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高二英语 “学 议 练 探” 学案 M5 U1

Task
Teaching objectives:
(1) understand a conversation on a radio talk show
(2) discuss friendship and practise agreeing and disagreeing
(3) write a letter to a friend
(4) learn and practise language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing.
Teaching focus and difficulties:
(1) writing down answers
(2) the way to show agreeing and disagreeing.
(3) writing a letter to a friend

Part 1 Preview
Thinking before class
(1) When we talk about the “environment”, what words will come to your mind?
Suggested answer: harmonious/ peaceful/ destructive/ pollution/ disaster/ protection/ environmentalist
(2) What kind of natural disasters do you know?
Suggested answers: flood/ drought/ acid rain/ desertification/ tsunami/ volcano

Part 2 Study and in class

Skills building 1:Writing down the answers
1. Lead-in
You are a reporter of your school newspaper and going to have a interview with your headmaster next week, what should you do?
2. Turn to page 12 and find some guidelines
a. Questions: Prepare them in advance.
b. Notes: Brief notes only, not whole sentences.

Make the notes which you can understand later.
Use contractions and abbreviations if possible.

c. Tip: Be polite when you ask others to repeat.
3. Listening
a. Discuss freely:
Have you ever moved to a new town or neighborhood?
What did you do when you meet your new neighbors?
b. Listen to the radio programme and make notes

Step 1 : Calling Teen Talk for advice
1. Brainstorming:
What do you do when you have a personal problem?
Would you talk to your parents or your friends and ask them for advice?
2. Read the leaflet about Teen Talk and do the exercise in Part A
3.Keys to Part A
Phone
True
False
teenagers’ problems
advice

Skills building 2: agreeing and disagreeing
1. Lead-in
What do you often do with your friends?
Have you ever write letters to your friends?
2. Agreeing and disagreeing
a. Agreeing
b. Disagreeing
c. Tips:
If you disagree with someone you should express your opinions politely.
Others will take your opinions more seriously if you state them calmly and politely.
3. Group work:
Express your opinions on the statements on page 14 by stating whether you agree or disagree, using the expressions just learned.

Step 2: discussing friendship with others
1. Look at the table of part A on page 15
Have a discussion on friendship and asks your classmates at least three questions for their opinions on friendship.
Note the responses in the table.
2. Discussion (pair work)
Discuss the following statements on friendship and decide whether you agree or disagree with them.
Friendship is an important part of my life.
A good friend must be honest, kind and have a sense of humor.
One or two good friends are better than 100 acquaintances.

Skills building 3: proofreading
1. Lead-in
What is proofreading?
(Find careless mistakes that you have made.)
What should we check for?
Read the points on page 16 and find the answers.
2. In particular, we should check for:
Facts: make sure the facts are accurate.
Grammar: Check that you have used the correct tenses, parts of speech, sentence structures, etc. Make sure the verb agrees with the subject.
Handwriting: Make sure your handwriting is clear.
Punctuation: Check that all punctuation marks are used correctly and that none are missing.
Vocabulary: Check that you have used the right words.
Spelling: Look out for spelling mistakes.
Style (formal/informal): Check that the choice of vocabulary and sentence structure is of the right degree of formality.

Step 3: Writing a letter to your friend
1. Write a letter to a friend about what his or her friendship means to you. using information gathered in Step 1 and 2.
2. Group work: each member of the group contributes something to the planning of the outline of the letter.

Part 3 Practice in class
Student’s book: page 96
Part 4 Exploring after class

Write the letter based on the outline in Part A on page 17.
Consider the suggestions carefully
your feelings about friendship
the qualities of a good friend
your feelings about best friends
what makes a good friendship last

Teaching reflection

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