Unit 7 Section B:A postcard to your best friend

cool himself with a fan

enjoy the sunshine

Pair work: Ask and answer about the pictures.---What’s the weather like?--- …---What is he/she doing?--- …---How is it going?--- …

walk in the mountains

run by the lake

How’s it going?

What is he/she doing?

How’s the weather?

Mary hot, and

Eric great cold and

Listen about Mary and Eric and fill in the chart.

not bad visiting her grandma dry sunny

raininghaving a party

Mary

hot, dry and sunny

visit her grandmother

call Eric to say …

Eric

cold and raininghave a party with his family

Design a postcard from Mary to Eric.

Scanning: --- What are these two passages?

They are two _________. One is from _____ to ____; the other one is from ____ to _____.

postcardsSu Lin Jane

Dave Jane

Further reading: fill in the chart

Name Place Weather What are they doing? How is it going?

Su Lin

Dave

visiting an aunt;working here (aunt);going to summer school;(studying English & learning a lot)visiting some of the old

friends;sitting by the pool;drinking orange juice

warm and sunny

cool and cloudy

Canada

Europe

having a great time;

very relaxing

having a good time;

just right for walking

on a vacation in the mountains;

writing to Jane;

First draft

Dear Eric, Happy birthday, Eric! I am visiting her grandmother in Mexico now. It is hot, dry and sunny here. Mary

Second draft

Dear Eric, How is it going? Are you having a happy birthday, Eric? I am having a good time visiting her grandmother in Mexico now. It is hot, dry and sunny here, just right for …. I want to call you but my phone isn’t working. So I am writing to you. See you soon. Mary

Try different sentence patterns（尝试不同句

式）

Combine some sentences .

(合并句子 )

Add some details. （增加细节）

Proper beginning and ending

Watch a video and write a postcard for Peppa to her best friend Suzy sheep.