Unit One IntroductionTeaching Time: 2 periodsTeaching Contents◆What is IELTS writing◆What should be paid attention on in IELTS writing◆The marking criteria in IELTS writingTeaching Objectives◆ To familiarize students with the introduction of IELTS and IELTS writing◆ To have students grasp the instructions of IELTS writing◆ To have students comprehend the marking criteria in IELTS writing◆ To help students learn to know the importance of IELTS writing Teaching Focuses◆ Introduction of IELTS and IELTS writing◆ Introduction of marking criteria and writing instruction of IELTS writing Teaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Write an essay about how to improve writing skill (no less than 100 words)Step oneIntroduce what IELTS and IELTS writing are to students;Step twoExplain the whole procedure of IELTS test and the requirements and instructions of IELTS writing test;Step threeExplain what the marking criteria are in IELTS writing1.task response2.coherence and cohesion3.lexical resource4.grammatical range and accuracyStep fourShow students some samples to help them to comprehend the importance of IELTS writing and the instructions of participating in IELTS writing.Unit Two Writing ProcessTeaching Time: 2 periodsTeaching Contents◆How to understand the key points of the question◆How to organize the outline and structure of an essay◆What lexical resource e should be used◆SamplesTeaching Objectives◆ Show students how to comprehend the question◆ To have students grasp the outline and structure of an essay◆To familiarize the students with some necessary lexical resource andconjunctionsTeaching Focuses◆Familiarizing the writing process in IELTS writing◆Learning to organize the outline and structure of an essayTeaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Write an essay about why choosing this major and aiming to go abroadStep one:Explain what the writing process of IELTS writing test are to students;First, read the question and the chart or graph carefullySecond, comprehend the question and remember the requirements of the questionThird, organize the outline and structure of the essayFourth, finish writing the essay within 20 minutesStep two:Show some samples to students, helping them to get knowledge of how to finish an essay within 20 minutes and how to roughly organize the outline and structure of an essay in IELTS writingStep three:Revise officially and ask students for feedback and solve their problems and puzzles respectivelyUnit Three Lexical ResourceTeaching Time: 4 periodsTeaching Contents◆ Indispensible lexical resource in IELTS writing◆ Necessary verbs showing the changing trend◆Samples◆Some sentence patternsTeaching Objectives◆ Introduce the students with indispensible lexical resource◆ To have students grasp the usage of these lexical resource◆ To have students practice writing sentences with these lexical resource ◆ Writing practice: practicing writing sentences with the lexical resourceand verbsTeaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Translate Chinese sentences into English with all the lexical resource and verbs learnedStep one:Present the necessary lexical resource which would be widely used in IELTS writing to students and highlight the significance of the lexical resource Step two:Explain how to use the lexical resource to write correct sentences and pay attention on the past tenseStep three:Translation practice: students translate Chinese sentences into English, utilizing the lexical resource learned in order to familiarize the usage of the lexical resourceStep four:Revise officially and ask students for feedback and solve their problems and puzzles respectivelyUnit Four ConjunctionsTeaching Time: 4 periodsTeaching Contents◆ Necessary conjunctions which would be widely used in IELTS writing◆The usage of these conjunctions◆Samples◆Translation practiceTeaching Objectives◆ To familiarize students with some necessary conjunctions which arewidely used in IELTS writing◆ To have students grasp the usage of these conjunctions◆To have students practice translating Chinese sentences into Englishwith these conjunctionsTeaching Focuses◆ Translation practice: translating Chinese sentences into English with allthe conjunctions taughtTeaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆Translate Chinese sentences into English with all the conjunctions taughtStep one:Present the indispensible conjunctions which would be widely used in IELTS writingStep two:Explain how and when to use the conjunctions when writing an essay and how to polish the essay with beautiful conjunctionsStep three:Translation practice: students translate Chinese sentences and paragraphs into English, utilizing the necessary conjunctions learned in order tofamiliarize the usage of the conjunctionsStep four:Ask students for their puzzles. If they have puzzles, explain the usage of conjunctions again to guarantee that students grasp how to polish essay with conjunctionsUnit Five Bar ChartTeaching Time: 4 periodsTeaching Contents◆ What a Bar Chart is◆ Main structure and outline of a Bar chart◆Writing requirements of a Bar chart◆Sample◆Write an essay of a Bar chartTeaching Objectives◆ To familiarize students with Bar chart◆ To have students grasp the structure and outline of a Bar chart◆ To have students grasp the writing requirements of a Bar chart◆ To show students two samples of Bar Chart and explain the writing skills Teaching Focuses◆ Writing practice: practicing writing an essay of a Bar chartTeaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Write an essay of a Bar chartStep one:Show students hat the bar chart is by a sampleStep two:Explain how to take the bar chart and the writing requirements apart so that students can understand the question and the bar chart respectivelyStep three:Explain how to organize the outline and the structure of a bar chart by a sampleStep four:Show students the sample answer sentence by sentence and explain every sentence of the essay.Step five:Explain why we write an essay like the sample answer and how to imitate the writing structure and methodStep six:Revise officially and ask students for feedback and solve their problems and puzzles respectivelyUnit Six Line chartTeaching time: 4 periodsTeaching Contents◆ What a Line