Learning about Language名师教学设计

Unit 3 Australia Part 1 Teaching Design Period 3 A

lesson plan for Learning about Language (The Predicative ) Introduction In this period students will be rewriting the text reads on page 22 first. Then they shall go on to discover useful words and expressions. After that they may be given materials to learn about the predicative. Objectives ■To help students learn about the Predicative ■To help students rewrite the text read already ■To help students discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions ■To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures Procedures 1.Warming up by rewriting the text on page 22 A possible version Shanxi is famous for its coal，high mountains，enormous number of ancient buildings，and its unusually friendly people, who include Han people and Hui people．Taiyuan is a popular destination with tourists from all over the world who come to experience its unique culture．

Shanxi is made up of

eleven cities and 119 counties．Like the states in America，Shanxi cities are huge in size and population．

2. Discovering useful words and expressions An increase in vocabulary is an essential part of developing reading skills. Methods to build vocabulary include direct instruction, listening to literature, participating in discussions, and reading to build vocabulary based on context. You are now to do the three vocabulary exercises on page 24 and 25 to enlarge your vocabulary.

3. Revising the syntax

Today we shall go over a very important part of English grammar—The Syntax ：Members of the Sentence

In English, there are seven members of the sentence:

i.the Subject: a member of sentence which describe 'who' or 'what', and is usually undertaken by nouns, pronouns or their equavilents. E.g.

The Sun rises from the east.

ii.the Predicate: it describes the action or situation of the subject, and usually undertaken by verbs or verb phrases, e.g.

They study very hard.

iii.the Predicative: it describes the quality, feature, state or identity, and form compound predicate with linking verbs. It is usually undertaken by nouns, pronouns and adjectives or their equivalents, e.g.

That river is very deep.

iv.the Object: it shows the object or content of the action of a transitive verb, or is put after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase. It is usually undertaken by a noun or pronoun or their equivalents, e.g.

We all like him.

v.the Complement: it is a supplement of the subject or the object, and is usually undertaken by an adjective or a noun or other proper structures, e.g.

We consider this task very important.

vi.the Attribute: it modifies or restricts nouns, and is usually undertaken by adjectives or their equivalent structures, e.g.

This is a difficult problem.

vii.the Adverbial: it modifies verbs, adjectives, adverbs or the whole sentence, and is usually undertaken by a adverb or its equivalent structures, e.g.

He runs fast. 高考单选题中“词语、短语、不定式和从句作表语”

23.See the flags on top of the building? That was _____ we did this morning. A.when B.which C.where D.what (2006全国I) 35. One advantage of playing the guitar is _____ it can give you a great deal of pleasure. A. how

B. why

C. that

D. when (2006上海）

4. Revising useful structures You shall go over the text Glimpses of Australia and others to underline all the predicatives.

Now it’s time to do exercises 1, 2, and 3 on page 26.

5. Closing down by talking about what you can do to learn English grammar ●Be aware of grammar.

●Read a lot of English books. ●Concentrate on the aspects of grammar you personally find most difficult. ●If you don't like to do grammar exercises or to be taught grammar, then it's more important that you follow the advice in the paragraphs above. ●If you do like to do grammar exercises, then go ahead.

●Learn the common irregular verbs.