Step 1 Commenting

　　Teacher make a short comment about the students’ composition, praising those whose compositions are good and criticize those who wrote their compositions carelessly and made too many mistakes. Don’t forget to encourage them properly.

　　Main problems：

　　首字母大小寫；時態、語態；缺少冠詞；名詞的復數形式；標點符號

　　Students to be praised：

　　Students to be criticized：

　　Too many careless mistakes:

　　Write in carelessly and hastily:

　　Other aspects:

　　Step 1 Proofreading

　　Project the article which contains some typical mistakes in the students’ composition, and ask them to read, find out and correct all the mistakes in it. After a few minutes, ask a few students to stand up and correct the mistakes one sentence after another.

　　Step 2 Copying and reciting

　　Project the model writing on the screen and ask the students to copy it down. Then recite the model answer. Teacher explains briefly, underlining and emphasizing the signal words, which make the composition more coherent, logical and clear.

　　[Related materials]

　　假定你是校學生會宣傳部長，通過擴音器向全校同學廣播一個通知。通知內容如下：

　　1.  十一月二十八日（星期三）下午2：00有一個報告。

　　2.  報告人：人民日報社張力同志。

　　1.報告內容：中美關系（Sino – American relations）問題。

　　2.地點：學校禮堂（auditorium）

　　3.要求：人人參加，準時到場，認真聽講，做好筆記。聽講過程中如有問題，可寫在一張紙條上遞給報告人。報告結束后，分班討論。

　　注意：

　　1. 內容完整，但不要逐條翻譯。

　　2. 120詞左右。

　　One possible version:

　　Boys and girls, may I have your attention, please? Now I have an announcement to make. On November 28, Wednesday there will be a lecture in our school auditorium. It is about the Sino – American relations. It will be given by Mr Zhang Li from the People’s Daily and will begin at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is required/expected to attend it. Please listen carefully and take good notes. If anyone has a question, please write it down on a piece of paper and pass it to the speaker. After the lecture, we’ll have a discussion in each class.

　　Please remember the time and place: 2:00 p.m., November 28, Wednesday; school auditorium. Don’t be late.

　　That’s all. Thank you.

　　Period 11 Reading comprehension

　　Teaching aims:

　　To improve students’ reading comprehension and listening abilities.

　　Teaching Procedures:

　　Step 1 Reading and questioning

　　Give students a few minutes to read the VOA materials and try to find out answers to the questions below. Then ask some students to answer the questions.

　　Step 2 Listening

　　Play the tape. Students close the materials and try to follow and understand the recording.

　　Homework

　　1.Finish off all the other exercises on the learning plan.

　　2.Preview Unit 2.