Chart is◆ Main structure and outline of a Line chart◆Writing requirements of a Line chart◆Sample answer◆Write an essay of a Line chartTeaching Objectives◆ To familiarize students with Line chart◆ To have students grasp the structure and outline of a Line chart◆ To have students grasp the writing requirements of a Line chart◆ To show students two samples of Line Chart and explain the writing skills Teaching Focuses◆ Writing practice: practicing writing an essay of a Line chartTeaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Write an essay of a Line chartStep one:Show students what the line chart is by a sampleStep two:Explain how to take the line chart and the writing requirements apart so that students can understand the question and the line chart respectivelyStep three:Explain how to organize the outline and the structure of a line chart by a sample answerStep four:Show students the sample answer sentence by sentence and explain every sentence of the essay.Step five:Explain why we write an essay like the sample answer and how to imitate the writing structure and methodStep six:Revise and ask students for feedback and help them to solve the problemUnit Seven Pie chartTeaching Time: 4 periodsTeaching Contents◆ What a Pie Chart is◆ Main structure and outline of a Pie chart◆Writing requirements of a Pie chart◆Sample◆Write an essay of a Pie chartTeaching Objectives◆ To familiarize students with Pie chart◆ To have students grasp the structure and outline of a Pie chart◆ To have students grasp the writing requirements of a Pie chart◆ To show students two samples of Pie Chart and explain the writing skills Teaching Focuses◆ Writing practice: practicing writing an essay of a Pie chartTeaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Write an essay of a Pie chartStep one:Show students what the pie chart is by a sampleStep two:Explain how to take the pie chart and the writing requirements apart so that students can understand the question and the pie chart respectivelyStep three:Explain how to organize the outline and the structure of a pie chart by a sampleStep four:Show students the sample answer sentence by sentence and explain every sentence of the essay.Step five:Explain why we write an essay like the sample answer and how to imitate the writing structure and methodStep six:Revise officially and ask students for feedback and solve their problems and puzzles respectivelyUnit Eight Table chartTeaching time: 4 periodsTeaching Contents◆ What a Table Chart is◆ Main structure and outline of a Table chart◆Writing requirements of a Table chart◆Sample◆Write an essay of a Table chartTeaching Objectives◆ To familiarize students with Table chart◆ To have students grasp the structure and outline of a Table chart◆ To have students grasp the writing requirements of a Table chart◆To show students two samples of Table Chart and explain the writingskillsTeaching Focuses◆ Writing practice: practicing writing an essay of a Table chart Teaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Write an essay of a Table chartStep one:Show students what the table chart is by a sampleStep two:Explain how to take the table chart and the writing requirements apart so that students can understand the question and the table chart respectively Step three:Explain how to organize the outline and the structure of a table chart by a sampleStep four:Show students the sample answer sentence by sentence and explain every sentence of the essay.Step five:Explain why we write an essay like the sample answer and how to imitate the writing structure and methodStep six:Revise officially and ask students for feedback and solve their problems and puzzles respectivelyUnit Nine Processing chartTeaching Time: 2 periodsTeaching Contents◆ What a Processing Chart is◆ Main structure and outline of a Processing chart◆Writing requirements of a Processing chart◆Sample◆Write an essay of a Processing chartTeaching Objectives◆ To familiarize students with Processing chart◆ To have students grasp the structure and outline of a Processing chart ◆ To have students grasp the writing requirements of a Processing chart◆To show students two samples of Processing Chart and explain thewriting skillsTeaching Focuses◆ Writing practice: practicing writing an essay of a Processing chart Teaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Write an essay of a Processing chartStep one:Show students what the processing chart is by a sampleStep two:Explain how to take the processing chart and the writing requirements apart so that students can understand the question and the processing chart respectivelyStep three:Explain how to organize the outline and the structure of a processing chart by a sampleStep four:Show students the sample answer sentence by sentence and explain every sentence of the essay.Step five:Explain why we write an essay like the sample answer and how to imitate the writing structure and methodStep six:Revise officially and ask students for feedback and solve their problems and puzzles respectivelyUnit Ten MapTeaching Time: 2 periodsTeaching Contents◆ What a Map is◆ Main structure and outline of a Map◆Writing requirements of a Map◆Sample◆Write an essay of a MapTeaching Objectives◆ To familiarize students with Map◆ To have students grasp the structure and outline of a Map◆ To have students grasp the writing requirements of a Map◆ To show students two samples of Map and explain the writing skills Teaching Focuses◆ Writing practice: practicing writing an essay of a MapTeaching Approaches◆ Multi-media Teaching---Flash video, Power-point, IE◆ Communicative approach and task-based approachAssignments◆ Write an essay of a MapStep one:Show students what the map is by a sampleStep two:Explain how to take the map and the writing requirements apart so that students can understand the question and the bar chart respectivelyStep three:Explain how to organize the outline and the structure of a map by a sample Step four:Show students the sample answer sentence by sentence and explain every sentence of the essay.Step five:Explain why we write an essay like the sample answer and how to imitate the writing structure and methodStep six:Revise officially and ask students for feedback and solve their problems and puzzles respectively。