Using LanguageⅠ全国优秀课堂实录

Unit 1 Using language Reading and speaking 文昌市华侨中学 李为

Teaching goals 1.Target language Key words and phrases trial, eyewitness, consider, prove, tell the truth, pretend, think highly of, besides 2. Ability goals Enable students to ask for opinions and give opinions. 3. Learning ability goal Help students learn how to tell a fact from an opinion. Teaching procedures and ways Step I Look at the sentences and talk about whether they are facts or opinions. 1. A VW Passat can go faster than 100 Kms an hour.

2. I think it’s the best car for a family.

3. I think driving a car is wrong because it causes damage to the environment.

4. I don’t like public transport because it’s so crowded.

5. I know that driving a car spoils the air in Beijing.

6. The Beijing Olympic Games will be the best ever.

7. It will be very hot when the Olympic Games are being held.

8. More countries than ever before will be coming to take part in the Olympic Games.

Step II 1 Read the passage and answer What is a fact?

What is an opinion?

What is an evidence?

2 Summary Verbal clues to identifying a fact: What I told you is true because …

I know that you are wrong because …

They did it last year/month/week.

They didn’t do it if …

Verbal clues to identifying an opinion:

I think that …

It is my opinion that …

My view is …

I understand that …

He was very unkind/nasty/cruel/mean.

She is very kind/thoughtful/considerate.

I don’t like …

Some people say …

3 Now read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a fact or an opinion? Give your reasons.

4 Read the story again and fill in the table.

NAME PLACE What he heard What he saw What he believes

Step III

1. Listening Jan Hasek Republic Something exploded Job A miner April, 1945 A mine in Czech Time He saw some German soldiers putting boxes in the mine; and a week later he saw the entrance to the mine was closed. The Amber Room and some gold are buried in the mine. 1 Play the tape, and ask the students to pay attention to the two questions: For Part A: Where was the Amber Room lost?

For Part B: How was the Amber Room lost?

2 And then finish the two blanks on page 6 Homework: 1. Review what we have learned in this lesson.

2. Preview Writing.