UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
LESSON 4. WRITING
I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims: Students can write a letter giving directions to a certain place.
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: Giving directions.
b. Language: - Language used to give directions.
- Imperative sentences.
3. Skills: - Reading: read the sample letter.
- Speaking: work in pairs to find Ann's house
- Writing: write a letter to tell Jim the way to house A on the map.
II. Anticipated problems: Students may have difficulty in giving directions in
letters.
III. Teaching Aids: board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Homework checking: (5 mins)
- Ask one st to talk about the changes in our hometown or
his/her home village.
- Ask other sts to listen to their friend and give remarks.
- Check and give remarks.
2. Before you write: (20 mins)
- Aims:to get sts to read the sample letter and to help them
to prepare vocabulary and information before they write.
+ Task 1:
- Introduce the situation.
- Explain some new words:
+ direction (n): the way that a person or thing moves along
+ enclose (v): put something in a letter or a parcel
- Ask sts to listen to the teacher and repeat, then write these
words into their notebooks.
- Listen and give remarks.
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to work in pairs to read the letter again and
underline the words and phrases used to give directions.
- Ask 2 sts to write these words/ phrases on the board.
- Check and give remarks.
- Ask sts to make some examples with these words.
3. While you write: (10 mins)
- Aims: Sts practise writing a letter to Jim, telling him the
way to house A from Roston Railway Station.
- Ask sts to write a letter to Jim, telling him the way to house
A from Roston Railway Station.
- Let sts write in 8 minutes.
- Move around to conduct the activity.
4. After you write: (9 mins)
Aims: to get feedback and check sts' work.
- If there is enough time, T can have sts exchange their
writing among sts within a group so that they can check their
friend's work and give remarks
- Listen to the teacher and then read
these words in chorus and
individually.
- Read the letter in pairs.
- Share their answer with their
friends.
- Present their ideas.
Answer: H
- Listen to the teacher.
- Work in pairs to read the letter and
undreline the words/phrases.
- Two sts write the words and
phrases on the board
get out of go over (a bridge)
turn right/left walk past (a medical
centre)
keep walking take the
first/second.....
- Do the writing task.
- Read their writing: (a sample
paragraph)
"Dear Jim,
I'm very glad that you will come
here for the summer
holiday ............. from Roston
Raiway Station.
Now when you come out of the
station, turn right. Keep walking for
about 5 minutes, you will see a small
bridge ahead. Go over the bridge,
go along the street, walk past a