(学案)Unit 3 Celebrations—Writing Workshop & Reading Club

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Unit 3 Celebrations
Writing Workshop & Reading Club
【学习目标】
1．学习能力目标

• 学生能够借助关键词，在理解文章大意的基础上，找出段落主题句，完成读前问题；
  

• 用所学的词汇和语言对课文进行复述；
  

• 学生能够借助已知的关键信息，适当补充辅助信息，写出完整的电子邮件。
  

2．语言能力目标
（1）能够正确运用以下文章结构顺序连接词进行写作：first ..., then ..., after that ..., finally ...；
（2）能正确认知并且运用以下词汇和短语：awesome, calm down, uniform, territory, region, ethnic, determine, variety, surplus, symbolise, slice, transit, currency, prosperity, ingredient, offend, growl, provoke, humbly等。
【学习重难点】
1．重点
（1）如何使用地道、恰当的语言进行节日描述书写；
（2）正确理解并运用顺序连接词以及动词短语进行恰当表达；
（3）礼貌进行日常对话。
2．难点
（1）能用得体的英语书写节日描述；
（2）能正确、恰当地使用动词短语。
【学习过程】
I. Writing Workshop
1. If you are going to write about a celebration event you had before, what you will write? What details do you want to include?
2. Read the text on page 62, and answer questions.
(1) Whose birthday was it?
(2) What did the family do to prepare for it?
(3) What was the best part of the event?
(4) How did Grandpa feel and what did he say?
3 Read the text again and underline all the linkers that are used to link sentences and paragraphs.
4. Work out an outline of an event description you’re going to write about.
5. Use the outline and the Writing Help to write your first draft.
6. Edit your description in pairs. Use the Peer Editing Sheet on page 90.
II. Reading Club: Festival Menu
1. What do we eat on Spring Festival?
2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
(1) Which Spring Festival dishes are believed that they will bring fortune?
(2) Which dishes symbolise happiness in the new year?
3. What cultural meanings can you infer from the names of the dishes?
III. Reading Club: The Un-birthday Gift
1. What do you know about Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
(1) Who do you think Lewis Carroll wrote the story for?
(2) Why was Humpy Dumpty offended when Alice said, “What a beautiful belt you’ve got on”?
(3) Were Alice and Humpty Dumpty good friends? How do you know?
3. What are some examples of literary nonsense in the text? UNDERLINE the sentences.
4. How do you like the story? Why?
【精炼反馈】
一、词汇自测：根据要求写出对应英文或中文和词性

• awesome ______________________
  

• calm down ______________________
  

• uniform ______________________
  

• territory ______________________
  

• region ______________________
  

• variety ____________________ →(v.) ___________________ →(adj.) ______________________
  

• ethnic ______________________
  

• determine ______________________
  

• surplus ______________________
  

• symbolise ______________________
  

• slice ______________________
  

• transit ______________________
  

• currency ______________________
  

• prosperity ______________________
  

• ingredient ______________________
  

• offend ______________________
  

• provoke ______________________
  

• ignorant ______________________
  

• humbly ______________________
  

• relent ______________________
  

二、语篇语法填空（课文）
That day was awesome. It was Grandpa’s 70th birthday. The whole family 1._________ (prepare) for it for quite some time.
Early in the morning, I woke up excited. I got dressed quickly and 2.__________ (head) downstairs to help. Mum was already in the kitchen preparing Grandpa’s special birthday lunch. Dad was nowhere 3.__________ (see). After a quick breakfast, I began to check for the last time my special gift for Grandpa — a video of his life story. For weeks I had been working 4.________ this, listening to Grandpa’s stories, selecting his favourite music, and collecting photos from the family album.
Just before lunchtime, Dad came in with some guests. They were Grandpa’s best friends from secondary school, all in their 5.__________ (seventy). Grandpa couldn’t believe his eyes and it took quite a long time for them to calm 6._________. As soon as the guests took their seats, Grandpa’s favourite music began to fill the room with memories of the old days. 7._________ each old photo, the guests saw how Grandpa grew from a handsome boy 8.________ a kind old gentleman. The best part came when Grandpa and his friends appeared in an old photo in their school uniform. There was a lot of 9.__________ (laugh) in the room, and quite a few tears in their eyes.
Towards the end of the party, Grandpa 10.___________ (excite) said, “It is a wonderful birthday celebration and I’ve got the best gift I have ever received. Now I am looking forward to my eightieth, ninetieth and even one hundredth birthday already!”