Unit 4 Role Models-Writing Workshop 教学设计 2025-2026学年北师大版英语八年级上册

Unit 4 Role Models-Writing Workshop This unit focuses on the theme of role models. In the Writing Workshop, students are guided to write about their role models. They will learn how to organize their thoughts, describe the qualities and achievements of their role models, and explain why they admire them. Through this writing task, students not only improve their writing skills but also have the opportunity to reflect on the positive influence of role models in their lives. The writing process includes brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing, which helps students develop a systematic approach to writing. 教学目标 1. Knowledge Objectives Students will be able to master relevant vocabulary and expressions related to describing role models, such as "outstanding", "achievement", "inspire", "set a good example", etc. They can understand and use different sentence structures to make their writing more vivid and accurate, like attributive clauses to give more details about the role model. 2. Ability Objectives Develop students' writing skills, including the ability to organize ideas, write a clear and coherent composition with an introduction, body, and conclusion. Improve students' critical thinking ability by analyzing the qualities of role models and justifying their choices. Enable students to revise and edit their own and their peers' writing to enhance the quality of the composition. 3. Emotional Objectives Encourage students to learn from positive role models and cultivate good values and qualities. Boost students' confidence in writing and promote their interest in English learning through the writing task about their beloved role models. 教学重难点 1. Key Points Teaching students how to collect and organize information about role models, and present it in a logical way in writing. Helping students use appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures to vividly describe the role models and express their feelings and thoughts. 2. Difficult Points Guiding students to show the unique features of their role models and make their writing stand out, rather than being too general. Training students to effectively revise and edit their writing to improve the overall quality, including grammar, coherence, and content depth. 1. Vocabulary Describing qualities: outstanding, excellent, hard - working, determined, kind - hearted, responsible, patient, creative, etc. Describing achievements: achieve great success, make remarkable contributions, win awards, break records, etc. Expressing admiration: admire, look up to, be inspired by, consider... as a role model, etc. 2. Sentence Structures Attributive clauses: My role model is a person who has made great contributions to society. Expressing reasons: I admire her because she always perseveres in the face of difficulties. Using adverbial phrases for emphasis: With her strong will, she overcame all the obstacles. 教学过程 1. Lead - in (5 minutes) Show some pictures of famous people like scientists, athletes, and artists on the PPT. Ask students: "Do you know these people? Can you briefly introduce one of them?" Then ask: "Who is your role model? Why do you choose him/her?" Encourage several students to share their ideas. This activity aims to arouse students' interest and activate their prior knowledge related to role models, preparing them for the following writing task. 2. Pre - writing (10 minutes) Brainstorming Divide students into groups of four. Let them discuss in groups: "What qualities should a good role model have? What achievements has your role model got?" Each group writes down their ideas on a piece of paper. After 3 minutes, invite some groups to share their ideas with the whole class. The teacher writes the main points on the blackboard, such as "intelligence", "bravery", "winning the Nobel Prize", "breaking world records", etc. Analyzing a model essay Hand out a model essay about a role model to each student. Ask them to read it quickly and answer the following questions: What is the main idea of the essay? How is the essay organized? (Introduction, body, conclusion) Underline the useful vocabulary and sentence structures. After students finish reading, check the answers together. Explain the organization of the essay: the introduction part usually introduces who the role model is; the body part details the qualities and achievements of the role model; the conclusion part states why the writer admires the role model and what he/she has learned from the role model. Analyze some key vocabulary and sentence structures in the model essay, and let students take notes. 3. While - writing (15 minutes) Outlining Guide students to make an outline for their own writing based on the model essay. The outline should include an introduction (introducing the role model), two or three body paragraphs (each paragraph focusing on one quality or achievement), and a conclusion. Give them 3 minutes to complete the outline. Drafting After finishing the outline, students start to write their first draft. Remind them to use the vocabulary and sentence structures they have learned, and to write as clearly and vividly as possible. Walk around the classroom to offer help and guidance when students encounter problems. 4. Post - writing (10 minutes) Peer - review Pair up the students. Let them exchange their drafts and review each other's writing according to the following criteria: Is the content relevant to the topic? Are there any grammar or spelling mistakes? Are the vocabulary and sentence structures used properly? Is the essay well - organized? Each student writes down their suggestions on their partner's paper. After 5 minutes, ask students to return the papers to their owners. Revision and editing Students revise and edit their own writing based on their partner's suggestions. They can correct grammar and spelling mistakes, improve the vocabulary and sentence structures, and make the organization of the essay better. The teacher can select some common problems found in students' writing and give a brief reminder to the whole class. 5. Summary and Homework (5 minutes) Summary Summarize the key points of this writing class, including the process of writing about role models, important vocabulary, and sentence structures. Emphasize the importance of learning from role models. Homework Ask students to rewrite their composition neatly on a new piece of paper and hand it in next class. They should make sure that their final composition is error - free and well - written. Encourage students to read more articles about role models to further enrich their vocabulary and writing ideas. 教学反思 After this writing class, overall, most students showed great enthusiasm in the lead - in and brainstorming activities, which indicates that the topic of role models is quite appealing to them. The pre - writing guidance, such as analyzing the model essay and making an outline, effectively helped students clarify their writing ideas. However, during the while - writing process, some students still had difficulty in using appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures to express their ideas precisely. This may be due to insufficient practice and weak language foundation. In the future, more vocabulary - building activities and sentence - writing exercises should be designed. In the peer - review stage, students actively participated, but some of their comments were rather general and lacked in - depth analysis. Teachers need to provide more specific guidance on how to conduct peer - review, for example, by giving more detailed review criteria and sample comments. Also, in terms of time management, the while - writing part might be a bit rushed for some students. Next time, more time could be allocated to the actual writing process to ensure that students have enough time to express their thoughts fully. Overall, continuous improvement in teaching methods and more targeted guidance are needed to better meet the writing needs of students. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $