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Unit 9
Unit 9
Have you ever been to a museum Section B 2 3a-3b
Dacheng Junior School
TongJing 2019-03-16
屏山县工作坊
单元作文微课
GO FOR IT Grade8
Objectives
Students can know how to describe their hometowns and other places.
2. Students can describe size, location, population, weather, history, places to visit and things to eat.
3. Students can collect writing materials and organize them.
Writing thinking
第一步：审题
体裁：记叙文
人称：第一人称
时态：现在完成时态与过去时态
第二步：列提纲
第三步：列出主要的单词、短语和句型。
第四步：连句成篇
3a
Make a list of facts about your hometown or a place you have been to. Think about these topics.
Size and location: ________________
Population: _____________________
Weather: _______________________
History: ________________________
Places to visit: ___________________
Things to eat: ___________________
Main points:
What do you know about ...
Size and location
Place to visit
weather
history
population
food
Outline:
Population
...has a population of.../a city with a population of.../The population of...has grown to...
It is warm all the seasons
(warm, cold, sunny, rainy...)
Weather
size and location
The size of our city is...
be located in.../be situated in.../lie in...
at the foot of.../on the top of...
History
...has a long history (of ...years)
with a long history (of...years)
The city...known as... attracts millions of visitors from all over the world.
The city is well-known as .../famous for...
The city is home to...
Places of interest
Food
You can taste the local food. The food
is famous for...
Sentence patterns：
Have you ever tried/seen/been…
If you…, you will/can…
You should…
One great thing about …is…
3b
Write an article to advertise your hometown or a place you have been to.
Writing requirement:
Have you ever been to...
How did you go there
When did you go there
How was the food/people/weather/....there
Did you have a good time
Welcome to my hometown! Have you ever been to Pingshan county Pingshan is my hometown. It Yibin. It five thousand. If you go there, you should take the bus or drive a car. The weather here is
It is a modern and busy county. It
lies in the west of
has a population of
good. It is not so cold in winter
or so hot in summer.
has a long history.
There are many big supermarkets, beautiful gardens and good factories here. It is very easy to go shopping. You can see green hills, big trees and nice flowers. There are many restaurants in Pingshan .You can
Many visitors come here to enjoy it.
enjoy the local food.
The food is famous for pingshan goat.
It tastes very delicious.
There are many good places to visit.
My school is one of the best schools in my hometown. It is very beautiful. The people of my hometown are all living a happy life. I hope you can come and visit soon.
If you go to Pingshan, I’m sure you will enjoy yourself.
There is a park and a big Shopping Mall.
You can see films in Wangfujing Theatre.
Welcome to my hometown! Have you ever been to Pingshan county Pingshan is my hometown. It lies in the west of Yibin. It has a population of five thousand. If you go there, you should take the bus or drive a car. The weather here is good. It is not so cold in winter or so hot in summer. It is a modern and busy town. It has a long history.
There are many big supermarkets, beautiful gardens and good factories here. It is very easy to go shopping. You can see green hills, big trees and nice flowers. There are many restaurants in Pingshan.You can enjoy the local food. The food is famous for pingshan goat.It tastes very delicious. Many visitors come here to enjoy it.
There are many good places to visit. There is a park and a big Shopping Mall. You can see films in Wangfujing Theatre. My school is one of the best schools in my hometown. It is very beautiful. The people of my home town are all living a happy life.I hope you can come and visit soon.
If you go to Pingshan, I’m sure you will enjoy yourself.A Teaching Handouts
Teaching Aims:
Knowledge aims:
(1) Students can know how to describe their hometowns and other places.
(2) Students can describe size, location, population, weather, history, places to visit and things to eat.
Ability aims:
(1) Students can collect writing materials and organize them.
(2) Students will improve their writing skills of drafting, outlining and revising.
Emotional aims:
Students’ interest of learning English can be evoked and also can form a good consciousness of loving the hometown.
Teaching Key and Difficult Points:
Teaching key points:
Students can use the useful expressions to describe a place.
Teaching difficult points:
How to make students use the writing skills in their future writing
Teaching Methods:
Communicative Approach; Task-based Teaching Method
Teaching procedure
Step 1 Warming up and lead-in
Present some places of interest in China on the screen. Then ask them if they have been to these places.
Step 2: Pre-writing
1. Free talk something about hometown or a place.
2. Group work.
Four students in a group. Then time for discussion. Make a list of facts about their hometown or a place they have been to, according to the following aspects: size and location, population, weather, history, places to visit, things to eat. Then ask the representatives to display their notes.
T: Which place do you want to introduce to us
S: I want to introduce my hometown, Huainan.
T: What is the size of this city
S: It is 2596 square kilometers.
And the other students should take some notes on the useful expressions.
Step 3: While-writing
1. Drafting: Give students 15 minutes to writes a draft about “your hometown or a place you have been to” according to the notes.
2. Peer-editing: After the drafting, ask students to check their article with desk mates. They should read the writing and check the ideas or the logical development. Also, check carefully the grammar, spelling and punctuation of their writing.
Step 4: Post-writing
Ask several students to read their passages and then give some evaluations from the advantages and disadvantages. Then ask students to revise their own articles.
Step 5: Summary and Homework
Summary:
Ask students to act as an assistant teacher to conclude what we have learned this class. And then make a summary.
Homework:
Continue revising the writing according to evaluations and hand in the next class.
Blackboard design
Teaching reflection:
