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Book 4 Unit 2 Working the land——Grammar

Unit 4

Working the land: -ing from as the subject and object ——Lesson Plan

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Teaching Material

English Textbook 4 for senior one students Published by People’s Education Press Unit 2: Working the land Period 3: Learn about the language, teaching students how to use –ing from as the object as well as the subject.

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Analysis of Students Senior one students 48 students Since this is the third class of this unit, students have known something about the –ing form. And they know some patterns about the –ing form.

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Teaching Aids

Slides Chalk and Blackboard Worksheets IV.

Teaching Objectives At the end of the class, you’ll be able to: 

Know the definition of the –ing form as subject and object through examples;

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Use the-ing form as subject and object correctly and freely.

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Teaching Key Points and Difficulty

Teaching Key Points 1.

Help student to understand the –ing form; 2.

Help students to use the –ing form as the subject as well as object correctly.

Teaching Difficulty It may be difficult for some students to understand the –ing form. In order to solve the problem, I will expose students to some examples from their real life. At the same time, I will

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Teaching and learning methods

Task-based teaching method Communicative approach 1

Book 4 Unit 2 Working the land——Grammar

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Teaching Procedures Preparation before the class: The following sentences are from the text. There are some useful structures in them . Let students translate them and pay attention to these boldface words.

1,he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.

(The Object) 2.He also doesn’t care about being famous.

(The Object)

3.His other hobbies include playing mah-jong ,swimming and reading .

4.Wishing for things , however , costs noting .(The Object) 5.Since then , finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. (The Subject) 6.As a young man , he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. (The Object) 7.Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.(The Object) 8.Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people.(The Object)

Step 1 Warming up

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Have you ever seen these signs? 

What about these sentences?

1. Saying

is easy. Doing is difficult. 2. Seeing

is believing. 3. Teaching

is learning. 4. Lying

is a bad habit. 5. Getting daily exercise is important. 6. Learning English needs persistence.

Step 2

V-ing As the Subject Task 1:

Pay attention to the following boldface words. 1.Complaining doesn't solve problems. 2.Smoking causes a lot of health problems. 3.To him, swimming is much fun. 4.Talking mends no holes. 5.Raising children is a big responsibility. 6.Climbing the mountain in winter is dangerous. 7.Asking a woman's age is impolite in my country. 8.Riding with a drunken driver is a risk. 9.Working hard will produce good results. 10.Speaking in public is a challenge to a lot of people.

Make a Summary:

The -ing form can be used as the subject.It can have its own object and adverbial.

And the predicate verb is used singular form.

Task 2: Pay attention to it

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Book 4 Unit 2 Working the land——Grammar

It is a waste of time doing this.→

It

is no use crying over spilt milk.→

It

is no use complaining.→

It

is no good worrying about it.→

It

is difficult finding your way around here?→

Make a summary:

It一是可以用It作形式主语；二是动词-ing形式可以有逻辑主语（即独立主格结构），三是可以有否定形式。

It is my duty helping her.→Helping her is my duty.

It is a pleasure working with you .→Working with you is a pleasure.

Consolidation

A. 1.Losing (lose) someone you love is a painful experience. 2.Falling (fall) in love is easy. Staying(stay) in love is hard. 3.Eating (eat) to live is more meaningful than living (live) to eat. 4.Getting (get) married costs a lot. Getting (get) divorced costs much more. 5.Spending (spend) money is easier than making (make) money.

B.做课本练习2（p. 13）。巩固动词-ing形式作主语的用法。

Step 3 V-ing As the Object

Task 1. Read the the following sentences you found out from the text and try to find some rules.

1) As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. 2) Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. 3) He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. 4) Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing

a kind of rice that could feed more people.

Make a summary:

The -ing form can be used as the object both of verb and preposition.

Task 2:

Look at the following sentences. What have you found? 1) He suggested doing it in a different way. 2) The president tried to avoid answering the reporter’s questions.

3) I admit having read your letter. 4)

We’re considering paying a visit to the Science Museum. 5)

I have been used to living here.

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I’m fond of collecting stamps and coins.

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Mom agreed to lend me some money. 8)

Jack pretended not to see me when he passed. 9)

My friend offered to help when I was in trouble.

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Make a summary:

1). Verbs with –ing form as their object: admit, advise, allow, appreciate, avoid, complete, consider, delay, deny, enjoy, escape, finish, imagine, keep, mind, miss, postpone, practise, quit, suggest, stop, can’t stand, can’t help, be worth

2).Verbs with the infinitive as their object: afford, agree, arrange, choose, decide, hope, expect, offer, plan, promise, determine, demand, manage, fail, prepare, refuse, pretend, seem

Task 1: Compare these pairs of sentences.

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I forgot mailing your letter.

I forgot to mail your letter.

Being early may means wasting time.

You really mean to go?

He tried working out the problem another way.

He tried to open the back door with the key.

You need to take more exercise.

The batteries in that toy need changing.

The teacher went on to talk about –ing form after a short break.

The headteacher went on talking for one hour.

( different meaning)

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I’d like to have a cup of coffee.

I like reading novels very much.

I prefer to take the next train.

I prefer going to work by bus.

Oh, I hate to leave you tomorrow.

I hate lying and cheating.

(slightly different meaning)

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It has started to snow.

It has started snowing.

The band began to play.

The band began playing.

They continued to meet regularly.

They continued meeting regularly.

(same meaning)

Make a summary

forget, go on, mean, regret, remember, stop, try, be used to, can't help + to do / doing 区别较大，须注意。

Exercises: Complete the sentences with the given words in proper forms.

1. Fancy Mary _____ (do ) a thing like that !

2. _____ ( take ) physical exercise every day is profitable to our health .

3. That is a matter of importance , it wants ______ ( handle ) carefully .

4. Her not _____ (come back ) made us disappointed .

5. I must apologize for ______ ( not let )you know ahead of time .

6. Mr Brown regretted ______ (beat ) his son.

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Make a summary of the class -ing form -ing form as the subject -ing form as the object V.

Blackboard Design

Unit 2

Working the land

——V-ing as the subject and object parking, spitting,

littering, smoking

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Teaching reflections 

Advantages:

First of all. I generally completed the teaching objectives.

Students could improve the ability of self-study by discovering and summarizing the grammar rules by themselves.

What’s more, grammar are introduced and learned in real situations. Students were able to know when and how to use the subjunctive mood.

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Aspects need making improvements: Should teachers teach students gramma? How to teach grammar? How to define a good grammar class? These questions have confused me for a long time. Perhaps the teacher should teach grammar in the process of reading. At the same time, students should learn to discover the grammar rules by themselves.

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