Unit1Learningaboutlanguage教案

1、Unit 1 Learning about language精品教案I. Teaching aims1. Ability aimEnable the students to recognize the meaning of a new word in a passage and tell them how to remember new words.Enable the students how to understand between the lines. 2. Language aimHave the students find the rule of the attributive c

2、lause and introduce the definition of the II. Teaching important pointsThe rule of the attributive clauseWhat is the non-restrictive attributive clause?III. Teaching methodElicitation, discussionIV. Teaching aidsA projector, a computerV. Teaching procedureStep I Daily report:Review the text by askin

3、g the students a few questions and deal with the words and expressions in the text by finishing Exx1-3 on P3.T: Hello, everyone! Its time for our daily report. I have given you the topic of this week, which is something about cultural relics at home and abroad. S1, its your turn. Welcome, I know tha

4、t you are one of the best speakers in our class. What will you tell us?S1: Its about the Great Wall of China.T: Oh, really? My friends, lets listen to her carefully.S1: At first I have to say, I feel so proud of the Great Wall in our country that I searched the library for information about it. The

5、Great Wall of China is called the “Wan Li Chang Cheng” in Chinese. In fact, its more than 6000 kilometers long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys till at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world. The Great Wall has a history of

6、over 20000 years. Parts of it were built through different dynasties. Tt was during the Qin Dynasty that the parts were joined up into one long wall. The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, where soldiers used to keep

7、watch, Fires were lit in the towers as a warming when the enemy came. It was difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died of cold and hunger when they were forced to work on the wall. Today the Great Wall has bec

8、ome a place of interest to the Chinese people and people from all over the world. Thats all. Do you enjoy it?T: Of course, we do. Thank you for your wonderful speech. I think that all of the Chinese take pride in the Great Wall. Step II Discovering useful words and expressions:T: Well, weve learned

9、so much about the cultural relics, especially about the Amber Room and the Great Wall. Now let me see if you can find the words in the text with the help of the meanings. Please turn to page 3.(Students do the exercise. 4 minutes later.)T: OK, time is up. Whod like to write the words on the blackboa

10、rd? Any volunteers?(4 students come to the blackboard to write the words)T: All right, thank the four of you. Lets see who did the best? S2, you did the best. Can you tell us how you can find all of them so quickly and correctly?S2: Well, I think if you can understand the text well, you can do it we

11、ll. And of course, you have to be careful.T: Right, you are always hardworking. In my opinion, you have to read the meaning carefully at first, then decide the part of the speech of the word, for example, is it a noun, a pronoun or a verb? Then you have to read the text and try to understand it. At

12、last, you may find them in the text. Do you think so?S2: Yes.T: Everyone, as you know, an English word can have many different meanings when used in different places. What do you think is the most important thing for us to do such kind of exercise? Now lets look at page 3, exercise 2.(Students do it

13、. One minute later.)T: Now, who can tell me what is the most important thing?Ss: Understanding!T: Yes, so you know understanding is the most important thing for us to learn English. Now lets do some other things about at phrase. You may discuss in pairs.(Students do it)T: Well, lets have a check. (2

14、 minutes for checking the answer)Step III Discovering useful structures:T: Well, please look at the slide. Do you think the casket beautiful?Ss: Yes, very beautiful.T: But Im so sorry to say that the article in it was lost. Do you know what it was? Id like you to guess using the structure “Is it som

15、ething that ?”S3: Is it something that your husband gave you?S4: Is it something that you were rewarded from your mother?S5: Is it something that you bought for your daughter?(Teacher write the sentences down on the blackboard.)T: Very good, you used very good sentences. I felt so sorry for the thin

16、g I lost. It meant much to me. Please look at one page of my diary.(Teacher shows the slides to the whole class.)T: So, you see, it was a rare jade stone. Can you tell the difference between the two groups of attributive clause? You may discuss with your partner.T: All right. Who can tell me the dif

17、ference between them?S6: In my opinion, the sentences in the second group arent used to modify the jade stone, but used to give us more information about it.T: Excellent, you struck the right note! This is the difference between restrictive attributive clause and non-restrictive attributive clause.

18、Now lets try to find all the attributive clauses from the text and understand the meaning of them.(Students do that.)T: You please tell your partner how you understand those sentences that you found in your text.Step IV. PracticeT: Now well see how we can combine the sentences together on P4. Ill in

19、vite some of you to say them out one by one.S7: Here are the farmers who discovered the underground city last month.S8: Xian is one of the few cities in which walls remain as good as before.S9: Shaanxi Province is a place where relics are well looked after.S10: The woman remembered the day when she

20、saw Nazis burying something near her home.S11: The old man you are talking to saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and moving it away.T: Well done. Then well have some more practice. This time, please pay special attention to when we should use restrictive attributive clause or non-restricti

21、ve attributive clause. Then Ill ask some of you to report your sentence to the whole class.(Students practice them.)T: OK. Time is up. Whod like to tell me your sentences?S12: St Petersburg is a very beautiful city, which was once called Leningrad, is a very beautiful city.S13: In Xian, I met a teac

22、her who has a strong live for cultural relics and who took me to visit the history museum.S14: I dont remember the soldier who told me not to tell anyone what I had seen.S15: People didnt pay as much attention to cultural relics in the old days, when my grandfather was a child.S16: They moved the bo

23、xes to a mine, where they wanted to hide them.T: Good. Now well have a group discussion. Suppose you are some of the designers of an amber jewelry. How can you design a jade stone with an amber stone in the center of it? Please use the non-restrictive attributive clauses when necessary. Xian, I met a teacher who has a strong love for cultural relics and who took me to visit the history museum.(Students discuss for 6 minutes)T: All right. Its time for me to collect your id