Learning about Language教案设计（一等奖）

Period 2

Learning about Language (The Present Progressive Passive Voice) 1.Aims ①To learn about The Present Progressive Passive Voice ②To discover useful words and expressions ③To discover useful structures. 2.Procedures I. Warming up by acting a text play Good morning class. To begin with we shall put our text HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE on stage, that is, to act out our story. Now the class acting team with their text play of HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE!

II. Discovering useful words and expressions 1. Look at some pictures on the screen, and try to describe them. 2.pay attention to the underlined part. III. Studying The Present progressive Passive Voice 1. Passive Voice

The passive voice is used when focusing on the person or thing affected by an action.

The Passive is formed: Passive Subject + To Be + Past Participle

It is often used in business and in other areas where the object of the

action is more important than those who perform the action.

2. Passive Verb Formation The passive forms of a verb are created by combining a form of the “to be verb.”

with the past participle of the main verb. Other helping verbs are also sometimes present: “The measure could have been killed in committee.”

The passive can be used, also, in various tenses. Let’s take a look at the passive forms of “design.”

IV. Reading and identifying Since you are clear about Passive Verb Formation, go back to page 26 and scan the text for all the examples of The Present Progressive Passive Voice.

Our fur is being used to make sweaters like yours. She was being watched by an excited elephant. …

Now do some exercises V. Discovering useful structures

To consolidate your learning of The Present Progressive Passive Voice, turn to page 29 and do the grammar exercises 1, 2 and 3, also on the very page of 29. VI. Closing down by playing a game To end this period go to page 29 and play the game called “Tell me what is happening?”

Ask questions containing The Present Progressive

Passive Voice.