牛津译林版八年级下册Unit 7 International CharitiesSelf-assessment教学课件ppt

Unit 7 International charities

Task

1. To learn about an ORBIS volunteer called Diana;

2. To write a report about an Indian girl helped by UNICEF.

To learn the five steps of writing (prewrite—write—revise—edit—publish).

To learn the five steps of writing (prewrite—write—revise—edit—publish).

Step 1 Lead-in

Describe the pictures in your own words

T: Amy wants to write about the work of an ORBIS nurse called Diana for her class presentation. And she found some pictures of Diana.

T: Look at these two pictures. Can you guess Diana’s job in the past? As you see, she was an office lady, a secretary of a company. Did she look happy? Look at the second one. What does she do now? Does she look happy? Why does she change the job and what happened? Try to describe the pictures in your own words.

Step 2 Reading Comprehension

1. Discuss the pictures

Students read the six pictures carefully. They can ask any question about the story, and invite the other students to answer. They can get the answer from the report or use their imagination to get reasonable answers.

The teacher gives six questions. Students read and underline the answers in the report:

(1)  what was her life like?

(2)  Which does she like better, travelling by car or by plane?

(3)  In which way did she learn about ORBIS?

(4)  After learning about it, how did she feel and what did she do?

(5)  What is her life like now?

(6)  How does she feel about the changes?  

2. Analyze the structure of the article

  T: Now please find the topic sentences of each paragraph, and get the main idea of each paragraph.

3. Compare the lives in the past and at present

  T: The first paragraph and the third paragraph tell Diana’s work, lifestyle and way of travelling. They have similar structures.

Step 3 Writing practice

1. How to write

  Show the five steps of writing; indicate that we should write step-by-step.

2. Prewriting—choose a topic/collect details

  (1) Ask students to write about an Indian girl helped by UNICEF and show the pictures and the   information. Show the subject, form, purpose and audience.

  (2) Ask students to complete a 5 W’s chart.

     Writing tips: An experience includes the basic details, sensory details and dialogues.

  (3) Ask students to put things in order.

     Ask students to use the time line to organize things in time order.

3. Writing—write a first draft: a beginning + a middle + an ending

  Show the structure of the report.

  (1) The beginning should get the readers’ attention and introduce the experience. Show three ways to begin:

a. Start with dialogues;

b. Begin with a fact or an interesting statement;

c. Put yourself in the middle of the action.

     Give three examples and encourage students to write their own.

  (2) The middle part tells story in time order. It may include sensory details, use dialogues, and share the feelings people experienced.

Give a model middle and guide the students to pay attention to the transition words and sensory details.

  (3) The ending should bring the story to a close. Show three possible ways:

a. Tell what you learnt from the experience;

b. Explain how the experience changed you;

c. Tell how you felt about the experience.

      Give three examples and encourages students to write their own.

4. Revising—improve your writing

  (1) Show the steps to revise.

     Read—review—ask—change

  (2) Add and move parts.

     Use the model passage to show how to add and move parts and explains why.

  (3) Rewrite parts.

     Ask students to rewrite three sentences.

Give three tips:

a. Transition words help connect ideas;

b. Use specific nouns, vivid verbs and colorful adjectives;

c. Add variety to sentences.

5. Editing—check for errors

  Invite the students to check the article for punctuation, capitalization, grammar error and spelling.

6. Publishing—share your writing

  Show the final copy.

  Give two tips:

a. Use blue or black ink and write neatly;

b. Indent every paragraph and leave a one-inch margin of all sides.

7. Assessing the final copy

  Show how to assess the final copy.

8. Reflecting on your writing

  Reflect by answering four questions.

9. The advantages of writing

  Show the advantages of writing:

become a better student, understand your experience, connect with others, enjoy life ...

Encourage the students to write more.

10. Write your article

1. Remember the words and phrases in the lesson.

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