Primingstage:

1.Atthebeginningofthelesson,teacherintroducestwopropagandafilmsShanghai
andBeijingtostudents,whichprimesstudentswiththebasicknowledgeofthesetwo
cities.
2.Afterfinishingwatchingthefilms,studentscanpairuptodiscussandexchangetheir
impressiononthesetwocitiesbasedontheirpastexperiencesandthepropaganda
films.
3.Sharestudents'ideas.

Targettask1:
1. Beijing

2. 2014

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GDP2.133089.00
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1. Shanghai

2. 2014

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GDP2.49.0
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2014GDP

2014

Expectedoutcomes
1. Communicativeoutcomes:studentswillreadthegivenpassageandbasedonthe
information,theywillanswerthequestionsstudentswillbeabletotelltheirlikesand
dislikesaboutthetwocities.
2. Linguisticoutcomes:studentswillbeabletopickupsomeexpressionsinthetextsand
usethemwhentheylisttheirreasonsstudentswilllearntouseappropriate
vocabularyandphrasestodescribetheirownopinions.

Procedure:
1.Readingtaskteacherdistributesthepaper,studentsareaskedtoreadthepaper
firstandthendiscussinpairstoanswerthegivenquestions.
(Whenreadingthepaper,studentsmayconsultthedictionarytohelpthemwiththe
task.)
2.Studentsdiscussinpairstofindoutwhichcitytheylikethebetter.

3.Afterdiscussion,studentscansharetheirideainturns.Teachercangivethe
assistanceorfeedback.

Targettask2:

JoeGrace

Expectedoutcomes
3. Communicativeoutcomes:studentswilltellthedifferenceandsimilaritiesofbrother
andsisterstudentswillbeabletoexchangetheirideasaboutwhatkindofgiftthey
wanttoreceivethemost.
4. Linguisticoutcomes:studentswillbeabletousethecomparativeexpressionand
studentswilllearntouseappropriatevocabularyandphrasestodescribeones
appearance.

Procedure:

1.Teacherpresentsstudentswiththescenario:
StudentsneedtoworkinpairstofinishthistaskgivenbyJoe.
2.DiscussinpairsandtelleachotherwhattheywishtoreceivefromGraceandJoe.
3.Afterdiscussion,studentscansharetheiropinionswiththewholeclass.Teachers
helpandfeedbackcanbegivenwhenitisneeded.

Targettask3

Expectedoutcomes
5. Communicativeoutcomes:studentswillwriteanessayabouttheirjourneytoChinato
introducetheirfriendswhatChinalookslike.
6. Linguisticoutcomes:studentswillbeabletopickupsomeexpressions,vocabularies
andphrasesfromtheformertaskstoconstructuretheirownessay.Theywillget
chancetomullover,jugglewiththewordingandgrammar,whichcouldbeaprocess
enhancingtheirlanguageaccuracyandcomplexity.

Procedure:

1.

Teacherprovidesstudentswithanotherscenario:
EverystudentneedstowriteanessayintroducingShanghaiandBeijingbasedonwhat
islearnedfromthislessonandtheimagination.

Homework:
Afterfinishingthewriting,studentsneedtosharetheirstorytellingin
Voicethreadandgivecommentstootherswork(atleast2people.)