内容正文:
Unit 1 Teenage life Reading for Writing
教材分析
主题语境:人与自我——青少年生活问题与解决
本节课核心文本是一封青少年问题顾问 Susan Luo 给“Worried Friend”的建议信,属于应用文体裁。文本围绕“朋友 Chen Lei 沉迷电脑游戏”这一具体问题展开,结构清晰:开头点明来信人担忧的问题并表达理解,主体部分提出“与朋友沟通”“鼓励朋友尝试新爱好”“共同讨论问题”三条建议及对应的理由(如过度上网不健康、影响生活与学习),结尾表达对建议有效性的信心并送上祝福。文本语言简洁明了,包含大量建议类常用句型(如 I recommend that..., I think you should..., Why not...),为学生学习建议信写作提供了典型范例,同时贴合高一学生生活实际,易引发情感共鸣。
学情分析
Strengths: Senior one students have entered adolescence and have certain life experiences with the teenage life issues mentioned in the text (such as internet addiction, conflicts with friends, etc.), so they are prone to resonance. They have basic English reading skills and can understand simple letter texts. They have experience in group cooperative learning and are willing to participate in classroom discussion activities.
Weaknesses: They lack systematic cognition of the standard format and structure of English advice letters, and are prone to format omissions (such as missing dates and signatures) when writing. Their vocabulary reserve is limited, so their language is not rich and accurate enough
when expressing suggestions and reasons. When facing specific problems, the suggestions they
put forward lack logic and feasibility, and their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
need to be improved.
Improvements: It is necessary to help students master the key points of writing advice letters
through example analysis and template guidance. Enrich students' language expression through
vocabulary and sentence pattern accumulation. Cultivate students' ability to analyze problems
rationally and put forward reasonable suggestions through discussions in real problem
situations.
教学目标/ 核心素养:
Language ability
Master vocabulary related to teenage life problems and be able to read advice letters and
extract key information.
Cultural Awareness
1. Understand the common ways that teenagers at home and abroad seek help when facing life problems,
2. Understand the practicality of "advice letters" as a common genre in cross – cultural communication,
3. Cultivate the awareness of active communication and rational problem - solving.
Learning Ability
1.Through independent reading and group discussions, learn to analyze the format and structure of advice letters;
2.master the writing methods of advice letters, with the help of writing templates and examples
3. Improve independent learning and cooperative exploration abilities.
Thinking Capacity
1. By analyzing the problems and suggestions in the text, cultivate logical thinking ability;
2. Put forward suggestions and explain the reasons for different teenage life problems,
3. Enhance critical thinking and problem - solving abilities.
教学重难点
Key points
1. Understand the sample advice letter and extract key information
2. Master the standard format and structure of advice letters.
3. Accumulate and use common sentence patterns for giving advice, and be able to put forward reasonable suggestions in English for simple teenage life problems.
Difficult points
1. Guide students to supplement sufficient and reasonable reasons for the suggestions they put forward in combination with specific problems, so as to avoid empty suggestions.
2. Help students transfer the knowledge of advice letters they have learned to practical writing, and write advice letters with a standardized format, substantial content, and accurate language.
3. Cultivate students' ability to analyze teenage problems from multiple perspectives and put
forward feasible and personalized suggestions.
资源与工具
Multi-media facilities,blackboard,chalks pictures and learning task sheets
教学过程
The four reminders are designed to encourage students to get involved in the class.
Activity1 Lead-in
Enjoy a video and answer the question:
As a teenager, what problems do you have in your daily life?
generation gap(代沟)with parents
being addicted to the Internet/computer games
great pressure from heavy schoolwork
feeling lonely and isolated
conflicts between friends/classmates
high expectations from parents and teachers
★Designing purpose:
Through the video and sharing of life experiences, stimulate students' interest in "teenage life problems", activate their existing knowledge reserves, pave the way for subsequent text learning and writing, and naturally introduce the core genre of "advice letters".
Activity2 Pre-reading
Facing these problems, how will you seek for help?
