Learning about Language名师教学视频（文字实录）

Learning about Language

Teaching Aims To learn about The Present Progressive Passive Voice To discover useful words and expressions To discover useful structures.

Procedures

I. Warming up by acting a text play Good morning class. To begin with we shall put our text HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE on stage, that is, to act out our story. Now the class acting team with their text play of HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE! II. Discovering useful words and expressions 1. Doing vocabulary exercises Turn to page 28 and do the vocabulary exercises 1, 2 and 3. You can simply write your answers in the blanks on the very page of 28. 2. Playing a game Let’s go on to play the game described on the top of the page 29. The following sentences are to be passed on. ▲ Plant native plants in your backyard. ▲ Do not dump weeds in the bush. ▲ Build a frog pond in your backyard. ▲ Put your rubbish in the bin. ▲ Leave your pets at home. ▲ Do not take anything out of the park. ▲ Encourage your friends to keep patches of bush as wildlife habitats. ▲ Join a community group and offer to do voluntary work. ▲ Find out about conservation activities happening in your local area. ▲ Participate in local clean-up, tree planting and weed control activities. ▲ Learn About Threatened Species ▲ Look out for wildlife ▲ Refuse to buy any rare or endangered plant or animal product. ▲ Be alert and drive slowly at dawn and dusk in rural areas where wildlife may be active.

II. . Studying The Present progressive Passive Voice 1. Passive Voice The passive voice is used when focusing on the person or thing affected by an action. The Passive is formed: Passive Subject + To Be + Past Participle It is often used in business and in other areas where the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action. For Example: We have produced over 20 different models in the past two years. Changes to: Over 20 different models have been

Active Passive Time Reference They make Fords in Cologne. Fords are made in Cologne. Present Simple Susan is cooking dinner. Dinner is being cooked by Susan Present Continuous James Joyce wrote Dubliners. Dubliners was written by James Joyces. Past Simple They were painting the house when I arrived. The house was being painted when I arrived. Past Continuous They have produced over 20 models in the past two years. Over 20 models have been produced in the past two years. Present Perfect They are going to build a new factory in Portland. A new factory is going to be built in Portland. Future Intention with Going to I will finish it tomorrow. It will be finished tomorrow. Future Simple

Passive Verb Formation The passive forms of a verb are created by combining a form of the “to be verb.” with the past participle of the main verb. Other helping verbs are also sometimes present: “The measure could have been killed in committee.” The passive can be used, also, in various tenses. Let’s take a look at the passive forms of “design.”

Tense Subject Auxiliary Past Participle Singular Plural Present The car/cars is are designed. Present perfect The car/cars has been have been designed. Past The car/cars was were designed. Past perfect The car/cars had been had been designed. Future The car/cars will be will be designed. Future perfect The car/cars will have been will have been designed. Present progressive The car/cars is being are being designed. Past progressive The car/cars was being were being designed. IV. Reading and identifying Since you are clear about Passive Verb Formation, go back to page 26 and scan the text for all the examples of The Present Progressive Passive Voice. We’re being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs.

Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. …

Now try to put the following sentences into The Present Progressive Passive Voice. ▲ They are producing this new drug. ▲ Antelope is looking at her. ▲ They are killing us for the wool. ▲ They are destroying the farm. V. Discovering useful structures To consolidate your learning of The Present Progressive Passive Voice, turn to page 29 and do the grammar exercises 2 and 3. VI. Closing down by playing a game To end this period go to page 29 and play the game called “Tell me what is happening?”

Ask questions containing The Present Progressive Passive Voice. Period 3: Using Language Teaching Aims To read and listen about ANIMAL EXTINCTION To speak about helping the dodo To write to WWF Procedures I. Warming up by reading to the tape Let’s warm up by reading aloud to the recording of the text

Next we shall go back to the text ABOUT DINOSAURS on page 30 again to read it and copy down all the expressions into your notebook. Useful phrases from ABOUT DINOSAURS During the history of the earth, live on the earth, tens of millions of years ago, came into being, eggs of five species, a rare new species, a bird-like dinosaur, climb tree, tell…from…, die out, hit the earth, put…into the air, get hot, live on, know for sure, in the same way, listen to the story about…, disappear from… IV. Reading to answer questions Read the questions in the table below and scan the text to answer them. When did dinosaurs live on earth? When did dinosaurs die out? How did dinosaurs die out? V. Speaking in pairs about helping the dodo VI. Closing down by writing to WWF All right now, boys and girls, to end this period, next you are to write a letter or an email to WWF asking them to help you save your endangered animal. Give a Sample writing to the class after their writing.