Learning about Language优秀获奖教案

Unit5Book8 Meeting your ancestors ------ Learning About Language by Zhang Lihua Fuping Middle School Teaching contents: Part1: Useful words and expressions discovering starvation analysis acute messy category centimeters alternative sharpen identify regardless of aware excavation assume ample primitive due 1. on behalf of 2. in spite of 3. regardless of 4. ahead of 5. because of 6. instead of die of starvation analysis acute anxiety a messy bookshelf

put … in categories cut up at most ten square centimetres Part2: useful structures discovering---- have been doing

Structures finding Structures understanding Structures practicing Structures using teaching procedures: Part 1 discovering useful words and expressions Task1 Read the following words aloud as quickly as possible

starvation analysis acute messy category centimeters alternative sharpen identify regardless of aware excavation assume ample primitive due can you speak out its Chinese meaning? be aware of/that…. ; be due to Task2 fill in the blanks with preps and speakout its Chinese meaning 1. ______ behalf of 2.____ spite of 3. regardless ____ 4. ahead _____ 5. because ______ 6. instead _____ Can you say out these expressions in Chinese? die of starvation acute anxiety a messy bookshelf put … in categories

cut up at most six square centimetres Task 3 finish the exercises as quickly as possible on page40

1.complete the passage using the correct form of the words and phrase below alternative sharpen identify regardless of aware excavation assume ample primitive due Davidson Black was a Canadian doctor who organised the __________ that led to the discovery of the bones in the Zhoukoudian caves near Beijing. He was a specialist in the study of bones and it was his ambition to find and ______ bones of early humans. His university was_________of the significance of his work. At first they gave him __________ time to do this research, but later they realised he was prepared to pursue it ________________ his students’ needs and his teaching career, so they forbade him to travel there any more. It was his assistant, Pei Wenzhong, who made the discovery of these ____________ bones and _________ stone tools. Somehow he cycled thirty miles to Dr Black because there was _____________no means of transport. Dr Black __________ this discovery would change the way academics thought about early people in China. he knew that his success was almost entirely____________ his assistant’s systematic hard work. 2. complete these sentences using the correct form of the phrases (EX.2p.40 b) on behalf of in spite of regardless of ahead of because of instead of 1. Nobody has the right to spite in the street ____________ their social position or age. 2. _____________ the song’s popularity, the band delete it from their new album as they failed to find one who could sing it well enough. 3. Sophie got a bad scratch from her cat _____________ her carelessness while playing with it. 4. Sam made a tentative guess that six months of his flying course lay _______ him. 5. The vice president gave a welcome speech __________ the Academy of arts at the exhibition. 6. The guest waited patiently at the receptionist desk _________ interrupting the meeting. 3. complete these sentences with words or phrases from the text. Make sure to use the correct form. 1. Since the famine broke out, the number of people dying of _____________ has been increasing. 2. The doctor’s _________ stated that she has suffered from acute anxiety for a long time. 3. this is really a _______ bookshelf and I think you should organize it well and put the books in order. 4. Do you know the best way to stop crying when _____________ onions? 5. I will pay just 120yuan for the quilt _______ because I only have that much in my wallet.

6. This table mat is ten square ___________, and you can get a dozen for only one dollar. Task4. EX1. present the answers in class Ex.2 Take turns to give the answers in class Ex3. Read out the answers together

Part 2 discovering the useful structures Task1 scan the reading passage on page38 and find the following structures. EXAMPLE: We have been excavating here for many years…

answers: 1. We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick, which suggest that…..

2. We have been finding the bones of tigers and bears in the caves ….

Task2. observe the underlined structure and pay attention to its function Structure: _______________________

疑问句：______________________________________________ 否定句：_______________________________________________ The meaning : _______________________________________________________ Task 3 practice the structure 1. Ask questions about the underlined part 1.

We have been excavating here for many years. ___________________________? 2.

We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick. _______________ ? 3. We have been finding the bones of tigers and bears in the caves . _________________? 2. In groups of three students, make asking and answering dialogue using have been doing structures example: s1: Mrs Smith learned to drive three years ago. S2: How long have you been driving ,Mrs Smith? S3: I have been driving since three years ago. 1. S1: SAm …… course. S2:How long have you been ……., Sam? S3: S3: I have been ……… since six months ago.

2. S1:……

S2: What have you ……….?

S3: I have been……..? 3. S1: They have……..

S2: What have you been ….?

S3: We have been …..about the ….. Potatoes. 4. S1: Sales of…..

S2: Why have sales been……?

5.S1: Jiao Yang ……...

S2: What have you been ……, Jiao Yang ?

S3: I have been …. a ….washing powder that ……soft.

6. S1: The poor girl…….

S2: Why have you been ….?

S3: I have you been ….to make…. 7. S1: Philip……

S2: How long have you been ……, Philip?

S3: I have been …….since I was six. 8. S1: He …….

S2: How long have you ……?

S3: I have been ….. up till now.

Task4 Learn to use the structure

have been doing

1. Enjoy performing the interviewing dialogue in pairs in class XP: what have you been doing rencently? PR: I’ve been out out the country for several months resting between films. XP: Oh, I see! Where did you go for your holiday? PR: I went to the Maldives. XP: Sounds great! Have you made arrangements for your next film? Do you mind telling me what your next filmis about? PR: Well, it’s about a seaboat captain who sails with Julia Roberts to find some treasure. XP: That sounds intersting. where and when will you film it? PR: It’ll be filmed in Hawaii, and we’ll begin in March. XP: I’m sure your fans will love that. By the way, why have you been so private? PR: well, I’m fed up with all the attention and it has also been difficult for my wife.

S3: Sales …have been ….. for some reasons?

XP: I quite understand. Thank you so much for your time. PR: My pleause. 2. Play a guessing game in class Read the hobby writing on the blackboard and guess who she/he is in class? Sample description she is very keen on Sport. Since she was five years old, she has been getting up and running every morning before school. She has also been cycling to school every day ever since she learned to ride a bike. Last year she became the sports champion of our class and I know she has been hoping that she will be included in the local sports team next year. Perhaps she will go to a university that concentrates on sports. Anyway I am sure that when she graduates she will find a job that is connected to sports. Can you guess who I am descirbing? Part 3: Homework 1. Conclude the usage of the structure have/has been doing

2. Finish doing ex.1.2.3 on page 80 WB