Skills building 1: Recognizing dates and place names
30 November 2012
30th November 2012
30/11/2012
What’s the date today?
Festival Date
A quiz about your knowledge of festivals A quiz about your knowledge of festivals in 2012in 2012
Valentine’s Day
April Fool’s Day
Thanksgiving Day
Halloween
Christmas Day
22 November 2012/22nd November 2012/(22/11/2012)
25December 2012/ 25th December 2012/(25/12/2012)
31 October 2012/31st October 2012/(31/10/2012)
14 February2012 / 14th February2012 /(14/2/2012)
1 April 2012 /1st April 2012/(1/4/2012)
On April Fool’s Day, the first of April 2012/ April the first 2012, it is acceptable to play all sorts of tricks.
Listen to dates and names of places
(1) 25 June (2) museums
(3) Rome (4) churches
(5) 8 July (6) villages
Mount Heng
Fenghuang
Zhangjiajie
Mengdong River
Mount Tianzi
take a night train
by bus
Travel plan 1 (1) night train(3)modern Chinese writer(5)Mount Tianzi
Day 1&2Day 1&2
Day 3
Day 4
Ji’nan
Tai’an
Qufu
Baotu SpringDaming Lake
The Yellow River
Mount TaiSouth Heaven
Gate, Dai Temple,
Travel plan 2 (7)the City of Springs (9)the next morning(10)the foot of the mountainConfucius
by busDay 1
Day 2&3
Day 4
2.Greet the person by first name or whatever you usually call him/her, e.g. Dear Dad
3. Start the e-mail with a friendly greeting, e.g. How are you doing?
4. Type your first name at the end.
5.You can use contractions, e. g. I’m fine .
1.Type in the e-mail address and the subject
Points to note (P36) :
Skills building 3:writing an e-mail
Ways of ending an informal e-mail, e.g. Love Yours
Hello Ellen
How are you? Have you finished your exams yet?
I’m in Singapore! I …
CU soon! Love Connie
2.greeting
1.addressTo :
Subject :
5.contraction
I’m
Singapore 1.
3. start with a friendly greeting
4. type your name
Write an e–mail to your father, and tell your father about your holiday destination.
Step 3 : e-mailing your father
Group 1:
Group 2:
Step 1: Work in group of four and have a discussion of
your travelling plan.
Step 2: Decide who in your group will write the e-mail.
Step 3: Make sure every group member has a chance
to speak.
Step 4: Make sure every member has to check the e-
mail at least once, correct any mistakes and
add any new ideas you can think of.
Step 5: Present your e-mail to the class.
You need to mention:
• where you plan to go and why• when you plan to travel• what activities you can do• what you can see• the length of time• the cost
Key points
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