Task(1): Writing an article about problems and solutions: Skills building 1 and 2第二课时教案

Module 6 Unit2

Task

Writing a website article to give advice

冷水江第一中学

康航燕

Teaching aims: By the end of the class, the students will be able to: 1.

learn to identify negative emotional language. 2.

learn how to break a big question into smaller ones to discuss and give advice to solve the problems. 3.

write an article about how to help others solve their problems.

Teaching focus and difficulties: 1.

giving advice to solve the problems. 2.

writing an article . Teaching methods: 1.

Listening, reading and thinking to get students to understand the text. 2.

Pair discussion and group discussion to get students to participate in the classroom activities. Teaching aids: The multimedia Teaching procedures: Step 1 :Lead-in 1. Review the words which are used to express happiness. 2. Use some pictures of a famous mobile game to express the negative emotions. Step 2:Skills building 1 :

identifying negative emotional language emotional words and negative images used to discuss problems, fears and worries Words sad

confused

disappointed

unhappy

alone

afraid

Structures I feel like…

They make/ It makes me feel…

I wish…

I’m tired of…

Images under a black cloud

stuck/ caught between..

feel blue…

down in the dumps Exercise: Fill in the blanks with the negative emotional language. Step 3: identifying problems A) Read the letter in Part A on page 26 and underline the negative language used to describe the problem in the letter.

Answers

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I don’t know what to do.

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I’ve been very sad…

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I feel caught between…

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They make me feel like I’m a bad son.

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I feel guilty…

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I’m so confused.

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I’m really tired of feeling worried…

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I wish I knew…

B ) You decided to call Ma Jie to find more about his problems. Listen to what he says and complete your notes below.

Answers

(1) tired (2) make mistakes (3) play well

(4) studies (5) falling behind

(6) studies (7) basketball (8) ability (9) willing (10) focus (11) education (12) injured (13) Yao Ming (14) important (15) business world (16) agree C) Ma Jie tells you about some of the solutions he thought of and why these solutions did not work. Answers:

Why didn’t these solutions work? 1 Both things take a lot of time. 2 Two days a week is not enough training. 3 I failed two exams and my parents were very disappointed

4 If I don’t play, I’m not happy. Step 4. Skills building 2: breaking a big question into smaller ones •

a big question •

How can we improve our English? •

small questions •

Is English easy to learn? •

Do you spend enough time on this subject? •

What is your problems in English study? •

What have you done to improve your English? •

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Step5. discussing solutions

1. Ask the students,"What is Ma Jie's problem?"

2. What do you think of Ma Jie’s problem?

Answers

Speech Bubble 1 •

problem: What is his problem? •

source of information: How did you find out about the problem? •

people involved: Who else is involved in the problem besides Ma jie? •

attempts to solve problem: What has he done to try to solve the problem? •

results of attempts: what were the results of

the solutions he had tried? •

things one wishes to happen: What does he wishes to happen?

3.work in pairs to make up a dialogue. Step 6: writing an article Write an article about how Ma Jie solved his problem with the help of his parents, teachers and coach. discuss and list what you should write: 1.Ma Jie’s problems 2.the possible solutions

3.the advice you gave to Ma Jie 4.what is the result Step 7.

Homework

Finish the exercises on page 114 and 115 .