Unit1 Life Choices Writing Workshop 第1课时ppt课件- .ppt

1、Unit 1 Life Choices Writing Workshop A Personal Email Period 1 Warming-up This is your new school. You are asked to introduce your new senior secondary school to somebody. Are you ready? Warming-up You are going to write an email to one of your (foreign) friends / former classmates about your new sc

2、hool life. Ask and answer the following questions with your partner. 1 Who are you going to write to? 2 What do you want to tell him / her? 3 What do you want to know from him / her? Warming-up 1 Who is he / she going to write to? 2 What does he / she want to tell him / her? 3 What does he / she wan

3、t to know from him / her? Report to the class about your partners answers. Warming-up My partner Amy is going to write to her pen pal in the UK. She wants to tell him her feelings about the new school, the differences between the previous school and the new one, etc. She wants to know whether he has

4、 made some new friends. Read for writing 1 Who is Fang Lan? Why is Wang Ying writing to her? 2 How does Wang Ying feel about her new school? 3 How does her new school life differ from junior secondary school? 4 Why does Wang Ying have to finish the email? Read the email and answer the questions. Rea

5、d for writing 1 Who is Fang Lan? Why is Wang Ying writing to her? An old friend in junior secondary school. To say Hello. To share her new senior secondary school life with Fang Lan. To ask about Fang Lans new school life. She loves her new senior secondary school. “I like the new me”. 2 How does Wa

6、ng Ying feel about her new school? Read for writing 3 How does her new school life differ from junior secondary school? They dont have a fixed classroom. They have many different clubs after class. 4 Why does Wang Ying have to finish the email? Shes got a presentation tomorrow and she needs to finis

7、h her slides. Focus on Structure Label the elements (a-g) of the email above. a ending and wishes b greeting c subject lined reasons to finish writing e questions about the other person f information about ones own life g signature c subject line Hi Fang Lan, Hows your life in Canada? I hope you hav

8、e adapted well to the new situation and are enjoying your new school. I love my new senior secondary school. Its much bigger than my junior secondary school and theres a huge gym! Do you remember Xie Zijun? Guess what Were in the same school! Its always good to have a friend, right? Life in senior s

9、econdary school is very different from junior secondary school! You know, we dont have a fixed classroom! We go to different classes for different subjects and also for different levels. Im in the same class with Zijun for English and physics but in different classes for Chinese and maths. We also h

10、ave many different clubs after class. You know, I like dancing so Im in the Dancing Club. At the moment, we meet twice a week and were preparing to attend a competition. I think my new school gives me a chance to become a different person and I like the “new me”. Well, I must go now. Ive got a prese

11、ntation tomorrow and I need to finish my slides. I look forward to hearing all about whats happening with you soon. All the best! Wang Ying Subject: Hello from an old friend b greeting e questions about the other person f information about ones own life d reason to finish writing a ending and wishes

12、 g signature Focus on Structure Focus on Style Read for style Is the email formal or informal? Why is it written this way? Informal. Because it is an email to someone we know very well (friends, family members, etc.) Template Greeting 顶格写，段首缩进顶格写，段首缩进4个字母；段与段之间不空行。个字母；段与段之间不空行。（纸质（纸质 版建议格式）版建议格式） 段首

13、不缩进，段与段之间空一行。段首不缩进，段与段之间空一行。 Focus on Style Sum up the specific features of the formal style and informal style. Length of sentences Manners of speaking Features of expressions Examples of expressions Formal contain some polite words and expressions Informal Direct longer, complete shorter mild and

14、indirect contain contractions缩写缩写 and colloquial or slang expressions would you mind, please, thank you yeah, sure, OK, cheers, thanks, right Focus on Style Contractions 缩写 Punctuations 标点符号标点符号 Informal words/phrases Examples from the sample Find examples of informal expressions from the email and

15、put them in the following table . Hows. Im. Shes. Ive. Its. Dont. Whats. Dashes () Exclamation points (!) Hi, Guess what, Right? You know, Well, All the best! Thats. Theres. Id. Lets. Hello, isnt it? Sorry! Great! Come on, Dont you. Suspension points (.)省略号省略号 Colon (:) Semicolon (;) Apostrophe () O

16、ther examples Focus on Language Analyze the sentence structures of the given sentences. 1 We dont have a fixed classroom! 2 We are in the same class. whodowhat Subject VerbObject who Subject be Verb place Predicative Focus on Language Focus on Language Focus on Language Analyze the sentence structur

17、es of the given sentences. 3 There is a huge gym. 4 My school gave me a chance. what ThereReal Subject who Subject did Verb whom what Indirect Object Direct Object be B Focus on Language Find more example sentences using the following sentence structures in the email. Subject + Verb + Object Subject

18、 + Verb + Predicative There + Be + Real Subject Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object Focus on Language Find more example sentences using the following sentence structures in the email. Subject + Verb + Object I love my new senior secondary school. We have many different clubs. Subject +

19、Verb + Predicative Life in senior secondary school is very different from junior secondary school! I m in the Dancing Club. Assignment According to what you have talked about in the dialogue with your partners, write 3-4 sentences about your school life that you want to tell your former classmates. Use the Sentence Builder to help you.