Period   (9)

教学题目：9A Unit 1 Main task

教学课时：Period 9

教学部分：Page 21-22

教学课型：新授课；写作课

教学目标：组织观点并用例子证明其合理性，用正确的正式程度写一封正式的推荐信，包含推荐人的性格和技能

教学内容：如何用正式的文体来写一封推荐信

教学准备：多媒体，投影仪

教学步骤：

Step 1 Lead in

1. Let students act out the dialogue talking about a new chairperson.

2. Make a flow chart of Suzy.

Step 2 A flow chart of David

1. Kitty and Millie want to recommend David as the new chairperson of the Students’ Union.

-- What characteristics does David have? (Let students find some words to describe David in Part A: confident, clever, hard-working …)

-- Can you help Kitty and Millie finish the flow chart?  Work in pairs.

2. Ask some more questions to check the answers:

(1)Is David hard-working?

(2)Can you give us an example?

(3)David is very clever, isn’ t he?

(4)What does David do to help himself get more organized?

(5)Can David make good use of his time?

(6)Does David often help other students?

(7)Can you give an example?

(8)What do you think of David?

Step 3 Kitty and Millie’s recommendation

1.Finish their letter: Part B on Page 22.

2.Check the answers.

3.Discuss how to write a formal recommendation.

4.Pay attention to what each paragraph is talking about in this letter. (Main Body)

5.Show the students some useful sentences and structures.

Step 4 Writing

1.We want to recommend one as our monitor. Each group tries to find a student in our class.

2.Discuss in groups and make a flow chart.

3.It’s time to write a recommendation. It is a formal letter.

4.Review how to write a recommendation:

Write down the purpose to write this letter in the first paragraph, the abilities in the second paragraph, the personalities in the third paragraph, what he did in the forth paragraph, and your attitude in the last paragraph.

5.Write on your own.

Step 5 Homework

Finish your recommendation.