1、The Sixth Period从容说课This is the 6th period of this unit in which two gargets are set.One is to deal with the speaking part and the second one is writing.This part of speaking refers to 2 items.One is Am.English and Br.English.The other one is the sentence patterns that express orders and request.Fir
2、st，students will be advised to do reading in roles to find out the Am.English and Br.English and then find out the sentence pattern and then reverse them into Direct Speech or Indirect Speech.Writing is a difficult item for students.This part mainly teaches students a skill called brainstorming.Ill
3、let students to do some brainstorming exercise to train them.After they have mastered this skill，Ill have students write a complete passage.三维目标1.Knowledge：Practice speaking.2.Ability：Train writing skills.3.Emotion：Get a further understanding of the importance of learning English.教学重点Show brainstorm
4、ing and write a passage.教学难点How to improve students writing skill.教具准备slides教学过程Step 1 Greetings and revisionT：（Greet the whole class as usual）Yesterday，we learnt some new words and phrases.Would you tell me your sentences that you made up using these new words？Step 2 Lead-inExcellent.In this unit “
5、English around the World”，we learnt some knowledge of English.Weve known that English is different even in some English-speaking countries.Its called world English.And weve learnt some sentence structures which express orders and requests and the reversal of Indirect Speech and Direct Speech of thes
6、e patterns.This class，well use these things in practice.Step 3 SpeakingT：So now lets see the speaking part on P15.Go through the instructions first.（after 1 minute）So it is a dialogue between Americans and Britain.So you think that they will have much difficulty in understanding each other？S：No.Thou
7、gh therere some differences between Am.English and Br.English，they can understand each other. T：Yes.Lets do reading in roles.Boys play as Amy and girls act as the lady.Pay attention to pronunciation and intonation.（students read it）T：Excellent!Have you found the different words that they use which m
8、ean the same？S：Amy uses subway and blocks while the lady use underground and streets instead.T：Well done!Then could you find out the requests and commands in direct speech in this dialogue？S：Request：Could you please tell me where the nearest subway is？Command：Go round the corner on your left-hand si
9、de，straight on and cross 2 streets.T：Could you change them into indirect speech？ S：Amy asked the lady to tell her where the nearest subway was.The lady told Amy to go round the corner on her left-hand side，straight on and cross 2 streets.Step 4 WritingT：Now lets get down to another target of this cl
10、ass writing.This is an item most students are afraid of，because when they get a subject or topic，they dont know what to write about.Today well learn to use a way，that is，brainstorming.First go through the instructions and the example by yourselves.T：Are you sure how to do brainstorming？Now lets firs
11、t practise it on an easy topicpollution.S：T：Good job.Now lets turn to a more difficult topic “ How can learning English help China in the future？First，lets still do brainstorming. S：T：Well done!Now lets use this skill to help ourselves write a passage.Please turn to Page 53 on the workbook.Now you s
12、hould write an article on the topic “My Experience of Learning English”.First list the answers you think of to fill in the blanks.And then choose some useful information to write the article according to the settled structure.Step 5 SummaryThis class we dealt with writing skills.We can do brainstorm
13、ing to help ourselves think of as many related items as possible on the topic.It is a very good way to write an article.Step 6 HomeworkWrite a passage on the topic “How can we improve our pronunciation”.板书设计Unit 2 English around the world The Sixth Period （Writing） 活动与探究Some foreigners think that Pu
14、tonghua and the Dongbei dialect are just the same.Write a passage on the comparison of Putonghua and the Dongbei dialect to show their difference to them using the waybrainstorming.Sample composition：People in different parts of China speak different dialects.Putonghua helps them understand each oth
15、er.Some dialects，especially those that are spoken in the south，are so different from Putonghua that they sound like a foreign language to others who do not speak them.The differences between Putonghua and other dialects，including the Dongbei dialect，which is spoken in the northeast of China，are very
16、 small.Written Chinese，including vocabulary and grammar，is almost the same，but there are some words in the Dongbei dialect that are not used by people who speak Putonghua.For example，Dongbei people often use “旮旯（gala）” to mean “角落（jiaoluo）” in Putonghua，and they also like using “俺们（anmen）” to refer
17、to “我们（women）”.Listening to the Dongbei dialect，it is easy to hear small differences in intonation and pronunciation.For example，“人（ren）” is often pronounced as “yin”.However，the differences are so small that people who speak Putonghua and people who speak the Dongbei dialect can usually understand
18、each other without difficulty.备课资料Methods to Improve Your WritingA.Bear in mind that writing well involves other abilities than simply being able to write correct English，especially when content and organization are concerned.B.Keep in mind that your audiences are foreign users of English when consi
19、dering what to write and how to express yourself.C.Note that cultural differences result in stylistic differences in English and Chinese writing.D.Try to overcome your special weakness in writing with the help of your teacher and correct them only one by one，starting from the easier ones such as spelling，punctuation and word division.E.Learn to paraphrase.F.Practice makes perfect.G.Read simplified versions of English novels and English translations of world masterpieces.H.Make good use of all kinds of dictionaries.3
