PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WRITINGI. OBJECTIVES

UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

Writing

I. OBJECTIVES: Write a personal letter telling about a past experience, using the structures and vocabulary that they have learned in previous lessons.II. TEACHING AIDS: textbook, handouts.III. TEACHING METHOD: communicative approachIV. PROCEDURE:STAGES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES NOTESWarm-A quiz about wrting personal Whole up(5’)lettersclassT divides the class into 2 big groups: A and B.T reads out the questions and leadsthe games.Answers:The Quiz1. 5 parts.2. The Heading. The greeting, the 1. How many parts does a personalletter have?Body, the Closing and the Signature.2. What are they?3. “Dear”, “Hello”, “Hi”… + the 3. What do we usually write in the name of the person we are writing greeting?to and a coma at the end.4. What do we usually write in the 4. “Sincerely”, “Yours”, “Love”, Closing?“Cheers”, “Best wishes”…and after that we put a coma. 5. under the Closing.5. Where do we sign the letter?- Have students give some of their past experiences?(being seriously ill, failing an exam; talking to a famous pop star,… etc.Pre-writing(8’)- Ask students to write a letter Write a passage about the most IndividualWhile-about the most memorable past memorable past experience.experience.(20)’1. When it happened:(It happened …years ago/in …./when I was …years old.)2. Where it happened:(in my house/at school/in the street)3. Who was involved: (your familymembers/your friends/your relatives, ….) 4. How it affected you: (it changed outlook life/it make me more careful/it gave me more confidence in …./it taught me the lesson/…)T goes around to check and offer help.T collects some outlines and provides corrective feedback.T provides relevant and structures if necessary.Correct the mistakes. Whole T chooses one letter and reads it to Post the class.(10’)T elicits corrective feedback from the class and gives final comments afterwards. T draws Ss’ attention to the format of the letter, the organisation of ideas and language use.V. WRAPPING UP (2’)- T summarises the main points of the lesson.- T asks Ss to revise their letters according to their peer’s suggestions.- Prepare Language Focus.