Contact your parents with your phone
Ask for advice on social media Write a letter to a professional adviser
Turn to(向……求助) good friends
★Designing purpose:
Through the prediction activity, cultivate students' reading anticipation ability. Through the format identification task, enable students to initially master the basic format components of advice letters and lay a foundation for in - depth text analysis.
Activity3 While-reading
Task 1 Read for the format
Susan Luo, an adviser for teenagers, has received a letter asking for some advice. Read her reply and discuss the questions.
This is a letter of _______, it has parts, they are: ____________________________________
Answers :advice five date, greeting, body, close and signature.
★Designing purpose:
Through the skimming task, cultivate students' ability to quickly extract key information from the text and clarify the core elements of the advice letter
Task 2 Careful reading
★Designing purpose for group work:
To help students grasp the format details and summarizes the core framework to help students
understand the writing ideas.
Task 3 Read for detailed information
★Designing purpose:
It aims to guide students to read for detailed information. Specifically, it helps them clarify who has a problem, what the problem is, who gives advice, and what the advice is.
Task 4 Read for the language
Underline the sentences that express the following meanings
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.
Highlight the sentences that express the following meanings.
A. I know what the problem is__________. You wrote that you are very worried about...
You think that...
Underline the sentences that express the following meanings.
B. I understand how you feel.
I understand quite well that you are ...
Underline the sentences that express the following meanings.
C. This is my advice and reason(s).
I recommend that...
I think you should...
Why not...
2. Underline the sentences that express the following meanings.
D. I think my advice will help.
I am sure he will listen to you,
since you are his good friend
2. Can you list more expressions like this?
What expressions are used to show the writer’s understanding?
I understand quite well that you are anxious and feel terrible.
Some useful expressions for a letter of advice.
The beginning:
1.听说你在...方面有困难,我写这封信给你提出一些建议。
Hearing/Knowing that you have trouble/difficulty in (doing) sth,I am writing to offer you the following suggestions.
2.很难过/高兴收到你的来信说...,可能下面的建议对你是有帮助的。
I am sorry/glad to receive your letter saying ... Perhaps the following suggestions will be of great help to you.
The body 提3个建议+理由
1.Why don’t you …?/why not...? 为什么不...?
2.It would be a good idea if you... 如果你...将会是个好主意
3.I recommend that you should ... 我建议你...
4.You’d better do … 你最好...
5.You are supposed to do... 你应该....
6.If I were you, I would ...如果我是你...,我会...
Reasons
1.as an old saying goes 正如古话所说:
2. it is beneficial for you to... ...对你来说是有益的
3.This is a good way to... 这是...的好办法
I hope you will take my advice into consideration. 我希望你会考虑我的建议。
I hope you will find these suggestions useful/ helpful 我希望你会觉得这些建议有用。
Dear _____,
Knowing that you have difficulty in______________(问题). I am writing to give you some advice. My suggestions are as below. First, I recommend that you should ______________. It is a good way to__________________. Second, it would be a good idea to _______________.
_____doing(动名词)______is useful for us to ___________Finally, I think you should ___________(其他建议). If___________ ,you will ___________.I am sure that__________(结果).
I’m looking forward to______(愿望). I hope you can find the suggestion useful.
Best wishes
Suggestions :
• Try listening to your parents.
• Invite them out for something to eat.
Reasons :
• Maybe they aren’t listening to you because you don’t listen to them.
• This will give you a chance to speak to
Suggestions :
Join a volunteer group.
Connect with your parents online.
Reasons
This will give you a chance to be around other people, and help you realize that other people have problems, too.
Just because they are far away, it doesn’t mean that you can’t talk to them.
Ask a mutual friend to introduce you to her.
Find chances to get together in groups where she is a group member.
Your friend will be able to help you break the ice (打破沉默) with her and provide encouragement to you.
If you are in a group, it takes all the pressure off, and you can interact with her in a relaxing setting
Homework Write a letter of advice to one of the teenagers above.
教师寄语:
- Life in senior high school is very colorful but full of challenges.
- We should explore and experience it in a positive way to get prepared for whatever comes in our future.
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