Unit 1 Friendship

　　 4th Teaching Period Writing

　　 第十二备课合作组

　　 This part asks the students to write their advice to Xiao Dong as an editor

　　 Ⅰ.Teaching goals

　　 1. Enable the Ss to know more about Friends , friendship and interpersonal relationship

　　 2. Help the Ss to learn how to write a proposal letter

　　 3. Get the Ss to write a letter

　　 Ⅱ.Teaching methods

　　 1. Demonstration method to show the students how to write

　　 2. Together work to make every student have a clear idea

　　 Ⅲ.Teaching procedures

　　 Step 1. Greetings

　　 Step 2.Lead-in

　　 Ss talk about the importance of friends and making friends

　　 The teacher asks the Ss how they understand the following sentences

　　 1).The better part of one's life consists of his friendship ------Abraham Lincoln

　　 2)Friendship is the golden ribbon that ties the world together ------Kristina

　　 Step 3. Guided writing

　　 1. Ss read the letter to the editor from Xiao Dong and make sure they know what problem XiaoDong has

　　 2. Ss discuss in groups of four what advice they can give Xiao Dong and after the discussion ,make a list

　　 3. Ss write their advice to Xiao Dong as an editor individually

　　 Step 4. Writing assessment

　　 The teacher chooses one or two of the students' writing papers to show to the class. Ss discuss:

　　 1. Can the letter give Xiao Dong some good advice?

　　 2. Is the letter well developed?

　　 3. Are the ideas well organized to the point?

　　 4. Dose the writer have a good choice of words and idioms in his writing ?

　　 5. Dose the writer get a good mastery of complex structures of language?

　　 6. What mistakes has the writing made in his writing ? What can we do to avoid such mistakes?

　　 Step 5. Homework

　　 Ss choose either of the tasks to finish

　　 1. Finish off the writing task on p.46 (work book)

　　 2. Write a reply to the letter:

　　 Dear Amy,I have a problem and I'm writing to ask you for advice .This is secret, so please don't tell anybody else.

　　 I used to get along very well with my cousin and we used to be very good friends .We were planning to spend part of the winter vacation together, but now I don't think I want to invite him home.

　　 Recently I've discovered that he's started to tell lies. When I told him that it was wrong to tell lies, he just laughed at me. The problem is, should I tell his parents or his teacher , or should I keep quiet? He certainly isn't going to listen to me.