Lesson Plan Objectives:1. The students will be able to improve their ability on contrast writing through different kinds of exercises.2. All the students will be able to find out and grasp some useful phrases to express the advantages and disadvantages.3. All of the students will be able to say some sentences of advantages and disadvantages.4. Most students will be able to write a contrast composition about advantages VS disadvantages. Focal points: 1.Review the grammar of Agreement (Doing + V 单)2.Think about and speak out the sentences of advantages and disadvantages.3.Write a composition on contrast writing about advantages VS disadvantages. Possible difficulties: 1. Students may have difficulties in expressing advantages and disadvantages in a new topic.2. Students may find it hard to vary sentences on advantages and disadvantages in writing Materials: Multi-media Steps Teacher’s ActionsStudents’ ActionsPurposesTime Lead-inAsk the students to review and think over the request of the composition written before.Read and speak.Introduce the purpose of this class.2 ms Evaluating Ask the students to read three compositions from students and evaluate them.Read, think, discuss and answer.Find out the common mistakes they have made and correct.8 msConcludingAsk the students to read the sample compositions from teachers and some sample sentencesRead, think, and conclude.Find out useful phrases to express the advantages and disadvantages, remember them6 msPracticing 1. Ask the students to discuss the advantages of having a knowledge of English and disadvantages of not having breakfast 2. Ask the students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of bringing cellphones to schoolDiscuss, make notes and speak out Put the useful phrases into practice8+8 msWriting & Evaluating Ask them to write a composition after the discussion.Write and speak out Finish the whole composition by using what they have learned in this class.8+2 ms Teaching Procedures Homework: Writing another composition.
