Unit 7 The Sea
Communication Workshop教案
Objectives
■ To write a report about a tourist attraction.
■ To practise using linking words of contrast.
■ To prepare for and take part in a public debate.
■ To practise giving opinions.
■ To listen to a song and understand it.
■ To practise using vocabulary concerning the environment.
Resources used
Cassette, Writing Help 1, leaflets of tourist attractions in the area.
Possible problems
Some students will be more comfortable with the public deba...点击查看全部>> te activity than
others. Try to ensure that all students have a role that they can manage
successfully.
Background
The model report shows the style of reports in British English: use of
formal language, use of numbers and letters to outline the main and
subsidiary points, clear structure with a statement of things in favour, a
statement of things against and a conclusion.
Gavin Sutherland wrote the song ‘I am sailing’ and it became popular when
the Scottish singer, Rod Stewart, sang it. Dolwyn Bay is an invented place.Routes through the material
. If you are short of time, omit the Talkback stage of the writing and
speaking workshops.
. If you have time, students can do the Options activities.
. If you have two lessons for a unit, the natural break is after the
writing activity.
Language Power: pages 62-63.
Writing: A Report
Before you start
Exercise 1
■ Go through the first example with the students.
■ Students then work in pairs, making comments about the aquarium.
■ Students can then make similar comments about their town or their school.Exercise 2
■ Read the instructions and make sure students understand the task. Explain
that students do not have to understand every word to carry out the task.
■ Students read the report and match the paragraphs with the headings.
■ Check students’ answers.
 
Answers
1 general description 2 list of good points 3 list of bad points 4
conclusion
■ Point out the heading of the report: What information does it give? How
is this heading different from that of a formal letter? Make students aware
of how clearly the information is recorded. A good report should have a
very clear structure and use very clear language.
Stage 1
■ If you have any leaflets about tourist attractions in the area, bring
them to class and use them to elicit a list of tourist attractions. Write
them on the board.
■ In groups, students discuss which of the attractions they like best. Tell
them to consider the sort of people who like the attraction (adults?
children? families?), the best time of year to visit the attraction, etc.
■ Each member of the group chooses one attraction to write about. Tell
students that they can invent an attraction if they wish.
Stage 2
■ Read the list of good and bad points about the aquarium with the class.
■ Students work individually, listing the good and bad points of the
attraction they have chosen. Tell students they need not have an equal
number of good and bad points. Go round and assist with ideas or>>收起