Learning about Language教学内容

Unit 1 Culture relics Learning about language Teaching Plan •

Teaching aims:

To learn about the Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause To discover some useful words and expressions To discover some useful structures Ability goals Enable the students to make judgments and to write a short reply to a letter, then give their own opinions.

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Learning ability goals Help the students learn how to make judgments and give their opinions. Teaching important points The Attributive Clauses with that/which/who/where/when Teaching difficult points How to tell the Attributive Clauses with that/which/who/ where/when/ from other clauses.

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Teaching methods教学方法

Listening to the tape (individuals)

Group discussion and presentation (cooperative learning) Multi-functional teaching equipment (CAI)

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Teaching aids教具准备

A recorder, a projector and some slides Multi-functional teaching equipment (CAI)

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Teaching procedures •

Discovering useful words and expressions

Ask students to read the instructions of each part of the Discovering useful words and expressions, and then finish these three exercises quickly. A few minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Later, the teacher gives the answers, using a slide projector. 1

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Discovering useful structures

T: From Reading, pick out the sentences that use the attributive clause with that/which/who/where/when.

1 The 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 colour like honey. 3 It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artist about ten years to make. 4 However, the next King of Prussia, Fredrick 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 birthday of their city.

First let students read the sentences they underlined. Then show the correct sentences using a slide projector and let students analyze them.

T: Observe these sentences carefully. Some contain commas before the relative pronouns, for example 3, 4 and 8. These sentences are different from the others. How are they different? Can you tell me?

Students try to tell the differences in their own words. T: We call these three sentences non-restrictive clauses. The relative clause carries extra information that is not necessary to identify the person or thing being discussed. Now finish Exercise 3. Judge whether restrictive or non-restrictive clauses are required.

Later, the teacher gives the answers, using a slide projector. 2

Exercise 4 also provides semi-open practice with the grammar. After they complete the sentences, first let them check with each other. Then let some read their sentences and check them with the whole class.

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Homework Review the key sentences in this part.

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