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Teenage life — Reading for Writing
Write a letter of advice
“Teenage life”
Discussing for Leading-in
Teenage life is full of happiness, joy and sadness.
Reading
Susan Luo, an adviser for teenagers, has received a letter asking for some advice. Read her reply and answer the following questions.( 5 mins)
1.How many parts do you think this letter contains?
2.Do you think Ms Luo's advice is useful? Why or why not?
3.What other kinds of advice would you give?
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Date
Greeting
Body
Close
Signature
Analyzing the Body Organization
A.I know what the problem is.
B.I understand how you feel.
C.This is my advice and reason(s).
D.I think my advice will help.
Studying the Language features
I recommend that you do...
I think you should do...
Why not do...
I advise you do...
I suggest you do...
You can do...
Phrases of giving suggestions:
What can we learn from the body organization and language features?
Brainstorming for Writing
Read the following three cases, summarize the problems and write down your suggestions and reasons in the form by using the expressions. And then share with your partners.
Brainstorming for Writing
Items Eric, 15, Chicago Xu Ting, 14, Hangzhou Min Ho, 15, Seoul
Problems His parents won’t listen to him.
Suggestions I recommend you write a letter to your parents.
Reasons A letter can help make them become more serious about your ideas or problems.
An example for you.
Always feels lonely after school.
I think you should invite some friends to your home after school.
When you are with your friends, you may feel less lonely.
Too shy to talk to the
girl he likes.
Why not start to talk to her about some schoolwork?
It’s always easy to start a talk with something both of you are familiar with.
Listing for Drafting
Teenage problems:
feel lonely in school
feel heavy stress
phone addiction
worry about own appearence so much
hard to get alone with parents/classmates
...
Possible suggestions:
Ask teachers for help/suggestions
do exercise
focus more on study
...
Drafting Time
Draft your letter according to the outline below.
Exchanging Drafts for Revising
All all the parts of a letter included and organised in a good order?
Does the writer give reasons for the advice?
Does the writer use proper expressions to give suggestions?
Does the writer use commas and stops correctly?
Is the handwriting easy to read?
After exchanging, use the checklist to give feedback on your partner's draft.
Sharing your letters
Read your letter loudly.
Summary
In this lesson, we learned how to write a letter of advice. When writing a letter of advice, we should take the following aspects into account:
A. General parts of a letter
Date
Greeting
Body
Close
Signature
B. Body of a letter of advice
Repeat the problem
Show your understanding of the feelings
Give your suggestions and reasons
Ensure your suggestions will work
C. Useful expressions of giving suggestions
I recommend that you do...
I think you should do...
Why not do...
I advise you do...
I suggest you do...
You can do...
Thanks for Listening!
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