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Task A-5 Creating Fictional Plots Lesson plan Date: March 20th, 2009 Class: Classes 3, 4, Grade 2008 Purpose: The students will have basic understanding about creating fictional plots Objectives: Students will be able to Produce an article with ironic style with an intriguing plot. Resources/ Materials: Powerpoint: TaskA-6 —creating fictional plots Course magazines Write to Learn Handouts after class Activities and Procedures: Comments on the homework of Task A-3 and point out the well-written sentences and phrases; draw students’ attention to the grammatical mistakes and Chinglish expressions. Select the best article(s) and ask the student writer to read his or her own article aloud for group appreciation. Explain the Input reading in Task A-5: “Fresh air will kill you”. Ask ss to find out the positive and negative words describing fresh air. Compare the two sets of words and try to explore the ironic tone of the author Discuss the effects and purpose of the diction Summarize the ways of being ironic Analyze the Sample writing by the previous students “From Human Beings to Apes” Ask the students to discuss the title, the plots and the diction of the article Present their findings and share their ideas with the classmates Ask the students to improve on the article in plots and diction. Analyze the Sample writing by the previous students “If Animals were in charge of the world” Ask the students to discuss the title, the plots and the diction of the article Present their findings and share their ideas with the classmates Ask the students to improve on the article in plots and diction. Assign today’s task—creating fictional plots and ask them to submit it next week.. Task A-5 Creating fictional plots 教学要旨：别出心裁 话题范文：Fresh air will kill you 学生佳作赏析：（1）范文: ’s very difficult for them to breathe anything else. I was lecturing recently, and one of my stops was Flagstaff, Arizona, which is about 7,000 feet above sea level. As soon as I got out of the plane,