Unit1LifeChoicesWritingWorkshopAPersonalEmail

Watchavideoandhavefun!ReadingforWriting—ApersonalemailWarming-upThisisyournewschool.Youareaskedtointroduceyournewseniorsecondaryschooltosomebody.Areyouready?Warming-upYouaregoingtowriteanemailtooneofyour(foreign)friends/formerclassmatesaboutyournewschoollife.Askandanswerthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.1Who

areyougoingtowriteto?2

What

doyou

wanttotellhim/her?3What

doyou

wanttoknowfromhim/her?Grammar—BasicSentenceStructuresYouaregoingtowriteanemailtooneofyourjuniorsecondaryschoolclassmatesaboutyournewschoollife.Askandanswerthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner:1.Whoareyougoingtowriteto?Oneofyourgoodfriendsinjuniorsecondaryschool.Warming-upWarming-up2.Whatdoyouwanttotellhim/her?Abouttheschoolenvironment,thesubjectsyoulearn,theteachers,theclassmates,thescheduleandtheschoolactivities,etc.3.Whatdoyouwanttoknowfromhim/her?Abouthis/hernewschooljustlikewhatyou’vetoldhim/her.Warming-up1Who

ishe/shegoingtowriteto?2What

doeshe/shewanttotellhim/her?3

What

doeshe/shewanttoknowfromhim/her?Reporttotheclassaboutyourpartner’sanswers.MypartnerAmyisgoingtowritetoherpenpalintheUK.Shewantstotellhimher

feelings

aboutthenewschool,thedifferences

betweenthepreviousschoolandthenewone,etc.Shewantstoknowwhetherhehasmadesomenewfriends.Warming-upReadingforcontentsReadtheemailonyourhandouttoanswerthefollowingquestions:

1.WhoisFangLan?Anoldfriendinjuniorsecondaryschool.2.WhyisWangYingwritingtoher?TosayHello.TosharehernewseniorsecondaryschoollifewithFangLan.ToaskaboutFangLan’snewschoollife.Readingforcontents3.HowdoesWangYingfeelabouthernewschool?

Sheloveshernewseniorsecondaryschool.

4.Howisherlifeinseniorsecondaryschooldifferentfromjuniorsecondaryschool?Theydon’thaveafixedclassroom.Theyhavemanydifferentclubsafterclass.5.WhydoesWangYinghavetofinishtheemail?She’sgotapresentationtomorrowandsheneedstofinishherslides.ReadingforstructurePleaselabeltheelementsontheleftoftheemail.

A.endingandwishesB.greetingC.subjectlineD.reasontofinishwriting

E.questionsabouttheotherpersonF.informationaboutone’sownlife

G.signature()Subject:Hellofromanoldfriend()HiFangLan,()How’syourlifeinCanada...()Ilovemynewseniorsecondaryschool...()Well,Imustgonow...()Allthebest()WangYingcbefdagcsubjectline

HiFangLan,

How’syourlifeinCanada?Ihopeyouhaveadaptedwelltothenewsituationandareenjoyingyournewschool.Ilovemynewseniorsecondaryschool.It’smuchbiggerthanmyjuniorsecondaryschoolandthere’sahugegym!DoyourememberXieZijun?Guesswhat–We’reinthesameschool!It’salwaysgoodtohaveafriend,right?Lifeinseniorsecondaryschoolisverydifferentfromjuniorsecondaryschool!Youknow,wedon’thaveafixedclassroom!Wegotodifferentclassesfordifferentsubjectsandalsofordifferentlevels.I’minthesameclasswithZijunforEnglishandphysicsbutindifferentclassesforChineseandmaths.Wealsohavemanydifferentclubsafterclass.Youknow,IlikedancingsoI’mintheDancingClub.Atthemoment,wemeettwiceaweekandwe’repreparingtoattendacompetition.IthinkmynewschoolgivesmeachancetobecomeadifferentpersonandIlikethe“newme”.Well,Imustgonow.I’vegotapresentationtomorrowandIneedtofinishmyslides.Ilookforwardtohearingallaboutwhat’shappeningwithyousoon.Allthebest!

WangYingSubject:Hellofromanoldfriendbgreetingequestionsabouttheotherpersonfinformationaboutone’sownlifedreasontofinishwritingaendingandwishesgsignatureFocus

onStructureFocusonStyleReadforstyleIstheemailformal

or

informal?Whyisitwrittenthisway?Informal.Becauseitisanemailtosomeoneweknowverywell(friends,familymembers,etc.)TemplateGreeting頂格寫，段首縮進4個字母；段與段之間不空行。（紙質(zhì)版建議格式）段首不縮進，段與段之間空一行。FocusonStyleSumupthespecificfeaturesoftheformalstyle

andinformalstyle.LengthofsentencesMannersof

speakingFeaturesofexpressionsExamplesofexpressionsFormal

containsomepolitewordsandexpressionsInformal

Directlonger,

completeshortermildandindirectcontaincontractions縮寫

andcolloquial

orslangexpressionswouldyoumind,please,thankyouyeah,sure,OK,cheers,thanks,rightFocusonStyleContractions

縮寫Punctuations

標(biāo)點符號Informalwords/phrases

ExamplesfromthesampleFindexamplesofinformalexpressionsfromtheemailandputtheminthefollowingtable.How’s...I’m...She’s...I’ve...It’s...Don’t...What’s...Dashes(—)Exclamationpoints(!)Hi,Guesswhat,Right?Youknow,Well,Allthe

best!That’s...There’s...I’d...Let’s...Hello,isn’tit?Sorry!Great!Comeon,Don’tyou...Suspensionpoints(...)省略號Colon(:)Semicolon(;)Apostrophe(’)OtherexamplesFocusonLanguageAnalyzethesentencestructuresofthegivensentences.1Wedon’thaveafixedclassroom!

2Weareinthesameclass.whodowhatSubjectVerbObjectwhoSubjectbeVerbplacePredicativeFocusonLanguageSentenceBuilderFocusonLanguageFocusonLanguageAnalyzethesentencestructuresofthegivensentences.3Thereisahugegym.

4Myschoolgavemeachance.whatThereRealSubjectwhoSubjectdidVerbwhom

whatIndirectObjectDirectObjectbeBSentenceBuilderFocusonLanguageFindmoreexamplesentencesusingthefollowingsentencestructuresintheemail.Subject+

Verb

+ObjectSubject+

Verb

+

PredicativeThere

+

Be

+

RealSubjectSubject

+

Verb

+IndirectObject+DirectObject

FocusonLanguageFindmoreexamplesentencesusingthefollowingsentencestructuresintheemail.Subject+Verb

+

Object

Ilovemynewseniorsecondaryschool.Wehavemanydifferentclubs.Subject+

Verb

+

Predicative

Lifeinseniorsecondaryschoolis

verydifferentfromjuniorsecondaryschool!I’mintheDancingClub.SentenceBuilderAvoidthesamemistakesInordernottomakethesamemistakes,pleasepickoutthemistakesandcorrectthem.1DearWan