Unit 13 People Communication Workshop Writing：Describing a Person

1、Unit 13 People Communication Workshop Writing：Describing a Personby Chen Meihong from Chendai Minority Middle SchoolObjectives:At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:1. review the useful expressions related to the topic;2. understand the structure of the article about describing a person;3.

2、write the first draft of a description about a person you know.Important& Difficult Point:Writing skill-to write a description of a personLearning procedures:StepReading1. Fast-readingEx.1 Read the passage and match these headings with the four paragraphs.Para1 descriptionPara2 backgroundPara3 r

3、elationships with neighboursPara4 family life2. Careful-readingEx.2 Read the passage carefully and complete the information in the form.GrandmaName: General: Age: Hair: Job: Special features: Likes: Characters: Dislikes: Relationship: 3. Post-readingEx.3 Read and translate the following sentences fr

4、om the passage.1. My grandma is called Zhu Jinping, who is a nurse._2. Grandma has got short, grey hair and clear brown eyes._3. She is quite short, a bit thin and shes got lots of little wrinkles on her forehead._4. Shes also very generous and helpful._5. She loves children and animals, especially

5、cats, although she hates their claws._6. Her favorite thing to eat is yoghurt with honey._7. She never watches TV except for the news._宋以后，京師所設(shè)小學(xué)館和武學(xué)堂中的老師稱謂皆稱之為“教諭。至元明清之縣學(xué)一律循之不變。明朝入選翰林院的進士之師稱“教習(xí)。到清末，學(xué)堂興起，各科老師仍沿用“教習(xí)一稱。其實“教諭在明清時還有學(xué)官一意，即主管縣一級的教育生員。而相應(yīng)府和州掌管教育生員者那么謂“教授和“學(xué)正?！敖淌凇皩W(xué)正和“教諭的副手一律稱“訓(xùn)導(dǎo)。于民間，特別是漢代以后

6、，對于在“?；颉皩W(xué)中傳授經(jīng)學(xué)者也稱為“經(jīng)師。在一些特定的講學(xué)場合，比方書院、皇室，也稱老師為“院長、西席、講席等。8. Grandma is very popular with her neighbours, maybe because she is so helpful._9. For example, she often looks after children for people in her apartment block._10. She devotes a lot of her time to caring the neighbours._StepWritingStage1 De

7、cide who you are going to write about a teacher, a classmate or a famous person.要練說，得練聽。聽是說的前提，聽得準(zhǔn)確，才有條件正確模擬，才能不斷地掌握高一級程度的語言。我在教學(xué)中，注意聽說結(jié)合，訓(xùn)練幼兒聽的才能，課堂上，我特別重視老師的語言，我對幼兒說話，注意聲音清楚，上下起伏，抑揚有致，富有吸引力，這樣能引起幼兒的注意。當(dāng)我發(fā)現(xiàn)有的幼兒不專心聽別人發(fā)言時，就隨時表揚那些靜聽的幼兒，或是讓他重復(fù)別人說過的內(nèi)容，抓住教育時機，要求他們專心聽，用心記。平時我還通過各種興趣活動，培養(yǎng)幼兒邊聽邊記，邊聽邊想，邊聽邊說的才

8、能，如聽詞對詞，聽詞句說意思，聽句子辯正誤，聽故事講述故事，聽謎語猜謎底，聽智力故事，動腦筋，出主意，聽兒歌上句，接兒歌下句等，這樣幼兒學(xué)得生動活潑，輕松愉快，既訓(xùn)練了聽的才能，強化了記憶，又開展了思維，為說打下了根底。Stage2 Write some notes in the form.Name:Job:Age:Appearance單靠“死記還不行,還得“活用,姑且稱之為“先死后活吧。讓學(xué)生把一周看到或聽到的新穎事記下來,摒棄那些假話套話空話,寫出自己的真情實感,篇幅可長可短,并要求運用積累的成語、名言警句等,定期檢查點評,選擇優(yōu)秀篇目在班里朗讀或展出。這樣,即穩(wěn)固了所學(xué)的材料,又鍛煉了學(xué)

9、生的寫作才能,同時還培養(yǎng)了學(xué)生的觀察才能、思維才能等等,到達(dá)“一石多鳥的效果。_Character_Like_Relationship_Stage3 Write a short passage._Useful ExpressionsAppearance:hair: long, short, shoulder-length, black, grey, red, dark, blond, straight, wavy/curly hair, .age: 18 years old, old, young, middle-aged, .general: good-looking, handsome,

10、charming, plain, tall, short, fat, thin, slim, .special features: a pair of glasses, big and bright eyes, moustache, wrinkles on the forehead, a mole, .Character: generous, hard-working, cheerful, kind, brave, helpful, out-going, independent, active, dutiful, gentle, humorous, modest, easy-going, frank, enthusiastic, faithful, open-minded, optimistic, warm-hearted, .Likes: ice cream, dessert, hamburger, hot pot, dog, cat/ go shopping on the Internet, read Chinese novels, listen to music, play basketball, watch movies, play comp