英语写作-第一册.doc

PAGE PAGE 13 英语写作 第一册 使用阶段：一年级第二学期 教学目的：学生在学完该册后，能正确理解和掌握英语句子成分与结构以及词汇用法，并能够按照不同要求正确写出英语句子，能改写或缩写课文内容，并能正确写出150个单词左右的短文；能正确书写便条和通知等应用文；能正确运用标点符号。 教学安排：本册共10个单元。每周2节课，每两周上一个单元。 教学模式：第一册融合了国内外先进的写作教学模式，强调写作过程的教学，积极鼓励学生参与课堂教学，培养学生获取知识的能力、运用知识的能力、分析问题的能力、独立提出见解的能力和创新的能力。 基本框架： Part 1 Warm-up activities Part 2 Focus Part 3 Grammar Part 4 Writing Part 5 Follow-up exercises Unit 1 THE CORRECT WORD Unit Objectives At the end of the unit you will be able to recognize multiple meanings a word may have, i.e. denotative and connotative meanings, affective and collocative meanings; identify false friends in English and learn to choose the correct word for an idea learn to avoid making errors in subject-verb agreement; and write a simple note. Part 1 Warm-up activities Form pairs and each write a short paragraph about AIDS and AIDS patients. Student A: Do you think AIDS is a horrible disease? How horrible is it? Are you afraid of AIDS patients? What do you think of them? Write a short paragraph to express your views. Student B: Suppose you are an AIDS patient, do you think there exists any difference between AIDS and other fatal diseases like cancer? Do you think you are a threat to public health? Write a short paragraph to express your views. Part II Focus Denotation and Connotation Suppose you are going to write about a respectable teacher whose body size is above the average. Choose the one you would use from the sentences below, and then discuss the inappropriateness of the other two: He/She is plump. He/She is portly. He/She is fat. * So the works “fat, portly and plump”do not just mean overweight; they also suggest whether it is pleasant or unpleasant. We call the suggested meaning of a word its connotation. Denotation, on the other hand, refers to the literal and primary meaning of a word—the definition you find in a dictionary. For example: Mother denotes a woman who is a parent but connotes qualities such as protectiveness and affection; and weed d