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. To describe a person with adjectives and examples;
2. To use the spider gram to organize the ideas when writing.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step1 Lead in
1. 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.
2. Guess: Who is he/she
T: She is hard-working. She is willing to work extra hours. She often does operations for about 10 hours a day. She is a character in our book. Who is she
S: She is Fang Yuan.
T: Now, describe one of your classmates like this, and others guess who he/she is.
Step 2 Presentation
Make a spider gram of Jackie Chan
T: What do you think of Jackie Chan
S: …
T: Yes. He has many good personal qualities. Can you give me some examples to support your ideas I’ll give you some pictures to help you. Then, make up a dialogue with your partners like this:
S1: What do you think of Jackie Chan
S2: He is hard-working.
S1: You mean he works hard, right
S2: Yes.
S1: Can you give me an example
S2: Of course. He has played in more than 100 movies.
T: Now, look at the spider gram. It helps us organize the ideas clearly.
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.”
Step 4 Production
1. Write a recommendation letter
T: Our school English Club needs a new chairperson and the football team needs a leader. Recommend one of your classmates to take one of the positions. 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 five aspects we should pay attention to: structure, content, tenses, word spelling and language.
3. Check in groups
T: After checking your article, read your article aloud in your group. Listen to others’ suggestions, and then improve it.
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.
V. Homework
1. Improve your recommendation letter;
2. Make a poster of the student you recommend with the letter.
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