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第十七届现场授课 外研版 选择性必修一Unit4 Meeting the muse
Reading for writing: An Invitation Letter
内蒙古 任雨晴
Lead in
T: Class begins. Good morning, class.
S: Good morning, Maris.
T: Sit down, please. Well, I am so glad to meet all of you again here. How are you today?
S: Fine, Thank you.
T: OK, very good. Let’s look at these pictures. A Tech Art Festival is coming!
And we received an invitation letter from this festival. Let’s guess, what information about this festival can we get in this letter? Think about it. OK, who can share with us your guess? What information about this festival can you get in this letter? Just make a prediction, can you, please?
S: The date.
T: The date. OK, very good. We need to know the date to arrange for a schedule, right?
S: Yes.
T: The date. Anything else?
S: The place.
T: The place, location. Yes, location is also very important, right? Anything?
S: The content.
T: The content, very good. Sit down, please. OK, the content. Content is very important for an art festival, right? Yes, like we may watch some programs and appreciate some art works, like 3D sculptures and art works made out of computer part, right? OK, we will check our guess later. So, now, you must have had a basic understanding of an invitation letter. So what is an invitation letter? What is an invitation letter? Actually the main purpose of this kind of writing is already very obvious - inviting others to attend a certain event, right? Inviting others but what should we write in an letter to invite others? What should we write in such an letter to invite others? Just as we talked about, tell others some specific information about the event and show our sincerity. So today we will explore how to write this kind of writing properly and invite others successfully.
Read for content
OK, the letter in the envelope is already in your handout, please read it and check if the information we talked about is included in your letter and after reading, please summarize the main content of paragraph 1, 2 and 3, OK? 3 mins for you, go ahead.
T: OK, time is up. What kind of information is included in the letter? Yes, so we really did a good job, right? OK, now, who can share with us the main content of each paragraph? How about para 1, OK, you please.
S: Para 1 is mainly about the basic information.
T: Very good, the basic information about this festival. So what kind of basic information can we get in para 1?
S: It is mainly about time, place and…
T: Yes, time, location, OK, very good, sit down, please. And the time is to be more specific, the date and the specific time on that day, right? OK, what else? what else? Can we know the name of this festival? Yes, name, it is also key information. OK. And what else? That girl, you please, can you? Share with us your opinion, OK.
S: The process about the activity.
T: OK, very good. the process. Which part is the process of this festival?
S: The second.
T: The second sentence in this paragraph, right?
S: Yes.
T: So which part? Or which phrase can show this is the process of the festival? OK, so what’s the meaning of this phrase “welcome address”? Do you know that? OK, sit down, please. Very good. “ welcome address” 欢迎，致辞, and how about this one “award ceremony” ?
S: 颁奖典礼
T: 颁奖典礼，OK. So this part followed by that part, that is the process of an event, right? OK, and what’s the function of the first sentence in this para? We can know some basic information in this para, and what else? What’s the function of the first sentence in this para? “Woods High School requests the honor of your presence.”
S: Where.
T: where? You mean the location? What’s the function of this sentence? To show the topic, to show the writing purpose, right? OK, writing purpose. OK, let’s move on to the para 2. What’s the main content of para 2? Any volunteer? OK, this boy, can you?
T: Yes, the microphone is already on, just say it.
S: It continue the two arts.
T: Yes, you mean the duration, right? That is also the content of this festival, so can you summarize the main content? OK, no idea? Let me give you some hints, look at the screen, which option, which one is the main content of para 2? Choose one. Choose one.
S: The first one
T: The first one, OK, please read it for us.
S: Features and content of the event.
T: OK, very good. The features, we can know the features and the content of the festival in this para, OK, very good. Sit down, please. And how about the last para? OK, this girl, please pass me the microphone, thank you. Can you read the last part for us?
S: Expressing sincerity and informing how to reply.
T: Yes, very good, the author shows her sincerity in the last para and tell us how to reply- write back, make a call or something else to contact us to get more information or confirm the attendance, right? OK, sit down, please. So let’s guess what’s the meaning of this word “sincerity”? You can think about that phrase “Yours Sincerely” , so sincerely, sincerity? Very good, 表达我们的真诚和诚意. Sincerity and How to reply.
OK, very good. So which part is the main body of this letter do you think?
S: Para 2
T: OK, para 2, just para 2? Yes, can we know the key information without para 1? Can we?
S: No.
T: No, so para 1 and 2 make up the main body of this letter. We can hardly achieve our writing purpose without these two paras, right? So the para 3 actually is the close of this letter. The author shows her sincerity and warmth in the end of the letter to increase rate of inviting others successfully, right?
Read for structure
T: OK, but it seems that this letter also has other parts except for this two. What are they? For example, what’s the first line? What’s the first line? You please? Use the microphone? OK, thank you. With the first line in this letter, “5 November, 2019”, what is this? It is a date. OK, very good. The date of sending out an invitation, right? OK, and what else? Sit down, please. OK, the girl next to her, you, please. What other parts can we know in this letter? Sorry? You mean name, “Jane Brown” or “Mr. Smith” or both of them?
S: Both of them.
