Unit 2 Travelling Around-Reading for Writing

 

【教学目标与核心素养】

1. Get students to have a good understanding of how to write an impressive travel plan

2. Enable students to use some writing skills flexibly.

3. Develop students’ writing and cooperating abilities.

4. Strengthen students’ great interest in writing discourses.

【教学重难点】

1. Guide students to write a concise, coherent and structured e-mail, introducing their own travel plans.

2. Guide students to properly convey emotions using the proper language.

【教学过程】

Step 1: Lead in.

Begin the class with the lead-in questions: how to write to your friend an impressive travel plan?  What kinds of aspects should be included? It is strongly recommended that the teacher should ask students to discuss the topic freely with their partners and brainstorm some ideas concerning the topic. In this way, students can come up with more ideas and avoid being nervous at the beginning of the class.

Step 2: Read to discover details.

The teacher is expected to ask students to read Richard’s email to his friend and the brochure that he found silently and then request students to solve the task below.

Study the organization and language features by summarizing the email:

Paragraph 1: main purpose for the trip

Paragraph 2: other plans for the trip

Paragraph 3: transport

Paragraph 4: final thoughts

Tip: In this step, what should be highlighted is that the teacher ought to give students proper time to read individually, silently and think independently. There is no need for them to discuss the detailed questions. In this way, students can develop their individual logical thinking ability and promote their skills of finding details.

Step 3: Read to find out the words and phrases used to express emotion in the email.

After finishing the task above, the teacher move on the following task.

Underline the words and phrases used to express emotion in the email. Then complete the sentences below.

It is amazing sight.

It is ____________ I am amazed.

It's almost unbelievable.

I can’t _______________.

It's hard_________________

It's an _____________________ story.

Step 4: Use what you have learnt to write a travel plan.

1. Pretend you are Xiao Li and reply to Richard's email.

2. Exchange drafts.

Assess each other's work according to the checklist.

Is there a clear purpose for the trip? :

Does each paragraph have a clear main idea?

Does the writer use the present continuous tense for future plans?

Does the writer use commas, stops, and question marks correctly?

Are all the words spelt correctly?

Are all the proper nouns capitalized?

Revise your draft according to your partner's comments.

Step 5:The summary of how to write a travel plan.

旅游计划是一种常见的应用文写作。旅游可分为观光游、文化游、美食游及探险游等不同类型，因此旅游计划也要根据不同的旅游目的进行设计。常规的旅游计划需要明确以下几个方面的问题:

Travel plan

When will you leave for？

Where is your the destination?

How will you get there?

What will you do there?

How long will you there?

Is there a clear purpose for the trip?

为了提升旅行计划的层级，还需注意以下几个方面的问题:

1.每段是否有明确清晰的主题;

2.用一般现在时代替一般将来时；

3.用更高级的形容词词汇。例如:表达“好”时，不要总用“nice”,我们还可以用“smart, clean, excellent, exciting, beautiful, wonderful, clever, famous, grand”等表达更具有指向性的词汇；

4.用更高级的动词词汇。比如:我们可以用“seem stand, lie .get stay, remain, look . sound, become . keep, grow”等代替"be";

5.所有“专有名词”要大写;

6.文章最后要有适当的总结性语言。

[常用高级句式]

place of interest名胜古迹

tourist attractions旅游景点

historic sites 历史遗迹

Must- see attractions必看景点

go on a holiday/take a vacation去度假

check in登记人住check out结账退房

enjoy the scenery of nature欣赏自然美景

go sightseeing观光

feel like doing sth.想要做某事