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课件网) Writing Workshop Unit 1 Life Choices GET READY FOR WRITING You are going to write an email to a junior secondary school classmate about your new school. Discuss your ideas with a partner. 1.Who are you going to write to 2 What do you want to tell him / her 3 What do you want to know from him / her READ FOR WRITING Look through P 18, find out the new words and phrases in this period. Then read together as a whole. junior adj. 低年级的 presentation n. 报告；陈述 formal adj. 正式的，官方的 slide n. 幻灯片 informal adj. 非正式的 look forward to (doing) sth. adapt vi. （使）适应 期待，盼望 adapt to sth. 适应某事 gym n. 体育馆，健身房 moment n. 某一时刻 at the moment 此刻，目前，眼下 READ FOR WRITING Read the email. Answer the questions. 1. Who is Fang Lan Why is Wang Ying writing to her 2. Is the email formal or informal Why is it written this way 3. Find and circle examples of contractions (e.g. don’t) dashes (－) and exclamation points (!) Informal words and phrases (e.g. well) READ FOR WRITING 1. Who is Fang Lan Why is Wang Ying writing to her An old friend in junior secondary school. To share her new senior secondary school life with Fang Lan. To ask about Fang Lan’s new school life. 2. Is the email formal or informal Why is it written this way The email is informal. It is written this way because they are friends. 3. Find and circle examples of contractions dashes (－) and exclamation points (!) Informal words and phrases Examples from the sample How’s... I’m... She’s... I’ve... It’s... don’t... what’s... there’s we’re guess what－; gym! school! classrom! Hi, Guess what, Right You know, Well, All the best! FOCUS ON STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE Label the elements (a-g) of the email above. a. ending and wishes b. greeting c. subject line d. reasons to finish writing e. questions about the other person f. information about one’s own life g. signature Hi, Fang Lan, How’s your life in Canada I hope you have adapted well to the new situation and are enjoying your new school. I love my new senior secondary school. It’s much bigger than my junior secondary school and there’s a huge gym! Do you remember Xie Zijun Guess what –We’re in the same school! It’s always good to have a friend, right Life in senior secondary school is very different from junior secondary school! You know, we don’t have a fixed classroom! We go to different classes for different subjects and also for different levels. I’m in the same class with Zijun for English and physics but in different classes for Chinese and maths. We also have many different clubs after class. You know, I like dancing so I’m in the Dancing Club. At the moment, we meet twice a week and we’re preparing to attend a competition. I think my new school gives me a chance to become a different person and I like the “new me”. Well, I must go now. I’ve got a presentation tomorrow and I need to finish my slides. I look forward to hearing ... ...
