《英语》（九年级上册）
Unit 6 TV programmes
Task
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
learn to make an outline before writing;
learn to create a simple TV drama script.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: gun, twin, burglar, receive a message, ask for help, call the police, three men in police uniforms, with guns in their hands, be pushed into a minibus, open the back door of ...
2. New structure: The twins saw three men in police uniforms coming out of the building with guns in their hands.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Teach the students how to create a TV drama script.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
T: Do you like watching drama series? Have you watched this drama series Modern Family?
What do you think of it?
S: It is exciting/interesting/humorous ...
T: Do you know this man? He is good at writing stories. He wrote the TV drama script for Modern Family. Because of his good writing, we can enjoy such exciting drama series.
【设计意图：通过电视剧引出编剧，让学生对于本课的写作任务有了初步的认识。】
Step 2 learn about the outline
1. Learn about the background.
T: Look, Millie is writing a TV drama script for a competition. To write a good TV drama script, she made an outline before writing. Now let’s take a look at the first half of her outline.
How many parts are there in the outline? What are they?
S: There are two. They are the background and the story.
T: Read the background first. What information can be introduced in this part?
S: We can introduce characters, time, place, events and so on.
T: Read the background carefully and answer these questions.
who: the twins Justin and Luke; their friend Sarah
when: one day
where: The twins were at home. Sarah lived in Hill building.
what: The twins received a message from Sarah, who was asking for help. There were some burglars in Hill Building.
【设计意图：通过对于outline的分析，帮助学生对这一部分逐步形成认识，为下面的写作做好铺垫。】
2. learn about the story
T: What happened then? Read the outline carefully and answer these questions.
What did the twins do after they received the message?
They called the police at once and then ran there quickly.
What did they see when they got there?
They saw three men in police uniforms coming out of the building with guns in their hands.
What happened to the twins then?
They were pushed into a minibus.
What did they do on the bus?
They tried to use a knife to open the back door of the minibus.
【设计意图：通过对于story的阅读，回答问题，为下一步阅读任务的完成打好基础。】
3. help Millie finish her writing
T: Can you help Millie finish the first half of the story?
4. learn about ways to write a good beginning
T: After reading the first paragraph of the story, do you want to know what happened next?
S: Yes.
T: So remember that a good writer should catch readers’ attention in the first paragraph.
【设计意图：关于电视剧本开头部分的写作给学生提出一点建议，为接下去的写作做好铺垫。】
5. learn about ways to write a good story
T: What did the twins do in the story?
S: a. called the police
ran to Hill Building at once
saw three men in police uniforms coming out of the building with guns when they arrived there
thought ...
ran towards the three men
tried to stop them from leaving
were pushed into a minibus
T: After reading these sentences, what do you think of the twins? What kind of people are they?
S: They are helpful and brave.
T: So remember that a good writer can make readers know what the characters are like by their actions, thoughts, appearance and speeches.
【设计意图：通过对于故事主体部分一系列动作的罗列，帮助学生更清楚地了解电视剧本的写作特点和方法。】
T: The twins were pushed into a minibus. It seemed that they were trapped and in danger. However, it was clever of them to take a knife with them. Isn’t it surprising? Can they open the back door with the knife and get away from the minibus?
S: ...
T: Remember that a good writer often describes what happens, what the characters do and where the turning points are to attract readers’ attention. What’s more, he or she often chooses two or more scenes for the story.
【设计意图：通过创设开放性问题引发学生的思考和讨论，为接下去续写故事做准备。】
Step 3 writing
1. Help Millie finish the rest of her story.
T: Can the twins get away from the minibus? If they opened the back door, what would happen next? If the burglars found them opening the back door and stopped them, what would happen next? Let’s have a discussion and continue Millie’s story.
T: Let’s share our stories together.
【设计意图：写作任务分两步开展，一是续写故事。经过之前的诸多铺垫，此时的续写已经水到渠成。从学生中抽取故事在全班分享则提供了一个很好的学生间交流的平台，能够互相取长补短。】
2. Tips for creating an interesting story.
T: Here are some tips for creating an interesting story. If you are interested in creating your own TV drama script, you can follow these tips.
