1、Unit 1 Life Choices Writing Workshop目录页contentsGet ready for writingIRead for writingIIIIIStructure and languageCompose your writingIVGet ready for writingBrainstorm:Think of some words about school life(v./n./adj.).admitstudy hardaccomplishconsultencouragepunishreviewreciteinterestambitionarrangeme
2、ntchancecultureopinionattempt.?laughtersadnessGet ready for writingYou are going to write an email to a junior secondary school classmate about your new school.Discuss your ideas with a 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
3、?Read for writingRead for writing:Read the email.Answer the questions.To tell her about her new school.1.Who is Fang Lan?2.Why is Wang Ying writing to her?Fang Lan is the writers friend.3.Is the email formal or informal?Why is it written this way?Informal.It is written this way because they are frie
4、nds.Read for writing:Find the examples of contractions ContractionsPunctuationsInformal words/phrasesExamples from the sampleOther examplesHows;theres;its;dont;Im;were;whatsThats.Id.Lets.guess what gym!me！school!/Right?You know;All the best!WellHello;isnt it?Sorry!Great!Come on!Structure and languag
5、eStructure and languageLabel the elements(a-g)of the email above.a.ending and wishes b.greeting c.subject line d.reasons to finish writing e.questions about the other person f.information about ones own life g.signatureStructure and languageHi Fang Lan,Hows your life in Canada?I hope you have adapte
6、d well to the new situation and are enjoying your new school.I love my new senior secondary school.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 presentation tomorrow and I need to finish my slides.I look forward to hearing a
7、ll about whats happening with you soon.All the best!Wang YingSubject:Hello from an old friendc:subject lineb:greetinge:questions about the other personf:information about ones own lifed:reasons to finish writinga:ending and wishesg:signatureStructure and language:Sentence builderWe dont have a fixed
8、 classroom.We are in the same classroom.There is a huge gym.My school gives me a chance.Analyse the sentence structures of the sentences.主+谓+宾主+系动词+表There be+真正主语主+谓+(间接)宾语+(直接)宾语Structure and language:Sentence builderWrite 4 sentences about your new school life by following the sentence structures.
9、主+谓+宾主+系动词+表There be+真正主语主+谓+(间接)宾语+(直接)宾语I take part in There are in my school.Our high school is Compose your writingCompose your writing 假如你是李华，你在新学校学习已两个多月，请根据以下假如你是李华，你在新学校学习已两个多月，请根据以下提示，用英语给你的朋友提示，用英语给你的朋友JaneJane写封电子邮件，谈一谈你的高写封电子邮件，谈一谈你的高中生活。中生活。1.1.介绍你的学校和班级；介绍你的学校和班级；2.2.你的作息时间；你的作息时间；3.3.
10、你的同学；你的同学；4.4.你最喜欢的老师。你最喜欢的老师。注意：可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。注意：可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Compose your writing审题谋篇审题谋篇体裁主题人称时态结构应用文学校生活第一人称为主一般现在时为主第一段：邮件目的第二段：学校生活安排第三段：作息安排范文赏析Dear Jane,Long time no see!I have been studying at the new school for more than two months.There are 30 classes in each grade and about 800 teache
11、rs,including my favorite teacher Mr Wang.He is a humorous man who always uses many interesting teaching methods to arouse our interest.Besides,my class has 56 students and all of us are diligent and hard-working.We have become good friends and encourage each other to study hard.We usually get up at
12、6:00 am and go to bed at 10:00 pm.To put it simply,I like the new lifestyle at my new school.I hope our friendship will last forever.Yours,Li Hua Your new school life Activity 1:Pair Work Talk about your new school life.Use the cues to help you.What is it like?How do you feel about it and why?Is it
13、different from your previous school life?What is your plan for yournew school life?Activity 2:Listen and fill in the blanks.Personal Feelings:Im a new _ _ school student.It is the start of a new_ in my life.My new school life is very exciting.senior secondarychapterReasons:I feel excited because thi
14、s school _ in many ways from my _ one.Previously,we had _ where students all sat in rows.In my new school,students _ _ in groups.Forms of Learning:What is also very different is that students in the same class can have _ _ _.differspreviousfixed classroomssitdifferent class schedules around Activity
15、 2:Listen and fill in the blanks.Expectations:In the next three years,I hope I will learn many _ _.I also hope I will _ _ in speaking English and _ _ in a variety of new skills.All in all,I hope to have a _,_ and _ life in my new school.Summary:How to write about your new school life?new things deve
16、lop confidencedevelop competencehappier more fruitfulsatisfyingPersonal Feelings:exciting,interesting,stressful,boring,challenging,peaceful,free,relaxing,active,easy Reasons:differ in many ways from my previous one,is much bigger and more dynamic than I expectedhave a big playground/a friendly head
17、teacher/a beautiful campus/an excellent student center/a big libraryForms of learning:have different class schedules/choices for different clubs,have fixed classrooms,do group projects,have group discussions,share ideas or check work togetherExpectations:learn many new things/develop confidence in s
18、peaking English/competence in a variety of new skills/have a happier,more fruitful and satisfying lifeActivity 2:How to write about your new school life?在此输入学术题目Activity 3:Listen and complete the notes below.BobFredMs JohnsonJobWork schedulePositives about the jobNegatives about the jobDoctorstarts
19、work at 7,works 12-hour shiftsFootball playerBusiness managerg e t s t o s o l v e problems and help people recover from illness and injurylittle time for leisure,lots of pressure,trains for 10 months a year,5 hours a day8 am until late eveningtravels a lot to different countries and people cheering him oninjuries from training or playinggets to make important decisionsstressful work,doesnt get to see family enoughHomeworkUse the language you have learnt to write a short passage about your new school life.Then share it in groups.
