Learning about Language教学设计及教案分析

Unit 1 Cultural Relics Period 2 Learning about language Teaching aims: Knowledge aims: After this part of learning, students can 1.

master the usage of restrictive attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses. 2.

learn how to use restrictive attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses respectively in context. Ability aims: 1.

Through analyzing and summing up, students can acquire the grammar rules and specific use of restrictive attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses. 2.

Through practicing, students can enhance their ability to use restrictive attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses.

Emotional aims: To improve the self-directed learning ability and cooperative learning ability of students.

Teaching key points: Students can summarize how to use restrictive attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses through observing. Teaching difficult points:

To master the usage of restrictive attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses in context. Teaching procedures: StepⅠ Warming Up Play a game. Divide students into group of four. Show each group different pictures and ask them to make a short sentence. The other groups should complete the sentence using the restrictive attributive clauses with that, which, who, whose, when, where or why. Example: The children buried eggs in the garden.→The children who were singing English songs buried eggs in the garden. →The children whose faces were dirty buried eggs in the garden. →The children buried eggs in the garden where a tall tree stood. →The children buried eggs in the garden which was newly trimmed.

(*Within limited time, the group that makes most sentences wins. After that, lead the students to briefly review the usage of restrictive attributive clause.) Restrictive attributive clause Definition Relative pronouns

which 主语/宾语

that

who → 主语

指人

whom →宾语

whose →

定语

指物

*只能用that 的情况

Relative adverbs when (=at/in/on/during which), where(= in/at/on/under which), why (=for which)

StepⅡ Presentation 1.

Ask the students to read and observe the following sentences in groups of four. Identify whether they are restrictive or non-restrictive and find out the differences of these clauses. Then discuss with their partners. (1)

A. She heard a terrible noise that/which frightened her. （她听到了一个使她恐惧的可怕声音。）

B. She heard a terrible noise, which frightened her. （她听到了一个可怕的声音，这使她感到恐惧。）

(2)

A. I have a sister that/who is a doctor. （我有一个当医生的姐姐。）

B. I have a sister, who is a doctor. （我有一个姐姐，她是当医生的。）

(3)

A. This where my father worked twenty years ago was rebuilt last year. （这所我爸爸20年前工作的学校于去年重建了）

B. This school, where my father worked twenty years ago, was rebuilt last year. (这所学校去年重建了，它使我爸爸20年前工作过的地方。) Suggested answers: Sentence A in each group is restrictive attributive clause, while sentence B is non-restrictive attributive clause. 2.

限制性定语从句与非限制性定语从句的区别（先让学生说出观察总结讨论后的结果再进行补充）

, that、why 功能

限制性定语从句

restrictive attributive clause 



对先行词进行修饰、限定；去掉后句子剩余部分意义不完整、意思不明确。

名词或代词

。。。。。。的

非限制性定语从句

non-restrictive attributive clause 





对先行词进行补充说明；去掉后句子剩余部分意义完整、意思明确。

名词、名词性词组或整个主句

主句的并列句

who可替换whom 

先行词

翻译

3.

Ask students to analyze the following sentences and sum up their similarities and differences.

(1)

He failed in the experiment which was unexpected. (2)

He did the experiment successfully as had been expected. (=As had been expected, he did the experiment successfully.) (Same: as, which 都可以引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为整个主句；Different: as引导的定语从句可放在句首、句中或句尾，而which引导的定语从句只能放在句中或句尾。) StepⅢ Practice Let students read the passage In Search of the Amber Room again and underline all the sentences with attributive clauses. Ask some students to share their answer and tell what kind of attributive clauses they are.

(1)

This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber…

(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 artists about ten years to make. (4)

However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William, to whom the amber room belonged, …

(5)

… a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.

(6)

In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted.

（注意学生在找的过程中是否有混淆或不确定的点，如果有的话，再次进行强化讲解）

Suggested answers：

Restrictive clauses: (2), (5), (6)

Non- Restrictive clauses: (1); (3); (4) Step Ⅳ Consolidation Do exercise 3 on page 4.

(1)

Ask students to join the pairs of sentences using attributive clauses (restrictive or non-restrictive).

(2)

Then ask ten students to write one of their answers on the blackboard.

(3)

Ask the rest of the students to check whether the answers on the blackboard are right or wrong. If wrong, give the reasons. Step Ⅴ Summary Ask one or two students to sum up the usage of restrictive attributive clause and non-restrictive attributive clause and their differences. Step Ⅵ Homework Finish exercise 4 page 4 and exercise 1 on page 43.