Unit 5 Period 6 Writing and Writing Task

  Unit 5　Nelson Mandela—a modern hero Period 6　Writing and Writing Task 整体设计 从容说课 This is the sixth teaching period of this unit. The teacher can first check the homework and review what they learned in the last lesson. Some exercises which relate to attributive clauses should be designed for revision. The emphasis of this period is laid on developing the students’ writing ability. This is a best way to test if the students have mastered what they have learned. The part Speaking and writing on Page 39 requires students to look at the life of Nelson Mandela, find out what happened to him in 1999, discuss in pairs what qualities make Mandela a great man and write a summary of Nelson Mandela’s life or a short paragraph about their ideas on Nelson Mandela. The teacher can first talk about and discuss with the students information about Nelson Mandela mentioned before, ask students to read through the passage Life of Nelson Mandela to know more about his life, and then let them write the summary or the short paragraph according to the steps mentioned in the textbook. After their writing, share their ideas with the whole class by asking them to read their writings aloud. Writing Task on Page 75 requires students to write a passage about a great person worth admiring. The purpose of this exercise is for students to use their personal knowledge about people in their area. They can describe a person who they think is a great person because of what this person does for the community. The teacher can direct students to write their passage following the structure and some useful words and expressions given on Page 75. Writing is a higher stage of language learning. The teacher should frequently give students some assignments of writing. Only in this way, can students use what they have learned more freely. 教学重点 Develop the students’ writing ability by writing a summary and an articrle for a newspaper. 教学难点 Get the students to learn how to write a good article for a newspaper. 教学方法 1. Task-based teaching and learning 2. Cooperative learning 3. Discussion 教具准备 A projector and other normal teaching tools 三维目标 Knowledge aims: 1. Get the students to learn and master the new words and useful expressions:leader, president, anti, anti-black, sentence, sincerely, set up, be sentenced to 2. Get the students to know the structure of a persuasion passage and writing steps. Ability aims: 1. Develop the students’ writing ability. 2. Get the students to learn how to write a good summary and anticle for a newspaper. Emotional aims: 1. Enable the students to master writing skills and write excellent articles. 2. Motivate the students to learn good qualities from great people. 教学过程 →Step 1 Revision 1. Check the homework exercises. 2. Correct the mistake in each sentence of the following. Show the following on the screen. 1)He told us about the countries where he visited. 2)The days when we spent together cannot be easily forgotten. 3)We shall visit the college where his father works there. 4)This is the knife with that the doctor did the operation. 5)I know the reason which she looked so worried. 6)The old man has three sons, whose two are doctors. Give three minutes for students to do the exercises. Then check the answers with the whole class. Give some explanations if necessary. Suggested answers: 1)where → (which/that) 　2)when → (which/that) 　3)去掉there 4)that → which 　5)which → why/for which6)whose → of whom →Step 2 Warming up 1. Talk about and discuss with the students some information about Nelson Mandela. 2. Read the passage Life of Nelson Mandela on Page 39 to know more about his life. 3. Discuss the question:What qualities make Mandela a great man?  →Step 3 Writing(Ⅰ) 1. Divide the students into two groups. The students in Group 1 write a summary of Nelson Mandela’s life. The students in Group 2 write a short paragraph about their ideas on Nelson Mandela. 2. Give 5 minutes for students to write their summary or short paragraph. →Step 4 Writing(Ⅱ) 1. Imagine now Mr. Mandela is in prison. You are going to write a letter to the President of South Africa asking him to free Nelson Mandela. 2. Discuss with the class the following questions: Do you remember the format of a letter? How can you persuade people to follow your advice? (Get the students into discussion. ) 3. Collect and arrange ideas for the letter. 4. Begin to write the letter to the President of South Africa like this: Dear President, I am writing to ask you to free Nelson Mandela. Here are some reasons why I think he should be freed. . . (Then write your ideas one by one. Each of them should take one paragraph. It doesn’t matter if the paragraphs are very short, but give one or more reasons for each of your ideas. ) 5. Finish the letter with “Yours sincerely” and your name. Give 15 minutes for students to write the letter. Then ask some of them to share their ideas with the whole class by reading their letters aloud. Sample letter 1: No. 1 Middle School Beijing, China May 27, 1989 Dear President, I am writing to ask you to free Nelson Mandela. Here are some reasons why I think he should be freed. As we all know, people with different colors should be equal. Nelson Mandela devoted all his life to realize this dream. In 1944, he founded the ANC Youth League to call on people to struggle for their rights to vote. In 1952, he opened a law office to help the poor black people in Johannesburg on their problems. The black people loved him. In 1962, Mandela encouraged people to use violence