Teaching Plan Unit 4 (Year 8 BookⅠ, Go for it) WritingZhou Xiaodan Wenzhou No.9 Middle School Objectives: At the end of the session, most students will know what topic sentence is and how to write a proper topic sentence of a paragraph. The teaching and learning context is as follows: 1.The paragraph from 3a, Unit 4 (Year 8 Book Ⅰ, Go for it ) and other paragraphs. 2.Proper and different tasks which are designed to help students practice writing topic sentences. Cultures awareness: A typical English paragraph includes three parts: the topic sentence, the developing sentences and the concluding sentence, which is different from writing in Chinese. Learning& teaching focus: 1.Understanding what topic sentence is: Every paragraph needs a topic sentence, which is usually the first sentence of the paragraph. It gives the readers an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about.. 2.Learning to write a good topic sentence of a paragraph. There ’re four tips on writing topic sentences: a. Topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph. b. Topic sentence should tell the main idea of a paragraph. c. Topic sentence should not be too broad or too narrow. d. Topic sentence should be simple and clear. Anticipated difficulties: It may be difficult for students to know whether the topic sentence they write is the proper one or not. Solutions: 1.Lead students to choose the proper topic sentence for different paragraphs and explain why it is a good topic sentence. 2.Offer students sufficient and related materials to practice writing topic sentences. 3. Compare the topic sentences students write. Teaching aids:PPT, learning material for studentsLearning& teaching arrangements:Stages/Timing Activi...
