Learning about Language教案设计（一等奖）

Unit 2 Sailing the oceans Part 1 Teaching Design Period 2 A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language (The Predicate ) Introduction In this period students will be reading the learned text aloud first. Then they shall go on to discover useful words and expressions. After that they may be given materials to learn about predicates. At the end rewriting of the text on page 12 is recommended.

Objectives ■

To help students learn about (The Predicate ) ■

To help students discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions ■

To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures ■

To help students rewrite the text learned Procedures 1. Warming up by reading aloud the text Reading aloud is great for practicing pronunciation, intonation, fluency and linking. I find it's often best to let you the students read aloud, just so that you can improve on your English. Now go to page 12 to read aloud the text to the recording.

2. Discovering useful words and expressions Learning how to build a better vocabulary can be a pleasurable and profitable investment of both your

time and effort. At least fifteen minutes a day of concentrated study on a regular basis can bring about a rapid improvement in your vocabulary skills, which in turn can increase your ability to communicate by writing, conversing, or making speeches. Acquiring a large vocabulary can benefit you in school, at work, and socially. It will enable you to understand others' ideas better and to have the satisfaction or getting your thoughts and ideas across more effectively. Now let’s go on to do the four vocabulary exercises on page 15 and 16.

Words and expressions related to NAVIGATION and SEA ship, navigators, pilotage, land marks, coastal features, stay close to shore. the magnetic compass, the ship's location, nautical charts, navigate the open ocean, satellite navigation systems, traditional maritime navigation with a compass, locate the

ship's position, on a nautical chart 3. Learning about predicates in grammar

Predicate in traditional grammar ☆In traditional grammar, a predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence (the other being the subject, which the predicate modifies). The predicate must contain a verb and can contain objects or phrases governed by the verb. The predicate provides information about the subject, such as what the subject is doing or what the subject is like.

☆The relation between a subject and its predicate is sometimes called a nexus.

☆A Predicate Nominal is a noun phrase that functions as the main predicate of a sentence, such as "George III is the king of England", the king of England being the Predicate Nominal. The subject and predicate nominal must be connected by a linking verb, also called a copula.

☆A Predicate Adjective is an adjective that functions as a predicate, such as "Jenny is attractive", attractive being the Predicate. The subject and predicate adjective must be connected by a linking verb, also called copula.

谓语需用单数的几种情形

1）

代词each和由every, some, no, any等构成的复合代词作主语，或主语中含有each, every, 谓语需用单数。

Each of us has a tape-recorder. There is something wrong with my watch. 2）

当主语是一本书或一条格言时，谓语动词常用单数。

The Arabian Night is a book known to lovers of English. <<天方夜谭>>是英语爱好者熟悉的一本好书。

3）

表示金钱，时间，价格或度量衡的复合名词作主语

时，通常把这些名词看作一个整体，谓语一般用单数。(用复数也可，意思不变。) Three weeks was allowed for making the necessary preparations. Ten yuan is enough. 高考单选题中的“不同动词形式作谓语”

6. This machine _______. It hasn’t worked for years.

A. didn’t work B. wasn’t working

C. doesn’t work D. isn’t working（2006浙江）

16. My friend, who ______ on the International Olympic Committee all his life, is retiring next month.

A. served B. is serving C. had served D. has served（2006浙江）

32. The young girl sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. She______ before. A. hasn't flown

B. didn't fly

C. hadn't flown

D. wasn't flying（2006广东B）

27. Although medical science __________ control over several dangerous diseases, what worries us is that some of them are returning.

A. achieved B.

has achieved C. will achieve D. had achieved (2006江苏) 3.－Did Linda see the traffic accident? －No, no sooner _____ impossible now does seem possible. A. had she gone

B. she had gone

C. has she gone

D. she has gone (2006天津）

4. Revising useful structures You are going to read the text on page 12 SAILING THE OCEANS to underline all the predicates to understand their structures and functions. Now you may go on to do the two structure exercises on page 16 and 17.

5. Closing down by rewriting the text on page 12 Using dictionary to help

This seems to have been the first and most useful form of learning to read English which carried the minimum amount of risk．

Using tape recorders At school tape recorders are placed in the big box in the corner, but in my room the tape recorder is in the bed．So I am able to

use it to learn English．

Using English Corners Students often go to the English Corners in the dining hall on Sundays and speak English there．If it is fine weather，then the hall is crowded．

Using the Internet Students gather in the library as well as in the Internet Room in the late afternoon. They use the Internet to help use their

English when they are not having their English lessons. Using the radio Radios could be used by skillful learners of English to practice their listening. Radios help them explore the world and discover new things in English．They increase their ability to understand people speaking in English．