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Teaching Contents: How to write a newspaper article about what happened in a local fishing competition.
Teaching Objectives: (1) Knowledge objectives
① Students can understand the importance of witnesses.
② Students can have a clear mind about the basic elements of the newspaper articles.
(2) Ability objectives
① Students are able to write newspaper articles after learning.
② Students can distinguish between facts and opinions in newspaper articles.
(3) Emotional objective
Students can hold a critical attitude toward newspaper articles, and foster the virtue of honesty.
Teaching Key and Difficult Points: (1) Teaching Key Point
Students can properly arrange the facts and the opinions in their articles.
(2) Teaching Difficult Point
Students can write an article that is both appealing and objective.
Major Steps: Step 1 Pre-writing (12 minutes) (1) Discussion
The teacher shows students what happened in the local fishing competition, and then divides students into groups of four and lets them have a discussion:
① Do you believe the eyewitness or the fisherman? Why?
② What may the eyewitness and the fisherman say if they accept an interview?
The teacher invites some groups to share their results in public.
(2) Read the sample article
① The teacher asks students to read the given newspaper article and leads students to summarize what are required in a complete newspaper article, and lists them on the blackboard.
For example:
② The teacher leads students to find out the facts and opinions in the newspaper article, and summarize their features.
(3) Fill in the table
The teacher asks students to judge whether the four sentences are facts or opinions. The teacher leads students to check the answers together and asks students to show their reasons.
(Justification: In this step, students can learn the structure and elements of writing newspaper articles through reading the example. Also, their speaking and thinking abilities will be enhanced during discussion.)
Step 2 While-writing (8 minutes) The teacher gives students some time to write a newspaper article about the local fishing competition and reminds them of the structure, grammar, and spelling.
(Justification: After taking in the information and the structure of newspaper articles, students will be eager and able to write a newspaper article of their own. This step enables them to output what they want to express.)
Step 3 Post-writing (5 minutes) ① Peer-editing
Students exchange their articles with desk mates. They should read and check the structure and elements and whether their friends' articles have facts and opinions. Also, grammar and spelling should be checked.
② Sharing
The teacher invites two students to read their articles in front of the class. After listening to their reports, the teacher gives some remarks and advice to students, for instance, modifying the sentences they use or correcting their pronunciation mistakes.
(Justification: Students can revise and polish their compositions after sharing, and their ability to write and express their ideas can be improved.)