高二英语选修6 Unit 1 Art

高二英语选修6 Unit 1 Art
Extensive reading and writing
Teaching goals
Target language
①Key words and expressions
environment, council, attractive, permission, imagination, cross out
②Key sentences
1. I am writing to ask the council for permission to do this work and to ask if the school council would donate $500 towards our project.
2. We would like to turn the empty land at the back of the school into a nature garden．3．When we have finished the work, we hope the council will join us in a celebration morning tea so that the whole school can thank you．
Ability goals
Enable the Ss to talk about environment and write a letter to give suggestions and ask for permissions.
Learning ability goals
Help the Ss to write a letter to give suggestions and ask for permissions
Teaching important & difficult points
Help the Ss to write a letter to give suggestions and ask for permissions.
Teaching aids
A computer and a projector
Teaching procedures
Step1 Revision
T: Read aloud your writing in class.
Step2 Pre-reading
T: Do you want to make our school more beautiful? Then what will you do? If you were the school principal and you received a letter from a group of students who would like to make their school more beautiful.
Guess what we are going to read in the passage.
Step3 Fast reading
T: Now read the passage quickly and answer the two questions.
1. Why do they become worried?
2. What do they hope the headmaster to do for their project?
Keys:
tely their class has become worried about the environment at the back of the
school and they would like to do something to make their school more attractive. 2.They hope their headmaster will give them permission for their valuable plan and
help them donate500 dollars.
Step4 Detailed reading
Read the passage more carefully and finish the outline below.
Letter from:Jo Ryan, Class president
Asking for the permission and a donation of $500
Reason:To make the back of the school more attractive.
Their plan:1. Make a nature garden that has trees, paths and a
pond.
2. Paint the back wall of the school.
3. Paint the rubbish bins
Work will be done by: Parents and students
Step5key sentences
Listen to the tape and underline the key and difficult sentences.
1. I am writing to ask the council for permission to do this work and to ask if the school council would donate $500 towards our project.
permission n.许可;允许;同意
知识拓展
ask sb. for permission 请求某人的许可
give sb. permission to do sth. 允许某人做某事
with one’s permission 如果某人许可的话
2. We would like to turn the empty land at the back of the school into a nature garden．would like后可接名词、不定式作宾语，但习惯上不接动名词形式。

例如：I’d like an apple.
Would you like to stay here?
would like后也可接不定式作复合宾语，即构成“would like sb. to do sth.”句型，意为“想要某人做某事”。

例如：
I’d like you to meet my parents, too.
Would you like me to help you?
3．When we have finished the work, we hope the council will join us in a celebration morning tea so that the whole school can thank you．
so that …以致；目的是……
（1）so that可引导结果状语从句，从句前可用逗号与主句隔开。

如：
The bus broke down, so that we had to walk.
公共汽车抛锚了，因此我们必须步行。

（2）so that可引导目的从句，常与may, can, will连用；从句在后，从句前无逗号，意为“以便，为的是”。

如：
I hired a boat so that I could go fishing.
我租了一条船，为的是可以去钓鱼。

Step6 Discussion
T: Now discuss how to improve the environment of our school in group of 4. Then I will ask some of you to speak out some proposals to make our school more attractive.
Step7 Writing
T: Write a letter to the headmaster of the school, giving your opinions and suggestions to make the school more attractive. While writing you can refer to the structure of the letter and useful words and expressions shown on the screen.
Slide show
2. Useful words and expressions
As far as I know,
What’s more; moreover;
Not only…but also…
In addition; besides;
For one thing, for another …;
on one hand, on the other hand
Therefore, as a result, thus
Step8 Homework
1. Master the key sentences.
2. Finish your letter to the headmaster of the school, giving your opinions and suggestions to make the school more attractive.。