Learning Guide for 8B Unit 4 WritingTopic: Cartoons and comic strips. Learning object:1. Know about Comic strips. 2. Learn about the methods and skills of picture writing.3. Focus on the importance of tense, time order and subjects.Learning Steps: Step 1 Pre-writingTask 1: Please put the pictures in the correct order.Task 2: Please fill words and sentences into the bubbles in each picture.a. Good luck! b. Yes, I like the trip.c.What a funny trip! d. Good bye!e. “Betty, put on the life jacket.” f. How dangerous it is !g. “Ok, Jim!” h. Look! That is an island.i. Thank goodness! j. Let s go there.k. Quick! Run! What a huge dinosaur! l. We made it!m. The weather forecast said, “A storm is coming.”Step 2 While-writingTask 1: Work in groups of six; discuss whats happening in each picture. Try to describe the pictures according to the key words.Picture 1. Jim and Betty were in a small boat. They began a trip around the world.Picture 2. A month later, Jim and Betty_(celebrate/ trip). Picture 3. When _, Jim and Betty _. (storm /arrive/in trouble).Picture 4. A huge wave_ (rush /them).Picture 5. After the storm, _ they were still alive.Picture 6.A few days later, _(find/mystery island).Picture 7. Jim and Betty _(land /island).Picture 8. A few minutes later, _ (dinosaur/appear).Step 3 Post-writing According to the pictures and fill the blanks.One day, Jim and Betty _（plan / travel） around the world. They _(begin/trip/a sunny day). They _ (be / in )a small boat. A month later, Jim and Betty _(celebrate/trip). SuddenlyBetty _(hear/ weather forecast /storm). When the storm _ (arrive), Jim and Betty _(be / in trouble ).A huge wave_ (rush/them). After the storm, they_（be/alive）. A few days later, they _(find/island). Jim and Betty _ (land /island). A few minutes later, a huge dinosaur _( appear). Step 4 Extension Look at the pictures and use at least six sentences to describe the pictures. Father and Son _Step 5 Summary_4Attitude is everything! 态度决定一切！