Project(1): Making a happiness handbook优秀课堂实录

Module 6 Unit 2

Laughter is good for you

Project: Making a happiness handbook

Step 1: Reading under guidance 1.

Enjoy a short piece of music and then complete the lyric(歌词) below.

Life is just a bowl of ________. Sometimes it's filled with _________. Don't be afraid when things go wrong and just be strong ... If one day you lose your way, just remember that I'm here to stay. Don't you ________, keep your chin(下巴) up and _____________! 2.

What's happiness to you?

Step 2: Exercising under guidance Task 1: Skim the two passages and answer two questions. 1.

Is the writer a teenager or an adult? 2.

What time does the writer consider the happiest in his/her life?

Task 2: Read the two passages carefully and fill in the blanks. Golden days

Opinion

(1)_______

Those golden days at school were the happiest of my life.

No worries

Good (4)___________ It’s hard to stay happy and cheerful without good health. When I was young, I could run many kilometers, not feeling tired, and I felt like I could do anything. Now I’m getting old, I get tired easily, and I must be careful not to hurt

myself. 

I could spend all day outside, 

(2)

_______ in the sunshine with my friends and we always



talked about

interesting things. 

All I had to do was go to school and spend a few hours studying 

when I came home. 

All I had to do was (3) ______ . My future happiness

Opinion

(1)_______

My happiest days will be in the future

New (6)____________ 

It will bring people good health and happiness. 

People will learn to (7)______ many of the problems that affect us now. 

Robots and computers assist us with boring things. 

Automatic kitchens will cook instant meals for us.

Successful job



I will be more (8)_____. 

I can make my own

(9) ________. 

I will have a secure job that I like.

Conclusion I’ve had a wonderful life and I 'm proud of my (5) ______________. Conclusion

Thinking my happiest days are ahead of me gives me the (10) ________ to work hard now.

Step 3 Discussing under guidance

Preparing to make a happiness handbook 1. What's a handbook? How to make a good one? 2. Work in groups and have a discussion about how to write your happiness essays. Title: ________________________

Opinions

Reasons (no less than three)

Conclusion

Step 4

Attaining perfection under guidance Are there any unfamiliar words, phrases or sentence patterns while you are discussing?

Step 5 Assessing

1. Write your essay and present it to the whole class. 2. Homework:

Finish your happiness handbook and be ready for presentation of it next time.