Teaching Content: A class about how to writing.

Teaching Objectives:

(1) Knowledge objectives:

① Students will be able to know more Chinese customs, such as table manners, house rules, going out with people.

② Students can give some advice and suggestions about some Chinese customs to foreigners.

(2) Ability objective:

Students will improve their writing skills of giving advice and suggestions and improve the ability of communication.

(3) Emotional objectives:

① Students will have a deep understanding of the customs in our country.

② Students will foster their cross-cultural communication awareness.

Teaching Key Points:

How to give advice and suggestions on the rules of Chinese customs: table manners, house rules, going out with people.

Teaching Difficult Points:

How to master the expressions of Chinese customs and tell them to foreigners by letter.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Pre-writing (10 minutes)

(1) Students are divided into ten groups. The teacher asks them to read 3a and discuss how to complete the chart. Then the students are asked to present their results and the teacher concludes their answers on the blackboard.

(2) Pair work

The teacher asks students to make a dialogue with their deskmates using the expressions:

①--What are the table manners

--It's polite/impolite to ...

②--What are the house rules

--You're supposed/not supposed to ...

③-How about going out with people

--You should ...

After the practice, the teacher invites two pairs to display their dialogue in the front of the class.

(Justification: This step can make students feel interested in the class and have things to write.)

Step 2 While-writing (15 minutes)

(1) Drafting

The teacher asks students to complete the letter of 3b according to the expressions in the chart. Then gives students 7 minuties to write the first draft.

(Justification: At this stage, the development of ideas are more important than getting grammatical structures, punctuation or spelling correct.)

(2) Peer editing

After the drafting, the teacher asks students to check each other's articles. They should read the notice and check the formation and the expressions. Also, they need to check carefully the grammar, spelling and punctuation of their writings. During the editing activity, the teacher offers guidance to students.

(Justification: Peer editing can provide an opportunity for students to share their writings and help them learn from each other. Proper guidance in revising can help students to know how to develop ideas and how to write clearly.)

Step 3 Post-writing (5 minutes)

The teacher invites two students to show their passages to all the students and gives them some evaluations.

Students will be encouraged to give some assessments too. Then the teacher asks students to revise their articles in both organisation and content based on the evaluations.

(Justification: At this stage, students can get some improvements in both organisation and contents. Revising their own articles can make them realize their mistakes more clearly.)