Task: A recommendation letter优秀公开课教案

英语（七年级下册）

Unit 7

Abilities Task 主备人：周燕

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. describe the ability and personality of a person; 2. analyze the structure of a recommendation letter; 3. write a recommendation letter.

II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: sir, part, need, lose, before, most of the computer work, take part in, lose one’s way, hear from 2. New sentences: I would like to recommend Daniel for this year’s Young Star Award.

We look forward to hearing from you soon. 二次备课

III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty To describe the ability and personality of a person.

IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in & Revision

T: Hello, boys and girls. Look, who is the boy? S: Simon. T: Yes. He is a member of the Helping Hands Club. What did he do? S: Simon helped an old man cross the street./He gave a seat to someone on the bus. T: Well done! Simon also takes part in the club activities. Look at the pictures. What did he do in the club activities?

S: He visited an old people’s home with classmates./He collected many things for Project Hope with Millie to help children in need./He cleaned up the park on weekends. T: Great! Step 2 Presentation

1. Present the new words and phrases. T: Simon did a lot for others. So what do you think of him? S: Helpful/Kind. T: I agree. His classmates also think he is clever, kind and helpful. And they wrote a recommendation letter. Do you want to have a look? Here is the letter. But it has something missing. And what do they want to recommend Simon for? Can you find it out? S: They want to recommend Simon for this year’s Helpful Star Award. T: I see. Do you know who is “Sir or Madam”? If we write to a person we don’t know, we use this. “Sir” is for a man and “madam” is for a woman.[来源学#科#网]二次备课

T: Look, here is another piece of the letter. Do know “hearing from”?

S: It means getting a letter from. T: Nice. To be polite, we use “Yours faithfully” at the end of a letter.

T: Can you tell me who wrote the letter? S: Sandy.

T: Great. This is her signature.

2. Read and analyze Mr Wu’s recommendation letter. T: What a pity! It is not a complete letter. But we have Mr Wu’s recommendation letter on Page 90. He wants to recommend Daniel for this year’s Young Star Award. Why not have a look? T: How many paragraphs are there in Mr Wu’s letter? S: There are five paragraphs. T: Good. Now let’s match the paragraphs with their main ideas.Paragraph 1 tells what the letter is about. [来源学科网]

Paragraph 2 tells abilities of Daniel. Paragraph 3 tells personality of Daniel. Paragraph 4 tells what Daniel did. Paragraph 5 says again who to recommend. T: Mr Wu’s recommendation letter has three parts: introduction, main body and conclusion. Let’s put the five paragraphs into them. Can you help? Paragraph 1 is in the first part. Paragraph 2, paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 are in the second part. Paragraph 5 is in the third part. T: The first part says who to recommend. The second part tells us why to recommend Daniel for this award. It is about Daniel’s abilities, personality and what he did. The third part tells the wish of Mr Wu and Daniel’s classmates. T: Now can you tell me why Mr Wu wants to recommend Daniel? How about Daniel’s abilities? He can learn things quickly. He can use computers well.[来源学*科*网Z*X*X*K]二次备课

He does most of the computer work for the Helping Hands Club. T: Now how about Daniel’s personality? He thinks carefully when he works. He plans everything well and often takes part in activities of the Project Hope group. T: Then what did Daniel do? He helped a five-year-old boy. The boy lost his way. 3. Deal with how to write a recommendation letter. T: This is all for the recommendation letter. Now do you know how to write a recommendation letter? Do you still remember? How many parts does Mr Wu’s recommendation letter have? S: Three.

T: What should we write in the first part? S: We can write who to recommend. T: Fine. So we can use this sentence structure. The second part is the main body. What should we write in this part? S: We can write why to recommend this person. T: Great. We should write about the abilities, personality of the person and what the person did. What adjectives can you think of for describing ability? S: Clever/Bright/Smart. T: Cool! Then what phrases can you think of for describing ability? Now let’s have a brainstorm. OK, study these pictures carefully and you may have some good ideas. S: Learn things quickly/Use computers well/Write good articles/Speak English well. T: Well done! We can also use “be good at” or “do well in”. Now, let’s come to the next step. What adjectives can you find to describe personality? S: Friendly, helpful, kind, polite, careful, active. T: Wonderful! Then what phrases can you use to describe personality? OK, look at these pictures carefully and you may think of some wonderful ideas. S: Help us with our lessons./A member of the Helping Hands Club./Think carefully./Plan things well. T: Excellent! Then we should give an example to tell what the person did. And we will come to the third part of a recommendation letter. What should we write now?

S: We can write the wish here. T: How to write the wish? S: I think the person should get the award. I look forward to hearing from you. T: It’s nice. But remember “Dear Sir/Madam”, “Yours faithfully” and the signature in the letter.

Step 3 Practice Write a recommendation letter. T: You know how to write a recommendation letter. Now let’s help complete Sandy’s recommendation letter for Simon. Let’s see. Which part does the letter need? 二次备课

S: Why does Sandy recommend Simon? T: Simon’s classmates think Simon is clever, kind and helpful. Now let’s complete the letter. Here are some useful expressions for the writing. You have ten minutes to write. T: I can see your recommendation letters are ready. Now please check your letters carefully. Make sure: (1) it’s a letter not an article![来源学科网]二次备课

(2) it tells who to recommend. (3) it tells why to recommend the person. (4) it includes your wish. (5) there are few mistakes of tense, spelling and punctuation. T: Let’s help each other check the writing to make it better. Step 4 Production Share the writing of the recommendation letter. T: I think you did a good job. And I can’t wait to read your recommendation letters. Now it’s show time. Please read and show your letters to us.

T: Wonderful! Here’s sample writing. Why not have a look? V. Homework[来源:学科网ZXXK]

Recommend one of your classmates for this year’s Good Student Award. Write a recommendation letter. 教学反思