1、Unit 4 Whats the best movie theater? Writing Instructional Objectives By the end of the class, 85% 90% of the students should: 1. Be able to review the superlative forms of the adjectives and adverbs; 2. Be able to discuss the best places and things in Xian using the superlative forms of the adjecti
2、ves and adverbs correctly; 3. Be able to read a passage about Greenwood Park and analyze its structure; 4. Be able to write a passage about your town and the best places/ things there; 5. Be able to learn how to evaluate a composition and give marks to their partners compositions according to the ch
3、eck list. Educational Objectives 1. Be able to appreciate the advantages of others writings and improve their own writings; 2. Be able to appreciate the beauty of hometown and know more about it; 3. Be able to learn through cooperation. Personal Objectives 1. Be able to give students clear and brief
4、 instructions by using some classroom language and body language; 2. Be able to stimulate students interests in writing by enjoying music and watching videos; 3. Be able to pay attention to guide students to participate in class activities and cooperate with each other. Focal Points 1. Be able to di
5、scuss the best places and things in Xian using the superlative forms of the adjectives and adverbs correctly; 2. Be able to write a passage about your town and the best places/ things there; 3. Be able to learn how to evaluate a composition and give marks to their partners compositions according to
6、the check list. Difficult Points Learn how to evaluate a composition and give marks to their partners compositions according to the check list. Teaching Procedures Stage 1 Lead-in Step 1 Enjoy a song T: To begin with, lets enjoy a song first and tell me whats it about. (Ss watch a video of a song na
7、med Take Me Home, Country Road.) T: Do you like this song? Ss: . T: What does this song talk about? Ss: . T: After listening this song, the singer missed his hometown a lot. Hometown is always the family in our heart. Where is our hometown? Ss: . T: Do you love it? Ss: . Stage 2 Revision Step 1 Watc
8、h a video about Xian T: Do you want to know more about our hometown? Ss: . T: Good! Lets watch a video about Xian. And write down the superlatives on your hand-out. You can also write down some useful information. (Ss watch a video about Xian.) T: Xian is really a good place, isnt it? Lets check the
9、 answers. How about XXX? Ss: . T: Dont forget to add “the” before the superlatives. Stage 3 Brainstorming Step 1 Brainstorm T: Think about more best places or things in Xian and tell me why. Why are they the best? Group 1, you guys focus on the best places to visit. Group 2, you need to think about
10、the best places to go to on weekends. Group 3, the best food. Group 4, the best stores. Please turn to page 31 and write down the answers in 3b. Ready? Go. (Ss think about the questions and write down the answers on the book by themselves.) T: Id like to invite some students to share their answers o
11、n the blackboard. (Some students write down their answers on the blackboard.) T: Lets see their ideas together. (The teacher leads Ss to correct the answers on the blackboard.) Step 2 Discuss in groups T: All of you guys did a very good job! Now, 4 students in one group and make conversations with y
12、our partners. You need to use sentences like this:. Lets look at the PPT. (The teacher makes the conversation with a student and let 2 excellent students make the conversation to show other students.) T: You have 3 minutes, go go go. Ss: . T: Hands up to show your conversation. Ss: . Stage 4 Pre-wri
13、ting Step 1 Work on 3a T: I know more about our hometown from your guys. Thank you. Do you want to let more and more people know about Xian? Ss: . T: We can write a passage about Xian and introduce the best places and things here. Lets read an article about Greenwood park first. Fill in the blanks w
14、ith the correct superlative forms. You have 3 minutes, go go go. Ss: . T: Times up. This line, tell me the answer one by one. Ss: . Step 2 Analyze 3a T: The writer uses a lot of .(ask Ss to answer) to describe Green Wood Park. And why does the writer think so? Why does the writer finish his breakfas
15、t quickly? Ss: . T: Why is the park the most crowded place on weekends? Ss: . T: Well-done! We need to give some reasons to support our opinion. And the writer also use .(ask Ss to answer) and .(ask Ss to answer) to make the passage smooth. Step 3 Summarize T: OK, boys and girls, lets summarize what
16、 makes a good composition. First, lets examine the title together. T: Second, we can use the best, the most. Yes, the superlatives. Dont forget to give reasons! Third, we should use connective words to make the passage smooth. Lets read them together. Ss: . T: Finally, lets see 2 passages. They are
17、similar but the first one got 8, the second one got 9. Why? Which handwriting do you like? Ss: . T: So please write beautifully. Stage 5 While-writing T: Now its time to write. Lets write about Xian and the best places/ things here. You need to write more than 50 words. You have 8 minutes. Who wants
18、 to write on the blackboard? Ss: . (A student writes on the blackboard and other students write on their hand-outs.) Stage 6 Post-writing Step 1 Revise T: Lets revise XXXs composition together. (The teacher leads Ss to revise XXXs composition together.) T: Lets see the check list together. Id like t
19、o give him/ her. The total is. T: After class, please exchange the passage with your partner and give marks according to the check list. You can also write down some beautiful sentences from others compositions on your hand-out. In the next class, Id like to invite some students to share their passa
20、ges with us. Step 2 Summarize T: Its time to summarize. What makes a good composition? How about XXX? Ss: . Stage 7 Assigning homework T: Lets come to the homework. Revise your composition and write it down on the back of the hand-out. Class is over. Good-bye, boys and girls! Ss: . Blackboard Design 符合题意（3 分） 恰当使用最高级（每处 1 分，最多 3 分） 给出充分的理由（每条 1 分，最多 3 分） 恰当使用连词或过渡语（每处 1 分，最多 3 分） 字数不少于 50 词（2 分） 书写整齐、美观（1 分） Unit 4 Whats best movie theater? Writing the best places to go to on weekends the best places to visit the best stores the best food
