The Third Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Review the words appearing in the last two periods.
2.Review Non-finite Verbs(1):-ing,-ed,to do.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Help the students guess the missing word in a sentence to improve their ability to master new words.
2.Help the students finish each exercise correctly to revise Non-finite Verbs.
Teaching Difficult Point:
Master the uses of the three kinds of Non-finite Verbs correctly.
Teaching Methods:
1.Review method to consolidate the words learned in the last two periods.
2.Practising to make the students master the Non-finite Verbs correctly.
3.Individual,pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.the multimedia
2.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
兂Step ⒐ Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
兂Step ⒑ Revision and Word Study
T:Yesterday,we read the text about Rio de Janeiro and Kitzbuhel.Do you still remember something about them?
Ss:Yes.
T:Well,now please look at the statements on the screen and tell whether they are true or false according to the text.If theyˇre false,correct them.
(Teacher shows the following on the screen and checks the answers with the whole class.)
1.Rio de Janeiro is Brazilˇs second largest city.
2.Copacabana,perhaps the most famous of all beaches,is far away from downtown.
3.The best time to visit Rio is in March,but the biggest tourism season comes around June or July.
4.Cariocas are well known for their big heart and friendliness.
5.Rio de Janeiro is a paradise for skiers.
6.The good weather and breath-taking scenery make Kitzbuhel a world-class ski resort.
7.The worldˇs best and fastest skiers gather here twice a year to try their daring in the downhill race that every skier wants to win.
Suggested answers:
True:1,4,6
False:2.far△only a few bus stops
3.March△June or July;June or July△March
5.Rio de Janeiro△Kitzbuhel
7.twice△once
T:Well done.Besides,weˇve learnt some useful words in the text.Have you really mastered them?Please open your books at Page 37.Look at the first part of Language StudyXWord Study.Letˇs do Exercise 1 first.Fill in the blanks with words from the text.Youˇre given three minutes to do it.Then check your answers with your partner.At the end,Iˇll collect the right answers from you.See what I mean.
Ss:Yes.
Suggested answers:
1.altitude 2.avenue 3.reminds 4.feast 5.dip
T:Well done.Next,letˇs do Exercise 2.Read and understand the following passage carefully to see if there is a mistake in each line.If there is,find it and correct it.You can begin now.Five minutes later,Iˇll check your answers.
Suggested answers:
1.bring△brought
2.construction△constructions
3.itˇs△its
4.≡
5.returns△returned
6.visit△visitors
7.Much△Many
8.≡
兂Step ⒒ Revision of Grammar
T:OK.So much for Word Study.Letˇs revise the GrammarXNon-finite Verbs.Look at the sentences on the screen.
(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)
to do
1.The first thing would be to decide where to go.
2.The most important thing would be for you to decide where to go.
-ing
1.Every now and then we get the itch for travelling.
2.Kitzbuhel has the most challenging and exciting downhill slopes for skiers in the world.
3.Few visitors leave Rio feeling disappointed.
-ed
1.Amazed by the beautiful scenery at Copacabana Beach,he decided to come again next year.
2.Known as Carnival,the festival attracts visitors from all over the world.
Study the sentences and tell the functions of the Non-finite Verbs.Wang Xia,try the first pair of sentences.
S1:¨to do〃 is used as Predicative in both of them.
T:You are right.Sit down,please.Are there any other function of ¨to do〃?And what functions?
Ss:Yes.Subject,Object,Object Complement,Attribute and Adverbial.
T:Quite right.Yang Xia,what about ¨-ing〃?
S2:In these three sentences,¨-ing〃 is separately used as Object,Attribute and Adverbial.
T:Do you agree with her?And do you know some other functions?
Ss:Yes.Subject,Predicative and Object Complement.
T:Very good.Shi Hui,the last pair.
S3:¨-ed〃is used as Adverbial in both sentences.Besides,it can be used as Predicative,Object Complement and Attribute.
T:Well done.Sit down,please.
兂Step ⒓ Practice
T:Next,letˇs do some exercises.Look at the sentences on the screen and point out the function of the¨-ing〃form in each sentence.
(Teacher shows the following on the screen and deals with the exercise orally with the whole class.)
