choose one group to present their abstract orally in front of the rest class.
Write down key words as prompts on the blackboard. This can help students do better jobs in summary writing.
(Justification: This activity will be useful for summary writing skill practice and presentation skill. And it also helps students consolidate their understanding of the text.
Step 4 Summary and Homework ( 5mins)
Summary: After students’ presentation, teacher should give comments or a conclusion. This will guide others to summarize and review what they have learned in this class.
Homework: Writing in a content oriented approach. The Teacher asks students to write a short passage about town twinning, which should include the
following aspects: “What other cities you know have town twinning agreement?”“Why can the two cities become town twinning?” “What kinds of culture exchanges or reciprocal visits they have?” They are allowed to use Internet for research. They should list key information of their research result in a logical way, which will acts as an outline for the whole passage writing.
(Justification: This activity will develop students’ research and outlining skills in writing of a content oriented approach. It will check whether the students achieve the teaching objectives. )