(共21张PPT)
Unit 3
Celebrations
Writing workshop An event description
celebrations
What celebrations do you know
wedding
graduation
birthday
festivals
New term
recovery
funerals
prize
prepare
party
dinner
clothes
speech
Lucky money
fireworks
gifts
activities
feelings
overjoyed
happy
excited
impressed
awesome
moved
eager
Step 1: pair-discussion
What celebration do you want to write about and why
What details do you want to include
You are going to write about a celebration
event that you have had before.
Step 2: pare-writing
Task1.Look at the picture and make a prediction:
1.What did they celebrate
2.How did they celebrate it
3.How did they feel
Step 3: Read Para1 & para4
Topic Sentence
Supporting Sentence 1
Supporting Sentence 2
Supporting Sentence 3
Conclusion Sentence
How was the ady
feelings
wonderful
wonderful
It's a wonderful
Birthday
celebration...
That day was
awesome.
It was Grandpa’s
70th birthday.
Step 4: Read Para2 & 3 carefully
Person
人称
The first person
Tense
时态
The
Simple
Past tense
Order
顺序
Time
order
Character
角色
Whole family
The guests
Step 4: Read Para2 & 3 carefully
Order
顺序
Time
order
Tip1: To make our article more organized,
we canfollow the time order.
Early in the morning, I woke up excitd.First I got dressed quickly. Then I headed downstairs to help. Mum was already in the kitchen preparing Grandpa‘s special birthday lunch. Dad was nowhere to be seen.After a quick breakfast, I checked the special gift I had made for Grandpa, a video of his life story---for the last time. For weeks I had been working on these,listening toGrandpa’s stories,selecting his favorite music and collecting photos from the family album.
Just before lunchtime,Dad came in with some guests. Surprisingly, there were Grandpa‘s best friends from secondary school, all in their seventies. Grandpa couldn’t believe his eyes and it took quite a long time for them to calm down As soon as the guests took their seats,Grandpa favorite nusic began to fill the room with memories of the old days. With each old photo, the guests saw how Grandpa grew from a handsome boy to a kind old gentleman.The best part came when Grandpa.
Tip2: To make our article more attractive, we can describe some activities by using adj./adv..
What are these missing words
What details did the author mention
Time
order
Early in the morning...
1.woke up ...dressed ...
2.has already been preparing...
After a quick breakfast...
checked... listening..., selecting... and collecting....
Just before lunchtime...
Dad came with...Grandpa couldn't believe....
As soon as the guests took seats...
Music began to fill..Guests saw how...
The best part came when...
Tip 3: To make our article more vivid, we can describe some activities in detail by using verbs.
Advanced writing skills
climax高潮
awesome
Mum and l prepare
Dad was nowhere
to be seen.
lunchtime:
guests came in
Grandpa couldn’t
believe his eyes
The best part
came when…
wonderful
suspense悬念
make your “hamburger”
Work in group of four.
Choose one of the celebration events you have experienced before and draw a mind map.
Based on your mind map.
Student A
Student B
Student C
Student D
What happened in the end When did it finish Was it good
What Where When Who
To describe the preparations before it.
To introduce the celebration.
What preparations What gift What food
To describe the best part of it.
What happened during the party
To describe people's feelings.
useful words and expressions.
1. That day was my ... and I will always remember it because...
2. I was wild with joy when the day came. It was ...
3. I began the day by ... First, and then, ...
4. After the ... and we sat happily/eagerly together to...
5. Time flies before we knew it and finally we...
6. Though tired, I felt awesome that we spent great time together.
7. It had to be the most exciting day of my life and I will remember it for ever.
Sharing
Read your description out loud !
summary
Make a summary about "how to describe an event"
suspense and climax
a neat structure
activities and feelings
time order
proper adjs & advs
Important life moments
Cherish the time with our parents,friends,classmates,
teachers and begrateful to them.
Cherish every moment of our life.
Homework
1.Polishing: finish your second draft based on the editing opinions.
2.Search for more information on celebration events on the Internet.
Thank you !