Task: A recommendation letter课件配套优秀

7B Unit 7

Abilities Task 金坛区第二中学

闵昭

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.

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 1.

Free talk: What things can we do to help others? 2.

Talk about Daniel and his classmates. They are the members of the Helping Hands Club. What things did they do? 3.

Daniel did a lot for others. So what do you think of him? (kind, polite, helpful, clever, hard-working etc.) 4.

Talk about your own abilities and your personality to your partner. And then let your partner introduce you to the other students.

Step 2 Presentation

1.

Present the new words and phrases. 2.

Mr Wu wrote a letter about Daniel. Why did Mr. Wu write this letter? Why did Mr.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Wu recommend Daniel? Listen to the tape and find the answers. 3.

Read Mr Wu’s recommendation letter. Then fill in the blanks. 4.

Read after the tape. 5.

Analyze Mr Wu’s recommendation letter Introduction: Paragraph 1 tells what the letter is about. Main body: Paragraph 2 tells abilities of Daniel. Paragraph 3 tells personality of Daniel. Paragraph 4 tells what Daniel did. Conclusion: Paragraph 5 tells the wish of Mr Wu and Daniel’s classmates.

Step 3 Practice Write a recommendation letter. 1.

Summarize the words and phases that express ability and personality. 2.

Write a recommendation letter in groups of fours. 3.

Check the writing to make it better.

Step 4 Production Share the writing of the recommendation letter.

V. Homework Recommend one of your classmates for this year’s Good Student Award. Write a recommendation letter.