Travelling教案

 
presentation （study skills）
1 ask more able students what they want to find out when they read a passage. write ‘what’s it about?’ on the bb and try to elicit the other questions listed on the page. underline the ‘wh-‘ words.
2 read the letter to the whole class. ask more able students to close the books while i read. ask some open questions, e.g. , who is cindy? why is cindy unhappy? what is cindy’s problem? explain difficult or unfamiliar words.
3 ask students to read the letter carefully and underline the main points on their own using a pencil initially. remind them to refer to the ‘wh-‘ questions at the top of the page. divid the class into groups of four and ask students to compare the main points they have underlined. go through the letter again sentence by sentence and check the answers.
4 ask more able students to underline main points and circle keywords.
5 tell students to read them again, and answer the ‘wh-‘questions. students work in pairs.
language points （study skills）
smiling, general appearance, pleasant, ability  
presentation （main task）
1 explain the context of entering a writing competition of a teenagers’ magazine. if possible, find out about similar writing.
2 sk students to look at daniel’s notes in part a.
3 remind students that when we take notes, we don’t need to write in complete sentences--- we just need to write down the keywords.
4 encourage students to use a variety of adj. to avoid repetition. remind them of the adj. they’ve learned in this unit.
5 ask students to read daniel’s article in part c on their own. then ask general questions to check comprehension.
6 ask students to underline the adj. in the article.
7ask students to identify the four paragraphs in the article. help them identify the purpose of each paragraph. then focus on the layout of the article, e.g., introduction, main body and conclusion.
8 make sure that students are aware of the use of pronouns, which help link different ideas and sentences together and avoid repetition of names.
9 ask students to write a rough draft using their notes in part b, daniel’s article as a model and the plan in part d.
language points （main task）
live next door, have been friends for almost 10 years, wear a smile on her face   
presentation （checkout）
1tell students that they will be able to check their use of adj., comparatives and superlatives in the structures they have learned in the unit by doing part a.
2 ask students to read through the table and complete the conversation.