高中英语人教版 (2019)必修 第一册Unit 1 Teenage life教案设计

Unit 1 Teenage Life-Reading for Writing

【教材分析】

This teaching period mainly deals with reading for writing a letter of advice. Students are expected to learn the knowledge about how to write a suggestion letter. The teacher is expected to enable students to master some writing skills concerning suggestion letters and learn to write one.

【教学目标与核心素养】

1. Get students to have a good understanding of how to write a suggestion letter properly.

2. Enable students to use some writing skills flexibly.

3. Develop students’ writing and cooperating abilities.

4. Strengthen students’ great interest in writing discourses.

【教学重难点】

1. How to enable students to have a good understanding of the skills of writing a suggestion letter

2.How to enable students to write a good recommendation letter using some writing skills properly.

【教学过程】

Step 1: Lead in

Begin the class with the lead-in questions: how to write a letter for advice? What kinds of aspects should be included? It is strongly recommended that the teacher should ask students to discuss the topic freely with their partners and brainstorm some ideas concerning the topic. In this way, students can come up with

more ideas and avoid being nervous at the beginning of the class.

Step 2: Read to discover details concerning advice letters’ writing style.

The teacher is expected to ask students to read a letter offering some advice on page 18 silently and then request students to discuss the questions below.

In this step, what should be highlighted is that the teacher ought to give students enough time to read individually and think independently. There is no need for them to discuss the detailed questions. In this way, students can develop their individual logical thinking ability and promote their skills of finding details.

1. What is Worried Friend’s problem? 

2. Do you think Ms Luo’s advice is useful? Why or why not?

3. What other kinds of advice would you give?

Step 3: Read to sum up

After learning the passage on Page 18, the teacher leads students to figure out the organization of the letter and appreciate its language features.

1.    Find and mark the parts of the letter that match the following points.

A.I know what the problem is.   B I understand how you feel.

C.This is my advice and reasons   D I think my advice will help.

2.    What expressions does Ms Luo use to make suggestions? Circle them in the letter.

Step 4: Use what you have learnt to write a letter of advice to one of the teenager below.

In this step, the teacher asks students to sum up some ideas regarding the following topic:

1.Work in groups. Choose one of the teenagers and discuss his or her problems. List possible suggestions and reasons.

Eric 15, Chicago

Xu Ting 14 Hangzhou

Min Ho, 15, Seoul

Step 5: Use what you have learnt to draft a letter offering advice to any of those students above.

1. Complete the outline and use it to draft your writing.

2. Exchange drafts

After each student finishes their own writing, ask them to exchange the drafts with their desk mates and evaluate the drafts with the following criteria.

Use the checklist to give feedback on your partner’s draft.

√Are all the parts of a letter included and organized in a good order?

√Does the writer give reasons for the advice?

√Does the writer use proper expressions to give suggestions?

√Does the writer use commas and stops correctly?

√Is the handwriting easy to read?

3.Write down some writing expressions and models concerning advice letters.