Learning about Language优秀教案案例

Period 3 Learning about Language

Teaching Goals:

1. To enable Ss to master key phrases and expressions 2. To enable Ss to learn how to use these words and expressions 3.To get Ss to have knowledge of this grammar point: the past participle used as attribute, predicative and object complement. 4. To enable Ss to know the differences between the past participle and v–ing form Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Language study Purpose: To train Ss’ listening ability and language capacity.

1. Ask Ss to read the text and match Column A with Column B.

Column A

Column B (1) upset

A. standard of judgment

(2) distinguish

B. substance that has been crushed, rubbed, or worn to dust (3) powders

C. having force in law (4) approach

D. trouble; cause( sb )to be disturbed

(5) abruptly

E. make (oneself) well known; see or recognize the difference (6) valid

F. way; path, road (7) criteria

G. suddenly; unexpectedly Suggested Answers:

(1) D

2) E

(3) B

(4) F

(5) G

(6) C

(7) A 2．How

to

change

the

words

correctly.

Step 2. Consolidation Purpose: To consolidate the words and phrases in the text.

1. Ask Ss to finish Ex1 and ex2 of Discovering useful words and expressions on P23. 2. Ask Ss to finish Ex1 of Using Words And Expressions on P63 and then check the answers in pairs. 3. Ask Ss to fill in the brackets to complete the passage below, and then ask some Ss to present their answers. Sewing

Machine

Thomas Saint patented his idea for a sewing machine in London in 1790, __(1)___ (连词) the idea was not used. Then a German patented his idea for_(2)_____(冠词) sewing machine in 1810, but again nobody was _(3)_____(interest ) in it. In 1829 a poor tailor in Paris, Barthelemy Thimonnier, invented a machine _(4)_____(关系词) worked, and made eight of them. As his prices were cheap, he was given a big order _(5)____(介词) army uniforms. __(6)_____(副词)，

other tailors broke all eight machines. Thimonnier lost the order but continued to improve his design.He made a new machine in 1848 and this was destroyed too!

Then the story continued in the U.S.A . Various machine were patented there in _(7)______(冠词) 1850s,but one machine is known everywhere now: the Singer. Its inventor was I.M Singer, a German immigrant ,and his companies. Then in 1865 they were sold for at-home use, the first complex _(8)_______(machine)for making things at home. This time the machine was accepted by everyone and the design was not improved for many years, since it was very goood

Suggested Answers: (1) but

(2) a

(3) interested

(4) that/which

(5) for

(6) However

(7) the

(8) machines

Step 3. Presentation

Introduce information about some inventions and discoveries using sentences in passive participle. Guide Ss to say the words which are highlighted .Show some related pictures. 1.This is the telephone designed in the early time.

2.Stephenson’s “Rocket” was the engine

designed

for the railways by George Stephenson 3. The structure of DNA was a discovery of Francis Crick and James Watson published in 1953.

4. The colour television invented in 1940 made our life more colorful. 5. I was excited at the new invention. 6. His new invention made all of us surprised. Step4. Individual work Get Ss to find out the past participle used as attribute, predicative and object complement in the reading text. Part1 Line 1: When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone she was very upset. Part2 Line 1: The first thing I tried to do was to see if there were Products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes.. Part4 Line 1: I placed the frozen bowl over the snakes habitat and the ice-cubes on top of the bowl from the machine. Part6 Line 1: The next morning I carried in my hand a small net used for catching fish.

Step5. Grammar point Purpose: To get Ss to know about the past participle.

1. Get Ss to complete the sentences and know about the past participle

(1) The

(.破损的碗)will be thrown at once..= The bottle which was broken will be will be thrown at once.. (2) The books_

last week (上周买的书

)are of high quality. = the books which were bought yesterday are of high quality.。

(3) I’m interested in reading novels

by luxun (.鲁迅写的). (4)

(污染的)air and water are harmful to people’s health.

(5) The problem

（在会议上讨论的）yesterday was very difficult to solve. (6) He

_ (很兴奋)when he heard he had won the first place in the English –spoken contest.

(7) He found

(他的家乡变了很多)(8) What made

(这只狗这样害怕)? (9) He won’t like such questions

(在会上讨论).

(10) The manager won`t want

(一大笔钱浪费掉). Suggested Answers: (1) broken bowl (2) bought

(3) written. (4) Polluted (5) discussed at the meeting (6) became excited_

(7) his hometown greatly changed(8) the dog so frightened

(9) discussed at the meeting

(10) a lot of money wasted

2. Explain the grammar point for Ss. (1) 过去分词做定语：表示分词动作与所修饰的名词之间存在被动关系。单一的过去分词做定语一般防在被修饰的名词之前；过去分词短语做定语放在被修饰的名词之后，过去分词及过去分词短语做定语均可以转换为一个定语从句。

(2) 过去分词作表语：

过去分词做表语，表示主语的状态，且该状态通常是由外界因素引起的。这时过去分词可以被看作一个形容词，是形容词化的过去分词

(3) 过去分词作宾语补足语：

做宾语补足语的过去分词一般是及物动词，和宾语有逻辑上的主谓关系。可以带过去分词做宾语补足语的动词有：

①

see, hear, watch, feel, think, find等表示感觉和心理状态的动词。

②

make, get, have ,help, leave等表示“致使”意义的动词。

③

like, want, wish, order 等表示“希望，要求” 等意义的动词。

3.Practice Purpose : To get Ss to know how to use the past participle through exercises (1) Ask Ss to finish Ex1, Ex2 and Ex3 on P24 and check the answers in pairs. (2) Ask Ss to finish Ex1 and Ex2 on P65 and check the answers in pairs. (3) Get Ss to choose the best answers to the following sentences.

①

He spoke so loud that he made himself

______ A. understand

B. understanding

C. to understand

D. understood ②

---- There is a hole in your shirt. ---- I know. I’m going to have it ________. A. mend

B. mending

C. mended

D. to be mended

③

As we joined the big crowd I got ______from my friends.

A. separated

B. separating

C. lost

D. missing ④

English is a language ____ all around the world and is the _____ language of most international organizations. A. to speak, working

B. spoken , working

C. speaking, worked

D. spoken, worked ⑤

Price of daily goods ______through a computer can be lower than store prices.

A: are bought

B. bought

C. been bought

D. buying ⑥

Mr.Smith , _______of the ________speech, started to read a novel.

A .tired; boring

B. tiring; bored

C. tired; bored

D. tiring; boring ⑦

The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain ______as the plane was making a landing .

A. seat

B. seating

C. seated

D. to be seating ⑧

How to feed a ____ population is a problem that is _____many countries. A. growing, troubling

B. grown, troubled

C. growing, troubled

D. grown, troubling ⑨

He found a book _____ with the owner’s name_____ on the desk with the back cover _____

off. A. marking, lying, torn

B. marked, lying, torn C. marked, laid, tearing

D. marking, laying, tearing ⑩

Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden carriage _______the girl and took her away, ______into the woods.

A. seizing; disappeared

B. seized; disappeared

C. seizing; disappearing

Suggested Answers:

①

D

②

C ③

A

④

B

⑤

B

D. seized; disappearing ⑥

A

⑦

C

⑧

A

⑨

B ⑩

D