Task
Teaching aims:
By the end of the class ,students can be able to:
1. Use charts to organize ideas before writing.
2. Write an article about introducing a country.
3. Be willing to know more about different countries.
Teaching steps
Step 1 Lead-in : Watch video and remember the information.
(看微课视频并记忆信息).
Step 2 Pre-writing : Look at the cards and read the information quickly .
Group 1 (orange) vs Group 2 (purple)
Step 3 Pre-writing : Fill in the chart. Put the cards into the chart correctly.
Step 4 Pre-writing: What makes a good article
a clear structure --Make the article clear
Part 1 Introduction Location & capital
Part 2 Main body---places to visit; what to do
Part 3 Tips time & weather & money
Hamburger Structure! (汉堡包式结构)
rich contents---Make the article rich.
1)Read topic sentence
2)Read the details
3. good language
1)Use suitable transitions---Make the article smooth
Fill in the blanks with “ moreover / but/ so / because / before ”
Use different expressions.---Make the article beautiful.
What are useful expressions
Step 5 While-writing: Make a chart !
Choose a country and make a chart to introduce it.
You can use the chart on Page 46 as a model.
Step 6 While-writing: Do a report !
Show the chart to the whole class.
Step7 Writing time : Write an article to introduce a country
Get the students to divide the article into three parts
Part 1 Introduction Location & capital
Part 2 Main body---places to visit; what to do
Part 3 Tips time & weather & money
2. Useful expressions:
It is a/an ... country.
..., the capital, is big and modern / beautiful.
It has always been famous for ...
There are/is ... on / in ...
The best time to visit ... is ...
The weather often / seldom changes ...
Step 9 Post-writting : Give the points!
Ask students to be a teacher and correct one of the articles and give the points.
Score standard.评分标准
1. clear structure(3 points)
2. rich content(9 points)
3. fine language(2 points)
4. good hand-writing(1 point)
Step 9 Homework
1. Review the way to write a good article
2. Learn more about other countries.