北师大版（2019）必修 第一册Unit 3 Celebrations WRITING WORKSHOP AN EVENT DESCRIPTION课件(共18张PPT)

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北师版（2019）必修一
Unit 3 Celebrations
WRITING WORKSHOP AN EVENT DESCRIPTION
Learning objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. talk about a celebration event that you have had before;
2. get general and detailed information from an event description;
3. learn the structure and language of the description;
4. write about a celebration event that you have had before;
5. cooperate with group mates actively through checking your
descriptions together.
Review.
Lead-in
What festivals and events have been mentioned before
How do you describe festivals and events
Christmas
Mid-Autumn Festival
Dragon-Boat Festival
birthday party
graduation ceremony
Spring Festival
You are going to write about a celebration event that you have had before. Discuss with your partner.
What festivals and events have you attended recently
What celebration do you want to write about and why
What details do you want to include
Pre-writing
Read and predict.
Whose birthday was it
What did the family do to prepare for it
What gift did the writer make
How did Grandpa feel and what did he say
Read the description. Check your predictions.
It was Grandpa’s birthday.
Mum cooked special food. Dad invited Grandpa’s friends.
The writer made a video of Grandpa’s life story for him.
The event made Grandpa very excited. He said it was a “wonderful birthday celebration” and that he was “looking forward to my eightieth, ninetieth and even one hundredth birthdays already!”
Suggested Answers
Whose birthday was it
What did the family do to prepare for it
What gift did the writer make
How did Grandpa feel and what did he say
Read the description and focus on structure.
Read the description again. Place the phrases in the correct order. Then add details.
Preparations before the event Feelings about the event
The best part of the event Introduction to the event
Introduction to the event
Grandpa’s 70th birthday
Preparations before the event
birthday lunch; gift (video)
The best part of the event
invitation to Grandpa’s old friends;
when Grandpa and his friends appeared in an old photo in their school uniforms
Feelings about the event
excited
Read the text again. Underline the words used to link sentences and paragraphs. Then, write 2-3 similar sentences for your writing. Use the Sentence Builder to help you.
Sentence Builder
Adverbs of Time and Manner
first / then / after that / finally
First I got dressed. Then I headed downstairs.
luckily / amazingly / surprisingly / excitedly
Surprisingly, they were Grandpa’s best friends from secondary school.
Adverb of Time
时间副词，尤其是表示具体时间的副词，一般位于句首或句尾，某些这类词有时也可位于句中。常用的时间副词有：finally， yet，still，now，soon，lately，shortly，then， recently，presently，already，before，early，late，today等。
例句：
I couldn’t go shopping yesterday so I’ll have to go today.
我昨天没能去购物，所以今天我必须去。
Recently, though, she seems to have run out of energy.
然而，最近她好像已经精疲力竭了。
She was then teaching in a middle school.
她当时在一所中学教书。
英语中有相当多的表示情感、意愿的副词。常用的此类副词有：gladly，happily，warmly，gratefully，proudly，excitedly，calmly，shyly，nervously，sadly，desperately，luckily，fortunately，unfortunately等。这类副词一般放在动词之后，有时也可以放在句首。
例句：
She smiled at me gratefully.
她感激地对我笑了笑。
“My best friend is leaving,” she said sadly.
“我最好的朋友要走了，”她伤心地说。
Luckily, the museum was not damaged in the earthquake.
幸运的是，博物馆没有在地震中被损坏。
Adverb of Manner
Complete the outline of your event description based on Activity 3.
While-writing
Writing Help
Describing an Event
It’s important to:
mention the reason why you want to describe the event;
write the place, time, occasion and people of the event;
use action verbs and linking words to put them in the right order;
describe your feelings at the end of the event.
Introduction to the event
Preparations before the event
The best part of the event
Feelings about the event
Use the outline and the Writing Help to write your first draft.
AN EVENT DESCRIPTION
Edit your description in pairs. Then share what you have written in class. (Peer Editing Sheet for Unit 3, page 90.)
Post-writing
Does the writer show the main idea of the passage
Does the writer include the time, place of the event
Does the writer describe details of the event
Does the writer describe his / her feeling(s)
Does the writer use linkers to connect the series of activities
Mark any spelling, punctuation or grammar errors.
Mark any unclear expressions. Give suggestions if you can.
Underline the expressions you like.
Comments:
Words and Expressions
That day was awesome. (P56)
那天真是太棒了。
awesome /' s m/ adj. 令人赞叹的；很好的
例句
It was an awesome responsibility.
那是一个令人敬畏的责任。
We had an awesome task ahead of us.
我们有艰巨的任务在前面等着。
We had an awesome time at the concert.
我们在音乐会上度过了一段美好的时光。
You did an awesome job on that project.
你在那个项目上表现很出色。
1
Grandpa couldn’t believe his eyes and it took quite a long time for them to calm down.
(P62)
爷爷不敢相信自己的眼睛，他们过了很长时间才平静下来。
calm /kɑ m/ vi. & vt. （使）平静，（使）镇定
calm down 冷静下来
例句
His words were effective in calming her fears.
他的话有效地缓解了她的恐惧。
Have some tea; it’ll calm your nerves.
喝点茶吧，这会使你紧张的神经松弛下来。
He needs to calm down enough to tell police about the accident.
他需要稳定一下情绪，再向警方讲述事故的经过。
2
Polish up your description based on teacher’s and classmates’ suggestions.
Homework