外研版 选修6 Module1 Small Talk Reading and Writing_名师教学设计（无答案）

Module1 Reading and Writing 名师教学设计 Book6 Module1 Small Talk—Reading and Writing Teaching Aims: Have students comprehend the article “How good are your social skills”, learn the rules of small talk from it, and write a reply based on the points requested in Alex’s email using the rules from reading comprehension Help promote students writing skills, including language competence in English, thinking and organizing ideas inter-cultural appropriately, and writing with coherence Help develop students’ inter-cultural communicating skills and raise their inter-cultural communication awareness by teaching them some of cross-cultural small-talk rules and writing a reply. Teaching Important Points: Read the article of “How good are your social skills” and select some useful rules on how to make small talk Lead students to read Alex’s email and write a reply based on the points requested in the email and encourage them to try to use the rules from reading comprehension Teaching Difficult Points: Instruct students to think logically before writing and organize their writing in a logical way Help make their composition coherent, consistent with the style and inter-culturally appropriate Teaching Methods: Input and output situational teaching and communicative learning Teaching Aids: Multimedia Blackboard Teaching Procedures: Ⅰ.Read the passage on page2 and page3 of your textbook, and answer the following questions. (reading: 5mins + checking answers: 5mins; aim: to learn the rules on small talk and get prepared for writing) 1. Small talk is important because it _____ 2. In order to make serious conversations successful, people need to prepare some safe and relaxing conversation openers, such as _____ 3. What do you think we should avoid talking about _____4. If you ask people offensive questions while making small talk, you may _____ 5. Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister, once said “Talk to a man about himself, and he will speak to you for hours!” It suggests that _____ Ⅱ.Read this email from Alex, your English pen friend. Find out the following answers. – Ask students to read Alex’s email, find out the answers to the 3 questions and then the teacher helps them make clear the structure of the reply. (read email: 2mins + check answers: 3mins; aim: to find out Alex’s worries and problems for writing the reply) (Lead students to clarify the structure: 3mins; aim: to have a clear picture of the organization for writing) Pre-Reading questions 1. Why does Alex write this email to you 2. In England, what are the questions you shouldn’t ask people that you don’t know 3. What does Alex want to know Hi! How are you I hope you and your family are well. I have a favor to ask. Next week, I’m going to a reception at the Chinese Embassy here in London and I’m really looking forward to it. I’m going to meet some senior high school students and their teachers. The only problem is that I’m not very good at small talk with people I don’t know ... ...