Teaching aims:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. understand the importance of reading and lifelong learning;
2. use proper expressions by describing charts to talk about reading habits;
3. write an article for the school newspaper calling for people to read more.
Teaching important points:
Write an article for the school newspaper calling for people to read more.
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Leading in
Introduce the topic, and present the writing task.
Step2 Reading
Read the passage on Page50 about Chinese people’s reading habits and finish the tasks.
Task1:What is the importance of reading?
Summary1: How about the other importance of reading?
Task2:Describe the two charts to talk about Chinese people’s reading habits.
Task3:Describe another chart selected from China Daily about people’s reading situation.
Summary2: What information can you get from these charts?
Critical thinking:What are the reasons behind it?
Step3 Listening
Finish Part B2 and fill in the blanks.
Summary3: How to encourage people to read more?
Step4 Writing
Write an article to the headmaster to call for people to read more.
Step5 Homework
Polish up the writing.