ReadingforWritingWritetoafriendaboutatravelplanTeachingObjectivesNamethecontentsgenerallyincludedinemailsaboutatravelplanandanalyzethestructureandlanguagefeaturesofsuchemails;Usesimilarstructuresandlanguagetoposeanemailaboutatravelplan;Expresstheiropinionsandfeelingsaccuratelysoastoestablishfriendlymunicationandmakeyourtravelplanmorevividandattractive.TeachingKeyPointsGuidestudentstoexpressemotionsappropriatelywithappropriatelanguage.MakestudentstorecitetheframeworkwhichIpreparedforthemaccordingtotheRichard’stravelplan.3.AccordingtowhattheyhaverecitedtofinishthetravelplantoBeijingwithspecificdetailsandcorrectlanguageIII.TeachingDifficultPoints1.Analyzethestructureandlanguagefeaturesofanemailaboutatravelplan2.Writeanemailtointroducepersonaltravelplanclearlyandtoexpresspersonalemotionsproperly.IV.TeachingMethods1.

Taskbasedteachingmethod.2.

Reading、speaking、recitingandwritingintegrationmethod.V.TeachingAidsTextbooks,multimediaequipment.VI.TeachingProceduresStep1:Leadin(3minutes)1.

ShowsomepicturesaboutmyselfintheStoneForestinYunnanProvincetointroducethetopictravel.2.

Askstudents:"Haveyoueverbeenthere?Doyouliketravelling?Whatshouldwedobeforeyoutravel?"toarousetheirinterestinthetopicatravelplan.Whataspectsshouldbeincludedinyourtravelplan?Itisstronglyremendedthatteachersallowstudentstofreelydiscussthistopicwiththeirpartnersandbrainstormonit.Throughthisapproach,studentscaneupwithmoreideas.Step2:Readforcontentandtense(7minutes)1.

Directstudentstoturntopage30ofthetextbookandreadRichard'stravelplantoXi'ancarefully.2.

Whilestudentsarereading,askthemtonotedownthekeyelementslikewhere、when、who、what、howandwhyinRichard'splan.3.

Afterreading,quicklyaskafewstudentstobrieflysharewhattheyhavenoteddowntochecktheirunderstanding.4.Concludeandanalysethecontentthatshouldbeincludedinatravelplanforstudents.5.Underlinethetensethatisusedintheplanandleadstudentstothink“thepresentcontinuoustensecanbeusedtotalkaboutthefutureplan”.Step3:Readforstructure(5minutes)Askstudentstoreadtheemailandsummarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.1.Mainpurposeforthetrip2.Otherplansforthetrip3.transport4.Finalthoughts2.Askstudentstofindouttherequiredinformationineachparagraph.Afterthat,teachercanleadstudentstofigureoutthestructureofthetext.Step4:Readforemotion(3minutes)Askthestudentstothink“Iswhatwehavelearnedtodayenoughtomakeyourplanmorevividandattractive?”Askthestudentstoreadthewordsandphraseusedtoexpressemotionintheemail.Explainthatitisnecessarytoaddyourfeelingsinthetravelplan.Practiceexpressingyouremotion.ShowapictureaboutmyselfinYulongSnowMountaintoleadstudentstoexploreusefulexpressionstoshowone’semotionandaccumulatemoretohelpwriting.Step5:Recite(8minutes)1.

Explainthewritingtask:"Now,youaregoingtopretendtobeXiaoli.WritealettertoRichard,tellinghimaboutyourowntravelplantoBeijing.YoucanlearnfromRichard'swayofwriting."2.

Beforewriting,recitetheframeworkaccordingtoRichard'splan.Ifyouhavealreadyrecitedit,youwillfindthatyou’vefinishedthehalfofthewriting.Step6:Practice(12minutes)1.

StudentsstartwritingtheirletterstoRichardabouttheirtravelplantoBeijing.2.

Walkaroundtheclassroomtomonitorstudents'writingprogress,offerimmediateguidanceonlanguageuseandgrammar,andencouragethemtowriteclearlyandcoherently.3.Showonestudent’swritingonthemultimediaequipmentandgivefeedback.4.Askstudentstoexchangetheirwrittenletterswiththeirneighbors.Eachstudentshouldreadtheirpartner'slettercarefullyandgivefeedbackbasedonthefollowingaspects:Isthetravelplanclearlystatedwithenoughdetails?Arethesentencestructuresandexpressionsusedcorrectly?Isthewritingorganizedwithaclearintroduction,body,andconclusion?Arethereanygrammarorspellingmistakes?Afterreading,studentsdiscussthefeedbackwiththeirpartnerstomakeimprovements.Step7:Summary(3minutes)Afterreadingtheemailinthetext,leadstudentstosummarizetheorganization、contentandtheexpressionsofthetravelplanbythemselvessothattheycanbepreparedtowriteatravelplanbythemselves.2.

Encouragestudentstokeeppracticingwritingtravelplanstoimprovetheirwritingskills.Step8:Homework(