1、Unit 3 Fit for lifeIntegrated skills (II)To give people more detailed information about short-sightedness so that they can have a better understanding of it and know different measures to protect their eyesight.Brainstorming ideas or making some researchDeveloping an outline Brainstorming What infor
2、mation should be included in the article about short-sightedness?1. What is the present situation of short-sightedness among Chinese students? 2. What are the causes of short-sightedness? 3. What are the signs of short-sightedness?4. What can we do to protect our eyes?Step 1 They become short-sighte
3、d increasingly at a younger age. It is said that 36 per cent of primary school students suffer from it; 71.6 per cent of junior high school studentssuffer from it; 81 per cent of senior high school students suffer from it. With time passing by, more and more students have the problems of short-sight
4、edness.1. What is the present situation of short-sightedness among Chinese students? What maybe a key factor in developing short-sightedness?What kinds of influence will short-sightedness have on us? Lets find out the causes of short-sightedness.Having poor lighting or bad reading habits.Spending a
5、large amount of time reading, working at a computer, focusing on a smartphone screen or doing other close work.Spending too little time outdoors. 2. What are the causes of short-sightedness? Getting affected because ones parents are short-sighted. Complaining of tired eyes and headaches.Moving close
6、r to objects.Looking at things with eyes partly shut. 3. What are the signs of short-sightedness?It is important for eyes to get regular breaks.School facilities should also be improved to provide students with an eye-friendly environment.We should take action to make people aware of the ways to imp
7、rove eye health.Measures4. What can we do to protect our eyes?Beginning Body EndingAn article about short-sightednessanalyse the causes and signs of short-sightedness.conclude with suggestions to improve the situation.state the purpose of your writing and introduce the current situation of short-sig
8、htedness among young people.Developing an outlineStep 2 Outline of the articleBeginning state the purpose of the writing describe the current situation of short-sightedness Body analyse the causes of short-sightedness Getting affected because ones parents are short-sighted. Spending a large amount o
9、f time reading, working at a computer, focusing on a smartphone screen or doing other close work. Having poor lighting or bad reading habits. Spending too little time outdoors. analyse the signs of short-sightedness Looking at things with eyes partly shut. Moving closer to objects. Complaining of ti
10、red eyes and headaches.End conclude with suggestions to improve the situation Preparing useful expressions Step 3Why not do sth .An effective way to . is .If I were you, I would .Youd better ., because .It would be a better idea if .The situation could be improved if .I would like to suggest that yo
11、u (should) .There is no better way to do sth than to do sth .In my opinion, it would be wise to take the following actions.Useful expressions for organizing the points Your ideas are more likely to be persuasive if you can present them in a clear and concise manner.Planning your writing Write an out
12、line for your writing Collect more useful expressionsStep 4 Summary Prewriting is the very first step of writing. Prewriting includes two important elements: brainstorming or researching, and developing an outline. You can also prepare some useful expressions that you can use in your writing. The more you plan in the beginning, the less time you may spend writing and revising later.
