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Writing an encyclopaedia entry
Warm-up
What is the writing task?
Who would you like to write about?
What information can you include in the text?
Writing an encyclopaedia entry about a famous person.
(I can write about a famous person around the world, such as a scientist, a musician or a writer.)
Writing an encyclopaedia entry
Pre-writing
Wang Yao wanted to write an encyclopaedia entry about a famous person. She first organized her ideas by asking herself some questions about the topic.
Who am I going to write about? (e.g. a scientist, a musician, a writer)
Who was he / she? When and where was he / she born?
What are his / her main achievements?
What awards did he / she win?
Encyclopaedia entries should contain facts instead of opinions.
Writing an encyclopaedia entry
Pre-writing
Read Wang Yao’s article and match the questions in Exercise 1 to the paragraphs that answer them. Some paragraphs may contain the answers to more than one question.
Paragraph 1 ______
Paragraph 2 ______
Paragraph 3 ______
Basic information
Main achievements
Awards and titles
Writing an encyclopaedia entry
Pre-writing
Who did Wang Yao write about?
Who was he? When and where was he born?
What were his main achievements?
What awards did he win? What do people call him?
Yuan Longping.
He was a Chinese agricultural scientist. He was born in Beijing in 1930.
He developed different kinds of hybrid rice, and this helped feed many more people.
Read Wang Yao’s article again and answer the questions.
He received the Medal of the Republic. People call him the “Father of Hybrid Rice”.
Writing an encyclopaedia entry
Pre-writing
Words and expressions
Language
Third person perspective
Tense: mainly the past tense
be born in, be famous for, make a contribution to, award, invention, discovery
His/Her contributions have had a great impact on ...
Writing an encyclopaedia entry
While-writing
Step 1 Plan Draw your own mind map
Share your mind map with your partner.
Writing an encyclopaedia entry
While-writing
Step 2 Write Write an encyclopaedia entry about the person you admire. Find a photo of the person you are writing about and add it to the article.
Name of a famous person
Paragraph 1 _____
Paragraph 2 ______
Paragraph 3 ______
Basic information
Main achievements
Awards and titles
Writing an encyclopaedia entry
Post-writing
Check and revise. Tick( ✔) the boxes to check your writing, and then revise it.
Homework
基础作业
在小组内互读作文,用评价表评价组内同学的作文,选出本组优秀作文。
把优秀作文贴在教室的黑板报上,进行学习交流。
拓展作业
采访你身边的一个优秀人物,撰写有关他/她的百科条目,投稿至班级或学校的公众号。
instead of 代替
I always walk to school instead of going by car.
award /R9wO:d/ n. 奖
Mike got an award for his great work.
medal /9med(R)l/ n. 奖牌
He won the gold medal.
agricultural /0æGrI9kVltSRrRl/ adj. 农业的
Kenya is an agricultural country.
whole /hRWl/ adj. 全部的;所有的
He spent the whole day cleaning the house.
revise /rI9vaIz/ v. 修改
My teacher gave me some suggestions, so I need to revise my plan.
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