Unit 5 Good manners
Task
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. make a plan before writing;
2. create a web page about the talk on good manners.
II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: purpose, guest, impolite, content, conclusion, host, above
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the purpose of, take place, a lot of advice
2. New structures: The purpose of the talk is to teach students rules for eating. It’s impolite to …. Always remember to ….
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty Create a web page about the talk on good manners.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in 1. Free talk
T: Talk about manners in different places. These public signs can help you. 【设计意图：利用图片创设情境，自由讨论各种公共场合的礼仪，激活旧知, 为后续写作搭好词汇支架。】
2. Watch and answer
T: What are they doing? Do they behave well or not?
【设计意图：通过观看视频，讨论视频内容，激发学生兴趣，导入新课。】
Step 2 Pre-writing 1. Discussion
T: What shouldn’t we do and what should we do when we are eating or drinking? (Show some pictures of table manners)
【设计意图：结合图片和学生的生活体验，从正反两方面讨论餐桌礼仪的注意事项，激活学生的知识储备。】 2. Read and answer
T: The Class 1, Grade 8 students are going to give a talk on good table manners. Read their plan and answer the five questions. T: So we can see the plan has five parts.
【设计意图：通过问题分析计划表的构成要素，为后续制定计划做好铺垫。】 3. Read and complete
T: Amy and Daniel are making a web page. Help them complete the page. 4. Read and find
T: Read and try to find out the structure of the talk. The key words can help you.
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【设计意图：提取信息完成教材范文的填空，梳理范文，搜索关键词确认段落大意，加深对范文的理解，了解范文的段落结构。】 5. Find out the useful expressions
T: Read the whole talk again. Find out the useful expressions.
T: When we are writing our own talk, we can use expressions from Amy and Daniel’s talk. 【设计意图：充分利用教材，赏析范文的遣词造句，帮助学生收集后续写作所需词汇和句型，搭建写作框架，为学生赢取更多的写作时间。】 6. Write section by section
T: Amy and Daniel’s talk sets a good example for our writing. Now let’s follow Amy and Daniel to have a close look. (1) Title, Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2
T: Choose a topic as the title of the talk.
Paragraph 1: state the purpose directly and briefly Paragraph 2: state time and place clearly and correctly
T: You want to hold a talk on good manners in the zoo. Write your title and purpose.
Plan the time and the place.
(2) Paragraph 3: write the topic sentence first, and then list the supporting details
T: You want to give a talk on good manners in the hospital/on the street/in the library. Write the topic sentence first. Then write the supporting details. Don’t forget to use linking words and phrases between ideas. (3) Paragraph 4: restate the talk’s main points
T: You want to give a talk on good manners in the park. Write the conclusion. 【设计意图：本部分是本节写作课教学的重、难点之一。通过对教材范文的逐段分析，帮助学生拓展思维，理清思路，了解每个段落的写作侧重点。针对性的小练习紧扣本课的中心任务，充分挖掘教材自身素材，提供了不同场合的礼仪信息，练习形式多样，开阔了写作视角，从不同角度训练并培养了学生的写作思维和技能，能有效提高学生的写作水平。】 7. Enrich your expressions
T: Besides the useful expressions borrowed from Amy’s letter, we can also think of some more with the same or similar meanings.
【设计意图：通过设计丰富的语言方式表达，输入不同的句型结构，继续进行写作微技能指导，提高学生遣词造句能力。】
Step 3 While- writing 1. Plan T: It’s time to write your talk about good manners now. First of all, work in pairs. Choose a topic and make a plan. T: Who would like to show your plan? 2. Draft
T: You can write your first draft now. Be sure to have a complete structure, clear and effective ideas and rich expressions. It’s helpful to have a look at the outline of the talk. (Play the background music)
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【设计意图：两人讨论完成写作计划，各自独立完成初稿，实现写作任务的整体输出。】
Step 4 Post- writing 1. Revise
T: After finishing the draft, you need to improve your writing. Here is a draft. Let’s see how to revise your writing. Focus on the overall flow of the talk, such as the structure, main points and details. You can circle any mistakes you notice but focus on the big problem. You can do the revision by moving, cutting or adding. Look at me, I can move parts to right order, cut out unnecessary details and add new materials. Do you think they are good ways? Now revise your writing by yourself. 2. Edit
T: So far, you may have improved your writings greatly. Next what should you do? Read your writing more slowly. Look for tiny errors, such as grammar errors, confusing sentences, spelling, punctuation and capitalization. Follow the steps. Edit your writing in pairs.
【设计意图：通过示范初稿的修订、校订，完稿，具体指导学生个人自评，同伴互评，让学生在修改过程中不断改善自己的习作，提高习作水平。】 3. Finish
T: Now let’s make a final copy and make your own web page. Never forget to use your best handwriting. Try to make your web page beautiful. 【设计意图：五个写作步骤是本节课的又一个教学重难点，通过将过程取向写作教学模式和本课写作内容的有机结合，教给学生写作方法。五个写作步骤各有侧重，层次清晰，环环相扣，一气呵成，最后习作的整体输出是水到渠成。】 4. Assess
T: Share and assess your web page according to the assessment table.
【设计意图：设计量化评价表，让学生在多层评价中进一步发现问题，享受成功，为提高学生的写作能力起到积极的推动作用。】
Step 5 Summary 1. Summary
T: So far, we have a better understanding about how to write a talk about good manners. Let’s review what we have learnt in this class. 2. Topic distillation
T: In any culture, how you treat others can affect how people view you and treat you. People are drawn to those who are mannerly and who treat them well. Put simply, your manners really matter!
【设计意图：课堂总结，巩固已学知识，讨论礼仪，进行情感升华。】
V. Homework
1. Learn more about manners by reading books, watching programs and searching the Internet.
2. Choose an aspect of good manners. Make a plan and create your own web page.
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