北师大版高中英语必修3 Unit 8 教案：Communication Workshop.doc

Unit8 Adventure -Communication Workshop Objectives ■ To speak about a chosen holiday. [来源:学科网] ■ To show interest when interacting orally. ■ To write an informal letter. ■ To use informal linking words in a letter. ■ To listen to a radio programme and extract the main information. Resources used Cassette, Writing Help 2. Possible problem If some students in the class do not interact confidently in their own language, they may feel awkward using interactive strategies in English. Background There is spectacular white-water rafting on the Colorado River, the river which runs through the Grand Canyon. Greenland is covered by a vast ice cap and lies mostly within the Arctic Circle. It is inhabited by a population of about 50,000, mostly Inuit. The Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides, a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland. The features of informal written style in the letter are commonly used nowadays in personal letters and in e-mails. Routes through the material . If you are short of time, omit the Talkback stage of the Speaking and the Writing Workshops. . If you have two lessons for this unit, a suitable natural break is after the Speaking activity. Language Power: pages 74-75. Speaking: Choosing a Holiday Before you start Exercise 1 Useful vocabulary: ancient ruins, rafting, reserve, snowmobile, vehicle ■ Do not pre-teach this vocabulary, but encourage students to guess the meaning of the words after they have done the exercise and listened to the dialogue. ■ Students read the advertisements to extract the main information about the holidays. ■ Then they listen to the dialogue to find out which holiday Ricky and Shulah choose. Answer White-Water Experience Tapescript Shulah: Which holiday would you like to go on, Ricky? Ricky: I don’t know. They all look very interesting. Er,I think I’d like to go on the wildlife safari. Shulah: Really? Ricky: I prefer hot places, you know. Like Sout