Unit1PeriodTwo(ReadingII)Step1GreetingsStep2.PresentationAskSswhattheyusuallydoduringthesummervocation.Askthemiftheyhavesomegoodfriends,andiftheyhaveapenfriend.(Explaintheword“penfriend”).Doyouoftenwritealettertoyourpenfriend?Whatlanguagedoyouusetowritetoyourpenfriend(s)?Whatdoyouoftenwriteaboutinaletter?(Sport)Tellstudentsthattheyaregoingtoreadalettertoapen-friend.TheSstoimaginethattheyarewritingtoanewpenfriendforthefirsttime.HavetheSsworkinpairsandmakealistofthingswhichtheycouldtelltheirnewfriend.Forexample,theycouldgivetheirname,age,weight,personaldescriptionoftheirhome,possessions,pets,theirschool,theirfavouritesubjects,sports,hobbies,singersactors,films,books,bestfriends,dreams,andsoon.Makealistoftheirideasontheboard.AskSswhattheyknowabouttheUK.AskiftheythinkthatanyChinesepeopleliveintheUK.TellthemthatthereareChineserestaurantsinalmosteverytownintheUK,andmanyChinesestudentsinUKschools.ManchesterandLondonhavelargeChinesepopulations.AnystudentswhohavevisitedtheUK,orwhohavefriendsofrelativeslivingthereshouldbeencouragedtotalkaboutit/them.Step3.PresentationPartB.Lookandthink.1.ExerciseB1isdesignedtointroducetheideathatdifferenttypesoftexthavedifferentformats.2.Explainthemeaningofanywordsinthisexercisewhichmaybeunfamiliartosomestudents.3.ExerciseB2isdesignedtodevelopthehabitoffindingansweringstospecificquestionswithoutreadingthewholetext.Stressthispointtostudents.4.ExplaintoSsthatlayoutinaletterisblockedasopposedtoindented,i.e.,everylinebeginsattheleftmarginandthereisaspacebetweenparagraphs.Besides,thepunctuationisopenasopposedtofull,i.e.,nopunctuationmarksareusedintheaddress,date,greeting(DearMay)orcomplimentaryclose(Bestwishes).Remindthemalsothatthereisnoindentationinanaddress.Step4Readingpassages.ThisisapersonalletterfromSimoninNewcastle,theUK,toMayinShenzhen,China.WalkerSchoolisarealschoolinthenorth-eastofEngland.Thestudentsmentionedinthischapterarebasedonrealpeople,althoughtheirnameshavebeenchanged.B3.TellSsinmanycountries,apostalcodeispartofaperson’saddress,Itisusuallyagroupoflettersandnumbers.WhatisSimon’spostalcode?Aboutaletter1Tellthestudentsthatthepassageinthischapterisaletter.2Question:Howdoyouknowitisaletter?3AskthestudentstofinishBLookandthink,B1.4Explanationonsomenewvocabularyitems.a)titlen.thenameofsomething,forexampleabook,filmorpictureb)cornern.aplacewheretwolines,wallsorroadsmeetc)atthetoprightcornerd)signaturen.yournameyouhavewritteninyourownwaye)greetingsn.wordsthatyouwritetosomebodyataspecialtime5Apostalcodeissometimesanimportantofaletter.Inmanycountries,apostalcodeisapartofaperson’saddress.InChina,thepostalcodeisagroupofsixnumbers,suchas,200070.Insomeothercountries,apostalcodeisusuallyagroupoflettersandnumbers.Apostalcodemakesiteasierforthepostofficetodeliverletter.6Explanationon‘postalcode’.a)postala.ofthepostb)coden.awayofwritingsecretmessages,usingletters,numbersorspecialsignsc)postalcoded)deliverv.takesome-thingtotheplacewhereitmustgoe)deliverletters7AskthestudentstowriteoutSidney’spostalcodeinBLookandthink,B3,onpage3.Skimmingthepassage1Say:Ifyouskimapassagebeforeyoureadit,youcangetageneralideaofit.Skimmingmeanslookingattitlesandheadings,picturesanddiagrams,andcertainsentencesinthepassage(e.g.,thefirstandlastsentences).Thistakesonlyaminuteortwo,andithelpsyoutoreadandunderstandingthingsmoreeasily.2AskthestudentstoskimtheletteraccordingtotherequirementinBLookandthink,B2onpage2.3Checktheanswersorally.HomeworkFinishC,D,Einyourtextbook
