Period 6 Everyday English&Function&Cultural corner

学习目标：1.运用基础知识，学会用固定规范的句型准确表达。

2. 自主学习，合作探究，掌握写作的有序过程和方法,在运用中学习英语，感受用英语表达思想的快乐。

3. 通过阅读Cultural corner的文章，了解英语的发展史，掌握文中基础知识，提升读、说语言运用能力。

学习重点：1. 在语境中灵活运有所学基础知识写求职信。2.了解未来热门行业。

学习难点：如何组织文章结构。

课前预习：Preview the passage in Cultural Corner

使用说明与学法指导：1. 了解写求职信的基础知识, 并通过完成课前预习练习题学会描述职

业. 2. 完成时间20分钟。

课内探究&检测：

(I) Get the students read the passage in cultural corner and then discuss and answer the following questions in groups.

T: Today we're going to learn something about a linguist who made great contribution to American English. Who is he?

Ss: ......

T: Yes, let's look at his profile.

(II) Show his pictures and profile on the Powerpoint.

Born October 16, 1758 Place Hartford, Connecticut Died May 28, 1843 Place New Haven, Connecticut Contribution Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man, shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic, God-fearing and patriotic. He was author of the first American dictionary. (III) Read the text and answer the following questions:

1. What was Noah Webster?

2. Why did he feel that written English in the newly independent United States should have a distinctive "American" look?

3. What was his first work?

4. What is Webster best known for?

5. How do you know his dictionary is very important?

(IV) Key points:

1.make a fuss of sb/sth 大惊小怪，关爱备至，过分爱护

别大惊小怪！__________________________________!

他每次回家,母亲总对他体贴备至。

His mother __________________________________________________.

2. 写出句中"pick up"的含义。

1）The bus picks up passengers outside the airport.（ ）

2）He picked up the phone and dialed the number.( )

3）We can pick up BBC by radio.（ ）