Unit1 Model3 Reading for Writing
活动主题:该板块的活动主题是“写你的节日经历”(write about your festival experience)。该板块的教学目标是将交流的内容转化为文字,完成一篇有关节日经历的日记。通过阅读和学习这篇日记,学生不仅能够了解我国蒙古族“那达慕大会”这一传统节日,还能从文中感受到蒙古族人民的性格特色,娱乐精神及其浓厚的文化氛围,让学会学会欣赏和珍惜多姿多彩的民族文化。
文本分析:该文本是记叙文,日记。通过阅读该篇日记,了解写日记的几个注意要素:opening, body, closing。了解日记的人称、时态、写作顺序,作者的心理活动、情绪、感受描写等。以及本单元的目标语言结构-动词-ing形式,其中不仅包括做定语和表语的用法,还包括作主语、宾语补足语等的用法。
Teaching Aim:
Help students learn some information about how to write a diary.
Learn some ways to express emotions
Learn some skills about describing activities in detail
Learn how to arrange ideas
Teaching Importance:
How to write a diary
Make use of what you have learnt in the passage, such as text structures, micro-skills in writing etc.
Teaching Difficulties:
Students have a Lack of writing skills
Students don’t have a general idea of diversified interpretation
Teaching Procedure:
Step1 Lead in
Q: How did you feel about the hiking Q: Is there any related homework from your teachers about the hiking Step2: Pre-reading
Q: What is the text’s writing style Q: What do you want to know according to the title Q: What activities did the writer experience Q: Why are these experiences amazing Step3: While-reading
A general idea about a diary: person, tense, writing order
What are amazing
How did the writer describe his/ her feelings/ emotions during the event Please find out the sentences.
Step4: Further reading
Q: What does the sentence “Horses are at the heart of Mongolian culture...” imply
Q: What is the most amazing thing to you about the festival
Step 5: A quote
Keeping a diary supports a person’s development.
- Steven Sagmeister Step6: Conclusion
Step7: Assignment
Step8 Samples from students