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Unit 4 My Favourite Subject
Reading Plus
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:
1. find out what the students can learn from each class;
2. identify the genre and purpose of the passage;
3. analyze the language used in ads.
Look at the photos. What classes do these students have?
dancing
wushu / martial arts
weiqi
erhu
Did you take any interest classes before? What were they?
Look at these photos. What are the students doing?
They are practising yoga.
They are making wooden things.
They are singing a song while dancing.
They are making their own video show.
Read the names of these interest classes. Match each photo with correct class names.
Show Choir
Easy Carpentry
Podcasting 101
Yoga and You
表演合唱团
简易木工
播客101
瑜伽与你
Read the passages and complete the table.
Class What can students learn?
Show Choir
Easy Carpentry
Podcasting 101
Yoga and You
Learn to sing and dance to fun songs.
1. Learn how to make a table, a chair or maybe
a birdhouse.
2. Learn to use different tools in a safe way.
Learn how to make short but interesting videos.
Learn to stand like a tree, a mountain, and more!
Read the passages again and answer the questions.
1. What will you do at the end of the term if you join the
show choir?
You will put on a big show at the end of the term with
the team.
2. Why do you need to bring a pair of safty glasses when you
go to the easy carpentry class?
To keep your eyes safe from wooden chips(木屑)
and tools.
3. What do you need to bring if you go to the podcasting class?
The USB stick.
4. What benefits(益处)can you get from yoga class?
You can sleep better and build a good body.
Complete the sentences.
1. There are __________ classes on Fridays.
2. Students in ____________ meet at the music studio.
3. You can develop _________ and _________ skills in
Podcasting 101.
4. Yoga and You lasts for ________ minutes each time.
two
show choir
speaking
computer
45
Discuss these questions.
1. Mike likes making things. Which class do you advise
him to go?
2. Which class would you like to take and why?
What’s the genre(体裁) of these passages?
A. Story.
B. Advertisment.
C. News.
D. Diary entry.
简写Ad.
Where can you see these ads?
A. On a school noticing board.
B. On a school website.
C. In a magazine.
D. In the newspaper.
What’s the purpose of these ads?
A. To teach students how to make ads.
B. To invite students to join interest class.
C. To sell things to students.
D. To ask students to give money to help the school.
How is the language in ads different from other types of writing?
Has big, clear titles and colourful pictures.
Sentences are short and direct.
Use imperative sentences(祈使句).
E.g. Come and learn how to make a table, a chair or maybe a birdhouse.
Join us for yoga class.
在广告语中,祈使句更简洁、直接,语气更强烈,更具劝导性。
Activity: Write a mini ad for a school club.
Pick a club from your school that you want to tell others about.
Start with an attractive(吸引人的)title.
Explain what the club is about and list what students can learn.
Say when and where the club meets.
Group Work
Read your ad to the class when finished.
Reflecting
How well can you do these things? Very well OK Needs work
1. I know what students can learn in
each class.
2. I can tell the genre and writing
purpose of the four ads.
3. I can tell the features of language used
in ads.
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