WritingWorkshopUnit1LifeChoicesGETREADYFORWRITINGYouaregoingtowriteanemailtoajuniorsecondaryschoolclassmateaboutyournewschool.Discussyourideaswithapartner.1.Whoareyougoingtowriteto?2Whatdoyouwanttotellhim/her?3Whatdoyouwanttoknowfromhim/her?READFORWRITINGLookthroughP18,findoutthenewwordsandphrasesinthisperiod.Thenreadtogetherasawhole.junioradj.低年級(jí)的

presentationn.報(bào)告；陳述formaladj.正式的，官方的

sliden.幻燈片informaladj.非正式的

lookforwardto(doing)sth.adaptvi.（使）適應(yīng)

期待，盼望adapttosth.適應(yīng)某事gymn.體育館，健身房momentn.某一時(shí)刻atthemoment此刻，目前，眼下READFORWRITINGReadtheemail.Answerthequestions.1.WhoisFangLan?WhyisWangYingwritingtoher?2.Istheemailformalorinformal?Whyisitwrittenthisway?3.Findandcircleexamplesofcontractions(e.g.don’t)dashes(－)andexclamationpoints(!)Informalwordsandphrases(e.g.well)READFORWRITING1.WhoisFangLan?WhyisWangYingwritingtoher?Anoldfriendinjuniorsecondaryschool.TosharehernewseniorsecondaryschoollifewithFangLan.ToaskaboutFangLan’snewschoollife.2.Istheemailformalorinformal?Whyisitwrittenthisway?Theemailisinformal.Itiswrittenthiswaybecausetheyarefriends.3.Findandcircleexamplesofcontractionsdashes(－)

andexclamationpoints

(!)Informalwordsandphrases

Examplesfromthesample

How’s...I’m...She’s...I’ve...It’s...don’t...what’s...there’swe’reguesswhat－;gym!school!classrom!Hi,Guesswhat,Right?Youknow,Well,Allthebest!FOCUSONSTRUCTUREANDLANGUAGELabeltheelements(a-g)oftheemailabove.a.endingandwishesb.greetingc.subjectlined.reasonstofinishwritinge.questionsabouttheotherpersonf.informationaboutone’sownlifeg.signatureHi,FangLan,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!WangYingFrom:To:Subject:WangYing<wangying@***.com>FangLan<fanglan@***.com>Hellofromanoldfriend()()()()()()()c.subjectlineb.greetinge.questionsabouttheotherpersonf.informationaboutone’sownlifed.reasonstofinishwritinga.endingandwishesg.signatureFillintheblankstocompletethestructureaccordingtotheemailyoureadonP18.AnEmailBeginningBodyEnding(1)_____________

(2)_____________

(3)_____________

(1)_____________

(2)_____________

(3)_____________

greetingsquestionsinformationreasonsendingsignatureabouttheotherpersonaboutone’sownlifetofinishwritingandwishesFOCUSONSTRUCTUREANDLANGUAGEFOCUSONSTRUCTUREANDLANGUAGEWrite2-3sentencesaboutyourschoollifethatyouwanttotellyourformerclassmate.UsetheSentenceBuildertohelpyou.We(who)SentenceStructure(1)don’thave(do)afixedclassroom(what)SubjectVerbObjectWe(who)are(be)inthesameschool(what)SubjectVerbPredicativeThereis(be)ahugegym(what)ThereBeRealSubjectMynewschool(who)gives(do)achance(what)SubjectVerbDirectObjectSentenceBuilderme(who)IndirectObjectFOCUSONSTRUCTUREANDLANGUAGEFindmoreexamplesentencesusingthefollowingsentencestructuresintheemail.Subject+Verb+ObjectSubject+Verb+PredicativeThere+Be+RealSubjectSubject+Verb+IndirectObject+DirectObjectFOCUSONSTRUCTUREANDLANGUAGECompletetheoutlineofyouremail.UseActivity3abovetohelpyou.Subjectline:____________________________________________________Greeting:______________________________________________________Questionstoask:________________________________________________Informationaboutyou:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________Reasonstofinishwriting:_________________________________________Ending:______________________________________________HellofromanoldfriendHiXXX,How’syourlifegoingrecently?IwouldliketotalkaboutmynewseniorsecondaryI’mlookingforwardtoyourreply...Allthebest!schoolwithyou...FOCUSONSTRUCTUREANDLANGUAGEUseyouroutlineandtheWritingHelptowritethefirstdraft.WritingHelpwriteinformalemailsonlytosomeoneyouarecloseto,likeyourfriendsandfamily;usesimpleandinformalexpressions,likedon’t,well;useproperemailformatwithasubjectline,agreeting,questionstoask,informationtogiveandendwithareasonappropriately;rememberthatyoucanusespecialpunctuationtoshowyourfeelings.WritinganInformationEmailIt’simportantto:FOCUSONSTRUCTUREANDLANGUAGEEdityouremailinpairs.Thenshareinclass.Isitanemailtoafamilymemberorclosefriend?Istheemailwritteninaproperemailformat?Forexample,doesithaveasubjectline,agreeting,anyquestions,andalsoinformationprovided?Doesitendwithareasonappropriately?Doesthewriterusesimpleandinformallanguage?→Markanyspelling,punctuationorgrammarerrors.→Markanyunclearexpressions.Givesuggestionsifyoucan.→Underlinetheexpressionsyoulike.USEFULLANGUAGEWaystostartaletter①Hownicetohearfromyouagain!

