高二英語(yǔ)（選修八）unit 1 課時(shí)教案 Period 6 Writing

Period 6 WritingTeaching goals1 Enable the students to take an active part in searching for information and discussion.2 Enable the student to writ a short group essay about a city, province or zone in China and improve the students ability of writing.3 Enable the students to share their essays with other groups.Teaching important and difficult pointsHow to organize and write a short essay about a city, province or zone.Teaching methodsResearch, cooperative learningTeaching aidsA computer or some picturesTeaching procedures:Step 1 Discussion1. Get the students to discuss with the other members of their group which Chinese city, province or zone they want to write about.2. Get the students to discuss their choices with other groups and make sure that each group will be writing about a different place.3. Once the students have decided on a place, ask them to discuss what topics they will write about and in what order they will write about them.Here are some examples of topics.TopicsFeaturesLocationClimateGeographyHistoryPopulationProductioncultureStep 21. Get the students to give each person in the group one of the topics from the list to write a paragraph about.2. when everyone has finished, ask the students to read the paragraphs aloud in the correct order, making suggestions for improving each others writing and check each others spelling, punctuation and grammar.3. Get the students to decide what they want to write in concluding paragraph. It should make a common on the future development of this place.4. Ask the students to write a clean copy of the whole essay.5. Put in maps, pictures, tables or charts where necessary to make it attractive.Step 3 SharingMake a wall display or a class booklet containing the essays from every group.Sample writing:Beijing is the capital city of China and covers 16,800 aqkms. It is surrounded by mountains to the north and west. One of them, Ling Shan, is over 2,300 meters high. The climate can be very dry in winter and humid in summer. Autumn is the best season because it is usually fine and pleasantly warm.Beijing was the capital city of many dynasties in Chinese history. These dynasties left a large number of architectural souvenirs in the city: the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven, etc. There is also a legacy of royal parks: Jingshan and Beihai. Since1949 these parks and buildings have been open to the public.Nowadays, Beijing is the capital of a thriving country with a large population. More than half of them live in the 3entr of the city. As well as being an important economic centre Beijing is als9o the site of the main venue for the Olympic Games in 2008.As befits its status, Beijing is the centre of many cultural activities, such a s concerts, operas, modern painting exhibitions and international events. Today Beijing is indeed an example of a city in the modern world.單位：湖北省荊門(mén)市姓名：李國(guó)E_mail：liguo619