Lesson 20  Let’s Write Home

lesson 20  let’s write home teaching content: 1. mastery words: letter, dear, dad, soon, bottom, address, stamp               2. a text about writing a letter               3. some useful expressionsteaching goals: 1. understand the meaning of the text             2. remember the mastery wordskey points: learn how to write a postcard          learn how to write an envelopedifficult points: write a letterpreparations: postcards, letters, envelopesteaching aids: audiotape, postcards, envelopes, letterstype: textteaching procedure1.      opening class1)      greet the students in english and make sure they can response correctly.2)      everyday report in english3)      check the homework and explain something when necessary. 2.      key conceptsstep 1 presentationask the following questions: have you ever write a letter in chinese?do you know how to write a letter in english?where do you put the address?    where do you put the stamp? today we will learn how to write an english letter. step 2 listen and thinklisten to the tape of a letter. then look through the text together with the students. show the students some letters and envelopes and let them know how to write a letter. learn the words: top, bottom, left and right. show a letter to the students when explaining. step 4 demonstration use objects in the classroom—such as the blackboard, a door or a window—to demonstrate top, left, right, bottom and corner. ask the volunteers to show you the top, left, right and corner of objects in the classroom. step 5 practice divide the class into small groups. ask each group to make up a dialogue about buying postcards. why are they buying postcards? who do they buy them for？what pictures do the postcards have？ step 6 play a gameplay “opposites” with the new words and the words they know. step 7 deal with “let’s do it”make a postcard. draw a picture on it including a place for writing a note, a place for the address and a place for the stamp. write to a classmate. do you know his or her address? ask！ step 8 if time permits, do some exercises in the activity book.