Unit6 Design-communication workshop 教案Teaching aims :To practise using linking words (so that )expressing reasonTo design and write a description of your perfect house or flatTo listen to and understand a songTo describe and discuss painting and house.Teaching difficulties:To design and write a description of your perfect house or flatTo describe and discuss painting and house.Ⅰbefore you startFirst ask the students to read the sentence together In front of my house , there is a small pond so that I can swim in it in the summer.What does “so that” express ?Show reasons for doing something.Do the exercise to further practise using so that Use the notes to write sentences with so thatⅡ WritingStage 1 vocabulary about housesDesign your house or flat. Think about these things:Encourage students to think of words about the house as many as possible.Kind of house/flat: traditional houses, modern flat, Materials: brick, stone, concrete, wood, steel, glass.Rooms: study, dinning room, kitchen, living room, basement, garage, bathroom, balcony.Location: in the middle of forest. , be located at the foot of mountain, build on the river. Special: a yard with a beautiful garden, the house isn’t far away from the sea. Stage 2 Use your ideas to make paragraph plansPara 1: introduction –location/kind of house / flat.Para 2: rooms –what rooms, where they arePara 3: special features of the house /flatPara 4: conclusion –why you want to live there.It is necessary to have students first read the article on page 91Stage 3 work in pairs. Give your plans to your partner and discuss your ideasStage 4 Write the composition about house according to the above paragraphsTalkbackIn groups, read each other’s descriptions. Choose the house/ flat with the best design. Ⅲ ListeningRead through the words with the classStudents then listen to the song to hear which words are mentioned.Ⅳ Listening and speaking Listen to the dialogue. What kind of painting are they talking about?Listen again. Complete the expressions in the Function FileRead the StrategiesLook at the painting above . write notes about these questions:Ⅴ Homework: writingWrite a composition about your school
