1、Shenzhen Foreign Languages SchoolPAGE 6PAGE Teaching Design Teaching contentsUnit 4 Writing English Grade Nine Time 20 minutes Teacher Lei Gan, English Department, Shenzhen Foreign Languages SchoolStudentsGrade NineAnalysis of the teaching material After learning the reading section in this unit, st

2、udents have known that people like to write to Aunt Linda to ask for advice when they face problems or difficult situations in daily life. In the writing section,students can learn how to write an email to Aunt Linda to ask for advice. First, according to the analysis of the sample email, students c

3、an learn the structure of the email and the useful expressions often used in this kind of writing. Then, students can practice writing an email with the given optional situations or a problem of their own. At last, the teacher guides the students to be able to give comments on their writing. Analysi

4、s of the studentsComparatively speaking, the students in this class are more active than passive, but the students language abilities vary. 3/5of the students are willing to express themselves confidently, while 1/5of the students are always waiting for others reaction, and the rest are always silen

5、t. So the students are divided into groups of four with different levels in order to help students get the main idea and locate the key information quickly as well as properly understand some difficult expressions according to the context. In that case, all the students may have a chance to take par

6、t in the class activities. Teaching ObjectivesKnowledge objectiveEnable students to master some useful expressions and sentence patterns used to ask for advice.Enable students to master some useful expressions and sentence patterns about emotions.Ability objectiveImprove students ability to write an

7、 email or a letter for advice formally and politely. Improve students ability to express themselves clearly by using simple and logical language.Emotional objectiveInspire students to have a positive attitude in solving problems and giving advice.Cultivate students spirit of helping others. Teaching

8、 key points and difficult pointsKey points：Students know some useful expressions and sentence patterns used to ask for advice.Students know how to write an email to ask for advice in a formal and friendly way. Difficult points：Students know how to write an email to ask for advice in a formal and fri

9、endly way. Teaching methodsElicitationTask-based TeachingCooperative learningTeaching proceduresTeaching stepsTeachers activitiesStudents activitiesAimsStep 1Warming-up Lead students to recall their memories with a picture of Aunt Linda. Ask several questions related to Aunt Linda and review the nam

10、e “Agony Aunt” which have been learned before. Review Aunt Linda and talk freely about the questions raised by the teacher. To make the class warm up and lead in the topic “asking for advice”.Step 2Read and match Ask students to go through the sample email on page 59 quickly and match each part with

11、 the labels on the left. Read the email and match each part with the letters of the correct labels on the left. 1. To help students have a general idea of the email.2. To enhance students ability to analyze the structure of the email. Step 3Body part reading Ask students to read and find out what te

12、nses are often used in the body part. Ask students to read the body part again and discuss to find out the characteristic of the language in this part. Be active to find out the tenses often used in the body part.Be brave to share what they have found about the characteristic of the language with th

13、e other group members.To enhance students reading ability through focusing on tenses.To improve students cooperative ability through sharing notes. Step 4Expressions learning Ask students to summarize the useful expressions used to show bad emotions. Ask students to work in pairs to think about more

14、 useful expressions used to show bad emotions. Review the useful expressions used to show bad emotions in this unit.Work in pairs to brainstorm more useful expressions used to show bad emotions. To help students to master as many useful expressions as possible so that they can write an email more co

15、nfidently. Step 5Structure retellingAsk students to work in a group of four to recall the structure of the email with the help of the mind map.Ask students to retell the structure of the email so that they can begin to write an email confidently. Encourage each other to retell the structure of the e

16、mail and make good preparations before writing.To help students sort out what has been learned and get them prepared for the writing task confidently.Step 6Writing practiceAsk each group to work together to write an email to Aunt Linda to ask for advice on one of the given problems or a problem of t

17、heir own. Pay attention to the structure and language in the email. Ask each group to work together to evaluate an email written by Jacks group from the neighbor class. Cooperate and practice writing an email so that students of different English levels in a group are expected to achieve more or les

18、s.Cooperate and learn to evaluate the quality of an email according towhat they have learned in this lesson. 1.To improve students cooperative ability through group writing practice.2. To enhance students ability to evaluate an email according to what they have learned in this lesson. Homework 1. Memorize all the expressions we have learned in this lesson. 2. Write an email to Gavin to ask for advice on a problem of your own. Blackboard Design Unit 4 Problems