Unit4AgoodreadTaskI.TeachingaimsandlearningobjectivesBytheendofthelesson,thestudentsshouldbeableto:1.learnhowtoorganizeanarticleaboutreadinghabits;2.learnsomewritingskillsandwriteareportonreadinghabits;3.developagoodhabitofreading.II.Teachingcontents1.Newwordsandphrases:advice,librarian,habit,classical,opposite,openup2.Newstructures:Ispend...hoursaweekreading.Ilovereadingbecause...Weoftenmeettogetheranddiscusswhattoread.Readingisalwaysawonderfultime.Theyalsoopenupawholenewworldtome.III.Focusofthelessonandpredictedareaofdifficulty1.Tounderstandtheorganizationandtheoutlineofthereport.2.TodevelopsomeEnglishwritingskillssuchas:howtodevelopaparagraph,howtousetransitionsinwriting,etc.IV.TeachingproceduresStep1Lead-inT:Boysandgirls,doyoulikereading?Whatkindsofbooksdoyoulike?T:Inmyfreetime,Ilikereadingthesebooks.WhataretheyinChinese?Yes,theyarecalledthefourgreatclassicalChinesenovels.Step2Outlineofthewriting1.PredictionT:Today,wearegoingtowritesomethingaboutourreadinghabits.Whatwouldyouliketowriteaboutyourreadinghabits?T:Yes,wecanwritesomethinglikethese.2.OutlineT:Now,let’sreadMillie’sarticlefirstandthenhelpheranswersomequestions.T:AndhereistheoutlineofMillie’swriting.Canyouhelpherfillintheblanks?Step3Writingskills1.HowtodevelopaparagraphT:Let’sreadParagraph1anddiscusshowtodevelopaparagraphwhenwearewriting.T:Canyoufindthetopicsentenceinthisparagraph?Yes.Itisthemainidea.T:Whatabouttheseones?Wecallthemmajordetailsbecausetheyhelpthereaderstounderstandthemainidea.T:And,theyareminordetails—muchsmallerdetailstosupportthemajordetails.T:So,someonesaysaparagraphisjustlikeabamboo.Lookatthispicture!Themainideaisthebamboo’strunk,andmajordetailsarelikeitssticks,theminordetailsaresmallsticksandleaves.Weputthemalltogethertomakeaparagraph.T:Letusdosomepractice.2.HowtousetransitionsT:Canyoufindatransitionamongthesesentences?(but)T:CanyouhelpMillieaddasuitabletransitionbeforethefourgreatclassicalChinesenovels?(Forexample,)T:IfthereaderswanttoknowwhyMillielikesthesenovelsbest,whichtransitioncansheusetocontinueherwriting?(because)T:CanyouusetheusefulwritingstructurestorewriteashortparagraphforSandy?HereisDaniel’swriting.Youcanrewritesomethinglikethis.3.HowtomixChinesecultureinEnglishwritingT:Next,let’sdiscusshowtomixChinesecultureinEnglishwriting.Herearesomewritingtipsforyou.Ithinkthefirsttwotipsareeasytounderstand.Let’stalkaboutthethirdone.T:WecantakeDaniel’swritingforanexample.Inthisway,wetalkaboutsomeseriouseventsaboutChinaandChinese.4.HowtowriterelateddetailsT:Let’scometoParagraph2.T:Lookatthissentence.Whatisthefunctionof“—”inthissentence?Canweusesometransitionalwordstoreplace“—”,andhow?T:Good.That’stosay,“itisjustoppositemyhome”isarelateddetailtothefirstsentencebecauseitexplainswhyMilliegetsmostofherbooksfromSunshineLibrary.It’sconvenient.T:Let’sdosomepractice.5.HowtobrainstorminEnglishwritingT:WhatdoMillieandherfriendsdointhelibrary?T:Whatelsemaytheydo?T:Yes,therearesomeotherinterestingthingstheymaydoinSunshineLibrary.Allthesethingscanbewritteninourwriting.T:Let’sdosomeexercises.6.HowtohighlighttheendingT:Agoodendingisalwaysimportantforanarticle.Let’sdiscusshowtohighlighttheendingofourwriting.T:First,wecanusesomefamousEnglishsayingstomaketheendingshout.Forexample,“Readingmakesafullman,”FrancisBaconsaid.Wecanuseitlikethis.T:Herearesomeothersayingsaboutreadingorbooks.Theymaybehelpfulforyourwriting.T:Anothersuggestionisthat:talkabouthowreadingreallymakesagreatdifferencetoyourownlife,especiallyyourfuture.T:Hereisagoodexample.T:Now,it’syourturn.Youcanusethisusefulstructureforendingtohaveapractice.Youcanwriteaboutanybookyoulike.Step4WritingpracticeT:Now,it’stimeforyourwriting.T:Whenyouarewriting,youshouldpayattentiontothestructureandthewritingskillswe’vetalkedabout.