against anti-black laws to get their rights, so he was sentenced to 5 years hard labor. One year later, as one of the leaders of ANC, he led them to blow up the government buildings to realize their dream of making black and white people equal, so that he was again sentenced to prison for life on Robben Island until now. I think, what he did was for his people, his country, not for himself. He has an unselfish and brave heart. As he is a great man, you should set him free. I hope you will consider my arguments. Yours sincerely, Li Hong [NextPage] Sample letter 2: Dear President, I am writing to ask you to free Nelson Mandela. Here are some reasons why I think he should be free. First, it is natural for Mr. Mandela to encourage violence against anti-black law. At that time, there were a lot of laws stopping the blacks’ rights and progress. The black people reached a stage where they had almost no rights at all. Black people had no vote and could not choose who ruled them. The parts of town where they were sent to live were decided by white people. They could not get jobs they wanted. The places where they were sent to live were the poorest areas in South Africa. No one could grow food there. As a matter of fact, black people did not like violence. But they knew it was to realize their dream of making black and white people equal. Second, although Mr. Mandela was one of the leaders who called on black people to blow up some government buildings, he had no choice but to do that. He said they broke the law in a way which was peaceful. Only when this was not allowed did they decide to answer violence with violence. Finally, it is not a good way of solving the problem to put Mr. Mandela in prison. When Mr. Mandela is in prison, there is a lot of violence. Therefore, you should free him and then have a discussion with him about the future of South Africa in an equal way. Yours sincerely, Wang Gang →Step 5 Summary 1. Discuss with the students how to write a persuasion passage. 2. Structure of a persuasion passage Paragraph 1:Personal information Paragraph 2:His/Her hard work and achievements Paragraph 3:His/Her good qualities Paragraph 4:Your opinion →Step 6 Writing Task 1. Ask students to try to write a persuasion letter. Suppose you are going to write a letter to the senior organizers of the Nobel Prize to persuade them to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Mother Teresa. Read the information given below. Mother Teresa Personal information Born in Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910, a nurse Hard work & achievements Helping the poor and comforting the dying in the street of the city; her work spread to other part of India Good qualities hard-working, kind-hearted, persistent Your opinion A well-known person, worth the prize  Give students some time, ask them to discuss in groups and then to write their letters. About 10 minutes later, ask them to share their ideas with the class by reading their letters aloud. Correct the writings together in the end. Sample writing: Dear senior organizers, I am writing to ask you to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Mother Teresa. Here are some reasons why I think she should be given the prize. Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910. When she was 20 years old, she went to India, where she began to be a teacher. After the training, she was sent to Calcutta, where she taught geography at a school and soon after she became headmistress. However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and was trained to become a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of Indian. She became a well-known person. When she traveled the world, she opened many new schools and hospitals in poor countries. She is known for many great achievements because of her hard work, kindness and persistence. I think she is really a great person in my eyes. We should give her the Nobel Peace Prize. Yours sincerely, Zhang Qiang 2. Ask the students to turn to Page 75 and read through the directions. Then they write an article for a newspaper about a great person they admire. After most of them finish their writings, ask as many students as possible to read their articles to the class. Sample writing: Paragraph 1:Personal information Li Yong lived in Beijing and was only 25 years old when he died in an accident. His mother is very sad, for she has lost her best son. Paragraph 2:His/Her suffering for others He gave up a good job to be near his mother. She was very ill and he stayed and looked after her even though he could have worked in a big company and earned a lot of money. Paragraph 3:His/Her generosity Li Yong used to come after work and do the shopping for his neighbors. If they needed medicine he would go quickly to the shops and buy it. Sometimes he paid out of his own money. Paragraph 4:My opinion He was a man who was loved by all who knew him, because he only thought about others not himself.  →Step 7 Homework 1. Finish off the Workbook exercises. 2. Write a short passage about a great man you admire. 板书设计 Unit 5　Nelson Mandela—a modern hero Writing Structure of a persuasion passage: Paragraph 1:Personal information Paragraph 2:His/Her hard work and achievements Paragraph 3:His/Her good qualities Paragraph 4:Your opinion   活动与探究 A great person need not be famous. Look around your hometown with your partner and see if you can find anyone who has given up something (like time or money)to help others. Then write a short report about your research and read it to your classmates.