北师大版（2019）选择性必修第一册Unit 2 Success Writing Workshop课件(共20张）

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Unit 2 Success
Writing Workshop
Learning objectives
To read and talk about a life story
To read for writing
To summarise information
To learn and practise time expressions
To write a life story of a person you like or admire
What kind of books are they
Warming-up
Define the following words.
Biography:
Autobiography:
a book that tells what has happened in someone’s life, written by someone else
a book in which someone writes about their own life
A Life Story
general personal information
big events
(time, place, achievements …)
awards/comments
spirits
……
When writing a life story, what will you include in your writing
Read the text and answer the following questions.
Who is Lang Ping
Why was her named “Iron Hammer”
What is her experience as an athlete
What is her experience as a coach
Why do people like Lang Ping
Reading
Who is Lang Ping
Lang Ping is one of China’s most recognised athletes.
2. Why was her named “Iron Hammer”
3. What is her experience as an athlete
Her strong and powerful playing style earned her the name
“Iron Hammer”.
In the 1984 Olympics, China’s team won the gold medal. With Lang Ping’s help, the team achieved a series of amazing wins from 1981 to 1985, including the World Cup, Olympics and the World Championship.
4. What is her experience as a coach
5. Why do people like Lang Ping
After retiring as an athlete in 1986, she has been successful as a volleyball coach in the United States and Italy. In 1995, she returned to become the coach of the women’s national team who won the 2015 World Cup.
People like her not only because of her devotion to her career, but also because of her huge influence on the sport of volleyball.
Scan the text and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
General introduction of Lang Ping
Lang Ping as an athlete
Lang Ping as a coach
Major awards and comments
The text can be divided into three parts.
Why do you write about him/her
What are his/her important experiences
How is he/she perceived by you/public
Think of a person whose life story you’d like to introduce.
In preparing your writing, the following questions can be helpful.
Writing
Who do you want to write about
Outlining
An example of outline — Life story of Tu Youyou
Why do I write about her She is the first female Chinese scientist who won the Nobel Prize.
What are her important experiences She discovered Artemisinin.
What do I think of her She contributed a lot to curing malaria.
Writing help
It’s important to:
Focus on what is special about the person you are writing about;
Choose important events and achievements to show why he / she is special;
Use time expressions to describe past events or experiences;
Use past tenses to write about events in the past.
Writing help
Time expressions
1. at, on, in 在
e.g. I get up at 6:00 every day.
We don’t have classes on Sunday.
He was born in 1997.
at noon, at night, at the age of 17 ...
on the morning of March 18 ...
in winter, in the morning / afternoon / evening ...
2. for, during, through 一段时间
e.g. She has been ill for several days.
I went to France during summer vacation.
They worked really hard through the winter.
3. from, since 从……开始/以来
e.g. You can come anytime from Monday to Friday.
We have known each other since ten years ago.
Writing help
4. before, by, until 在……之前, 直到……
e.g. Please come before ten o’clock.
We had learned 10,000 words by the end of last term.
I didn’t go to bed until 12 o’clock.
5. after, in 在……之后
e.g. The meeting will end after 3:00 p.m.
I’ll arrive in an hour.
Writing help
Drafting
Use your outline and Writing Help to write your first draft.
Why do I write about him/her
What are his/her important experiences
How is he/she perceived by me/public
Drafting
Useful expressions
Edit your essay in pairs using the following sheet.
Does the writing show the person’s specialty
Does the writer use important events to show his/her specialty
Does the writer us correct tenses
Does the writer use proper time expressions
Can you get an image of the person’s personality from the writing
Editing
Revise your first draft with the help of peer feedback.
Assignment