Period4Writing

TheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod：

Thisperiodaimsatgettingthestudentstobefamiliarwiththestepstowriteane-mailandhowtoaskforadvice.

TeachingAims：

thestudentstobefamiliarwiththestepstowriteane-mail.

thestudentstowriteane-mailtoaskforadvice.

TeachingImportantPoints：

towriteane-mail.

toaskforadvice.

TeachingDifficultPoints：

towriteane-mail.

toaskforadvice.

TeachingMethods：

methodtohelpthestudentstoorganizetheirwriting.

workorgroupworktogeteverystudenttoworkinclass.

TeachingAid：

Aprojector，someslidesandamultimediacomputer.

TeachingProcedures：

Step1Warmingup（5minutes）

LetthestudentshaveasimpleIQtesttointroducethePepsiColaInter-schoolMusicFestivaltothempreparetoformtheirownbandstotakepartinthecompetition.

T：Class，todaywearegoingtohaveasimpleIQ’sseewhoisthe1standsforAand2standsforB，then19，8，5standsforwhat?

S：SHE.

T：!Nextquestion，（showapictureofPepsiCola）whatisthis?

S：Pepsi.

T：（showapictureofmusicnote）Howaboutthisone?

S：Music.

T：Goodjob.（showapictureofPepsiandmusicnote）Howaboutthisone?

S：PepsiColaMusic.

T：Excellent.（showapictureofPepsiandmusicnoteandyou）Thenhowaboutthisone?

T：SoinwhatsituationwillyoubepartofthePepsiColaMusic?Yousee，youarethestudentsinschool?SoinwhatsituationwillyouberelatedtoPepsiMusic?

S：MusicFestival.

T：ColaInter-schoolMusicFestivalisheldeverystudentswholovemusiccantakepartinthismusicfestival?Now，let’senjoysomeperformancesgivenbythecompetitorsinthelastfewyears.（showapictureofadancingteam，apictureofaninstrumentteam，apictureofaband）Sousuallyinaband，thereare5-6istosing，twoaretoplaytheguitars，twomorearetoplaythekeyboardandonemoreistoplaytheafterwatchingsomanyperformances，wouldyouliketoformyourownbandtotakepartinthisfestival?Maybeyouwillbethenextstars，justlikeSHEorFIR.

Step2Task1：Brainstorming（groupwork）

Askthestudentstomakealistofthethingstheyhavetoconsiderwhenformingaacompetitiontolistthethingsoutinturnandseewhichgroupcanlistthemoststudentcanhaveanotewithonelastseewhichgroupcanhavethemostnote.

Possibleanswers：

nameoftheband

songstoplay

hairstyle

costume

kindofsongtoplay

fortheband

fordonationtosupport

someadvertisement

partinsomecompetitiontogetknown

afansclub

Step3Task2：Groupwork：formthebandandfindoutthemostdifficultthingforthemtodecide

Askthestudentstodiscussinsmallgroupsoneofthemostdifficultthingstodiscussingthequestions，studentshavetogiveouttheinformationwhyit’shardforthemtodecideandwhytheyneedhelp.

Group1

howtochooseanameforaband

Group2

whatkindofmusictoplay

Group3

howtomakeabandfamous

Group4

whowillplaywhatinstrumentandwhowillsing

Step4PreparationforWriting

T：Itseemsyouhavemanyquestionsaboutformingadoyouneedhelp?WhynotwritealettertoFreddytoaskforhelp?DoyoustillrememberFreddyandhisband?TheygotabighitinthinkFreddycangiveussomeadvice.

（Beforewritingtheletter，letthestudentsreviewtheformofane-mailanddrawtheirattentiontothetitleandtheaddressee’se-mailaddressandthenpresentthestructureoftheletter.）

T：Inthefirstparagraph，youwillintroduceyourselvesandraisethethesecondparagraph，youwillgivemoredetailinformationwhyyouneedthelastparagraph，youwillhavetothankFreddyforhishelp.

（Thendrawstudents’attentiontosomeusefulexpressiontheymayuseintheirwriting.）

Askingforadvice：What’syouropinionabout...?

Could/Wouldyou...?

Whatdoyouthink...?

Expresspreference：Iprefer...Ienjoy...

Iamfondof...

Myfavourite...is...

Ilike...bestbecause...

Expressyourappreciation：We’llbegratefulforyourhelp.

Anyadvicewillbeagreathelp.

Step5Task3：Writeane-mailtoFreddytoaskforadvice

T：NowIwillgiveyou10minutestowriteane-mailtoaskFreddyforwritingtheattentiontotheformofthehavetowritedownthetopicofyourletterandthee-mailaddressofthereceiver.

Step6ProductionandPresentation（5minutes）

Askthreestudentstocometotheplatformandtoshowtheirletterstotheothersandreadtheirlettersout.

Possibleversion1

DearFreddy，

MynameisLiambeginningabandwithmy，wehaveneverbeeninabandyoupleasegiveussomeadvice?Iwouldliketoknowhowyourbandwasthinkitisdifficulttoformayoupleasetellmehowyourbandwasformed?Ithinkyoumusthavedonelotsofwork.

Weenjoymusicandbeingfamous，butthisisnotisalotofworktobedonetoformawediscusswitheachotheraboutthemusicthatwe’llplay?Weenjoyperformingmusic，butwearenotsurehowwellwe’ll’syouropinionaboutit?Couldyougiveussomeadvice?We’llbegratefulforyourhelp.

Lookingforwardtohearingfromyousoon.

Yourssincerely，

LiHua

Possibleversion2

DearFreddy，

MynameisLi’mbeginningabandwithmy，wehaveneverbeeninabandyoupleasegiveussomeadvice?Whatshouldwedofirst?Wecanplayseveralkindsofitnecessaryforustoplayallofthem?

Wewanttogetonwellandenjoyalltheclapsafterthewearetoformaband，whatshouldwedonext?

Sometimeswearenotconfidentaboutourweputonagoodperformancebutwearenotquitesureaboutouryougiveussomegoodadvice?We’llthankyoualotforyourhelp.

I’mlookingforwardtoyouradvice.

Yourssincerely，

LiHua

Step7Task4：ReadFreddy’sReply（5minutes）

AskthestudentstoreadFreddy’sreplyandseewhethertheygettheanswerstotheirquestions.

Step8Homework

theirletterandsendthelettertothebandthattheyknowthroughe-mail.

intheapplicationformforPepsiColaInter-schoolMusicFestival.

Applicationform

BandInformation

BandType

Musickind

Thenameofthesongtoplay

MembersInformation

Member1

School/Class

SCNo.

Tel.

Theroleintheband