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Unit 3 Communication Workshop
Lesson Focus
Writing: write about a scientist or inventor you admire
Speaking: tell the class about him or her
Reading
Exercise 1
Purpose: to help students understand the content of a text and determine true and false statements
· Direct students to the photo. Ask " Who is this?" Elicit Wang Xuan. Ask "What did he invent?" Elicit He invented the technology for printing Chinese characters. If you feel your students are ready to do the exercise, you may skip this step.
· Read and understand the sample text. Direct students to the statements under the reading. Read them aloud, or have a student read them. Say "Read a student's writing about a famous Chinese computer scientist. Then write T for true or F for false". Monitor as students read the first time, offering assistance as needed.
· Go over the answers, having individual students say the answers aloud.
Answers
1.T, 2. F, 3. F, 4. T
Text Builder
Exercise 2
Purpose: to help students get main ideas of the paragraphs in a text
· Say " Now read the text again. What is each paragraph about?" Monitor, offering help as needed.
· Go over the answers, having students first compare answers with a partner. Then have volunteer students read their answers aloud.
Answers
Paragraph 1: A short introduction of WangXuan
Paragraph 2: Wang Xuan's invention of the Chinese language laser typesetting
Paragraph 3 : What I learn from Wang Xuan
Exercise 3
Purpose: to help students answer questions in a diagram with information on a scientist or an inventor they admire
· Brainstorm what you want to write. Direct students to the diagram. Read the questions aloud, making sure students understand meaning. Say "Now think of a scientist or an inventor that you admire. Draw your own diagram, answering the questions". Monitor, offering help as needed.
· Have students compare their diagrams and briefly discuss the person they will write about.
Writing
Exercise 4
Purpose: to help students write about a scientist or an