Chapter 1 Making friends
the teacher asks students to find the six parts of the letter.
2) while-reading tasks:
general reading task:
read the whole text in 3 minutes and answer the following question:
what does simon mainly talk about in each paragraph? ( para.= paragraph)
para.1 para.2 para3. para4.
specific reading tasks:
read the text carefully and then answer the following questions. the teacher will list these questions before reading each paragraph.
1) read paragraph one and fill in the form:
name age height hair and eyes hobby
2) how many people are there in simon’s family? who are they?
3) who is edwin? what does edwin work as?
4) what is simon’s best subject at school?
5）where is simon in the photo?
step5 post-reading tasks: (topics & sentence patterns)
activity: (group work &pair work)
there are three topics about introducing yourself to your penfriends, the teacher divides the whole class into groups. each group can choose one topic and have a discussion in several minutes. then the teacher will choose some pairs of students to make dialogues and act the dialogues out.
topic1: talk about yourself:
what’s your name? my name is…..
how old are you? i am ……years old.
what’s your height? i am…….cm tall.
what’s your favourite hobby？ my favourite hobby is……
…… ……
topic2 talk about your family:
where do you live? i live in……..(shenzhen,shanghai…..)
how many brothers and sisters do you have? i have ……sisters/ brothers.