Unit 4 Making the news

The sixth Period Writing

By 向雨祺 From 教苑中學

一. 教學目標 (Teaching aims)

1. 教學內容 (Teaching content)

Work Book 5 Unit 4, Page 67 Speaking task & Writing task

2. 能力目標 (Ability aim)

Enable the Ss to know how to express opinions of own and justify the situations according to different opinions.

Enable the Ss to grasp the main points of news-writing.

3. 語言目標 (Language aim)

重點詞匯和短語

eyewitness, opinion, information, stick to, rather than, account for

二. 教學重難點 (Teaching important points)

Justify the different point of view and make one’s own opinions.

Write the news clearly and pithily.

三. 教學方法 (Teaching method)

a. Discussion

b Cooperative learning

c. Debating

四. 教具準備 (Teaching aids)

A projector, PowerPoint

五. 教學步驟 (Teaching procedure)

Step I Revision

Check the homework and take a dictation.

How important it is to get the first source, how important the eyewitnesses are.

Step II Warming up

Have a debate: In a local fishing competition, a person tells you he / she has caught a fish the size of a small car. It will win him / her first prize at a local fishing competition. But an eyewitness says he / she cheated. He saw the fisherman buying it at a fish shop. Do you believe the eyewitness or the fisherman? Divided students into two groups, and tell the reasons who they support.

Step III Group Work

Ask students to work in groups of four and play one of the following roles each: CCTV Newsman / woman, Fisherman, Eyewitness, Reporter of Local Evening News. Make a dialogue in four and express their own opinions.

Step IV Presentation

Ask four of the students to express their own opinions.

Step V Writing Task

Fill in the form on page 68. List the facts and the opinions. Write about each fact and then write about the opinion. Try to follow the example and make the news clear and pithy.

Step VI Homework

Finish the writing work at home.