Learning about Language优秀教案内容

Unit 4 PYGMALION Part 1 Teaching Design Period 2 A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language (Revise the Past Participle as the Adverbial) Teaching material analysis:

In this period students will be first helped by the teacher to discover and revise the past participle as the adverbial. The following steps of teaching may be taken: Warming up by looking for the Past Participle as the Adverbial，Learning about the past participles used as the adverbials，

Correcting and completing Teaching aims: 1.

To help students revise the Past Participle as the Adverbial. 过去分词做状语时，可以表示时间、原因、条件、方式、伴随状况等。Eg. But, sir, (proudly) once educated to speak properly, that girl could pass herself off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party. P30

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过去分词做状语，其逻辑主语必须与句子的主语一致。Eg. Now once taught by me, she’d became an upper class lady. Teaching important points 教学重点

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Students learn to sum up the structure, form and function of induction by outlining the sentences in which the past participle is used as adverbial, and develop students’

independently ability. 2.

Let the students understand and master the meaning and usage of the verb ing and the past participle as adverbials Teaching difficult points 教学难点

How to use the past participle as the adverbial. Teaching methods 教学方法

Task-based activities.

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Teaching aids 教学准备

Some slides and a projector.

建议教法：

本节课教学首先让学生在文章中熟悉语法结构，将目标语法放在具体的语言环境中，将语法和实际结合起来，语言形式和语言功能结合起来，让学生参与到语言交际中来。然后通过完成句子，初步检测结构和使用。接着通过老师详细讲解，让学生更深层次理解语法规则，最终，通过练习巩固和提高。

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step 1 Warming up 1.

Ask the students to read the passage quickly to point out the sentences including the Past participle as the adverbial in the text. And try to read the sentences in class. 2.

Encourage the students to sum up the forms and functions of the Past participle as the Adverbial. Step 2 Application 1.

First ask the students to find out the examples of the past participle as the adverbial in the play. Sample sentences:

a. An expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society. P28

b. But, sir, (proudly) once educated to speak properly, that girl could pass herself off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party. P30

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Discuss with partners and rewrite the following sentences. 1. Given more time, we could do it better. 2. Heated to a high temperature, water will change to vapour. 3. Frightened by the noise in the night, the girl did not dare sleep in her room. 4. Disturbed by the noise, we had to finish the meeting early. 5. Seen from the hill, the park looks very beautiful. 6. She walked out of the house, followed by her little daughter. Sample answers:

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1. When / If we were given more time, we could do it better. 2. When / If it is heated to a high temperature, water will change to vapour. 3. As she was frightened by the noise in the night, the girl did not dare sleep in her room. 4. As we were disturbed by the noise, we had to finish the meeting early. 5. When it is seen from the hill, the park looks very beautiful. 6. She walked out of the house, and her little daughter followed.

Step 3 Explanation 1.

The past participle as the adverbial is a very important grammar, and it can indicate time, condition, reason, and way. We can add when / while / if or other conjunctions before the past participle in order to make the meaning more clearly.

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The teacher gives the students detailed explanation about the form and functions. Step 4 Summarizing Get the students to learn and summarize the knowledge and use of the past participle. Step 5 Homework Rewrite the story and try to use the past participle in the passage.

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