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课件网) 必修一 Unit 3 Celebrations (7) 高一年级 英语 An Event Description Writing Workshop Get Ready for Writing You are going to write about a celebration event that you have had before. Think it over: What celebration do you want to write about and why What details do you want to include Celebrations Festivals Special Occassions Spring Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Dragon-Boat Festival … graduations birthdays weddings … Get Ready for Writing Spring Festival to have a family union to put up decorations to make dumplings to let off fireworks to give children lucky money … Get Ready for Writing Mid-Autumn Festival to have a family dinner to enjoy the full moon to eat moon cakes to make and hang festival lanterns to appreciate poems about the moon … Get Ready for Writing A party to chat and dance to have a big dinner to put on performance to give presents to offer good wishes … Get Ready for Writing When: Where: Who: What: How: An event description Get Ready for Writing Read for Writing Look at the picture and predict what you will read. Read the description. Answer the questions. 1. Whose birthday was it 2. What did the family do to prepare for it 3. What gift did the writer make 4. How did Grandpa feel and what did he say Read for Writing Ⅲ Writing Compose your writing: Outlining Complete the outline of your event description based on the structure. why: a birthday party ... where: house ... when: August, last year ... who: family members and friends food, activities, gifts ... What happened during the party Was it good excited, thrilled, happy, satisfied ... The best part of the event Feelings about the event Preparations before the event Introduction to the event Compose your writing: Drafting Writing Help Describing an Event It is important to: mention the reason why you want to describe the event; write the place, time, occasion and people of the event; use action verbs and linking words to put them in the right order; describe your feelings at the end of the event. Compose your writing: Editing Edit your description in pairs. An Event Description Does the writer show the main idea of the passage Does the writer include the time, place of the event Does the writer describe details of the event Does the writer describe his / her feeling(s) Does the writer use linkers to connect the series of activities HOMEWORK 假如你是李华，上周一你校举办了建校50周年纪念晚会。请你给你在美国的朋友Tom写一封电子邮件，向他介绍本次晚会的情况。要点包括： 时间：上周一 地点：会议厅 人物：所有的教师和学生以及部分毕业生 活动内容：校长做演讲(make a speech)；欣赏表演(performances)；唱校歌(Alma Mater)等。 Step 1 定结构Para 1：介绍举办周年纪念日活动的情况(时间、地点、人物、起因)；Para 2：详细叙述活动的过程；Para 3：举办周年纪念日活动的感受。Step 2 用语言1．上周一，我校在会议厅举办了建校二十周年纪念晚会。 2．校长做了重要演讲，这使得我们为学校感到骄傲。 Our headmaster delivered an important speech which made us ... ...