3. Show some pictures to the students and ask them to write a story about them.
T: Look, here are some pictures. Can you create a TV drama script according to these pictures? As a good writer, you’d better make an outline before writing.
Today we learn to create a TV drama script and continue Millie’s story. After class, can you finish your TV drama script? If you are interested in it, you can also create your own TV drama script. By writing you learn to write.
【设计意图：二是看图编写故事。因为课堂时间的限制，教师可安排学生在课堂上列出写作提纲，写作任务则在课后完成。】
V. Homework
1. Review the different ways to create a TV drama script.
2. Finish the TV drama script according to your outline.
课件20张PPT。Unit 6 TV programmes TaskSteven Levitan He wrote the TV drama script for Modern Family. Modern Family Millie is writing a TV drama script for a competition.
To write a good TV drama script, she made an outline before writing. Background
●The twins, Justin and Luke, were at home.
●Their friend Sarah lived in Hill Building.
●The twins received a message from Sarah, who was asking for
help.
●There were some burglars in Hill Building.
Story
●Justin and Luke called the police at once. Then they ran there
quickly.
●The twins saw three men in police uniforms coming out of the
building with guns in their hands.
●The twins were pushed into a minibus.
●They tried to use a knife to open the back door of the minibus.Background
What information can be introduced in this part?
characterstimeplaceevents...
●The twins, Justin and Luke, were at home.
●Their friend Sarah lived in Hill Building.
●The twins received a message from Sarah,
who was asking for help.
●There were some burglars in Hill Building.
the twins, Justin and Luke
their friend Sarahone dayThe twins were at home.
Sarah lived in Hill Building.The twins received a message from Sarah, who was asking for help. There were some burglars in Hill Building.Story
●Justin and Luke called the police at once.
Then they ran there quickly.
●The twins saw three men in police uniforms
coming out of the building with guns in their
hands.
●The twins were pushed into a minibus.
●They tried to use a knife to open the back
door of the minibus.1. What did the twins do after they received the message?
They called the police at once and then ran there quickly.
2. What did they see when they got there?
They saw three men in police uniforms coming out of the building with guns in their hands.
3. What happened to the twins then?
They were pushed into a minibus.
4. What did they do on the bus?
They tried to use a knife to open the back door of the minibus.Can you help Millie complete the first half of the story? One day, the twins, Justin and Luke, were ___________.
They received a message. It was from their friend Sarah.
She was asking for ________. There were some ________
in Hill Building.
Justin and Luke called the _________ at once. Then they
__________ to Hill Building quickly. When they arrived
there, they saw three men in ________________ coming
out of the building with _________ in their hands. “They
aren’t policemen. They’re the burglars,” the twins thought.
They ran towards the three men and tried to stop them from leaving, but they were pushed into a ___________.
Justin and Luke tried to open the back door of the
minibus with a ___________.at homehelpburglarspoliceranpolice uniformsgunsminibusknifeA good writer should catch readers’ attention in the first paragraph. What did the twins do in the story?
called the police
ran to Hill Building at once
saw three men in police uniforms coming out of the building with guns when they arrived there
thought ...
ran towards the three men
tried to stop them from leaving
were pushed into a minibushelpfulbrave...A good writer can make readers know what the characters are like by their actions, thoughts, appearance and speeches. A good writer often describes what happens, what the characters do and where the turning points are to attract readers’ attention. What’s more, he or she often chooses two or more scenes for the story. Can the twins get
away from the
minibus? If they opened the back door,
what would happen next? If the burglars found them
trying to open the back door
and stopped them, what
would happen next? Let’s complete Millie’s story.Let’s share our stories together.Tips for creating an interesting story
● Catch your readers’ attention in the first
paragraph.
● Make your readers see what your characters are
like by their appearance, actions, speeches and
thoughts.
● Write meaningful dialogues.
● Choose two or more scenes for your story.
● Describe what happens, what the characters do
and where the turning points are.
● Create a conflict to make your story interesting.
outline________________________________
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________________________________By writing we learn to write.Review the different tips
on creating a TV drama script.
2. Finish the TV drama script
according to your outline.
