Newspapers and Magazines教案
(1)david bates has had a telescope for over 3 years.
(2)the first time he saw aliens on the moon was on june 25, .
(3)when he went to the police station, the police thought he was mad.
(4)ask the students to connect the sentences together and make it form a complete passage by adding some extra sentences and phrases among them.
（5）some students stand up and read out their passages. teachers may point out their weakness in the passages.
（6）teachers show the sample passage on the screen.
david bates has had a telescope for over 3 years. during the three years, he kept looking at the space using the telescope every day, and even if it was raining, he didn’t stop. david bates said that in fact he often saw the aliens on the moon. the first time he saw aliens on the moon was on june 25, , on which he was about to stop observing the sky, when he saw some creatures walking on the moon. he was astonished at it, so he immediately went to the police and prepared to tell them about the striking news. however, nobody believed him, instead, they thought he was a mad man.
3. post-writing
task 1: writing
1)divide students into several groups and ask them discuss and sum up the tips for writing the following parts of a story. teachers may walk around and find out if students have trouble summing up the tips themselves and you may give them a hand.
2)ask some students stand up and read out the tips for writing the following parts of a story.
3)teachers show them the tips on the screen and try to give an explanation using sample version.
(show the following on the screen. )
tips for writing an email:
1)make clear of the story.
2)make clear of the people, the place, and the time.
3)imagine how it will develop in the following parts.
4)pay much attention to the following points:
a)use some words used in this unit.
b)use the coherence word properly
c)use the correct tense
d)avoid spelling and other mistakes
task 2
ask the students to correct their writing.
check if
1)it is organized.
2)the coherence words are used properly.
3)there are any spelling, grammatical or other mistakes.
4)you answered all the questions that are mentioned in the letter.
→step 4 summary and homework
the teacher summarizes the contents of this period. this part is mainly about listening and speaking and writing. students can improve their listening skills by doing the exercises prepared in this unit. and through the activities about speaking, students know how to carry out a talk about some celebrities. then students learned how to keep a story going on by writing the next part of a piece of news. then give students their assignment: read “chinese taikonaut back on earth” again and mark a “/” when the speaker pause to show the sense groups.