Learning about Language教案1

Module 8 Unit 4 Pygmalion Learning about Language

Grammar:

The Revise of the Past Participle as the Adverbial Teaching and Learning Plan Learning Aims: 1.

To revise the past participle as the adverbial. 2.

Ss are able to transform adverbial sentences into adverbial phrases 3.

Ss are able to write a short passage using the past participle as the adverbial.

Learning Important and Difficult Points: 1.

To transform adverbial sentences into adverbial phrases; 2.

To write a short passage using the participle as the adverbial.

Learning Procedures: Step I Read and Discover

Read a short passage

A Study Tour of Strawberry Planet, answer the following questions: 1.

What is the Strawberry Planet famous for? 2.

What is widely accepted about the strawberry planting? 3.

What thrilled us most during the visit? 4.

What kind of study approach is more appealing to us? Step II Work out the Rules Work with your group members to explore the following questions. 1. What is the function of the past participle in each sentence?

2.What is the relationship between the past participle and the subject of the sentence? Passive relationship or active relationship?

3.What types of adverbial can the past participle act as? 4.How can these adverbial phrases be changed into the adverbial clauses?

Form V-ed Meaning

与句子主语构成______ 关系

Function 过去分词在句中作状语相当于______________

Step III

Work out the Puzzles Puzzle I What is the difference between these two sentences? 1.

Seen from the entrance of the greenhouse, the strawberries stood in straight lines.

2.

Seeing from the entrance of the greenhouse, we can see large quantities of strawberries stand in lines.

Puzzle II Why is exhausted used in the following sentence rather than exhausting? Exhausted, we got on the bus and returned to school.

be lost in

be dressed in

be interested in

be devoted to be seated in

be prepared for

be determined to

be absorbed in be exposed to

be trapped in

be addicted to

be buried in

Step IV Practice i. Rewrite the following sentences by using past participle as adverbial. 1.

We were dressed in the required dust-resistance clothes and entered the greenhouse.

_________________________________, we entered the greenhouse. 2.

We entered the greenhouse along with Mrs. Yang and were followed by our classmates.

We entered the greenhouse along with Mrs. Yang, ________________________.

3.

When I was taught how to distinguish different types of strawberries, I was amazed by her proficient skills.

__________________________________, I was amazed by her proficient skills.

4.

I was determined to take good care of the tiny seedling. So I planted it in the flowerpot carefully.

__________________________________, I planted it in the flowerpot carefully.

5.

When the strawberry was watered regularly, it can grow well.

___________________________________, it can grow well.

ii. Rewrite the following sentences by using adverbial clause or compound sentence. 1.

Interested in the growing environment of strawberries, we stood around the staff and listened attentively.

_____________________________________________________________________ 2.

Asked a good many questions, the guide explained to us patiently. _____________________________________________________________________ 3.

Attracted by the fascinating strawberries, we can't help eating the yummy berries.

____________________________________________________________________ 4.

Tired and hungry, we waited for having dinner.

____________________________________________________________________ 5.

Attracted by the appealing cherry, Mrs. Li presented them to us.

____________________________________________________________________

Step V Task

Your foreign friend Jim expects to know about school activities in China. Write an essay in a group of four about 80 words to introduce your experience in this study tour. Try to use Past Participle as adverbial as many as possible. Dear Jim,

Learning that you're interested in school activities in China, I'd like to share with you some information. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely,

___________ Self Assessment Think about what you have learnt in this period. Then tick the boxes. I have learnt I’ve learnt the meaning and function of past participle as adverbial I’ve learnt the adj. phrase serving as adverbial

I can understand the reading materials I’ve learnt to cooperate and make contributions in group work.

Yes

No