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Teaching Design

Unit 4 Earthquake Grammar-The Attributive Clause

西安市铁一中学

马睿

Teaching Design of Unit 4 Earthquake --The Attributive Clause Xi’an Tie Yi High School

Ma Rui Part 1

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Teaching concept: II.

Teaching material

The content of my lesson is New Senior English for China student’s book 1, unit 4—Earthquake. The grammar of this unit is concerned with the attributive clause on how to use relative pronouns.The attributive clause is very important in learning English grammar, although it has been mentioned in middle school, it is the first time that it has been taught in high school. Learning the attributive clause well is the basis of improving speaking, writing skills.

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Student analysis

Based on previous learning, students have already had the ability to use some simple attributive clauses but still have some confusion on choosing correct relatives and writing a good attributive clauses. Therefore, more activities should be intended for them in order to have a good command of the attributive clause. Part 2

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Teaching Aims 1.

Knowledge objects:

(1) To identify what is an independent clause and what is the attributive clause; (2) To learn the relative pronouns used as the subject; (3) To learn the relative pronouns used as the object; (4) To learn what are the relative pronouns used for; (5) To learn what is a zero relative pronoun.

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Ability objects: (1)

To improve students’ speaking and writing abilities. (2)

To express their understanding of the attributive clause and get their own idea of how to use it in spoken and written English.. 3.

Emotion objects By studying this lesson, students will have a good command of the attributive clause. II.

Teaching Important Points (1)

Relative Pronouns: who, whom, which, that . (2)

To improve students ability of speaking and writing

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Teaching difficult points (1)

To use the correct relative pronouns in the sentence (2)

To communicate with others by using the attributive clauses (3)

To use the attributive clauses in writing IV.

Teaching Methods Task-based Language Teaching Total Situation Action

Communicative approach

Part 3 Teaching Procedure Time Teaching Procedure Teacher’s activities 

Briefly introduce the 30 Step 1

lead-in objectives of sec. this class

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Combine the two simple sentences by using the attributive clause 

Introduce what is an independent clause and what is an attributive clause 

Let students identify the Step 2 Relative role of relative 2 pronouns used as pronouns in min the subject the attributive clause 

Show the incorrect attributive clause

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Summarize what the relative pronouns are used for 1.2 min Step 3 Speaking practice 

Practice: Combine the Students’ activities 

Know what they will have learned by the end of the class 

Identify what in an independent clause and what is the attributive clause 

Compared with the original sentence to find out the role of the relative pronouns 

Know all the partterns of relative pronouns used as the subject 

Discover the wrong part in the attributive clause and correct it 

Summarize as following:

who=used for

people;

which=used for things;

that=used for people and things 

Practice by themselves Purpose Introduce the objectives of this lesson 

Let them know what is an independent clause and what is an attributive clause 

Predict the mistake which may appear in students’

sentences 

Learn the role of relative pronouns and what they are used for 

Help students

2 min 1.2 min have a good command of relative pronouns used as the

subject

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Combine the 

Recognize 

Learn the two simple what’s the role role of sentences by of the relative relative using the pronouns in pronouns attributive the attributive and what clause clause they are 

Introduce 

Know all the used for relative partterns of 

Predict the pronouns used relative mistake as the object pronouns used which may Step 4 Relative of the verb as the object appear in pronouns used as 

Show the 

Discover the students’

the object of a verb incorrect wrong part in sentences

attributive the attributive

clause

clause and 

Summarize correct it what the 

Summarize as relative following:

pronouns are

who(m)=used used for for people;

which=used for things;

that=used for people and things 

Practice: 

Practice by Help students Combine the themselves have a good two sentences. 

Check the command of Use the second answers relative Step 3 Speaking sentences as pronouns used practice an adjective as the object

clause. Give all the partterns.

two sentences. 

Check the Use the second answers sentences as an adjective clause.