Grammar and usage(1): Unreal conditions教案设计

牛津高中英语

Module 6 Unit 3

屯溪二中

张金枝

Grammar and usage Teaching plan 1. Teaching aim Students are excepted to learn when to use unreal conditionals and how to use them correctly. 2.

Teaching important points: Students will learn that unreal conditionals are used to express a condition or situation that is not real or is imaginary. They should pay attention to the forms of the predicate verbs in different tenses when they use sentences with unreal conditionals. 3.

Teaching difficult points: Whether students can summarize the three structures of unreal conditionals by themselves and use them correctly. 4.

Teaching methods: Student-centered and cooperative learning teaching methods 5.

Teaching aids: A multimedia and a blackboard

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Teaching procedures: Step1. Lead-in Let students appreciate a song If I Were You. Ask students to pay attention to the name of the song and the words which are repeated most: If I were you, I wouldn’t be here. Tell students such a sentence is called unreal conditional to lead in the grammar we will learn. Then ask them to read the definition of unreal conditionals. Step2. Grammar learning

1. Show students some pictures which can arouse their interests of learning. After showing each picture, I will ask them to read an unreal conditional sentence related to the picture. Have students think about what kind of condition or situation each sentence expresses. Students should know that we can use unreal conditionals to state an imaginary present, past and future condition or situation. 2. Find the rules/structures of forming unreal conditionals(group work) Show two unreal conditional sentences of each case on the big screen. Ask students to discuss with their classmates to summarize the structures of each case. (1) The examples of unreal conditionals for the present time are as follows.

If it were the end of the world today, I would stay with my families to enjoy the last moment.

If I had a magic brush, I could paint the earth green. The structure of making unreal conditionals for the present time is: If... was/were/did..., ...would/should/could/might do... (2) The examples of unreal conditionals for the past time are as follows.

If you had joined the chat room ten minutes ago, you would have known what we were talking about.

If I had not been busy last night, I would have gone to see the film with you.

The structure of making unreal conditionals for the past time is: If...had done..., ...would/should/could/might have do...

(3) The examples of unreal conditionals for the future time are as follows.

If it were to snow/snowed/should snow, I could stay here for another day.

If it were to snow/snowed/should snow, our PE might be canceled. The structure of making unreal conditionals for the future time is: If...was/were/did/ were to do/should do.., ...would/should/could/might do... (4) Give students some tips. Would, could and might are often interchangeable, but with some differences in meaning. Would

means intention

or plan, could

means ability

or possibility, and might

means probability. In written English or in formal situation, we usually use were in If-clauses in place of was. However, in everyday conversation, was is often used. Step3 Exercise In order to check whether students can use unreal conditionals correctly, I will ask students to fill in some blanks according to the pictures and make some translation. Step4 Appreciate a prose（excerpts）

Students are asked to listen to the excerpts of a prose Three days to see. Step4 Homework

(1) Finish the exercise on Page 41 in your text book. (2) Finish Parts C1 and C2 on Page 116 in your Workbook.