Unit 4 making the news教案
using language
Teaching Aims:
1. Enable the studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts to express opinions of their own and do news-writing
2. Improve the students’ writing
Important Points and difficult points
Help the students le ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arn how to express their own opinions and write the news clearly
Teaching methods
Cooperative learning; Task-based method
Teaching procedures:
I. Present the task: making a newspaper
Make a newspaper for your schoolmates
The best newspapers will be put up on the “English Corner”.
II. Speaking
Skim & scan the main columns of the sample newspaper:
The Columns of the newspaper
The articles of the newspaper
Task 1: Discuss how ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to make a popular newspaper for your schoolmates
(elect the best designer of a newspaper in the end):
What columns will the newspaper have
What topic will each column talk about
How to do it cooperatively in a group
Task 2: Disc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )uss the form of a newspaper article by reading the model article on Page 68)
List the facts and the opinions that go with them
Clear structure:
State the situation of a story in Paragraph 1;
Set out what happened clearly in paragraphs 2 and 3;
State how the story ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) ended and your opinion on what happened in Paragraph 4.
Logical(coherent)
Connecting Words and Phrases:
※ Illustration o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r example: I think, I suggest, in other words, for example, in fact, that is
※ Addition: Besid ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es, moreover, in addition, again, also, and, finally, first, further, furthermore, last, next, second
※ Comparison: also, in the same way, similarly
※ Contrast: but, howev ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er, otherwise, although, but at the same time, even though, in contrast, in spite of, instead, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, though
※Summary: in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )short, in a word, in all, in brief, therefore, as has been said, in conclusion, in summary, on the whole, to summarize
※Emphasis: certainly, indeed, in fact, of course
III. Writing
Task 3: Write an article for your group’s newspaper
Task 4: Evaluation of writing
Criterion Excellent(20-25分) Good(15-20分) Average(10-15分) Poor(5-10)
Point of view
Organization
Language
Overall Impression
Task 5: Evaluation of Your Work in Class
The best co-operating groups
The best editors
The best writers
Task 6
I. Elaborati ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )on & prediction: get the students to predict what they will listen to and elaborate the topic to their known knowledge.
Task 1: Go over Ex1 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) on Page 31 and guess what they will listen to on the tape.(group discussion)
II. Listening
Task 2: Listen and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )circle the correct summary of the listening passage.
This is about a young man who is refused an interview with Liu Ming.
This is about a y ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oung man who is trying to arrange in interview with Liu Ming.
This is about a youn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g man who wants to ask Liu Ming about how to work abroad.
Task 3: Listen to the tape again and answer questions on Page 32.
Task 4: Listen to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the tape again and try to note down the dialogue (pair work)
Task5: Role-play th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e dialogue and elect the best actors (the most similar to the original dialogue)
III. Speaking and Listening
Discuss the phrase that may be used in making appointments (input)
Shall we make an appointment How about…
When are you fr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ee When do you think is convenient for you
Is it possible to… ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) I shall be busy at… and… but I can be free at…
Where is the best place Maybe we can meet at…
Task 7: Make an appoi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ntment according to the situation in Ex3 on Page 32
Task 8: Listen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to the tape and do Ex 1 and Ex2 (LISTENING)) on Page 62.
IV. Assignment
Finish making the newspaper in a group.