Unit 4 making the news教案
using language
Teaching Aims:
1. Enable the students to express opinions of their own and do news-writing 2. Improve the students’ writing
Important Points and difficult points
Help the students learn how to express their own opinions and write the news clearly
Teaching methods
Cooperative learning; Task-based method
Teaching procedures:
I. Present the task: making a newspaper
Make a newspaper for your schoolmates
The best newspapers will be put up on the “English Corner”.
II. Speaking
Skim & scan the main columns of the sample newspaper:
The Columns of the newspaper The articles of the newspaper
Task 1: Discuss how to make a popular newspaper for your schoolmates
(elect the best designer of a newspaper in the end): What columns will the newspaper have? What topic will each column talk about? How to do it cooperatively in a group?
Task 2: Discuss the form of a newspaper article by reading the model article
on Page 68)
List the facts and the opinions that go with them Clear structure:
State the situation of a story in Paragraph 1;
Set out what happened clearly in paragraphs 2 and 3;
State how the story ended and your opinion on what happened in Paragraph 4. Logical(coherent)
Connecting Words and Phrases:
※ Illustration or example: I think, I suggest, in other words, for example, in fact,
that is
※ Addition: Besides, moreover, in addition, again, also, and, finally, first, further,
furthermore, last, next, second
※ Comparison: also, in the same way, similarly
※ Contrast: but, however, otherwise, although, but at the same time, even though,
in contrast, in spite of, instead, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, though
※Summary: in short, in a word, in all, in brief, therefore, as has been said, in
conclusion, in summary, on the whole, to summarize
※Emphasis: certainly, indeed, in fact, of course
III. Writing
Task 3: Write an article for your group’s newspaper Task 4: Evaluation of writing Criterion Excellent Good Average Poor (20-25分) (15-20分) (10-15分) (5-10） Point of view Organization Language Overall Impression Task 5: Evaluation of Your Work in Class
The best co-operating groups The best editors The best writers Task 6
I. Elaboration & prediction: get the students to predict what they will listen to and elaborate the topic to their known knowledge.
Task 1: Go over Ex1 on Page 31 and guess what they will listen to on the
tape.(group discussion)
II. Listening
Task 2: Listen and circle the correct summary of the listening passage. This is about a young man who is refused an interview with Liu Ming.
This is about a young man who is trying to arrange in interview with Liu Ming. This is about a young man who wants to ask Liu Ming about how to work abroad. Task 3: Listen to the tape again and answer questions on Page 32.
Task 4: Listen to the tape again and try to note down the dialogue (pair work)
Task5: Role-play the dialogue and elect the best actors (the most similar to the original dialogue)
III. Speaking and Listening
Discuss the phrase that may be used in making appointments (input) Shall we make an appointment? How about…?
When are you free? When do you think is convenient for you?
Is it possible to…? I shall be busy at… and… but I can be free at… Where is the best place? Maybe we can meet at…
Task 7: Make an appointment according to the situation in Ex3 on Page 32 Task 8: Listen to the tape and do Ex 1 and Ex2 (LISTENING)) on Page 62.
IV. Assignment
Finish making the newspaper in a group.
2016年人教版必修五Unit 4 Making the News using language教案
