Task(1): Writing an article about problems and solutions: Skills building 1 and 2多媒体教学设计及其点评

Module 6

Unit 2

Task Writing a website article to give advice

By Xiaoli Jin Teaching aims: 1.

Practice students’ language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

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Learn to identify negative emotions. 3.

Learn how to break a big question into smaller ones to give advice on how to solve the problem. 4.

Master different ways of giving advice and guidelines of giving advice. 5.

Write an article about how to help others solve their problems. Teaching difficult and important points: 1.

Try to arouse students’

interest to show their emotions by using different expressions. 2.

Master the way of breaking a big question into smaller ones. 3.

Use the ways of giving advice correctly and able to correct wrong expressions.

Teaching procedures: Step 1: Lead-in 1.Ask students how they relax themselves at the weekend since they are living a very hard life at school. 2.Invite students to show the pictures of their favourite films and their feelings of the films. 3.Show the students my favourite film and introduce negative emotional words,

structures and images.

Step 2: Identifying problems Ask students to read the letter from Ma Jie on Page 26 and underline the negative language Ma Jie used to describe his problems.

Step 3: Breaking a big question into smaller ones What do you think of Ma Jie’s problem? 1.Since it is a little difficult, first practice a simple one “

How can I improve my grades?”which has been divided into four parts: subjects, problems, efforts and goals. 2.Ask students to discuss with their partners how they could ask questions about the four aspects.

3.Turn back to the previous question “ What do you think of Ma Jie’s problem?”

Step 4: Making up a dialogue Ask students to keep in mind all the questions they made just now and the negative languages in the letter and then make up a dialogue. Suppose Student B is Ma Jie’s friend who is very concerned about him. Now Student B is asking Student A for advice.

Sample: Student B: …

Student A:

…

Student A:

What is Ma Jie’s problem? Student B:

He feels sad and caught between what he

wants, what his parents want and what

his basketball coach wants.

Student B:

I really want to help Ma Jie, but how

can I help him? Student A:

I think if you want to give advice, you

should first listen to his problem.

Student B: …

Student A:

…

Step 5: Giving advice 1. Guidelines for giving advice

(1)Ask student to think about a question “ If a man is smoking in public, how can we persuade him not to do so?”

(2)When giving advice, we have to pay attention. There is something we can do and something we can’t do.

2. Ways of giving advice ●

advise sb to do

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suggest (one’s) doing

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advise/suggest that sb (should) do …

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One’s advice/suggestion is that sb (should) do …

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give sb some advice on …

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Why not do …/ Why don’t you do …?

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What/How about doing…?

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Let’s do ….

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If I were you, I would do…

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Don’t you think it would be a good idea to do…?

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Shall we do …?

3. Practice Ask students to describe the ten pictures given and then give advice to solve the problems. When giving advice, use the ways mentioned.

Step 6: Discussion Our rivers are being polluted and our trees are being cut down, so ask students to discuss if they have the chance to ring Mayor Mao Xiaoping, how they will give advice to him.

Step 7: Consolidation 1. Ask students to give advice to solve Ma Jie’s problem. 2. Correct the suggestions in the letter written to help Ma Jie. ①And I think it would be better if you can follow my advices.

②First, I suggest you to make a timetable, which will be benefical for you. ③Second, you also can play the basketball in your spare time. ④However, once in the classroom, your attention should be focused on your study.⑤Third, you’d better to have communication with your parents as well as your coach and ask them for help. ⑥Try to find a solution alone is not always an effective way.

⑦In a word, my suggestion is that you should find a balance between

basketball and study.

1.And I think it would be better if you could follow my advice.

2.First, I suggest you make a timetable, which will be beneficial to you.

3.Second, you can also play the basketball in your spare time.

4.However, once in the classroom, you should focus on your study.

5.Third, you’d better have communication with your parents as well as your coach and ask them for help.

6.Trying find a solution alone is not always an effective way.

7.In a word, my suggestion is that you should find a balance between basketball and study.

Step 8: Proverbs about advice ★

Better late than never.

亡羊补牢. ★

Every second counts.

一寸光阴一寸金. ★

No cross, no crown.不经风雨,怎能见彩虹.

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Lost time is never found again. 光阴一去不复返.

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Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母. ★

Where there’s a will, there's a way. 有志者事竟成. ★

Clumsy birds have to start flying early. 笨鸟先飞.

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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天.

Step 9: Homework Write an article for the school website about problems and solutions