Learning about Language教案2

B8 Unit 3 Inventors and Inventions

A teaching plan for the third period — study of the target language points

Teaching procedures:

Steps Activities

I Forms Target Revision Time 6min Summary of the passage and Oral check passage completing Definition Matching Individual work II Identification and 2 min presentation III Exercises

IV Grammar filling V Sentence making Written work Attempt

15 min Written work

Competition Written work Consolidation Practice Consolidation 8 min 8 min 1 min VI Homework

Step I

Revision 1.

Summary of the passage. 2.

Checking of the homework. Fill in the blanks according to the passage:

When I (1)___________ my mother, she told me that some snakes (2)__________________ came near the house. Here came the chance for me to (3)_____________ myself by inventing something to remove them. I firstly set about (4)_____________ the habits of snakes. The way I decided was to (5)__________ the snakes and make them (6)__________. After three attempts,

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it was beyond the (7)_________(expect) that the snakes did not bite me and could be easily caught. (8)_______________(press) by my friends and relations, I decided to apply for a (9)____________. Only by doing it (10)_____________________________________ (我才可以说是一个真正的发明者). Step II Presentation Definition matching: 1. call up

5. monitor

2. now and then

3. distinguish

4. set about

6. in the expectation that 7. abrupt

8. passive A.

to start doing sth; deal with sth. in a particular way B.

acted upon but not acting ; not offering active resistance C.

occasionally; from time to time D.

to check regularly the development or progress of sth. E.

unexpectedly sudden F.

to do sth. to make oneself famous or important G.

firmly belief that sth. will happen H.

to ring sb. up

★1 distinguish

v

使…扬名

distinguished adj. = famous 辨别，区分

distinguishable adj. : can be distinguished

2. expectation n.

expect v.

Step III Exercise 1. Complete the blanks with the proper forms of the words given. 1)

It was beyond my wildest _________ that you had _________ that he would

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do it for you.(expect) 2)

Petrol is the most important _________ which is __________ in many Middle-East countries. (produce) 3)

If you want to ___________ for a passport, you should first of all fill in the _________ form. (apply) 4) I think it is more ___________ to eat in the canteen if it is at your ____________. (convenient) 5)

He woke up ___________ when the train came to an __________ stop. (abrupt) 6)

It is surprising that the __________ gentleman could not ________ between red and green, although most of us think they are quite ________________. (distinguish). ★ 1. set about doing sth. = set out to do sth.

2. distinguish sb. as sth.

distinguish between A and B

distinguish A from B

3. in the expectation that + clause

= in expectation of + n.

2. Complete the sentences: 1)

很难分辨出一对孪生儿谁是谁。

It was hard to ________ one twin ________ the other. 2)

他们一到那儿就着手解决问题。

They _________________________ the problem as soon as they arrived there. 3)

他们一直在监听敌方的电台广播，设法查探他们的秘密计划。

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They have ____________________ the enemy’s radio broadcasts to try to find out their secret plans. 4)

他偶尔会打电话给父母。

He _______________ his parents _________________.

3. Rewrite the sentences: 1)

Bell never set out to invent the telephone. (set about) Bell never _________________________ the telephone.

2)

I can hardly tell the difference between American English and British English. (distinguish) I can hardly ________________________________________________. 3)

He closed the windows in expectation of rain. (in the expectation that …)

He closed the window _______________________________________. 4)

I realized that I had made a mistake only after you told me. Only after you told me _______________________________________. 5)

I have never seen such an exciting film.

Never _____________________________________________________. ★ 1. only 修饰状语，提前置于句首，主句的语序需要部分倒装。2. 某些否定词提前置于句首,表示强调时也引起部分倒装.

Step IV Consolidation: Grammar filling:

I had just set about (1)__________(write) a letter to my parents, when my teacher called me (2)_______ and told me I had got the first prize in the English Competition. Being too (3)____________(excite), I could not go on with the letter. I immediately picked up the phone and hoped the good news would cheer

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my father up who had (4)____ abrupt disease and was at hospital. However, It was beyond my (5)_________(expect) that my father was (6)______ surprised at all. He said he always had a firm belief that his son would sooner or later make himself (7)___________(distinguish) although now and (8)______ there would be some ups and downs (9)_________ everyone has to go through. Only then (10)_______ I realize the love from my father, who is a person of few words but with a strong mind. Step V Competition:

Make sentences with the target language points. The longer and the more they are used in one sentence, the better it is and more scores will be given. Step VI Homework: 1.

Ex. 1&2 in P23; 2.

Write a short passage with the words or phrases we’ve learned today, the more words or phrases in each sentence, the better it is.

课堂学习自我评价表：

我对这节课的内容A．很好

B. 较好

C. 一般

D. 较差

掌握

我掌握较好的语言A. call up B. now and then C. distinguish D. set about E. 项目或语法点有：

in the expectation that… F. monitor

G.倒装句

还未熟练运用，仍需

加强练习的有：

课堂上老师的讲解A. 很有帮助

B. 有一定帮助

C. 帮助不大

D. 一点对我

用处都没有

今后学习中我应该：

A. 多向老师请教

B. 多与同学讨论

C. 多做练习

D. 总结巩固

E. ________________

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Keys for the exercises: Step I

Revision Fill in the blanks according to the passage: 1. called up

5. cool 9. patent

Step II Presentation Definition matching: 1. H

Step III Exercise 1. Complete the blanks with the proper forms of the words given. 1) expectation, expected 2) product, produced

3) apply, application

2. C

3. F 4. A

5. D

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G 7. E 8. B

2. now and then

6. sleepy

3. distinguish

7. expectation

4. researching

8. Pressed

10. can I say that I am a truly an inventor 4)convenient, convenience

5) abruptly, abrupt

6) distinguished, distinguish, distinguishable

2. Complete the sentences: 1) distingusih… from

3) been monitoring

2) set about solving

4)calls up, now and then

3. Rewrite the sentences: 1) set about inventing

2) distinguish between American English and British English

3) in the expectationt that it would rain

4)

did I realize that I had made a mistake

5) have I seen such an exciting film.

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Step IV Consolidation: Grammar filling: 1. writing

2. up

3. excited

4. an

5. expectation 6. not

7. distinguished 8. then 9. which/that

10. did

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