Learning about Language优质课教学设计

Unit 1 Cultural relics - Learning about language 教学设计

Teaching content: Learning about language Teaching aims: 1.

Knowledge aims: The students can use some words and expressions correctly

The students can master the usage of the attributive clause

2.

Ability aims: The students can improve their skills of reading, listening and

speaking.

Emotion aim: to encourage students to form a good habit of English learning. Teaching focus: the attributive clause The difficult points in teaching: some special structures Teaching method: discussing, task-based teaching The analysis of the material: The students have learned something about some useful words and expressions. Here the students will be asked to practice them, so the students will want to face the challenge. Teaching process: Step 1 Warming up: Ask the students to finish the exercises on page 3(Ex1, Ex2 and Ex3 Suggested answers: Ex1. 1.

select

2. rare

3. reception

4. amaze

5. less than

6. wooden

7. in search of

8. survive

9. remove

10. artist

11. former

12. at war

Ex2. dynasties,

style,

amazing,

jewels,

designed,

decorated,

fancy,

rare,

doubt,

worth Ex3.

A 3

B 2

C 3

D 1 Step 2 Learning about the attributive clause 1.Ask the students to underline all the sentences with attributive clauses, then discuss the usage and the structure of the attributive clauses.

1) This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. 2) The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown like honey. 3) It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. 4) However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the Amber Room belonged , decided not to keep it. 5) Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. 6) In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. 7) This was a time when the two countries were at war.

8) There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. 9) In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th bithday of their city. Step 3. Learning about the difference between the restrictive attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses. Ask the students to study these two sets of sentences and see what differences there are in meaning. A1

She kept on telling jokes, which made everyone angry. A2

She kept on telling jokes which make everyone angry. B1

They said they loved their children, who were well-behaved. B2

They said they loved their children who were well-behaved. ·

Restrictive attributive clauses give important information to tell a particular thing or person apart from two or more other things or people. ·

Non-restrictive clauses give extra information which is interesting ou useful but not essential for identifying a particular thing or person. There is usually a comma before the non-restrictive attributive clause. Step 4. practising

Suggested answers to Ex3. 1.

Here are the farmers who discovered the underground city last month. 2.

Hangzhou is a famous city in China, where many people come to buy tea. 3.

I don’t know the reason whey she got so angry. 4.

You are talking to the old man who saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it./ The old man, who you are talking to, saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it. 5.

The woman remembered the day when she saw Nazis burying something near her home. 6.

St Petersburg is a very beautiful city, which was once called Leningrad. St Petersburg, which was once called Leningrad, is a very beautiful city. 7.

I remember the soldier who told me not to tell anyone what I had seen. 8.

The soldiers moved the boxes to a mine, where they wanted to hide them. 9.

Xi’an is one of the few cities whose city walls remain as good as before. 10.

Shaanxi Province is a place whose /where cultural relics are well looked after. Suggested answers to Ex4. 1.

The mother whose daughter studies in a key university was very proud. 2.

The man who discovered the Terracotta Warriors was a farmer. 3.

The wooden box which was decorated with valuable jewels was made a long time ago. 4.

Celia loves to go to museums where she can learn about former dynasties.

5.

The painting which was drawn by a famous artist in the Tang Dynasty

was very valuable. 6.

Every year a large number of tourists come to visit the State Apartments of Windsor Castle, which is very beautiful. 7.

There are times when we get together to celebrate. 8.

He said something else that I can’t remember. 9.

It’s one of the few places which is known for its good food. 10.

The first time I went to Hainan was in March when the weather was warm and sunny.

Step 5. Making a Conclusion Ask the students to conclude the structure of the attributive clause. Step 6 Homework 1.

Remember the words and expressions. 2.

Finish the exercise on the exercise paper.