長辛點鐵路中學 王雅芳
Type of lesson：integrating skills（reading and writing）
Teaching aims：
1． Understand the text
2． Learn how to write a description of a place
Teaching aids: writing material,computer
Teaching Procedures
StepⅠ：Leading－in
Ask the Ss to look at the picture and ask them the following questions：
―――What can you see in the picture？(the cathedral)
―――Where is it ？(in Salisbury)
―――Which country does the city belong to?(England)
StepⅡ：Reading
1． Ask the Ss to read the text and then answer the following questions：
1） What do we see in the landscape around Salisbury？
2） What historical and cultural relics can be found around the city？
3） What can we see in the city？
4） How do the people live and work？
5） What does the landscape in the suburbs of Salisbury look like？
2． Discussion：What did the author write in each of his paragraph？
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StepⅢ：Writing
1． Pre－writing
Ask the Ss to discuss how to describe a place
Give them some information：
2．While－writing
Ask the Ss to write a passage by answering the questions
1） where is your hometown？（south－east of China）
2） is it big？ How many people are there in your hometown？（no，a small city， a population of about 200，000）
3） are there any historical relics in the city？（yes，a temple built in Ming Dynasty）
4） what is the main industry in the city？（soap industry）
5） What do you think of the people in the city？（warm，friendly）
6） What is in the wild beautiful countryside near the city ？（many hills and streams）
7） How do you find your hometown？
3． Post－writing
In this step,help the Ss realize that self-evaluation is very important, and at the same time tell them how to do the self-evaluation
Ask the students to evaluate their passage according to the following points and make necessary corrections
1) Are the punctuation and capitalization correct?
2) Is the spelling correct?
3) Are there any grammatical structures you need to improve?
(tense,voice,sentence structure)
4) Is it well organized?(conjunctions)
5) Are your ideas expressed clearly?(the usage of the verb)
6) Do you write in complete sentence?
Key points Grammar: Language:
( )sentence1
( )sentence 2
( )sentence 3
( )sentence4
( )sentence 5 ( )capitalization
( ) Spelling
( ) Punctuation
( ) Tense ( )詞匯準確
( )句式正確
( )邏輯清晰
Ask the students to do peer-evaluation
Key points Grammar: Language:
( )sentence1
( )sentence 2
( )sentence 3
( )sentence4
( )sentence 5 ( )capitalization
( ) Spelling
( ) Punctuation
( ) Tense ( )詞匯準確
( )句式正確
( )邏輯清晰
Ask the students to do class-evaluation
（Choose one of the students’s writing）
Key points Grammar: Language:
( )sentence1
( )sentence 2
( )sentence 3
( )sentence4
( )sentence 5 ( )capitalization
( ) Spelling
( ) Punctuation
( ) Tense ( )詞匯準確
( )句式正確
( )邏輯清晰
One possible version：
My hometown lie in the south－east of China. It is a small city, with a population of about 2000,000 people.
In the city ,there is a temple built in Ming Dynasty .The main industry is soap industry. And the people are warm and friendly. There are many hills and streams in the wild beautiful countryside near the city.
My hometown has a blue sky, green water and a bright future, she is a charming city, I love my hometown.
4).Conclusion
Ask the Ss to list the main sentence structure that can be used to describe a place and people
lie in/on/to be in/on/to there be
bewarm/friendly/kind/hardworking/generous/ nice/pleasant/honest/independent/easy-going/brave/optimistic…
StepⅤ: homework
Ask the Ss to write a passage about their own hometown
