(共21张PPT)
Unit 1 Know yourself
Task
By the end of the class, students are expected to
1. learn to introduce others.
2. learn to write a formal recommendation letter.
Learning objectives
New words and expressions.
speech n.演说,讲话,发言;台词
absent adj.缺席的
monitor n.班长
position n.职位;位置;名次
agree with sb 同意某人(的看法)
What is more important
It is unwise to judge a person by appearance(外貌).
A person’s good qualities are even more important than abilities.
personality
ability
…
Zhong Nanshan
Discussion
What do you think of Zhong Nanshan
hard-working
selfless
creative
energetic
confident
optimistic(乐观)
perseverant
(坚持不懈)…
A spidergram
(蜘蛛状说明)
Strong qualities lead to his success.
Tip: Before writing, We can make a spidergram to organize our ideas more clearly.
David
Organized
Helpful
Clever
He has won several science competitions.
He will help us with our lessons if we are absent from school.
Confident
He is not afraid of making a speech in front of many people.
He often helps other students.
He never forgets the things he needs to do.
He always comes up with good ideas.
He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best.
He always does extra work after class.
Hard-working
He spends a lot of time helping with our class projects.
He has learnt to use the computer to get himself more organized.
Know David
Tip: When we talk about a person’s qualities, we need to use some examples to support them.
David
Organized
Helpful
Clever
He has won several science competitions.
He will help us with our lessons if we are absent from school.
Confident
He is not afraid of making a speech in front of many people.
He often helps other students.
He never forgets the things he needs to do.
He always comes up with good ideas.
He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best.
He always does extra work after class.
Hard-working
He spends a lot of time helping with our class projects.
He has learnt to use the computer to get himself more organized.
Know David
Class 1, Grade 9 needs a new monitor. The students want to recommend David as their new monitor.
David has many strong qualities
for the position.
班长
职位;位置;名次
David is the most suitable person to be their monitor.
Dear Mr Wu,
1. We are writing to recommend David as our new monitor. We think he has many strong qualities for the position.
2. David is very confident. He thinks he (1)___________
___________________________. He is not afraid of (2)________________________________.
3. We also think he is (3)___________. He always does extra work after class. He spends (4)___________________________________.
can do anything if he tries his best
making a speech in front of many people
hard-working
a lot of time helping with our class projects
4. David is clever. He (5)________________________, and he has won (6)____________________.
5. David is (7)________ and never (8)_________________________. He has learnt to (9)_____________________________________.
6. He is also very (10)______. He often (11)_________________. For example, he will (12)_______________________________________.
always comes up with good ideas
several science competitions
organized
forgets the things he needs to do
use the computer to get himself more organized
helpful
helps other students
help us with our lessons if we are absent from school
7.We think David is the most suitable person to be our monitor. We hope that you agree with us.
Yours sincerely
Millie Simon
① The structure(结构) of a recommendation letter
Greetings
Main body
Dear Mr Wu,
1. We are writing to recommend David as …
2. David is very confident. He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best. He is not afraid of making a speech in front of many people.
3. We also think he is hard-working. He always does extra work after class. He spends a lot of time helping with our class project.
…
the purpose of the letter
qualities & examples
Para. 1
Para. 2-6
① The structure(结构) of a recommendation letter
Signature
(签名)
Closing
(结束语)
7. We think David is the most suitable person to be our monitor. We hope that you agree with us.
Yours sincerely
Millie Simon
conclusion (the writer’s hope)
Para. 7
② Useful sentence patterns (句型)
He/She has many strong qualities for this position/award.
We are writing to recommend … as+职位/for +荣誉.
… is very confident/clever/helpful/hard-working.
We think … is the most suitable/right person to be ….
We hope that you agree with us.
He/She always/often/never ….
purpose
qualities & examples
conclusion
③ Good word choices(选择)
We also think he is hard-working.
He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best.
He always comes up with good ideas, and he has won several science competitions.
For example, he will help us with our lessons if we are absent from school.
…
adverbs(副词),
conjunctions(连词),
…
The headmaster(班主任)of our class needs one more helper to help her manage the class better. You need to recommend someone for the position.
Writing time
The best of you
example
example
example
example
example
Know yourself
Some words can help you
active, hard-working, clever, kind, confident, patient, curious, generous, modest, organized, friendly, energetic, creative, careful, humorous, polite, outgoing(外向的), easy-going(随和的),
imaginative(富有想象力的), optimistic(乐观的),
perseverant(坚持不懈的)…
Dear Mr/Ms ________,
I’m writing to recommend _____ as your little helper. I think ________________________________________________.
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________.
I think ________ the most suitable person to be__________ __________________________________________.
Yours sincerely
___________
A self-recommendation letter 自荐信
How to appraise(评价) a good writing (结构,内容,语言,书写)
Good structure (合理的结构)
Complete content (完整的内容)
Wonderful expressions(精彩的表达)
Right person and tenses (正确的人称和时态)
Correct word spelling(正确的拼写)
Beautiful handwriting(漂亮的书写)
Choose the best writing in your group.
Checking in groups
GOOD JOB