period 6. integrating skills
teaching aims and demands:
① deepen the format of letter
② to know the structure of a thank-you letter
③ to enable the ss to write a thank-you letter by studying the samples.
step 1. warming-up
lead-in. writing a thank-you also conveys someone’s politeness or good manners, so when we receive other’s help or gifts, we should write him a thank-you letter.
step 2. reading
1. scanning
1). ask ss to read the text quickly, and then answer this question:
why does amy zhang thank sam and jenny?
2). ask one student to answer this question
2. carefully reading
1). ask ss to listen to the tape, and imitate the intonation
2). explain language points: (some important phrases and sentence structure)
think of: ①考虑，关心 ②想起，记得 ③想一想，想象
例：i thought of my hometown when i saw the beautiful scenery.
be busy with… 忙于做……
例： i am busy with drawing from monday to friday.
it is time to… 是时间做……（注意与it is time that…的区别）
例： it is time to go to bed.
after explanation, finish the exercises on p42
structure of a thank-you letter
thank the people of what they did for you. give some details about what you liked.
paragraph 2
tell the people something about yourself and the things you are doing now.
paragraph 3
ask the people for some details about themselves and what they are doing now. close the letter by repeating your thanks.
step 3 listen to the tape with this question. how many countries are mentioned in this passage?
give ss five minutes to read the passage and fill the blanks on p119.
answer other questions.
homework:
read the information on p119-120. write a thank-you letter to the boy. pay more attention to the structure of the thank-you letter.