課程名: 奇妙雜誌 (金)
級別: 小五 – 小六
上課堂數: 12 (建議)
課堂時數: 1 小時 30 分鐘 (建議)
導師: 具有大學學位的外籍英語導師；擁有相關教學經驗，和/或教學資格，如 TEFL、TESOL、CELTA、PGDE/PCEd 等等
課程目標
本工作坊旨在以創作雜誌的形式訓練高年級學生的寫作技巧。 每個學生將制作一本關於香港某個地方的雜誌。 在此過程中，他們將以有趣和創新的方式學習不同類型的寫作（非正式信件、描述性、敘述性和命令式寫作等）。 在工作坊結束時，學生們將根據所學知識制作一本雜誌。
課程特色
- 提供廣泛的閱讀和寫作活動，以增加對主題的理解
- 分析和編寫不同類型的文本類型，包括餐廳評論、廣告和時尚專欄
- 提高學生在工作中對語法的使用
- 通過學生的寫作加強資料搜集技巧
- 通過編輯學生自己的作品來培養編輯技能
- 製作個人雜誌以展示學生的作品（可提供專業印刷，但需額外付費）
課程大綱
Unit 1: Getting Started
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- Warm-up: Ge ing to know one another
- Course introduction: Creating a magazine
- Magazine realia
- Magazine vocabulary
- Brainstorming: Theme of the magazine
- Writing: Catchy names
Unit 2: A Place in Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong itinerary
- Descriptive writing: Similes and metaphors
- Descriptive writing practice
- Writing: Acrostics
- Game: Mad libs
Unit 3: Transport
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- Matching activity: Modes of transport
- Vocabulary gap- fill exercise
- All about transport
- The MTR map
- Giving directions using imperatives
- Writing: Directions
Unit 4: Food
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- Warm-up: Food pyramid
- Activity: Food card game
- Pre-writing: Sequencing
- Writing: My recipe
- Writing: Restaurant review
Unit 5: Shopping
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- Warm-up: Oral marathon
- Activity: At the shops
- Consolidation: Shops
- Reading: The Hong Kong shopping festival
- Post-reading activity: Special products of Hong Kong
- Puzzle: Let’s go shopping
- Activity: Writing an advertisement
Unit 6: Magazine Workshop 1
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- Warm-up: Guess the country
- Holiday memories
- Writing: A memorable holiday
- Activity: Designing and creating my magazine
Unit 7: Fashion
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- Warm-up: National dress
- Grammar: Adjectives
- Grammar exercise
- Activity: Alphabet adjectives
- Writing: Colour poem
- Activity: Designing clothing
Unit 8: Postcards
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- Warm-up: Stretch a sentence
- Reading: Holiday postcards
- Grammar: The present perfect
- Activity: What did you do on your holiday?
- Activity: Designing a postcard
- Writing a Postcard
- Writing: A postcard to my friend
Unit 9: Accommodation and Advice
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- Accommodation types
- Accommodation wanted
- Writing: Giving advice
- Writing: Accommodation adverts
Unit 10: Reference and Encyclopaedia Entry
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- Overview: Reference writing
- Activity: Searching for relevant information
- Writing: My reference page
- Online reference page
- Writing: An encyclopaedia entry
Unit 11: Magazine Workshop 2
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- Warm-up: List-a-holic
- Activity: Magazine work
- Writing: Organising the magazine content
- Magazine front cover
- Activity: Completing the magazine
Unit 12: Magazine Showcase
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- Individual presentations
- Peer review: Writing comments
- Vote: Best magazine