北师大英语模块1教案Unit1Communication Workshop

Unit 1 Communication Workshop

Teaching aims:

1. To learn the right form of letter

2. To write a personal letter, using informal expressions.

3. To read a personal letter and match paragraphs and topics

Teaching Methods:

1. Free talk

2. Reading

3. Work in pairs

Teaching Aids:

1.      the blackboard

2.      the multimedia

Teaching procedures

Step I Warm-up

T: Communication is very important in our life. We need to corporate in our work, exchange our idea or our feeling----every thing in human society. Think about what kinds of communication we need.

S: body language, talk by telephone. Send e-mail, write a letter

T: Though there are more modern means of communication, still writing letters is thought a good way to connect people. It’s convenient and especially for things people would not to say directly. Do you think so?

S:

T: You are to learn how to write a letter to somebody. Now, first, read the letter by Wang Ying and then try to write to someone in English.

StepⅡReading

Do the exercise 1. Students work in pairs, reading the letter and matching the paragraph.

●    a reason to end the letter

●    questions about the other person

●    information about Wang Ying’s life

●    saying who are you

In order to help students to understand the text the teacher can ask students to listen to the tape them answer the following questions

1. Whom does WangYing write to?

2. When were they friends?

3. How many years haven’t they seen each other?

4. From whom did Wang Ying get Fang Lan’s address?

5. What job did Fang Lan want to choose in the past?

6. What is Wang Ying studying now?

Show a slide to teach students the form of letter

Write a letter to someone. Follow the steps:

1. Make an information card about what you are going to write..

1).About the person you are writing

2). About yourself

How to write address on the envelope (show slides)

Do Exercise 2
Elicit what sort of “style” students use when writing informal letters to friends in Chinese. Explain that the three features here are used in informal letters in English.
■ Revise the names of punctuation marks with the class by writing the marks on the board and eliciting their names:
            . full stop , comma ? question mark
            ! exclamation mark ?--dash
■ Students work in pairs reading through the letter to find
examples of contractions, punctuation and informal words.
■ Check answers by reading through the letter with the class,
pausing to identify each feature. The informal words are:
Remember me? Right? Anyway, guess what? Well.

Step Ⅲ Summary

Write a letter to need to Follow the steps:

1. Make an information card about what you are going to write..

1).About the person you are writing

2). About yourself

How to write address on the envelope (show slides)

Step Ⅳ Writing

Write a letter to your teacher in middle school. Talk about anything you want to. Make sure there is an envelop along with.

•         Step 1 Who are you going to write? Who are you?

•         Step 2 Questions about the other person

•         Step 3 What are you doing now?

Step Ⅴ showing and talking

1.   Ask students to read their letters.

2.       Give a general summery about their writings.

Step Ⅳ Homework

     Ask students to correct their writings in groups, noticing informal words and the names of punctuation marks

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