Stage

Teaching Activity

Learning Activity

Purpose

Warming-up

Let  students enjoy a song and answer one question.

Enjoy a song and answer questions

To attract Ss’ attention and elicit today’s writing topic

Pre-writing

Have a brainstorming about “how to stay healthy”.

Say out some phrases  about “how to stay healthy”

To provoke their thoughts and inspire them to engage in this writing lesson.

While-writing

1.Show some pictures and ask Ss to practise the sentence pattern: “If we want to stay healthy, we should/ should not______.”

2. Guide Ss to sum up the first tip: “If we want to stay healthy, firstly we ‘d better have a _healthy______ diet.”

3.Set a situation and ask Ss to work in groups and give him/ her some advice according to the example.

4. Encourage Ss to sum up the second tip: “If we want to stay healthy, secondly we ‘d better have a _healthy___ living habits.”

5.Let Ss think about what else we should do and show more pictures to help them  understand the third tip: “If we want to stay healthy, we ‘d better be happy every day. ”

6. Guide Ss to draw a conclusion 

7.Ask Ss to write this article by providing them with the basic form for reference.

Do more practice step by step according to the pictures and the sentence pattern.

Sum up the first tip with the help of the teacher and try to understand it.

Work in groups and share their ideas based on the sentence pattern: “If you want to stay healthy, you should / should not _________ . then have a report.

Try to sum up the second tip according to the basic form of the first one.

Think about T’s question and have a understanding of the third tip with the help of some given pictures.

Think and draw a conclusion

Write this article according to their own ability by using the given basic form.

To consolidate the sentence pattern and get ready for the next step.

To collect more information for their writing through group work 

To let Ss have a fully understanding of how to stay healthy by providing them with the three useful tips.

To practice writing

Post-writing

1.Show Ss the checklist then present individual students’ works and sum up their typical mistakes.

2. Correct partner’s article according to the checklist.

(If time permits)

Appreciate other Ss’ works and conclude the mistakes they’ve made.

Correct the partner’s article carefully according to the checklist

To help Ss learn from each other

To practice Ss’ ability of cooperative learning .

Homework

Written Work:

Level A:

Finish this letter according to the given situation.

Level B:

Polish your writing and get it better then finish the letter.

Level C:

Write out some advice you learned in class to your penfriend (4-5 pieces of advice)

Oral Work:

Tell your friends or parents some useful ways of staying healthy that you learned in class.