Task(1): Writing an article about problems and solutions: Skills building 1 and 2教学设计第一课时

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Task

Skills building 1: identifying negative emotional language

by Liu Jiangying

Teaching aims In this part, we’ll learn what words, phrases or structures are used to express negative emotions. These words will help discuss the problems. 1. Read the guidelines to know what negative emotions are.

Example words: hopeless, unhappy, disappointed, sad, regretful and lonely. 2. Make some sentences using the structures given on page 26.

I felt like crying when I knew I would never see my grandma again.

Failing my Maths test again made me feel rather depressed. I want to have a talk with my Maths teacher.

He left school under a black cloud after causing a serious accident.

Since her husband got ill, she seemed very down in the dumps. Teaching procedures: Step 1: identifying problems This part is designed to help develop your reading and listening skills. First read a letter and find the problem described in it according to what you have learnt in Skills building 1. Then complete the notes after listening to a student talk about his problems and suggest some good solutions. 1.

Read the letter in Part A on page 26 and underline the negative language used to describe the

problem in the letter. Answers: ①

I don’t know what to do.

②

I’ve been very sad

③

I feel caught between

④

They make me feel like I’m a bad son

⑤

I feel guilty

⑥

I’m so confused.

⑦

I’m really tired of feeling worried

⑧

I wish I knew

2. Go over Part B on page 27 to find out what you should do next. Then listen to the recording and finish the notes in this part. Check answers with the class. 3. Go over Part C, then listen to the recording and complete this part.

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Skills building 2: breaking a big question into smaller ones In this part, we will learn how to break a big question into smaller ones.

1 I’ll write a question on the blackboard. Do you know how to answer it? How can I improve my grades? It is difficult for us to simply answer the question with one or two sentences because it is too big. 2 Go over the guidelines in this part. Then read the big question and smaller questions given in this part as an example. 3. Work into groups of four to divide the question on the blackboard into a few smaller questions.

Step 2: discussing solutions This part is designed to help use what you’ve learnt in Skills building 2

to practise asking questions and discussing solutions. 1. Work in pairs to discuss Ma Jie's problems. Try to divide the big question 'What do you

think of Ma Jie's problem?' into smaller ones.

2. Write down the smaller questions in speech bubbl 3. Work in pairs to make up a dialogue with the help of speech bubble 2 and speech bubble 3. Then two or three pairs are required to present your dialogues to the whole class. In this part, you will read some guidelines of how to make advice clearer and more helpful to people who need it. Read the three points and put on the blackboard the following table to help the students understand the guidelines.

Guidelines What to do Why

People want help but not judgement of their previous behaviour.

1 avoid Use positive, helpful language judging do not say, 'It's wrong for you to .. 2 give Mention a similar situation where People will know how to use your advice. examples your advice works.

Step 3: writing an article In this part, you’ll write an article

about how Ma Jie solved his problem with the help of his parents, teachers and coach. 1 Read the guidelines in this part to find out what to do. ·Ma Jie's problems ·the possible solutions Ma Jie has thought of and the reasons why they didn't work ·the advice you gave to Ma Jie ·the advice his parents, teachers and coach gave him and why it works ·

your opinion about the best way to solve problems that students have 2. Work in groups of four to write the article. Each member of the group writes one part. After each of you has finished your part, your group should put the four parts together to form the

article and present it to the whole class. 3. Homework: write a passage according the guidelines in Part B on page 115 in workbook.

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