(共20张PPT)
M1U1 Life Choices
A Personal Email
Are you still in contact with your junior secondary school classmates
You are going to write an email to one of your junior secondary school classmates about your new school life. Discuss the following questions with your partners and then report to the class about your partner’s answers .
1) Who are you going to write to
2) What do you want to tell him / her
3) What do you want to know from him / her
Warming-Up
Reading for contents
Read the email. Answer the questions.
1) Who is Fang Lan Why is Wang Ying writing to her
2) How does her life in senior secondary school differs from junior secondary school
3) Is the email formal or informal Why is it written this way
1) Who is Fang Lan
Why is Wang Ying
writing to her
An old friend.
To say Hello.
To ask about Fang Lan’s
new school life.
To share her new senior
secondary school life
with Fang Lang.
2) How does her life in
senior secondary school
differ from junior
secondary school
It is much bigger.
They don’t have a fixed
classroom. They have
different classes and have
many different clubs after
class.
3) Is the email formal or informal Why is it wkkkjritten this way
Informal. It is written this way because they are friends.
Reading for structure
Label the elements on the left of the email. (Ex. 3)
a. ending and wishes
b. greeting
c. subject line
d. reason to finish writing
e. questions about the other person
f. information about one’s own life
g. signature
b. greeting
e. questions about the other person
f. Information about one’s own life
d. reason(s) to finish writing
a. ending and wishes
g. signature
b
e
f
d
a
g
Dear Fang Lan
How’s your life in Canada I hope you have adapted well to the new situation and are enjoying your new school.
I love my new senior secondary school. It’s much bigger than my junior secondary school and there’s a huge gym! Do you remember Xie Zijun Guess what –We’re in the same school! It’s always good to have a friend, right Life in senior secondary school is very different from junior secondary school! You know, we don’t have a fixed classroom! We go to different classes for different subjects and also for different levels. I’m in the same class with Zijun for English and physics but in different classes for Chinese and maths. We also have many different clubs after class. You know, I like dancing so I’m in the Dancing Club. At the moment, we meet twice a week and we’re preparing to attend a competition. I think my new school gives me a chance to become a different person and I like the “new me”.
Well, I must go now. I’ve got a presentation tomorrow and I need to finish my slides. I look forward to hearing all about what’s happening with you soon. All the best!
,
Yours,
Wang Ying
Dear Fang Lan,
How’s your life in Canada I hope you have adapted well to the new situation and are enjoying your new school.
1. 问候
2. 背景
I am writing to share my life in
senior high school with you.
3. 目的
1.适应 adapt to
2.与...不同
be different from= differ from
3.现在,目前
at the moment = at present
4.参加比赛
attend a competition
5.给某人机会做某事
give sb. a chance to do sth.
6.期待
look forward to doing sth.
Writing-Step 1: Outlining
Complete the outline of your email based on the format and sentences we have discussed.
Subject line: ____________________________
Greeting: ______________________________
Questions to ask: _____________________________________________________
Information about you: _________________________________________________
Reasons to finish writing:________________________________________________
Ending: _____________________________________________________________________
Topic Talk
Your
New
School
Life
What is it like
How do you feel
about it and why
Is it different from
your previous school life
What is your plan for your
new school life
exciting/interesting/stressful
/boring/challenging
excited/interested/stressed
/bored/relaxed
bigger/more dynamic/
lake/teachers/classmates/food/
after- school activities
learn many new things
develop confidence/
competence in...
happier, more fruitful
and satisfying life
Structure and language: Sentence builder
Analyse the sentence structures of the sentences.
主+谓+宾
We don’t have a fixed classroom.
We are in the same classroom.
There is a huge gym.
My school gives me a chance.
主+系动词+表
There be+真正主语
主+谓+(间接) 宾语+(直接)宾语
Structure and language: Sentence builder
Write 4 sentences about your new school life by following the sentence structures.
主+谓+宾
主+系动词+表
There be+真正主语
主+谓+(间接) 宾语+(直接)宾语
I take part in …
Our high school is …
There are … in my school.
…
Compose your writing
假如你是李华,你在新学校学习已两个多月,请根据以下提示,用英语给你的朋友Jane写封电子邮件,谈一谈你的高中生活。
1. 介绍你的学校;
2. 你的同学或老师;
3. 展望未来。
注意:可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Compose your writing
审题谋篇
体裁 主题 人称 时态 结构
应用文 学校生活 第一人称为主 一般现在时为主 第一段:邮件目的
第二段:学校生活
第三段:展望未来
范文赏析
Hi Han Mei,
How’s everything going I hope you have adapted well to the new school life.
I love my new senior secondary school. It's much bigger than my junior secondary school. Besides, there's a beautiful lake! I find walking around it relaxing. My classmates are very friendly and I have made lots of new friends, which makes me excited. Life in senior secondary school is very different from that in previous one. There are lots of subjects to learn and I find doing my homework stressful. But we also have many different clubs after class. You know, I like singing so I’m in the singing club. I think my new school life gives me a chance to be a better person. In the next three years, I hope I will learn many things and have a satisfying life.
Well, I must go now. I’ve got a presentation tomorrow and I need to finish my slides. I look forward to hearing all about what’s happening with you soon.
All the best!
Li Hua
Thank you