Unit3Couldyoupleasecleanyourroom?——writingStep1:Enjoyaflash!Step2:Brainstorm1.Doyoulikedoinghousework?2.Doyouoftendohouseworkathome?3.Whatcanyouhelpyourparents?Freetalk:Doyouthinkwhetherkidsshoulddochoresornot?Why?

TheSundayMailmagazineinvitedparentstowriteaboutwhethertheythinkyoungpeopleshoulddochoresathome.

Let’sskimthefirstletterfromMs.Miller.Andanswerthequestion:

WhydoesMs.Millerthinkkidsshouldn’tdohouseworkathome?

Step3:ReadingDearsir,Idonotunderstandwhysomeparentsmaketheirkidshelpwithhouseworkandchoresathome.Kidsthesedaysalreadyhaveenoughstressfromschool.Theydonothavetimetostudyanddohousework,too.Houseworkisawasteoftheirtime.Couldwejustletthemdotheirjobasstudents?Theyshouldspendtheirtimeonschoolworkinordertogetgoodgradesandgetintoagooduniversity.Also,whentheygetolder,theywillhavetodohouseworksothereisnoneedforthemtodoitnow.Itistheparents’jobtoprovideacleanandcomfortableenvironmentathomefortheirchildren.Andanyway,Ithinkdoingchoresisnotsodifficult.Idonotminddoingthem.

Ms.Miller

WhydoesMs.Millerthinkkidsshouldn’tdohouseworkathome?Houseworkisawasteofchildren’stime.Kidsmayhavemorestress.Doinghouseworkmayaffecttheirstudy.SkimtheotherletterfromMr.Smith.Answerthefollowingquestion.WhydoesMr.Smithbelievekidsshoulddohousework?Dearsir,Ithinkitisimportantforchildrentolearnhowtodochoresandhelptheirparentswithhousework.Itisnotenoughtojustgetgoodgradesatschool.Childrenthesedaysdependontheirparentstoomuch.Theyarealwaysasking,“Couldyougetthisforme?”or“Couldyouhelpmewiththat?”Doingchoreshelpstodevelopchildren’sindependenceandteachesthemhowtolookafterthemselves.Italsohelpsthemtounderstandtheideaoffairness.Sincetheyliveinonehousewiththeirparents,theyshouldknowthateveryonedotheirpartinkeepingitcleanandtidy.Ourneighbors’songotintoagoodcollegebutduringhisfirstyear,hehadnoideahowtotakecareofhimself.Asaresult,heoftenfellillandhisgradesdropped.Theearlierkidslearntobeindependent,thebetteritisfortheirfuture.Mr.Smith

WhydoesMr.Smith

believekidsshoulddohousework?1.Doinghouseworkhelpstodevelopchildren’sindependence.2.Doinghouseworkcanteachchildrenhowtolookafterthemselves.3.Italsohelpsthemtounderstandtheideaoffairness.Theseareparents’opinions.Herearethedifferentopinionsfromstudents.Let’slookthem

throughandcompletetheinformationcard..Step4:

AdditionalreadingDoinghouseworkathomeWuJunMyparentsarebusywithwork.Theydon’thavesomuchtimetodothehouseworkathome.Besidesthistheyareverytiredafterwork.SoIwillhelpthembydoingthehousework.JiaWeiIdon’tthinkso.YouknowIhavesomuchhomeworktodoeveryday.IfIdothehouseworkathome.Itwilltakememuchtime.Ican’tfinishthemintime.Thatwillmakemegodowninstudy.WangPingIlikedoinghousework.Itcandevelopmyabilitiestolookaftermyself.IfIdon’tdothemnow,howcanIgetusedtolivingbymyselfinthefuture.JimItisgoodforme.BydoingthemIcakeepmybodyhealthyandhelpmyparents.SsTopicWhoseparentsarebusywiththeirwork?1.____________DoinghouseworkwillmakeJia

Wei2._____________WangPing’sopinion(意見)aboutdoinghousework3._____________BywhatJimcankeephisbodyhealthy?4.____________Doinghouseworkcandevelophisabilitiesto5.____________InformationCardWuJun’sHelikesdoinghousework.lookafterhimselfgodowninstudydoinghouseworkStep5:

WritingWhataboutyouropinions?PleasewritealettertoSundayMail.Youcanthinkaboutthequestionsbelow.

1.Doyouthinkyoushoulddohouseworkandchores

athome?2.Whydoyouthinkso?(listatleast3reasons)

1.寫作文前要先審題，確定文體。根據題目要求，本文為寫信，應注意書信的格式；內容為觀點的表達，故應為議論文。2.確定人稱和時態。人稱為第一人稱；時態應用一般現在時。

3.首先，應開門見山地明確表明自己的觀點,然后再闡述理由。4.寫作過程中應當注意一些連接詞的使用。如：

*表示順序：first,second,…,finally；atthesametime,besides

*表示因果:

because,so,since,asaresult*表示結論:

allinall,inaword5.注意正確使用標點符號和字母大小寫。6.書寫要整潔。Tips議論文寫作流程我的觀點表明觀點擺出論據呼應開篇Ithinkkidsshould/shouldn’tdohouseworkathome.First,…Second,…Third/Finally,…Itis(not)necessaryforustodosomehouseworkathome.EnjoyWritingDearsir,

Ithinkkidsshould/shouldn’tdohouseworkandchoresathome.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________It’s(not)necessaryforkidstodohouseworkandchores

athome.Yours,______（10minutes）Step6:AssessmentGivescoresaccordingtotheassessmentscale.TheletterfromAnnie

寫作評價量表（總分：15分）ItemsBasicRequirementsStandardScoresScoresPunctuationUsepunctuationcorrectly11SpellingSpellwordscorrectly22Words&SentencesUsenicewordsandsentenceswisely21GrammarUsegrammarproperly32ContentHaveatopic，acompletemainpartandgoodending55HandwritingHavebeautifulhandwriting22Total1513Correctyourcompositionwithyourpartner

.Step7:

Presentation:Readyourlettertothewholeclass.

Dearsir,

Itisnecessaryforustodosomehouseworkathome.First，bydoingthemwecanhelpourparentsandunderstandthem