Unit3CelebrationTeachingaims:1.Tobuildvocabularybysortingandusingthem.2.Towriteadescriptionofaneventusinganappropriatelayoutandlinkingwords.3.Todevelopskillsofself-correctionandpeer-help.4.Toarouseawarenessofdifferentcultures.Teachingmaterial:CommunicationWorkshop,Unit3,Module1Teachingaid:AmultimediacomputerTeachingprocedures:Stage1Lead-in(6minutes)Goodmorning,everybody.MynameisJenny.Iwillbeyourteacherforthislesson.Youwilllearntodescribeaneventthrough(?)describingaparty.(Iheardthatyouhadalisteninglessonaboutpartiesjustnow.Right?Verygood.Itishelpfulto(?)thislesson.)Ibelieveeachofyouwilldoaverygoodjob.Ihopeyoucan…Showsomedifferentpartiesonthescreen.Usuallywhenpeoplearehappyorhavesomethingworthcelebration,theywillhaveaparty.Forexample,abirthdayparty,agraduationparty,aChristmasparty,aclassmatesparty,agoodfriendspartyandsoon.Howmanyofyouhaveeverbeentoaparty?Manyorfew?Pleasehandsup.Ifsomeonehasbeentoaparty,asksomequestionsabouttheparty:Whatpartywasit?Didyouorganizethepartyorwereyouinvitedtotheparty?Wherewasthepartyheld?Whowereinvited?Weresomefoodsanddrinksservedintheparty?Whatdidyoudointheparty?Doyouthinkit’sagreatparty?Ifmanyofthestudentshaven’tbeentoaparty,tellthemthatitdoesn’tmatter.Thereisaverygoodandcompletedescriptionofapartyinourtextbook.Stage2Matching(2minutes)1.Askstudentstoreadthedescriptionofthepartyinthetextbookandmatchthetopicswiththeparagraphs.2.CheckinclassStage3Linking(4minutes)Inthedescription,especiallywhenwedescribeanevent,weneedtousesomelinkingwordstotelltheorderoftheevent.Nowlet’sfinishEx.2.1.AskstudentstoreadthetextagainandfillinthegapswiththewordsinExercise2:intheend,while,first,then,afterthat.2.ThenaskthemtoreadthepassageaboutlinkinginWritingHelp3onpage91.3.Showlinking(sequence)wordsonthescreen.用心爱心专心Stage4Layout(8minutes)Fromthispassageinthetextbook,whatreallymakesacompletedescriptionofaparty?Inotherwords,howmanypartsareusuallythereinthedescriptionofanevent?Encouragestudentstosummarizethelayoutandaskthemtothinkaboutiftheywanttodescribeanotherevent,forexample,atrip,whattheycanwriteaboutineachpart.(1)introduction:reason(why?)place(where?)time(when?)people(who?)(2)thebeginning:preparationstimefood(3)development:somethinghappenedduringtheparty(4)conclusion:somethinghappenedintheendthefinishtimethepersonalfeelingStage5Writing(16minutes)1.Beforethewriting,inagroupoffour,worktogethertobrainstormtopicsandideas.Whattopicswillyouwriteabout?Howdoyoudescribetheevents?Thestudents’thoughtscanbeinspiredbyeachother’sideas.Thegroupcanwriteaboutthesametopic,butit’snotnecessary.Theycanwriteaboutdifferenttopicsfromtheothers’.2.Eachstudentchoosesonetopicandwritesacompositionentitledsomethinglike“MyBirthdayParty”,or“AnInterestingTrip”.TheyshouldusethelearnedlayoutandideasbroughtforwardbythepeersandtheycanreadWritingHelp3onpage91forreference.Trytousethenewlylearned“anniversary,aswellas,unfortunately,abitof,amess”ifpossible.Trytomakethedescriptioninterestingaswell.3.Self-correction.(1)Canyouaddanyadjectivestomakethedescriptionmoreinteresting?(2)Howabouttheirregularpasttensesinthedescription?(3)Hasyourdescriptionincludedsomelinkingwords?(4)Anypunctuationandspellingmistakes?Stage6ExchangingofWritings(8minutes)1.Ingroupsoffour,studentsreadeachother’scompositionandgivesuggestionsonhowtomakeimprovement.Theteachercangivesometips:criterionsofevaluationofanarticle.criterionsexcellentgoodOKpoor用心爱心专心Linking(Sequence)before…;when;assoonas;while;atthesametime;as;after…;firstofall;afterthat;during;later;suddenly;then;next;finally;intheend;atlast…Structure1.Introductiontothesituation.2.Beginningoftheparty.3.Anythinginterestinghappened.4.Theendofthepartyandyourfeeling.LinkingLanguage2.Theteacherchoosesoneofthewritingsandimprovesitwiththestudents.Stage7Assignment(1minute)Ingroups,chooseoneofthefollowingpartysituationsandplananidealparty:yourparents’weddinganniversary,afriend’sbirthdayparty,a‘leavingschool’party,oryourgrandmother’s70thbirthdayparty.ThenwriteadescriptionofitinEnglishwithmorethan100words.Payattentiontothetensesyouuse.用心爱心专心
