Step 8 Exercises.

一. 改错。

1. The box is light enough for the boy to carry it.

2. The maths problem is so easy that I can work out.

3. The girl is not young enough to go to school.

4. Those flowers are interesting enough we all to want to buy .

5. The talk was interesting enough for me to listen again.

二. 改写同义句。

1. The book is so interesting that we like to read it.

The book is ______ ______ ______ ______ to read.

2. Kitty is not strong enough to carry the heavy box.

Kitty is ______ weak _______ carry the heavy box.

The box is _______ heavy _______ Kitty ______ carry it.

The box is not ______ _______ _______ Kitty _____ carry.

3. My brother is too young to go to school.

My brother is _____ _______ ______ to go to school.

My brother is _____ ______ _______ he ______ go to school.

4. He is so imaginative that he comes up with new ideas.

He is ______ _______ ______ come up with new ideas.

5. The girl is very outgoing and she can make many friends easily.

It’s ________ ______ the girl to make many friends because she is very ________.

三. 翻译。

1.那个电视节目是够无聊的，使我睡着了。

The TV programme is _____________________ to make me fall ________ .

2.这个问题很容易，他能回答出来。

The question is ___________________________ to answer.

The question is ___________________ he _______ answer _________ .

3.你帮我修车子，真是太好了。

________________________ you _______ help me mend my bike.

You _______________________________ to help me mend my bike.

4.李阿姨很大方，送给我这么多漂亮的礼物。

It’s __________________ Aunt Li ____________ me so many nice gifts.

5.对与旅行者来说，在行走前训练几个月是很有必要的。

It’s _____________________________ train for a few months before the walk.

Step 9 Millie wants to write this recommendation letter better. But she doesn’t know how many parts are there in a sentence? Can you tell her about it?

A sentence can be divided into different parts. Different kinds of sentences have different parts.

Review: five kinds of sentence structures.

1. S+V.

2. S+V+DO

3. S+V+P

4. S+V+IO+DO

5. S+V+DO+OC

名称	词性
主语	名词，代词，或相当于它们的词组，动名词，动词不定式，从句
谓语	动词
表语	名词，形容词，介词词组，某些副词，动名词，动词不定式，从句
宾语	名词，代词，或相当于它们的词组，动名词，动词不定式，从句
定语	名词，形容词，介词词组，某些副词，动名词，动词不定式，从句
状语	副词，介词词组，动词不定式，从句分词，动词不定式，从句

Step 10 Exercises.

1.说出下列划线部分的句子成分。

1. Andy is planning to go out.

2. Amy wants to travel around the world.

3. Playing football is interesting.

4. We were talking when the teacher came in.

5. The book on the desk is mine.

6. He gave me a book.

7. Some colours make us feel calm.

2. 改错。

1. Learn English is very important.

2. I feel sadness at times.

3. All the students in the classroom.

4. This is a beautifully park.

5. The boy shouted to me angry.

Period3 Unit1 Writing

Unit1

Step1 Tell the students how to write a formal recommendation letter. Pay attention to the following:

1. It’s a formal letter. So we must use a formal language. Please turn to page 16 and review Formal and informal language. We should not use informal greetings such as Hi.

We should not use informal endings such as Cheers. …..

2. A formal recommendation letter includes the following :

Address

①Heading--

Date

②greetings

A recommendation letter Purpose

③Main body--- Reasons

Conclusion

④Closing

⑤Signature

Look at page 18.

Step2 Tell the students to make a flow chart to organize their ideas.

Main body is the most important part in a letter, “reasons” is the most important part in main body. Look at the flow chart.

Five strongest characteristics:

1. confident

A thinks he can do anything if he tries his best.

B. not afraid of making a speech in assembly.

2. hard-working

A. always do extra work

B. never forgets to do the things he needs to do

3. clever

A. always gets good marks in tests

B. got full marks once in an English test.

4. helpful

A. help others

B. shows the Grade 7 students how to use the library.

5. organized

A. finished all his summer homework in the first week

B. learning to use the computer to help himself get more organized

Step 3 Give an example of a recommendation letter

Dear ...,

I would like to recommend ….as the new chairperson……

1. ___________ is confident_______________ ____

2. I think ________________________________ __________

3. ______________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________

5. I think ________________________________________________________.

Yours sincerely

____________

Step 4 Give some useful sentences for the writing and ask Ss to remember them.

1. I would like to recommend …as the new chairperson of the Students’ Union.

2. We think that …has all the qualities to be a good chairperson.

3. We think he is good enough to become a great chairperson.

4. We think …will be an excellent chairperson because he has many good personal qualities.

5. I think he is the best choice./ he is the most suitable person.

6. He should be confident enough to take this job.

Step 5 Choose No. 1 or No.2 to write a short passage.