T: Both of them, so “Dear Mr. Smith” is a greeting, a kind of greeting, when you write to start a letter, and “Jane Brown” is our signature. OK, very good, sit down, please. Thank you. And what else? What else? That girl, you please. What’s that part? “14 New Road” What’s that? Who can help her? Who can? OK, you please. OK, thank you, sit down, please.
S: Address.
T: Address. Receiving address, right? OK, Address. So this is the whole structure of this letter. OK, sit down, please.
T: Now look at the screen. OK, there is another invitation text on the screen, please compare it with the letter on our handout and talk about this question with the classmate next to you, which one is better? OK, you have 2 minutes to read and compare, go ahead.
Read for Language
T: OK, so which one do you like? Which one? OK, you, please. That boy, please pass him the microphone. OK. Which one do you like or which one do you think is better?
S: The passage on the left.
T: The passage on the left, Passage A, right? The passage on our handout. Why?
S: Because I think the passage is more polite.
T: Very good! Do you agree with him? The language style in this letter is more polite, We can feel the sincerity of the author, right? OK, very good, sit down, please. But if I just want to invite my friend to watch a movie, do I have to write such an invitation?
S: No.
T: No. So which one is better depends on what? Depends on receiver is who receive our invitation, depends on the context. Yes, so this is the formal invitation letter. If we represent our school or invite the seniors, we’d better write such a formal letter, but if we just want to invite our friends to hang out, a conversational one is more suitable, right? OK, now please read this letter again and this time please underline some expressions that you can use in your own invitation writing, OK? For example, this phrase we talked about “welcome address” and this “awards ceremony”, and this phrase “followed by”, they are useful to introduce the process of an invitation, right? So we underline them. And I think this sentence pattern is very useful to make an invitation, “who requests the honor of your presence at where on which day” so I underline it, find more, find more in the letter, clear? OK, wait a minute, and except for the expressions in this letter, please think and recall more expressions that you learned before that can be used in this letter, OK? You can finish the task with your learning group of four, so please turn around, this line and this line, turn around and complete the two tasks with a group of four, yes, you have 3 mins, make sense? OK, go ahead. Underline more.
T: OK, which group can share with us your finding? OK, your group, microphone, thank you.
S: Our group can circle the ...
T: OK, very good, and who can share with us? What’s the expressions can be used in this writing? Have you learnt before? Anything? Anything? OK. Are you familiar with these sentence patterns? “It’s great honor for me to invite you to attend.” We also can use that to invite others, right? And here is another one. “There will be various activities, such as..., which will...”And last one “ I would appreciate it if...” I think we all have learnt them before, right? Yes, we all can use them in our invitation writing.
Pre- Writing
T: OK, and now our school will hold a student art festival. The theme is “Art China”, and it will feature some Chinese traditional art forms, are you looking forward to it?
S: Yes.
T: OK, now, let’s watch a promotional video together. Please make some notes of Chinese traditional artworks shown in the video while watching, OK?
T: OK, what’s Chinese traditional art forms shown in this video? OK, you please. Microphone, OK.
S: Peking Opera.
T: Peking Opera,right? OK, and anything else?
S: Chinese traditional herbs.
T: Chinese traditional herbs, it is also a Chinese traditional culture, right? And so what other art forms that can be shown in our student art festival? Let’s look at these pictures. Thank you, sit down, please. What’s this? What’s the first picture?
S: Calligraphy.
T: Calligraphy, Calligraphy, OK, try to remember its spelling to prepare for your writing, OK? And how about the second one?
S: Paper-cutting.
T: Paper-cutting, and the last one? Chinese painting, right? OK, the forth one,
S: Peking Opera.
T: OK, Peking Opera is just one kind of Chinese operas, so Chinese opera, and the second one?
S: Tea Art.
T: Tea Art, Tea Art, the last one?
S: Lion dance.
T: Lion dance, lion dance, OK, very good. So now please write a letter inviting Professor Li to attend the school art festival, here is a question for you. We want to invite Professor Li, so which kind of invitation should we choose? A formal one or conversational one?
S:A formal one
T: A formal one, very good, OK, and basic information like the date, the specific time and location is on the poster and before writing, let’s read these writing tips for us, OK? “Try to keep handwriting neat.” Begin!
Writing
T: OK, 8 mins for you. OK, most of you have finished the main body of this writing, can you share your writing with us? Take your handout and come to the front. OK, thank you. OK, please read it for us, OK? OK, very good, how do you think of her writing? Make a very brave comment, OK? OK, sit down, please. What do you think of her writing? Is the structure complete? Can we find the Date and the Signature in this writing? No, please pay attention to the detail of the structure because this is a formal invitation letter, right? OK, how about the content? OK, sit down please. Actually we can find much information in the letter, but I can not find the location of this festival. Can you? Now, pay attention to that? And I think although it is already very attractive, if you can find a point and introduce it in details like “If you can come, you can appreciate different styles of calligraphy, such as the seal script or regular script , that will be better. So you can find these examples. Find more examples after class on the Internet or in the library, OK?
Homework
So this is the homework for this class. Firstly, please complete this Peer - Evaluation after class in your handouts. Please exchange it with the deskmate and complete this Peer - Evaluation.
OK, that’s all for today, thank you very much.
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