InstructionalDesign

Unit2Makingadifference

Content

B3U2PresentingIdeas:Writingabiography

Typeoflesson

Writing

LessonDuration

45minutes

Ⅰ.AnalysisoftheTeachingMaterials

【What】

Content:Thisunitofwritingfocuseson“biography”,andthediscoursecentersonthelifeofthefamousfigureTuYouyou,coveringthebackgroundofTuYouyou'sbirth,growthtrajectory,andmajorachievements,soastoletstudentsclarifythebasicstructureandcontentpointsofbiography.

【How】

Type:Biography

Structure:IntroductionBodyConclusion

Languagerhetoric:Thetextisorganizedlogically,withclearexamplesofhowtodescribeaperson’slifeevents,achievements,andimpact.Itusesdescriptivelanguageandlinkingwordstocreatecoherence.

【Why】

Intention:Writingabiographyhelpsstudentsdevelopresearch,organizational,andwritingskills.Italsoencouragesthemtolearnandexplorethespiritofhistoricalorinfluentialfigures,fosteringculturalawarenessandcriticalthinking.

Ⅱ.AnalysisoftheStudents

Known:Studentsarefamiliarwithbasicsentencestructures,pasttense,andsomelinkingwords.Theyhaveexperiencewritingshortparagraphsandhavebeenexposedtobiographicaltextsinpreviouslessons.

Unknown:Studentsmaystrugglewithorganizingalongertext,usingadvancedlinkingwords,andincorporatingdetaileddescriptions.Theymayalsofinditchallengingtoresearchandsynthesizeinformationaboutaperson’slife.

Ⅲ.TeachingMethods

Taskbasedteachingmethod

Throughthetaskbasedteachingtocarryoutthewritingclassteaching,throughthesearchofthekey,openthetreasureboxformtodrivethetask.Takingteachersastheleadingroleandstudentsasthemainbody,studentscanseeachievementsandexperiencesuccessintheprocessofpletingtasks,whichisconducivetostimulatingtheenthusiasmoflearning.

Ⅳ.TeachingPrinciples

Theprincipleofintereststimulation

Throughtheuseofteachingandartificialintelligence,wecanstimulateandcultivatestudents'interestinlearningEnglish,letstudentsbuilduptheirselfconfidence,andletthemlearnEnglishinarelaxedandenjoyableatmosphere,soastoenhancetheirmotivationandenthusiasmforlearning.

GradualProgressPrinciple

Englishteachingshouldfollowthestudents'cognitivelawandthelawoflanguagelearning,arrangetheteachingcontentandteachingactivitiesfromshallowtodeep,fromeasytodifficult,fromsimpletoplex,andgraduallyimprovethestudents'Englishlevel.

FeedbackEvaluationPrinciple

Timelyfeedbackandevaluationofstudents'learningsituationallowsstudentstounderstandtheirownlearningprogressandproblems,andalsoprovidesabasisforteacherstoadjusttheirteachingstrategiestopromotetheimprovementofteachingeffectiveness.

Ⅴ.TeachingObjectives

1.Analyzethestructureandkeyfeaturesofabiography.（LearningandUnderstanding）

2.GatherrelevantinformationaboutthebiographyofTuYouyou.（LearningandUnderstanding）

3.Writeawellstructuredbiographyusingtheknowledgeyouhavelearnedtoensurecoherenceandclarity.（ApplyingandPracticing）

4.Designaresumeorposterforafamouspersonwhohasinfluencedyouthemost.

（TransferringandInnovating）

Ⅵ.TeachingKeyPoints&Difficulties

Keypoints:Masterthestandardwritingstructureofbiographies.Learnmonvocabularyandsentencepatternsfordescribingacharacter'slife,andusepropertensestorecountacharacter'sexperiences.?

Difficulties:Studentsareguidedtousevividandspecificlanguagetodescribecharacterstoavoidmonotonousandboringwritingcontent.Studentsaretrainedtouselogicalconnectorstomaketheirwritinghierarchicalandcoherent.

Teachingaids?

Multimediacourseware,blackboard,chalk,writingpracticesheets

Ⅴ.TeachingProcedures

Ⅵ.Teachingprocess

Presentation(10minutes)?

Activities

Purposes

IP

Activity1:ReviewandLeadin(5minutes)?

Pictures

VisualIntroduction:DisplaypicturesofNicholasWinton,TuYouyou,andYuanLongping.Askstudentsthefollowingquestionstoreviewthepreviouslessonandintroducethetopic:

Questions

Q1:Whoarethesepeople,andwhataretheyknownfor?

Q2:Whatqualitiesdotheyhave?

(Showsomeadjectivesthatdescribepeople'squalities：Kind、Brave、Diligent、Optimistic、Modest、persistent)

Assessingoutes:Studentsareabletoactivelyparticipateindiscussions,recallandsharebasicinformationaboutknowncelebrities,andtheclassroomatmosphereislively.

Designrationale:Students'interestisstimulated,priorknowledgeisactivated,andthetopicofwritingiscloselyrelatedtoanaturalintroductiontothelesson.

CW

5mins

Activity2:ResumeAnalysis(3minutes)?

ResumeAnalysis

ShowbriefresumesofTuYouyouandYuanLongping.Askstudentstoidentifythemonstructuralelementsofabiography(e.gearlylife,achievements,impact).

