Teaching plan
Material: Oxford English 7B Unit 7 Abilities Task: A recommendation letter
Teacher: Mao yiming
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students are able to write a persuasive recommendation letter.
Emphasis:
To write the reasonable abilities and personalities to reach the purpose.
To write the logical examples to support the topic sentences.
Procedures:
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Learning activities |
Teaching purposes |
Lead-in |
Do a quiz. |
To arouse Ss’s interest in this lesson |
Pre-writing |
1. Show Ss the basic format of a letter. 2. Learn about the structure of the content of the recommendation letter. |
To make Ss know about the structure of a recommendation letter. |
3. Read the letter fast to find what kind of boy Daniel is. 4. Brainstorming: talk about who will be recommended for the award in the class and why. |
To make Ss know how to describe a person. |
5. Compare two paragraphs to learn the writing skill—giving examples. 6. Group work: discuss and give examples. |
To teach Ss to write examples to support the topic sentences. |
7. Compare another two paragraphs to learn the writing skill—showing feelings. |
To teach Ss to write feelings to focus on the purpose. |
8. Discuss: how to write logical and reasonable supporting sentences. |
To teach Ss to write logical and reasonable supporting sentences. |
While-writing |
Write a recommendation letter to recommend a classmate to get the Most Popular Student Award. |
To make Ss practice writing a recommendation letter. |
Post-writing |
1. Assess group members’ writing. 2. Show some good writing to present the Most Popular Student Award. |
To make Ss learn to assess the writing according to the requirements. |
Assignments |
1. Correct and polish your own writing. 2. Write another letter to recommend your Miss Yu for this year’s Most Popular Teacher Award on September 10th, the Teachers’ Day. |
To encourage students to write another recommendation letter. |
Students’ sheet:
BEFORE YOU WRITE
Group work:
Discuss and list abilities（能力） and personalities（品质） of your classmates, and give examples and show feelings to support them. Remember to show the positive energy（正能量）.
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WHILE YOU WRITE
Write a recommendation letter.
Dear Miss Yu, I would like to recommend _____________ for this year’s Most Popular Student Award. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ All my group members think that ____________ should get the award. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully _____________ |
AFTER YOU WRITE
Assess(评价) a recommendation letter.
Peer-check 同伴互评 |
Requirements (要求) |
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1. Tidy handwriting. 书写工整、整洁。 |
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2. Clear paragraphs. 段落清晰。 |
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3. Focusing on the purpose. 聚焦目标。 |
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4. Having examples. 有举例。 |
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5. Showing feelings. 表达感受。 |
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6. Writing logically. 写作有逻辑性。 |
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7. No grammatical mistakes. 无语法错误。 |
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Total score: ___________
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