1、Unit 1 Know yourself,Task,Free talk:Who is the monitor in your class?What is he /she like ?Do you think he is suitable for the position? Why?,make a speech,He is not afraid of,making a speech in front of many people.,help with our class projects,do extra work,The president of the USA is always busy.
2、 He has to deal with different problems every day.,use the computer to get himself more organized,be absent from school,/bsnt/,speech absent monitor position agree with sb,n. 演说，讲话，发言；台词 adj. 缺席的 n. 班长 n. 职位；位置；名次 同意某人（的看法）,Words & phrase review,Group work,Work in groups of four and discuss: What pe
3、rsonality is suitable for being a monitor.,Try to write down some adjectives to describe.,What qualities does a monitor need to have?,active,clever,practical,fair,organized,patient,curious,confident,modest,careful,polite,creative,kind,powerful,imaginative,hard-working,friendly,humorous,energetic,liv
4、ely,Now please skim the spidergram (蛛网图) and answer: What is David like?,David,Organized,He often helps other students.,Helpful,He never forgets the things he needs to do.,Clever,He always comes up with good ideas.,He has won several science competitions.,He will help us with our lessons if we are a
5、bsent from school.,He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best.,Confident,He is not afraid of making a speech in front of many people.,He always does extra work after class.,Hard-working,He spends a lot of time helping with our class projects.,Page 18,He has learnt to use the computer to get h
6、imself more organized.,A,Questions,Is David hard-working? Can you give an example?2. David is very clever, isnt he ?3. What has David done to get himself more organized?4. Does David often help other students?,Yes. He spends a lot of time helping with our class projects.,Yes. He always comes up with
7、 good ideas.,He has learnt to use the computer to get himself more organised,Yes, he does.,elpful,lever,Help Millie and Simon complete their letter to Mr Wu. Use the information from the spidergram on page 18. Five minutes later, I will check the answers with you.,A formal recommendation,B,Dear Mr.
8、Wu, We are writing to recommend David as our new monitor. We think he has many strong qualities for this position. David is very confident. He thinks he _. He is not afraid of _ _.,can do anything if he tries his best,making a speech in front of many people,Page 19,We also think he is _. He always d
9、oes extra work after class. He spends _ _. David is clever. He _ _ and he has won _.,hard-working,a lot of time helping with our class projects,several science competitions,always comes up with good ideas,Page 19,David is _ and never _ _. He has learnt to _. He is also very _. He often _ _. For exam
10、ple, he will _ _. We think David is the most suitable person to be our monitor. We hope that you agree with us. Yours sincerely, Millie Simon,things he needs to do,organized,use the computer to get himself more organized,Page 19,forgets the,helpful,helps other students,help us with our lessons if we
11、 are absent from school,Dear_ I/We are writing to recommend XX as the new monitor. He/She is_. He/She thinks _ I/We think _ _ He/She is _ For example _ I/We hope that you can agree with me/us.Yours sincerely,_, Greetings, Signature, Main body, Closing,Purpose,Reasons,Conclusion,How to write a recomm
12、endation letter?,?,Discussion: Who can be our monitor?,Group work,What qualities does a monitor need to have?,active,clever,practical,fair,organized,patient,curious,confident,modest,careful,polite,creative,kind,powerful,imaginative,hard-working,friendly,humorous,energetic,lively,Writing in groups,Wr
13、ite a letter to your teacher to recommend a classmate as your monitor in your class.,We are writing to recommend . as our new monitor/. He/She has many strong qualities for this position. He/She always/often/never . . is very confident/clever/helpful/ hardworking . We think . is the most suitable/ri
14、ght person to be . We hope that you agree with us.,Useful expressions,Sample writing Dear Mr Wang, We are writing to recommend Cheng Lan as our new monitor. We think she would be an excellent monitor because she has many strong qualities for this position. Cheng Lan is active and confident. She is n
15、ever shy and likes talking to people. She is not afraid of speaking in front of a lot of people either. This is an important quality for a good monitor. Cheng Lan is also hard-working. She always finishes all her homework early and does some extra work, so she would have the time and energy to be a
16、monitor.,Another important point is that she is very clever. She always comes up with good ideas. For example, she helped us win the Star Class Award last month. Besides, Cheng Lan is an organized person. She can plan all her things well. She always pays attention to every detail when organizing cla
17、ss activities. We think Cheng Lan is the right person to be our monitor. We hope that you agree with us. Yours sincerely, Li Yan Wang Dawei,Homework,1. Write a letter to your teacher to recommend a classmate for a position in your class. 2. Do the writing exercises in Learning English. 3. To preview Colours on page 20. 4. To preview the new words and expressions.,