Point out the function of the -ing form in each sentence.
1.Doing nothing is doing ill.
2.Be careful!The falling stones might hit you.
3.When you hang wet clothes near a fire,you will see steam coming from them.
4.Not knowing much English,I found it hard to understand them.
5.While walking along the shore,we saw that the water was very dirty.
6.Playing tricks on others is something we should never do.
7.Babies like tearing paper into pieces.
8.They went out of the club,talking and laughing loudly.
Suggested answers:
1.Subject,Predicative 2.Attribute 3.Object Complement 4.Adverbial 5.Adverbial 6.Subject 7.Object 8.Adverbial
T:Well done.Now,please open your books at Page 38 and do Exercise 2.First,do it by yourself after learning the examples.Then,check the answers with your partner.At the end,Iˇll collect your right answers.
Suggested answers:
1.Being very brave,he went into the cave alone to look for his friend.
2.Being quite ill,she could not visit her friend in England.
3.Being an experienced traveller,he knows how to plan a trip.
4.The girls attending the sick all come from the countryside.
5.When hearing the music,he began to miss his hometown.
6.Seeing the flame on top of the mountain,they knew that another war would begin soon.
7.When driving to the airport,he hit a boy on a bike.
8.Having got married,he lived separately from his parents.
T:You did a good job.Now,please look at the two groups of words on the blackboard.
(Teacher writes the following on the blackboard:
-ed:interested,surprised,moved,tired,bored,encouraged,frightened,amazed,disappointed,worried,etc.
-ing:interesting,surprising,moving,tiring,boring,encouraging,frightening,amazing,disappointing,worrying,etc.)
T:Can you tell the different usages of these two groups of words?Any volunteer?
S4:Yes.I can.We use the first group of words to say how we feel about something and use the second group of words to talk about the person or thing that makes us feel interested,surprised,etc.
T:You are right.Sit down,please.Both of the two groups are used like Adjectives to refer to a state or a quality,not an action.Do you agree with me?
(Teacher writes two incompleted sentences on the blackboard again.
It is important______us to learn English well.
It is clever______you not to tell him the news.)
T:Now,look at this pair of sentences and fill in the blanks.Yao Yue,you try,please.
S5:The first one is¨for〃;the second one is¨of〃.
T:Can you explain why?
S6:The first sentence talks about something people do;the second sentence talks about people who do something.
T:How do you know what the sentences talk about?
S5:According to the adjectives as Predictive in the sentences,such as important and clever.
T:Quite right.Thank you.Now,please look at the screen and do the exercise on it.
(Teacher shows the following on the screen and allows the students enough time to prepare.At the end,check the answers with the whole class.)
There is one mistake in each of the following sentences.Point it out and correct it.
1.Having travelled a lot in China this year,I am getting tiring of travelling now.
2.We had to waiting three hours to get the ticket to Harbin.
3.Although the unboiling water looks clean,I prefer not to drink it.
4.Iˇm sorry to tell you that none of the banks I spoke to were interesting in this project.
5.It is tired to climb to the top of the mountain.
6.It is not enough to simply decide where you want to go.It is also important of you to consider when and how you want to travel.
Suggested answers:
1.tiring△tired 2.waiting△wait 3.unboiling△unboiled 4.interesting△interested 5.tired△tiring 6.of△for
兂Step ⒔ Summary and Homework
T:In this class,weˇve reviewed the new words in the text.In addition,weˇve revised Non-finite Verbs(1)X-ing,-ed and to do,especially,weˇve done a lot of practice to master the usages of them.After class,do more practice.The more you practise,the better you will master them.Thatˇs all for today.See you next time.
Ss:See you next time.
兂Step ⒕ The Design of the Writing on the
Blackboard
Unit 15 Destinations
The Third Period
-ed:interested,surprised,moved,tired,bored,encouraged,frightened,amazed,disappointed,worried,etc.
-ing:interesting,surprising,moving,tiring,boring,encouraging,frightening,amazing,disappointing,worrying,etc.
for/of:It is important for us to learn English well.
It is clever of you not to tell him the news.
兂Step ⒖ Record after Teaching