很高興再次收到你的回信?、贗’mpleasedtohearthatyou’recomingtoChinaforavisit.很高興得知你將來(lái)中國(guó)游覽。③I’mwritingtothankyouforyourhelpduringmystayinAmerica.我寫(xiě)這封信是為了感謝我在美國(guó)時(shí)你對(duì)我的幫助。④I’mgladtoreceiveyourletteraskingformyadviceon...很高興收到你就……征求建議的來(lái)信。⑤Herearesometips/afewsuggestionstohelpyou.

這里有一些幫助你的建議USEFULLANGUAGEWaystoendaletter①Withbestwishes.致以我誠(chéng)摯的祝福。②I’mlookingforwardtohearingfromyou.期待您的回信。③I’dappreciateitifyoucouldreplyearlier.如果您能盡早回復(fù)我會(huì)萬(wàn)分感激。④Ihopeyouwillfindtheseideasuseful.我希望你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這些辦法有用。⑤Ibelievethatifyoufollowmyadvice，you’llgetalongwellwithyourclassmates.我相信，如果你聽(tīng)從我的建議，你會(huì)和同學(xué)們相處得很好。USEFULLANGUAGE1．schoolyardn．校園2．timetablen.時(shí)間表，課程表3．libraryn.圖書(shū)館4．playgroundn.操場(chǎng)5．laboratoryn.實(shí)驗(yàn)室6．a(chǎn)bsencen.缺席7．readingroom閱覽室8．takenotes做筆記9．takepartin參加，參與10．signupfor報(bào)名參加(課程)11．finalexam期末考試12．keyschool重點(diǎn)學(xué)校13．theEnglishevening英語(yǔ)晚會(huì)14．a(chǎn)fter-schoolactivities課外活動(dòng)15．cutaclass曠課EXERCISES1．我的新學(xué)校是一所歷史悠久的名校。Mynewschool______________________________.2．它是我們初中學(xué)校的三倍大。Itis_____________________ourjuniorsecondaryschool.3．我們學(xué)校有50個(gè)班，2500多名學(xué)生。Thereare__________________________________inmyschool.isfamousandhasalonghistorythreetimesbiggerthan50classesandover2,500students4．他們的教學(xué)方法很有趣，與以前的截然不同。Theirteachingmethods______________________________theonesofourpreviousteachers.areinterestinganddifferentfromEXERCISES5．課程比初中更有挑戰(zhàn)性，但有信心學(xué)好。Althoughthesubjectswearelearning

，I’msurethat_______________________.aremorechallengingIcanlearnthemwell6．我與同學(xué)相處融洽，積極參加各種課外活動(dòng)。I’m___________________________myclassmatesandI______________________allkindsofafter-schoolactivities.gettingalongverywellwithtakeanactivepartinEXERCISESInordernottomake