Communication workshop The first period Reading and writing 寿县安丰高中高二英语教研组
understand how a story is written; use adverbial phrases to describe time order; write the outline of a story. Objectives At the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to
Have you ever read the book Gulliver’s Travels ? Lead-in
The book sounds at first like a children’s story with its giants and tiny people but it is actually about British society. Swift ( ) wanted to expose the inequality in British society and the differences between how the people were treated. It is also a satire on the corruption of the ruling class of his time.
Let’s read a personal anecdote adapted from “Gulliver’s Travels” Gulliver met a storm at sea… Read to learn
Read and match 1. Attack! 2. A storm at sea 3. A special drink 4. Tied down 5. Freedom 6. Welcome speech 7. Food and wine 8. Tiny people Para. D Para. A Para. G Para. B Para. E Para. F Para. C 1
Linking words 2 1. at first 2. as soon as / then 3. as soon as / when / before /after 4. when 5. suddenly / then / immediately 6. immediately / then 7. before 8. immediately 9. after 10. after 11. then / at last 12. suddenly /then
Find synonyms in the text 3 journey stand way move forward type amazed pick up dead from lack of food not a surprise medicine voyage rise manner advance kind surprised grab starve no wonder drug
Find examples of these 4 After hitting the rock , the ship sank. Having hit the rock ,
Having scared the little beings After not moving for a minute After being almost starved Having eaten their food and drunk their wine DEFGDEFG Find examples of these 4
Practice 4 1. finish my English homework – walk to the post office to post a letter. After finishing my English homework, Having finished my English homework, I walked to the post office…
Practice 4 2. post the letter – meet a friend and go for a coffee After posting the letter, Having posted the letter, I met a friend and went for…
Practice 4 we went to the cinema together. 3. have coffee – go to the cinema together After having coffee, Having had coffee,
Practice 4 we went to play table tennis… 4. watch a really bad film – go to play table tennis at the local club After watching a really bad film, Having watched a really bad film,
Practice 4 5. lose three games – I go back home again After losing three games Having lost three games, I went back home again.
Writing Practice Write about a sad or a funny event in you life ① use past tenses ② use time linking words ③ follow the stages in your textbook (P27) Setting : time, place, people Events: in time order
Homework Finish your story. !