(教案)Unit 6 The Admirable—Writing Workshop

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Unit 6 The Admirable
Writing Workshop
【教学目标】
Students will be able to
1. read and talk about writing a summary about “A Medical Pioneer”
2. read for writing
3. summarise information
4. write a summary about “The Superhero Behind Superman”
【教学重难点】
1. understanding key components of a summary
2. writing a summary about an article
【教学过程】
1. Tick the statements that are true about summary writing.
1) Ask students to volunteer to read the sentences on page 62. Explain any difficult words.
2) Students tick the statements that they believe are true about summary writing. This can be used as a baseline assessment.
3) Discuss students’ answers.
2. Read the summary of “A Medical Pioneer”, and answer questions.
1) In small groups, explain to students that they will compare the news article with the summary on “A Medical Pioneer”. Students need to first read both texts. Then in the news article, students can underline the information that was used in the summary. This will help students to answer the questions.
2) Students then answer the questions.
3) Discuss the answers as a class.
3. Divide and match.
1) Read and discuss the instruction and the diagram.
2) As you read the text “A Medical Pioneer” aloud, students follow along and complete the diagram. Suggest that students firstly match the phrase with the Part and then fill in the corresponding paragraph number.
4. Read again and find out the main information.
1) Suggest that the students use the same diagram for Activity 3.
2) Ask students:
a. What do you notice about the diagrams for the news article and for the summary?
b. Why is the format important?
c. What are the similarities and differences?
5. Look at “The Superhero BehindSuperman” and answer questions.
1) Suggest that the students use the same diagram for Activity 3 but with different phrases. Provide the following phrases for low level students (mix them up first): summary, personal information, achievements, accident, medical research, death.
2) As you read the story “The Superhero Behind Superman”, students mind map the parts and what they focus on.
3) Questions:
a. How many parts can it be divided into?
b. What does each part focus on?
6. Read, find the main idea, underline key words and summarise.
1) Ask students to volunteer to read the Writing Help box. Discuss the aspects of a summary and how to write a summary.
2) As you read the paragraph, ask students to underline the key points.
3) Students use these key points to write a sentence summarising the paragraph. Now students do this for each paragraph and compile a summary. This can be done in small groups if they need support.
4) Students read their summaries to the class.
7. Compose your writing: Drafting.
1) Remind students that a draft is the first version of a piece of writing and that it is also called a rough draft because it is not “smooth” or finished.
2) Have students draft their summary.
8. Compose your writing: Editing.
1) Remind students that the final stage of writing, before publishing, is editing. When we edit, we check that our ideas are clear and that our sentences are complete.
2) Have students exchange their writing with a partner and offer each other suggestions to improve their drafts.
3) After editing, writers will make changes to their drafts and either rewrite or print a clean copy of the work.
4) Ask students to prepare a final draft of their work to submit for your review and then place in a writer’s portfolio.
5) Students read their finalised summaries to the class.