Unit 4 Making the news
The sixth Period Writing
By 向雨祺 From 教苑中学
一. 教学目标 (Teaching aims)
1. 教学内容 (Teaching content)
Work Book 5 Unit 4, Page 67 Speaking task & Writing task
2. 能力目标 (Ability aim)
Enable the Ss to know how to express opinions of own and justify the situations according to different opinions.
Enable the Ss to grasp the main points of news-writing.
3. 语言目标 (Language aim)
重点词汇和短语
eyewitness, opinion, information, stick to, rather than, account for
二. 教学重难点 (Teaching important points)
Justify the different point of view and make one’s own opinions.
Write the news clearly and pithily.
三. 教学方法 (Teaching method)
a. Discussion
b Cooperative learning
c. Debating
四. 教具准备 (Teaching aids)
A projector, PowerPoint
五. 教学步骤 (Teaching procedure)
Step I Revision
Check the homework and take a dictation.
How important it is to get the first source, how important the eyewitnesses are.
Step II Warming up
Have a debate: In a local fishing competition, a person tells you he / she has caught a fish the size of a small car. It will win him / her first prize at a local fishing competition. But an eyewitness says he / she cheated. He saw the fisherman buying it at a fish shop. Do you believe the eyewitness or the fisherman? Divided students into two groups, and tell the reasons who they support.
Step III Group Work
Ask students to work in groups of four and play one of the following roles each: CCTV Newsman / woman, Fisherman, Eyewitness, Reporter of Local Evening News. Make a dialogue in four and express their own opinions.
Step IV Presentation
Ask four of the students to express their own opinions.
Step V Writing Task
Fill in the form on page 68. List the facts and the opinions. Write about each fact and then write about the opinion. Try to follow the example and make the news clear and pithy.
Step VI Homework
Finish the writing work at home.