carefully and offer the best services for the reasonable price. Perhaps you should consider in the position of your guests. Fir
17、st think of a name for your travel agency. Then choose a famous place near your hometown and list its attractions. Finally discuss what you need to put into your poster, including the pictures and words with your group members.A sample discussion.S1: I think we can call it “Hope travel”. Hearing it,
18、 we can always think of hope.S2: I agree. Our province is full of attractions, such as Wutai Mountain, Heng Mountain. And Shanxi noodles are well known.S3: Yes. We can use beautiful pictures and words.T: Im glad youve had a heated discussion. Now use your ideas to make the poster. Be sure to include
19、 all the information that visitors may need, the price and the details of the tour, contact number, etc. A sample has been given on Page 60. Write one carefully.Step V Home workT: After class show your poster to another group. Ask them to give you some advice on improving it. Revise it and put it on the wall for others to see and value. Class is over. Bye.
