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1、Period 4Reading，Speaking and WritingTeaching aims1Enable students to learn some useful words and phrases.adequate，access，accessible，handy，row，basement，outwards，exit，meet with sb.s approval，dignity，profit，community2Enable students to express their ideas in a polite way.3Enable students to write a let
2、ter of suggestion.Step 1LeadinShow pictures of a cinema，including inside and outside facilities and ask students to discuss what problems that people with disabilities sometimes have in a cinema. (Divide students into different groups.Each member is encouraged to think actively and participate in th
3、e discussion.Make sure all students have their own opinions.)Step 2Reading1Introduce Alice to the students.Alice is a warmhearted girl.She cares for the disabled very much.When she learned a new cinema is going to be built，she wrote a letter to make suggestions.Here is the letter that gives suggesti
4、ons to the architect who is to design the new Bankstown cinema.(See Students Book Page 8)2Skim the reading passage A Letter to an Architect to find out what suggestions Alice gives in the letter.(1)There should be adequate access for wheelchairs.(2)It would help to fit sets of earphones to all seats
5、，not just to some of them.(3)The seats at the back should be placed higher than those at the front.(4)For disabled customers，it would be more convenient to place the toilets near the entrance to the cinema.(5)There are usually spaces specially reserved for disabled and elderly drivers.3Careful readi
6、ngHelp students to analyse the letter so that they will learn how to write a letter of suggestionAsk students to read the text carefully and discuss the questions in groups in Exercise 3 on Page 8.1What is the purpose of the first paragraph of the letter?2Why do you think the writer numbered her sug
7、gestions and used italics?3What is the purpose of the last paragraph of the letter?Suggested answers：1To tell the reader the purpose of the letter.2The writer has used numbers and a title in italics for each paragraph to organize the ideas and to make it easier for the reader to understand and remem
8、ber the five suggestions.3To finish the letter in a polite way and to put forward some reasons why the architect should consider the writers suggestions.Step 3DiscussionDiscuss in groups and work together to write a format of a suggestion letter.Suggested answers：A letter of suggestion normally has
9、five parts.1The heading This includes the address，line by line，with the last line being the date.Skip a line after the heading.2The greetingThe greeting always ends with a comma.The greeting should be formal，beginning with the word “dear”3The bodyAlso known as the main text.Generally speaking，the bo
10、dy includes three parts.The first part (usually the first paragraph) tells the receiver that you are writing this letter to make suggestions on something，and the main part tells clearly what your suggestions are.The last part (usually the last paragraph) asks the receiver to consider your suggestion
11、s.4The complimentary closeThis short expression is always a few words in a single line.The complimentary close begins with a capital letter and ends with a comma.5The signature lineType or print your name.The handwritten signature goes above this line and below the close.The signature line and the h
12、andwritten signature are indented to the same column as the close.The signature should be written in blue or black ink.Skip one to three lines(two on a typewriter)，and type in the signature linethe printed name of the person signing the letter.Sign the name in the space between the close and the sig
13、nature line，starting at the left edge of the signature line.Step 4PracticeDeal with Exercises 46 on Page 9.Ask students to work in groups and discuss how accessible their community is for people with disabilities.Then discuss ways in which their community could be made more accessible for disabled p
14、eople.(This discussion will lay a good foundation for the writing.)After the discussion，students are asked to write a letter of suggestion to the architect of a new building to be constructed in their area.In the letter they will suggest ways to make it more accessible for people with disabilities.W
15、hile writing the letter，pay attention to the format of a suggestion letter.Step 5HomeworkWrite a letter of suggestion to the architect.A sample letter：Dear Mr Smith，I read in the newspaper that you are the architect who is to design the new supermarket in our suburb.I am writing to ask if you have c
16、onsidered the matter of easy use of the supermarket by people in wheelchairs.In particular，I wonder if you have considered the following things：1Width of aisles.Can you please make sure that the aisles are wide enough to allow wheelchairs to pass through？In some supermarkets the aisles are so narrow that a person in a wheelchair cannot move along them easil
