Unit7TheSea-CommunicationWorkshop教案Objectives■Towriteareportaboutatouristattraction.■Topractiseusinglinkingwordsofcontrast.■Toprepareforandtakepartinapublicdebate.■Topractisegivingopinions.■Tolistentoasongandunderstandit.■Topractiseusingvocabularyconcerningtheenvironment.ResourcesusedCassette,WritingHelp1,leafletsoftouristattractionsinthearea.PossibleproblemsSomestudentswillbemorecomfortablewiththepublicdebateactivitythanothers.Trytoensurethatallstudentshavearolethattheycanmanagesuccessfully.BackgroundThemodelreportshowsthestyleofreportsinBritishEnglish:useofformallanguage,useofnumbersandletterstooutlinethemainandsubsidiarypoints,clearstructurewithastatementofthingsinfavour,astatementofthingsagainstandaconclusion.GavinSutherlandwrotethesong‘Iamsailing’anditbecamepopularwhentheScottishsinger,RodStewart,sangit.DolwynBayisaninventedplace.Routesthroughthematerial.Ifyouareshortoftime,omittheTalkbackstageofthewritingandspeakingworkshops..Ifyouhavetime,studentscandotheOptionsactivities..Ifyouhavetwolessonsforaunit,thenaturalbreakisafterthewritingactivity.LanguagePower:pages62-63.Writing:AReport用心爱心专心BeforeyoustartExercise1■Gothroughthefirstexamplewiththestudents.■Studentsthenworkinpairs,makingcommentsabouttheaquarium.■Studentscanthenmakesimilarcommentsabouttheirtownortheirschool.Exercise2■Readtheinstructionsandmakesurestudentsunderstandthetask.Explainthatstudentsdonothavetounderstandeverywordtocarryoutthetask.■Studentsreadthereportandmatchtheparagraphswiththeheadings.■Checkstudents’answers.Answers1generaldescription2listofgoodpoints3listofbadpoints4conclusion■Pointouttheheadingofthereport:Whatinformationdoesitgive?Howisthisheadingdifferentfromthatofaformalletter?Makestudentsawareofhowclearlytheinformationisrecorded.Agoodreportshouldhaveaveryclearstructureanduseveryclearlanguage.Stage1■Ifyouhaveanyleafletsabouttouristattractionsinthearea,bringthemtoclassandusethemtoelicitalistoftouristattractions.Writethemontheboard.■Ingroups,studentsdiscusswhichoftheattractionstheylikebest.Tellthemtoconsiderthesortofpeoplewholiketheattraction(adults?children?families?),thebesttimeofyeartovisittheattraction,etc.■Eachmemberofthegroupchoosesoneattractiontowriteabout.Tellstudentsthattheycaninventanattractioniftheywish.Stage2■Readthelistofgoodandbadpointsabouttheaquariumwiththeclass.■Studentsworkindividually,listingthegoodandbadpointsoftheattractiontheyhavechosen.Tell用心爱心专心studentstheyneednothaveanequalnumberofgoodandbadpoints.Goroundandassistwithideasornewvocabularyifnecessary.Stage3■ReferstudentstoWritingHelp1foradviceonlayout,vocabularyandlinking.■Studentsplanthefourparagraphsofthereport.■Studentsthenwritetheheadingandthefirstdraftofthereport.Stage4■Studentschecktheirdrafts.ReferthemtoWritingHelp1(checking).Theyshouldalsousetheirownwritingchecklistbasedonthemistakestheyhavemadeinpreviouswritingtasks.Talkback■Ingroups,studentsreadeachother’sreportsanddiscusswhethertheyagreewiththeopinionsandconclusionsinthereports.■Readtheexampleofhowtoreporttheconclusiontotherestoftheclass.■Onememberofeachgroupreportssomeofthegroup’sconclusions.Speaking:PublicDebateBeforeyoustartExercise1Usefulvocabulary:coastal,wildlifepark,oilrefinery.Studentsshouldbeabletoguessthegeneralmeaningofthesewordsfromthecontext.■StudentsreadthetextaboutDolwynBay.■Checkstudents'understandi...
