The following is my teaching procedures
Step 1 revision
Before class ,I arrange the task for the students :prepare a short presentation about Tianjin or Shenzhen using the words: attractive, busy, dangerous, dirty, industrial, lively, modern, noisy, peaceful, polluted, poor, smart, vast, wealthy .Ask the Ss to collect information as much as possible about Tianjin or Shenzhen from the aspects of population, industry, climate, location, transport and tourism.
So at the beginning of this class ,I ask the Ss to present their work in class and make the necessary assessments by working together with the Ss.
Step Two Lead-in:
Check the homework and ask the Ss to take notes about Tianjin or Shenzhen from the aspects of population, industry, climate, location, transport and tourism.
Step 3 pre-writing
Task 1: I will show a passage that some words is missing .then students read the description comparing Shanghai with Guilin.. Try and guess the missing information in pairs .then check the answers in class.
Task 2 :Discussion: How to write a description comparing two places. They will think about more information about the city. This can cultivate their thinking ability .
Step 4 While- writing:
I will guide the students finish the writing step by step
First ,Ask students to write a sentence to start their description about the two places saying what you know about them or what’s special about them.
Second ,ask them to write a description comparing two places as what has been done in Activity 1 and Activity 2.
Third ,let the students organize their sentences into paragraphs. Each paragraph should discuss one particular feature. You may need to rewrite some of your sentences.
Fourth,let them write a sentence to finish their description and give their opinion about the two places.
After these steps ,the students will finish the passage .
Step 5 post- writing:
Ask the students in pairs to check the composition form the aspects of content, grammar, spelling and so on.
Task 3. Work in groups of 4 and write sentences about Tianjin and Shenzhen, using the notes the they’ve already made .
Task 4. Rewrite the sentences and compare Tianjin and Shenzhen, using the link words: but, however, although, while ,the sentence structures above in the teaching goals and the ways of making comparisons mentioned above.
Step 6 Homework:
1.Write a description comparing Tianjin and Shenzhen .
Ask one of your partners to correct your composition and rewrite your composition before handing it in.