1、Teaching aims:To know how to write a letter asking for help.To write a letter asking for help.Teaching steps:Step 1 RevisionWeve learnt about groups of people who need our help in this unit. Get the students to tell us who these people are and how we can help them?Step 2 Warming upGet the students t
2、ell: other people who need our help.Then present some new words: survivor, disease, operation.Step 3 Writing1. Get the students to answer the questions:What are the main parts of an article?How can we organize our ideas before writing?2. Peter wants to write a letter to ask for help. Present Peters
3、ideas of his letter.Introduction Who needs help?Main body Information about the person or group in needWhat kind of help do they need?How can we help?Conclusion Thanks for help3. Listen to Part B on page 90 and answer the questions.1) What is wrong with Xiao Wei?He has a serious blood disease.2) Wha
4、t kind of help do his family need?The need money for Xiao Weis operation.3) How can we help Xiao Wei?We can donate money.4. Read Peters letter and answer the questions.1) How does Peter write such a letter?2) What is the main idea of each paragraph in Peters letter?5. Tell students the writing tips:
5、Before writing, its necessary for us to organize our ideas first. When we write a letter for help, we need to tell others two points:who needs helphow we can helpStep 4 Language points1. He has been ill in hospital since last month.他从上个月开始生病住院了。本句用的是现在完成时，表示从过去某一时间开始一直持续到现在的动作或事情。e.g. They have work
6、ed here since 1975.他们从 1975年开始就在这工作了。2. have a serious disease 有严重的血液疾病表示“生病”通常用动词 have。如：头疼 have a headache3. as soon as possible 尽可能快的e.g. 请尽快把书还给我。Please return my book as soon as possible.4. lose ones life 失去生命，丧生e.g. 许多人在这个地震中丧生了。Many people lost their lives in the earthquake.5. Many hands make
7、 light work.人多力量大。6. give a helping hand 伸出援助之手7. get well 康复句中 well是形容词，表示“健康的”。e.g. Are you OK? Yes. Im well.你好吗？是的，我很好。Step 5 Discussion1. Discuss in pairs: who you want to help and what you can do. Give some ideas:Someone with a serious diseasePeople in poor areasBlind and deaf peopleThe elderly
8、Children without parentsEarthquake survivors2. Present some questions:1) Who needs help?2) How do these people probably feel?3) What do these people need?4) How can we help these people?5) What can we give them?6) How can we raise money for them?7) What can we do with this money?8) What can we ask o
9、thers to do for these people?9) Who should we write to? 3. Useful expressions:Dear classmates/friends/parents/ neighbours Let me tell you a little about . need our help.We must do something to help.I have an idea. I plan to Please help me You can help by I hope you will It will cost . To . do/does n
10、ot have enough money for .It is important/dangerous/. for . to .If all of us can give a helping hand, .may.Thank you for your help/support. Step 6 ExercisesTranslation.1. 他生病住院是因为一种严重的血液病。He was ill in hospital because of a serious blood disease.2. 他们没有足够的钱做这样一个手术。They dont have enough money for suc
11、h an operation.3. 对他来说尽快做手术是很重要的。Its important for him to have the operation as soon as possible.）4. 人多力量大。Many hands make light work.5. 如果我们都能伸出援助之手，他可能很快就会康复。If all of us can give a helping hand, he may get well soon.Step 7 Homework 1. Remember the words and phrases in the lesson.2. Write a letter asking people to help. Use the useful expressions and sentences.
