M2 Unit 2 Task By Liu jing Xuzhou No.1 Middle School

Task Planning a holiday for your family

Recognizing dates and place names Skills building 1: Recognizing dates and place names What’s the date today? 30 November 2012 30th November 2012 30/11/2012

How to read these numbers? 1st, 2nd, 3rd 11th, 12th, 13th 21st, 22nd, 23rd

A quiz about your knowledge of festivals in 2012 Date April Fool’s Day 1 April 2012 /1st April 2012/(1/4/2012) 14 February2012 / 14th February2012 /(14/2/2012) Valentine’s Day 31 October 2012/31st October 2012/(31/10/2012) Halloween 22 November 2012/22nd November 2012/(22/11/2012) Thanksgiving Day 25December 2012/ 25th December 2012/(25/12/2012) Christmas Day On April Fool’s Day, the first of April 2012/ April the first 2012, it is acceptable to play all sorts of tricks. Sample:

Listen to dates and names of places (1) 25 June (2) museums (3) Rome (4) churches (5) 8 July (6) villages

Step 1 : reading travel leaflets(P33) Travel Planes (P34) Hunan Province Shandong Province 7

Mount Tianzi Mengdong River Zhangjiajie Fenghuang Mount Heng Day 4 by bus Day 3 Zhangjiajie Fenghuang Day 1&2 Day 1&2 take a night train Mount Heng Travel plan 1 (1) night train (3)modern Chinese writer (5)Mount Tianzi

South Heaven Gate, Dai Temple, Baotu Spring Daming Lake The Yellow River Mount Tai South Heaven Gate, Dai Temple, Day 1 Ji’nan by bus Day 2&3 Tai’an Day 4 Qufu Travel plan 2 (7)the City of Springs (9)the next morning (10)the foot of the mountain Confucius

B Travel plan 1 B Travel plan 2 Part C (2) town (4) best (6) 1,200 (8) six (11) teacher (12) 1,300

Skills building 3:writing an e-mail Points to note (P36) : 1.Type in the e-mail address and the subject 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 . Ways of ending an informal e-mail, e.g. Love Yours 11

3. start with a friendly greeting 1.address To : ellen@com.com 1. Subject : Singapore 2.greeting Hello Ellen How are you? Have you finished your exams yet? I’m in Singapore! I … CU soon! Love Connie 3. start with a friendly greeting I’m 5.contraction 4. type your name

Step 3 : e-mailing your father Write an e–mail to your father, and tell your father about your holiday destination. Group 1: Hunan Province Group 2: Shandong Province

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.

where you plan to go and why when you plan to travel 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

Presentation

Homework 1 Underline some useful expressions by yourself. 2.Finish Ex.on Page 101.

Thanks for your coming!

pumpkin lanterns trick or treat

Santa Claus stockings

roses chocolate

turkey pumpkin pies