?T:Lookattheseresumecarefully,whichaspectsareinvolvedinthewritingofabiography?

AssessingOutes:

Studentscanidentifyandlistthekeystructuralelementsofabiography(e.g.,introduction,earlylife,achievements,legacy).

DesignRationale:

Analyzingreallifeexampleshelpsstudentsunderstandthepracticalapplicationofbiographywriting.

Groupdiscussionfosterscollaborativelearninganddeeperunderstanding.

Practice

IW

3mins

Practice(15minutes)?

Activity3:IdentifyingBiographyStructure

Textparison

ProvideanadaptedtextaboutTuYouyouandpareitwiththebiographyinthetextbook.Askstudentsthefollowingquestionstoanalyzethestructure,content,andlanguagefeatures.

Questions

Q1:Whatisthestructureofthebiography?(e.g,chronologicalorder,thematicsections)

Q2:WhataspectsofTuYouyou’sbiographyarecovered?(e.gearlylife,career,achievements,legacy)

Q3:Whatlanguagefeaturesareused?(e.glinkingwords,formaltone,descriptiveadjectives)

SummaryWritingFramework

Guidestudentstosummarizethewritingframeworkforabiography,focusingonstructure,content,andlanguage.

AssessingOutes:

Studentscanidentifythestructure,content,andlanguagefeaturesofabiography.

Studentscanarticulatethewritingframeworkforabiography.

DesignRationale:

paringtextshelpsstudentsrecognizepatternsandfeaturesinbiographicalwriting.

Summarizingtheframeworkpreparesstudentsforindependentwriting.

GW

(10mins)

Activity4:RetellingaBiography(PairWork)

FrameworkPractice

ProvidethewritingframeworkandaskstudentstoworkinpairstoretellTuYouyou’sbiographyusingherresumeasareference.

AssessingOutes:

Studentscanorallyretellabiographyusingthecorrectstructureandkeydetails.

DesignRationale:

Pairworkencouragespeerlearningandbuildsconfidenceinusingtheframework.

Oralpracticereinforcesunderstandingbeforemovingtowrittentasks.

PW

(5mins)

Production(20minutes)

Activity5:Discussion（PairWork）

Vedio

AIintegration:PlayanAIgeneratedintroductionbyYuanLongping.DisplaythewritingframeworkagainandaskstudentstoworkingroupstodescribeYuanLongping’slifeusingtheframeworkandthenselectonegrouptosharetheirdescriptionwiththeclass.

Question

Q1.DescribetheinformationaboutYuanLongpingintheresume(structure,content,language)

Q2.WhatqualitiesofYuanLongpingaremostworthlearning?

AssessingOutes:

StudentscancollaborativelycreateastructureddescriptionofYuanLongping’slife.

Studentsdemonstratetheabilitytoapplythewritingframeworkinagroupsetting.

DesignRationale:

UsingAItechnologymakestheactivityengagingandrelevant.Groupworkpromotesteamworkandallowsstudentstolearnfromeachother.

PW

(5mins)

Activity6:WritingaBiographyofYuanLongping

IndependentWriting

Providethewritingframeworkandarubric.AskstudentstowriteabiographyofYuanLongpingbasedontheirgroupdiscussion.

AssessingOutes:

Studentscanindependentlywriteabiographyusingthecorrectstructure,content,andlanguagefeatures.

DesignRationale:

Independentwritingallowsstudentstoapplywhattheyhavelearnedinastructuredway.

Therubricprovidesclearexpectationsandhelpsstudentsselfassesstheirwork.

IW

(15mins)

Activity7:PeerReviewandFeedback

ModelAnalysis

Displayasamplebiographyonthescreen.Usetherubrictoevaluateit,awardingupto15stars(5forstructure,5forcontent,and5forlanguage).

PeerEditing

Askstudentstoexchangetheirbiographieswithapartnerandusetherubrictoprovidefeedback.

ClassSharing

Selectonestudent’sworktosharewiththeclassafterrevisions.

AssessingOutes:

Studentscanevaluateabiographyusingtherubricandprovideconstructivefeedback.

Studentsdemonstrateimprovementintheirwritingafterpeerreview.

DesignRationale:

Peerreviewencouragescriticalthinkingandhelpsstudentslearnfromeachother.

Sharingworkbuildsconfidenceandprovidesasenseofacplishment.

Homework

pulsoryTask(5points)

Chooseafamouspersonwhohasinfluencedyouthemost.Designaresumeorposterforthemandwriteabiographyusingtheframeworklearnedinclass.

OptionalTask(3points)

SharethebiographiesofTuYouyouandYuanLongpingwithapartnerusingthe

writingframework.

Ⅶ.Blackboarddesign

Theleftliststimemarkers,opinionphrasesandqualities;therightoutlinesstructure(Introduction、MainBody、Conclusion),guidingstudentstosystematicallyintegrateexpressivelanguageandlogicalorganizationinbiographywriting.

Ⅷ.TeachingReflection

Highlight

Thislessonoffersastructuredapproachforstudentstowritefromtheperspectivesofform,content,andlanguage,whilealsoencouragingcreativityinvariousappliedtextsbeyondnarratives.Byanalyzingtheelementsofsuccessfulbiographies,studentsnotonlyenhancetheircriticalthinkingskillsbutalsolearn