Unit 5 Communication Workshop教学设计2023-2024学年北师大版七年级英语下册

Unit 5 Communication Workshop Lesson Focus ·Writing: write paragraphs about your English learning experience Reading Exercise 1 Purpose: to help students identify descriptions based on a diary entry · Direct students to the photo. Ask " Where do you think this girl is?" Elicit an appropriate response, for example, She's in school / the library. Then ask "Who do you think is with her?" Elicit an appropriate response, for example, her teacher. If you feel your students are ready to do the exercise, you may skip this step. · Read and understand the sample text. Say "Read the diary entry. What did the student have trouble with?" Monitor as students read, offering assistance as needed. After students have finished reading, ask again "What did the student have trouble with?" Elicit listening and speaking. Ask " How many paragraphs are there in the diary entry?" Elicit three. Ask students to identify the main idea in each paragraph, for example, Paragraph 1 talks about her English learning experience in the past, two years ago. Paragraph 2 talks about how her teacher helped her. Paragraph 3 talks about how her English learning improved and how she feels now. · Direct students to the descriptions. Point out the two time expressions, Now and Two years ago. Then read the descriptions aloud. Say "Now read the diary entry again. Match the descriptions with ' Now' or "Two years ago" Monitor as students read and match the descriptions. If students need support, you may have them work in pairs. · Go over the answers, asking individual students to say them aloud. Encourage students to answer in complete sentences. Answers Now, she doesn't give up, tries to understand general meaning, and is not afraid of miss takes. Two years ago, she was good at writing and reading, but she spoke slowly and didn't understand fast recordings. Expansion: Mix It Up! As an alternate approach, you can make copies of the diary entry, enough for each pair of students, cut up the paragraphs, including t