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Writing Teaching:
Festivals and celebrations
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Contents
Warming-up (4 min)
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While-writing (10 min)
Homework (3 min)
Post-writing (12 min)
Pre-writing (12 min)
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Summary (4 min)
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Pre-writing (12 mins)
An E-friend has written to you and has described the festival he will spend. Write an Email to him and tell him the upcoming Mid-autumn Festival.
Dear friend,
……
Best wishes,
Tom
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Structure of expository essay
Opening Paragraph:
time and meaning of festival
Body Paragraph:
origin and activities of festival
Closing Paragraph:
brief summary and emotion
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Warming-up (4 mins)
Watch a video about Mid-autumn Festival produced by China Daily
Arouse students’ interest in Mid-autumn Festival
Provide some information
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Brainstorm (5 min)
Students work together to brainstorm ideas for writing.
Students can list all the ideas related to festival.
Students are inspired by each other.
Students can think freely.
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Mapping (3 min)
Mid-autumn Festival
time fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month
meaning union
origin worship goddess of moon
activities enjoy the full moon
eat moon cakes (different tastes)
lanterns and riddles
osmanthus wine
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While-writing (10 mins)
Students need to write a more detailed outline. They should organize main structure and illustrate introduction, important points ranging from topic and supporting details, and conclusion. Then they will write the first draft.
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Post-writing (12 mins)
Self-editing
Focus on the content of the writing our ideas and how they are organized and connected.
Focus on the form of writing: the grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Peer editing
Edit each other’s writing
in the same way.
Proofreading
Underline problematic items.
Leave students to correct themselves
Revising
Add new points.
Delete irrelevant facts
Correct errors.
Teacher
Students
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Summary (4 mins)
Summarize the main features of good writings.
Point out common mistakes.
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Homework (3 mins)
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