Unit 1 Life Choices Writing Workshop 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 1 Life Choices Writing Workshop What is the song about ？ Are you still in touch with your junior secondary school classmates? 3 You are going to write an email to a junior secondary school classmate about your new school. Who are you going to write to? What do you want to tell him / her? What do you want to know from him / her? Ask and answer the following questions with your partner. 4 Reading for contents Read the email on your handout to answer the following questions : 1) Who is Fang Lan? Why is Wang Ying writing to her? 2) How does Wang Ying feel about her new school? 3) How is her life in senior secondary school different from junior secondary school? 4) Why does Wang Ying have to finish the email? Reading for contents Read the email to answer: 1) Who is Fang Lan? Why is Wang Ying writing to her? An old friend in junior secondary school. To say Hello. To share her new senior secondary school life with Fang Lan. To ask about Fang Lan’s new school life. Reading for contents Read the email to answer: 2) How does Wang Ying feel about her new school? She loves her new senior secondary school. “I like the ‘new me’”. Reading for contents Read the email to answer: 3) How is her life in senior secondary school different from junior secondary school? They don’t have a fixed classroom. They have many different clubs after class. Reading for contents Read the email to answer: 4) Why does Wang Ying have to finish the email? She’s got a presentation tomorrow and she needs to finish her slides. Please label the elements (a—g) of the email. a ending and wishes b greeting c subject line d reasons to finish writing e questions about the other person f information about one’s own life g signature Please read the email again and label the elements (a—g) of the email and review the format of the email. For example, “c” is labeled beside the subject line. What does the subject line tell us? Yes. It is about the topic of the email. How about “g”? What is signature? That is the name as the writer writes it. All right! As for other elements, please label by yourself. Later we’ll check. Reading for structure C. Subject line Subject: Hello from an old friend Hi, Fang Lan, How’s your life in Canada? I hope you have adapted well to the new situation and are enjoying your new school. I love my new senior secondary school. It’s much bigger than my junior secondary school and there’s a huge gym! Do you remember Xie Zijun? Guess what –We’re in the same school! It’s always good to have a friend, right? Life in senior secondary school is very different from junior secondary school! You know, we don’t have a fixed classroom! We go to different classes for different subjects and also for different levels. I’m in the same class with Zijun for English and physics but in different classes for Chinese and maths. We also have many different clubs after class. You know, I like dancing so I’m in the Dancing Club. At the moment, we meet twice a week and we’re preparing to attend a competition. I think my new school gives me a chance to become a different person and I like the “new me”. Well, I must go now. I’ve got a presentation tomorrow and I need to finish my slides. I look forward to hearing all about what’s happening with you soon. All the best! Wang Ying B. Greeting E. Questions about the other person F. Information about one’s own life D. Reason to finish writing A. Ending and wishes G. Signature Reading for Style Read the email again to figure out: Is the email formal or informal? Why is it written this way? We write informal or personal emails to someone we know very well (friends, family members, etc.) Reading for Style Contractions Punctuations Informal words/phrases Examples from the sample Find examples of informal expressions from the email and put them in the following table How’s... I’m... She’s... I’ve... It’s... Don’t... What’s... Dashes (--) Exclamation points (!) Hi, Guess what, Right? You know, Well, All the best! Analyse the sentence structures of the given sentences. 1) We don’t have a fixed classroom! 2) We are in the same class. Focus on Language who do what Subject Verb Object who Subject be Verb what Predicative Focus on Language Analyse the sentence structures of the given sentences. 3) There is a huge gym. 4) My school gave me a chance. be what There Be Real Subject who Subject do Verb who what Indirect Object Direct Object Focus on Language Find more example sentences using the following sentence structures in the email. Subject + Verb + Object Subject + Verb + Predicative There + Be + Real Subject Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object Write 2 or 3 sentences about your school life. The outline of Wang Ying’s personal email Subject line Greeting Questions to ask about the other person Information about the writer Reasons to finish writing Ending and wishes Signature Writing-Step 1 Outlining Now can you base on what we talked about to summarize the outline of Wang Ying’s personal email? Please write your ideas in your notebook. Ok. I think you’ve got your ideas. Let’s check together. 依次动画 At the beginning, it is the subject line. Then it is the greeting. In the body part, Wang Ying used a question about Fang Lan to start her email. Then she used the most words to tell Fang Lan about her new school. It is the information about the writer. When Wang Ying had to go, she used some reasons to finish her writing. Then at the end of the email, it is the ending and wishes, and then the writer’s signature. Have you got the similar ideas with mine? Writing-Step 1 Outlining P19-5 Subject line: ____________________________ Greeting: ______________________________ Questions to ask: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Information about you: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Reasons to finish writing: ______________________________________________________________________ Ending: _______________________________________________________________ Things you do in our school Problems and possible solutions Feelings Detailed description Expectations Other ways to introduce oneself Positive Negative Solutions/ Expectation Writing-Step 1 Outlining P19-5 Subject line: ____________________________ Greeting: ______________________________ Questions to ask: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Information about you: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Reasons to finish writing: ______________________________________________________________________ Ending and wishes: _____________________________________________________ Best regards! See you soon! Best wishes! Writing-Step 2 Drafting Use your outline and the Writing Help to write the first draft. Writing-Step 4 Polishing Finish your EMAIL. Read “Peer Editing Sheet” in Page 90. Reading club and answer questions. Homework When you finish, edit your email in pairs according to Peer Editing Sheet on your handout. Is it an email to your family member or a close friend? Is the email written in a proper email format? For example, does it have a subject line, greetings, some questions, and also information provided? Does it end with a reason appropriately? Does the writer use simple and informal language? Mark any spelling, punctuation or grammar errors. Mark any unclear expressions. Give suggestions if you can. Underline the expressions you like. Writing-Step 3 Editing P90 $$