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Unit 1 The Changing World
Describing the changes in leisure activities
第七课时 Reading for Writing
制作人:Alison Yang
get the information about changes in leisure activities through reading.(学习理解)
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make a chart to compare the changes in leisure acitvities in your hometown. (应用实践)
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write an essay about changes in leisure activities.(迁移创新)
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By the end of this class, you will be able to
学习目标
Lead in
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Pre-reading
02
While-reading
03
Pre-writing
04
Evaluate
05
While-writing
06
Exercises
07
Homework
08
Contents
Review & Lead in
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Mr. Li’s leisure activities in the past and now
travel throughout China and even abroad
play chess with people all over the world online
Mr. Li’s leisure activities
played chess with friends
traveled near his hometown
watched open-air movies
enjoy movies in the cinema
in the past
now
What are your leisure activities?
What do you often do in your spare time?
Pre-reading
02
Activity 1 Pair work. Fill in the chart and talk about your leisure activities.
While-reading
03
Changes in Leisure Activities
As society develops, people’s leisure activities have changed greatly.
In the past, watching movies outdoors was a popular and exciting leisure activity for people of all ages. Most people considered such experiences unforgettable. Another important leisure activity was traveling. Because most people did not have a lot of money, they usually hung out near their homes. Many of them loved to go to the parks. They could have picnics or row boats there.
Now, people have more choices for leisure activities. Many people can afford to travel to many different places far away from their homes. On weekends, families can go on road trips in their own cars.
1. Skim and find out the main idea.
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2. How many paragraphs are there in the text?
2
3
3. What is the type of the text?
A. narrative(记叙文)
B. expository(说明文)
C. argumentative(议论文)
4. What’s the structure of the text?
A. ①-② -③
B. ①
②
③
√
√
Changes in Leisure Activities
As society develops, people’s leisure activities have changed greatly.
In the past, watching movies outdoors was a popular and exciting leisure activity for people of all ages. Most people considered such experiences unforgettable. Another important leisure activity was traveling. Because most people did not have a lot of money, they usually hung out near their homes. Many of them loved to go to the parks. They could have picnics or row boats there.
Now, people have more choices for leisure activities. Many people can afford to travel to many different places far away from their homes. On weekends, families can go on road trips in their own cars.
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2
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What’s the main idea of each paragraph?
the leisure activities in the past
the leisure activities now
People’s leisure activities have changed greatly
the leisure activities now
the leisure activities in the past
watched movies outdoors
travel to many different places far away from their homes
On weekends, families can go on road trips in their own cars
hung out near their homes
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Read and find out what leisure activities are mentioned in the past and now.
have picnics
row boats
Read for language points.
Changes in Leisure Activities
As society develops, people’s leisure activities have changed greatly.
In the past, watching movies outdoors was a popular and exciting leisure activity for people of all ages. Most people considered such experiences unforgettable. Another important leisure activity was traveling. Because most people did not have a lot of money, they usually hung out near their homes. Many of them loved to go to the parks. They could have picnics or row boats there.
Now, people have more choices for leisure activities. Many people can afford to travel to many different places far away from their homes. On weekends, families can go on road trips in their own cars.
随着社会发展
hang out闲逛;出去玩
野餐
划船
出游
看露天电影
各个年龄段
afford to do负担得起旅行
离家很远
自驾
Which one is wrong?
We consider him a hero.
We consider him brave.
We condiser to travel.
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consider ... (as) + n. ✅ 认为......是......
consider ... (to be) + adj./n. ✅ 认为.......(是).......
consider doing ✅ 考虑做.......
consider to do ❌
Pre-writing
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Activity 2 Read the model essay and complete the fact-and-opinion chart.
Facts
Opinions
Activity 2 Read the model essay and complete the fact-and-opinion chart.
Facts
Opinions
As society develops, people’s leisure activities have changed greatly.
In the past, watching movies outdoors was a popular and exciting leisure activity for people of all ages. Most people considered such experiences unforgettable. Another important leisure activity was traveling. Because most people did not have a lot of money, they usually hung out near their homes. Many of them loved to go to the parks. They could have picnics or row boats there.
Now, people have more choices for leisure activities. Many people can afford to travel to many different places far away from their homes. On weekends, families can go on road trips in their own cars.
Write a chart about leisure changes in your hometown.
in the past
now
While-writing
05
Activity 3 Draft your essay about changes of leisure activities in your hometown. The phrases and sentence patterns may help you.
Draft your essay.
Useful phrases Useful sentence patterns
have more choices
of all ages
hang out In the past, ...
... is a popular and exciting leisure activity.
Many people can afford to ...
Activity 3 Draft your essay about changes of leisure activities in your hometown.
Beginning
Body
As society develops, ...
In the past, ... was ... Most people considered ... Many of them loved to ... They could ... there.
Now, people have more choices for leisure activities. Many people can afford to ... Families have a chance to ...
topic: the changes in leisure activities
leisure activities in the past
leisure activities now
Evaluate
06
Activity 4 Rate your draft.
Please invite your partner to make some comments and suggestions on your final draft based on the form above.
Exercises
07
Review the phrases:
as society develops 随着社会发展
hang out 闲逛
have picnics 野餐
row boats 划船
go on road trips 出游
watch movies outdoors 露天看电影
of all ages 各个年龄段
afford to travel 负担得起旅行
in one’s own car 自驾
选择填空
Exercises
( ) 1. We can’t afford ______ such an expensive trip.
A. take B. to take C. taking
( ) 2. He is considering ______ to his hometown this summer.
A. travel B. to travel C. travelling
( ) 3. Most people consider him ______ a kind‑hearted man.
A. to be B. be C. being
( ) 4. I consider this problem _______.
A. difficult B. difficulty C. as difficult
B
C
A
A
Homework
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Homework
必做:1. Polish your writing and write it in the exercisebook.
2. 完成练习册Unit 1 Lesson Seven
3. 背诵重要短语。
选做:改三位同学的作文,并给出合理建议。
Thank you!
感
谢
观
看
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