Learning about Language教学评价实录

Period 4

Learning about Language

Teaching Goals:

1 To enable Ss to master some new words and expressions.

2. To get Ss to have knowledge of this grammar point: The –ing form as the subject & object) Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Revision Purpose: To consolidate the words and phrases in the text. 1. Ask Ss to find words and expressions that mean the same from the text and finish Ex1on page 12..

2. Ask Ss to finish Ex2 on page 12.

3.Ask Ss to finish Ex3 on page 12 ,and compare their answers quickly.

Step 2. Grammar Purpose: To get Ss to have knowledge of the grammar: the –ing form as the subject & object

Explain the grammar for Ss. -ing形式是动词的一种非限定形式，本单元主要介绍的用法如下：

（1）它们都有名词的特征，在句子中可以用作主语。如：

Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. Wishing for things, however, costs nothing. （2）也可以作为宾语。如：

His other hobbies include playing mah-jiong, swimming and reading. He also doesn’t care about being famous. （3）同时，动词的-ing 形式也有动词的特征，可以带有自己的宾语或状语。如：

As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. I don’t like people talking when I am reading. （4）-ing 形式作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式。如：

Chatting with them improves our mind. Quarrelling is no use.

Step 3. Consolidation 1. Ask Ss to rewrite the sentences using the –ing form as the subject in Ex2 on P13

2. Ask Ss to finish Ex3 on P13 in pairs and compare their answers. 3. Explain the following grammar point. 有些动词只能用-ing 形式作宾语。如：

Admit(承认), advise（建议）, allow（允许）, appreciate（感激）, avoid（避免）

, complete（完成）

consider（考虑），delay（延期），deny（否认），enjoy（享受），

escape（逃避），finish（完成），imagine(想象)，keep（保持），mind（介意），miss（错过），

postpone（延期），practice（练习）, quit（停止），

suggest（建议），stop（停止）等。.

4．Divide Ss into groups of four to take turns to describe an activity. Be sure to use the –ing form of the verb. The game is called “what were you doing when the flood

came?”

Example:

S1: I was collecting water for my family instead of watching TV. S2: I was preparing some food for eating when I was hungry. S3: I was carrying vegetables to the market which was good place for exchanging. S4: I was building a dam which was used for holding much more water. More Versions:

(1) What were you doing last night? S1: I was chatting with my e-pal about traveling into space.

S2: I was watching a TV programme which was good for relaxing. S3: I was playing a computer game which was about killing enemies. S4: I was listening to music while my sister was absorbed in reading a novel. (2) What were you doing when the earthquake came?

S1: I was feeding geese although I was tired of doing it. S2: I was looking after the child who liked only playing. S3: I was working in the garden which was famous for growing roses. S4: I was watering the plant which needed caring. Step 4. Homework Purpose: To get Ss to have knowledge of the grammar through exercises. To enable Ss to practice some new words and expressions. 1. Ask Ss to finish Ex1 and Ex2 of Using Words And Expressions on P49. 2. Ask Ss to finish Ex1 and Ex2 of Using Structures on P50.

Period 5

Reading (Using Language) & Reading task (Workbook)

Teaching Goals:

1. To get Ss to learn what organic farming is. 2. To get Ss to know the advantages of organic farming.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Leading-in Purpose: To lead Ss to the topic and arouse the Ss’ interest in the reading text. 1. Ask Ss to look at the picture on P14 and guess what the passage is bout. 2. Ask Ss to discuss the following questions. (1) What do you refer to when you say something is “Green food”?

(2) What is organic farming?

(3) What’s your idea? Encourage Ss to use a variety of words. Step 2. Reading Purpose: To learn more about agriculture.

(1) Ask Ss to read the text quickly and try to get the main idea of the text. (2) Ask Ss to discuss the questions and then answer them in pairs.

① What is “organic farming”?

② What do organic farmers prefer to use as fertilizer?

Suggested Answers: ① It refers to crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers. ② The fertilizer that organic farmers prefer is natural waste from animals.

Step 5. Reading task (Workbook) 1. Pre-reading (1) Lead Ss to the reading text. Teacher may say, “Now you are going to read about another farmer, an early farmer pioneer. You have learned some Chinese history. Perhaps you know something about Qi Min Yao Shu, what is it ?

(2) Show the picture of the author of the book and encourage Ss to talk as much as possible.

2. Reading

Ask Ss to read the text quickly and answer the following questions. (1)

Why did Jia Sixie become interested in farming improving? (2)

Can the book help farmers?

Ask Ss to read the text carefully and finish Ex2 on P52.

3. Discussion

(1) Divide Ss into groups of four to discuss the questions. 1Why do we support the organic farming?

○2Why did Jian Sixie write the book Qi Min Yao Shu?

○(2) Let Ss use the skills they have learned about expressing points of view and express their ideas in good order.

For reference:

We support the organic farming. Firstly…

Secondly…Thirdly…

Finally…

(3) After the discussion, ask representatives of each group to present the result of the discussion. Step 6. Homework 1 Ask Ss to finish Ex3 on P49. 2 Ask Ss to form two groups and surf the Internet to collect more information about green farming in China and abroad.