Grammar课堂实录【2】

Lesson Plan Background This lesson plan goes for the students in grade 3 of senior school who have finished 2 years’

advanced learning and are preparing for Gaokao (NMET) in a year. Although it belongs to revision, it still focuses on teaching students reading strategies, which will be helpful through their whole English learning. Also the

goal of the lesson will solve one of the biggest problems they meet in Gaokao,that is, meaning guessing in reading comprehension. Teaching Objective: Students will learn the skills of guessing meanings of new words according to the context when doing reading comprehension. Teaching Procedure I

Lead-in

( 1’) Ask the students a question: What should we do if we meet some new words while reading? And lead in the topic of today’s lesson, that is, to master useful skills of guessing words through context. II

Explain

( 3’+ 6’ ) Activity 1. Give each student a clip of the explanation of “pump”, and let them choose correct meaning of “pump” used in the following sentences. After checking the answers,we can see only through context can we find the proper mening.

(answers:BCA) ①

What does “pump” mean in “He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case”?

A. Talk with.

B. Ask for information.

C. Listen to.

D. Provide with evidence. ②

When Sally says “The TV program kept pumping out commercials”, she may be______.

A. excited

B. interested

C. annoyed

D. worried ③What will the government most probably provide if it is engaged in a pump-priming program?

A. Sums of money.

B. Raw materials.

C. Human resources.

D. Media support.

Activity 2. Group work:

Finish6 tasks in groups and try to conclude some strategies for guessing the meaning of words underlined while reading. ①

It will be very hard but also very brittle, in other words, it will break easily. ☆

The underlined word “brittle” probably refers to something ______.

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A. easily broken

B. soft inside

C. very hard

D. expensive ②

a. She is usually prompt for all her classes, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class. ☆

The underlined word “prompt” probably means ______. A. on time

B. late

C. slowly

D. quickly

b. Cleaning up waterways is an enormous

task .The job is so large that the government can not save some of the rivers and lakes which have been polluted.

☆

The word “enormous” in this sentence probably means __.

A. small

B. huge

C. slow

D . tiny ③

My dog is hostile to strangers and therefore will bark at you and may bite you until he gets to know you. ☆

The word “hostile” in this sentence probably means __.

A. friendly

B. kind

C. unfriendly

D. ugly ④

Mark got on the motorbike, I sat behind him on the pillion, and we driven off into the night. ☆

The word “pillion” in this sentence probably means __.

A. an object used for sleeping

B. a bay on which on can rest C. a seat for second person on a motorcycle

D. a place for sitting

⑤

Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.

☆

The underlined word “fixture” probably refers to something ______.

A. that people enjoy eating

B. that is always present C. that is difficult to get

D. that people use as a gift ⑥

The sheep allow the birds to sit on their backs because they remove the cause of discomfort caused by parasites(寄生虫), while birds find easy food in the parasites on sheep. So although they can manage without each other, they do better together. ☆

The underlined word “they”

refers to

A. birds and parasites

B. birds and sheep

C. parasites and sheep

D. sheep, birds and parasites

(Answers:AABCCBB)

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III

Summary& Practice (1’+ 5’)

Activity3:

Cowboy Weaver Meet Since July.7 in Chinese lunar Calender is coming, let the students practice skills learnt this class by a role playing, whose name is Cowboy Weaver Meet, a fairy tale which they are familiar. Instructions: Divide all the students into 2 groups, line up, and stand face to face. Students in the left line will act as the cowboy, and the other side should be the Weaver. I’ll give each student in the cowboy side a card of explanation to a new word. For the rest, they each will get a card of sentence containing an unknown word. In order to meet successfully, the cowboy side should figure out the meanings of the new words when they hear the weavers read sentences. Every weaver will read her sentence one by one, and only once. If the meaning in one cowboy’s card matches the sentence in one weaver’s card, then the cowboy and the weaver will meet successfully and go hand-in-hand. If not, both of them have to wait next round as penalty. The teacher will act as Heavenly Queen to check their answers. Materials: ①

I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot ,because I'm in London. And my friend Mallery invited me.

Shot :

A. Choice.

B. Try

C. Style.

D. Goal ②

These different kinds of learning disabilities are known by different names. For example, a person who has difficulty reading may have dyslexia./dis’leksia/ dyslexia：

A. difficulty in seeing B. problem in reading C. trouble in listening D. brain disorder ③

A child’s birthday party doesn’t have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun, according to Beth,

3 Discourse reference similarity Example

defination Word formation Common sense GUESS

contrast

Cause and effcet

a mother of two, ages 4 and 18 months. hassle：A. a party designed by specialists

B. a plan requiring careful thought

C. a situation causing difficulty or trouble

D. a demand made by guests ④

A Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People’s food supplies were similarly vulnerable.

vulnerable:

A. impossible to make sure of

B. likely to be protected

C. easy to damage

D. difficult to find

⑤

As in many areas, old habits die hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost. die hard:

A. Change suddenly.

B. Change significantly.

C. Disappear mysteriously.

D. Disappear very slowly.

⑥

He is a resolute man. Once he made up his mind to do something, he won’t give it up halfway.

resolute:

A. weak

B. determined

C. satisfied

D. puzzled ⑦

If they are honored, he is also honored. If they are disgraced, he too is disgraced. Therefore one carefully guards the honor of his family, and his tribe. disgraced:

A. honor

B. endanger

C. proud

D. shame

(answers:BBCCDBD)

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