英语(九年级上册)
Unit 1 Know yourself
Task
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. talk about a person with some examples;
2. write a formal recommendation letter;
3. do self-checking after writing.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: speech, absent, monitor, position, make a speech, be absent from school, agree with sb.
2. New Structures: We are writing to recommend David as our monitor.
We think he has many strong qualities for this position.
We hope that you agree with us
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Describe a person with adjectives and examples;
2. Use the spider gram to organize the ideas when writing.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step1 Lead in
1. Free talk
What do you think of yourself
Why do you think so Can you give me an example
2. A guessing game
T: In this unit, we have learned a lot of words about personality. Let’s play a game to see if you have remembered them. I will give you some phrases or pictures, and tell me which words they describe. I hope you can give me the response quickly.
【设计意图:设置谈话和猜词游戏,复习已学词汇,为之后的写作做好铺垫。】
Step 2 Presentation
Make a spider gram of Fang Yuan
T: What do you think of Fang Yuan
S: …
T: Yes. She has many good personal qualities. Can you give me some examples to support your ideas
T: Now, look at the spider gram. It helps us organize the ideas clearly.
【设计意图:分析的个性特本单元Reading文章中的方圆医生的性格特征,提出用事例支持自己观点的理念。为学生搭建学习阶梯,真正学习制作蛛网图,帮助学生建立起清晰的写作脉络。】
Step 3 Practice
1. Finish the recommendation on Page19 according to the spider gram;
2. Check the answers together and read the letter by oneself;
3. Analyze the structure of the recommendation.
T: Like other letters, a recommendation letter includes greetings, main body, closing and signature. Think carefully and tell me how to form the main body of the letter. What is the first paragraph of the letter about
S: It’s about the purpose of the letter.
T: Right. That is to say, you should tell the receiver who you want to recommend and what position you will recommend him/her as. How about the second part
S: It’s about the person’s personalities and some examples.
T: Great! And in the last part, we can express our wishes. We call it “conclusion”. Then, find some useful expressions in this article.
S: When we write the purpose of the letter, we often use the expressions: We are writing to recommend … as our new monitor/… He/She has many strong qualities for this position.
When we write the conclusion, we often say: “We think … is the most suitable/right person to be … We hope that you agree with us.”
【设计意图:利用课本给出的蛛网图,完成推荐信。帮助学生分析文本结构,梳理写作框架,同时让学生自主找出“Useful expressions”,为之后的写作活动扫清障碍,打下基础。】
Step 4 Production
1. Write a recommendation letter
T: Our class teacher needs the Best Class Leader. Recommend one of your classmates to take the position. Remember to make a spider gram first and pay attention to the structure of the letter.
2. Self-check
T: Now, it’s time for you to check your article. There are six aspects we should pay attention to: structure, content, tenses, word spelling , language and writing.
【设计意图:自我检查在英语学习中起着重要的作用,在英语写作时亦然。学生参照基本评价标准,自主评价并修改,在此过程中养成自我发现问题、自我改进的良好习惯。】
3. Check in groups
T: After checking your article, read your article aloud in your group. Listen to others’advice, and then improve it.
【设计意图:在同伴互评的过程中,学生会发现自己的不足,提高修改文本的能力。同时,学生相互学习的良好品质得到培养,也会让他们变得更加的自信、积极。】
4. Show time
Show the best articles in front of the class. Make some comments on the article.
T: A good article should have a good structure, useful examples, right word choice and beautiful sentences. All these will help to create pictures in readers’ mind.
【设计意图:展示经过修改润色的文章,让学生学会取长补短,真正体会到什么是进步,真正培养学生写作、修改以及评价的能力。】