1、Unit 1 Know yourselfTask I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. talk about a person with some examples;2. write a formal recommendation letter; 3. do self-checking after writing.II. Teaching contents1. New words and phrases: speech, absent, mo
2、nitor, position, make a speech, be absent from school, agree with sb.2. Structures: We are writing to recommend David as our monitor.We think he has many strong qualities for this position.We hope that you agree with usIII. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Describe a person wit
3、h adjectives and examples;2. Use the spidergram to organize the ideas when writing.IV. Teaching proceduresStep1 Lead in1. A guessing gameT: In this unit, we have learned a lot of words about personality. Lets play a game to see if you have remembered them. I will give you some phrases or pictures, a
4、nd tell me which words they describe. I hope you can give me the response quickly.2. Guess: Who is he/she?T: She is hard-working. She is willing to work extra hours. She often does operations for about 10 hours a day. She is a character in our book. Who is she?S: She is Fang Yuan.T: Now, describe on
5、e of your classmates like this, and others guess who he/she is.【设计意图：设置猜词游戏，复习已学词汇，为之后的对话写作活动做好铺垫。通过 Who is he/she?活动，检测学生对词句的掌握情况，同时激发学生的学习热情，活跃课堂气氛。 】Step 2 PresentationMake a spidergram of Jackie ChanT: What do you think of Jackie Chan?S: T: Yes. He has many good personal qualities. Can you give
6、me some examples to support your ideas? Ill give you some pictures to help you. Then, make up a dialogue with your partners like this:S1: What do you think of Jackie Chan?S2: He is hard-working.S1: You mean he works hard, right?S2: Yes.S1: Can you give me an example?S2: Of course. He has played in m
7、ore than 100 movies.T: Now, look at the spidergram. It helps us organize the ideas clearly. 【设计意图：分析明星成龙的个性特征，提出用事例支持自己观点的理念，为学生搭建学习的台阶，真正学习制作蛛网图，帮助学生建立起清晰的写作脉络。 】Step 3 Practice1. Finish the recommendation on Page19 according to the spidergram2. Check the answers together and read the letter by one
8、self3. Analyze the structure of the recommendation.T: Like other letters, a recommendation letter includes greetings, main body, closing and signature. Think carefully and tell me how to form the main body of the letter. What is the first paragraph of the letter about?S: Its about the purpose of the
9、 letter.T: Right. That is to say, you should tell the receiver who you want to recommend and what position you will recommend him/her as. How about the second part?S: Its about the persons personalities and some examples.T: Great! And in the last part, we can express our wishes. We call it “conclusi
10、on”. Then, find some useful expressions in this article.S: When we write the purpose of the letter, we often use the expressions: We are writing to recommend as our new monitor/. He/She has many strong qualities for this position.When we write the conclusion, we often say: We think is the most suita
11、ble/right person to be . We hope that you agree with us.【设计意图：利用课本给出的蛛网图，完成推荐信。帮助学生分析文本结构，梳理写作框架，同时让学生自主找出 useful expressions, 为之后的写作活动扫清障碍，打下基础。 】Step 4 Production1. Write a recommendation letterT: Our school English Club needs a new chairperson and the football team needs a leader. Recommend one o
12、f your classmates to take one of the positions. Remember to make a spidergram first and pay attention to the structure of the letter.2. Self-checkT: Now, its time for you to check your article. There are five aspects we should pay attention to: structure, content, tenses, word spelling and language.
13、【设计意图：自我检查在英语学习中起着重要的作用，在英语写作时亦然。学生参照基本评价标准，自主评价并修改，在此过程中养成自我发现问题、自我改进的良好习惯。 】3. Check in groupsT: After checking your article, read your article aloud in your group. Listen to others suggestions, and then improve it.【设计意图：在同伴互评的过程中，学生会发现自己的不足，提高修改文本的能力。同时，学生相互学习的良好品质得到培养，也会让学他们变得更加的自信、积极。 】4. Show
14、time Show the best articles in front of the class. Make some comments on the article.T: A good article should have a good structure, useful examples, right word choice and beautiful sentences. All these will help to create pictures in readers mind. 【设计意图：展示经过修改润色的文章，让学生真正体会到什么是进步，学会取长补短，真正培养学生写作，修改以及评价的能力。 】V. Homework1. Improve your recommendation letter.2. Make a poster of the student you recommend with the letter.
