Grammar and usage(1): Unreal conditions优秀课堂实录

M6u3 Grammar and usage Unreal conditionals 江苏省怀仁中学 周佳

Teaching aims: By the end of this class, students will be able to: 1)

correctly use unreal conditionals to express a condition or situation that is unreal or imaginary; 2)

use what they have learnt to complete exercises in this section; 3)

raise their awareness of bringing happiness to others by participating in various activities

Important and difficult points In this section, students are expected to learn when to use unreal conditionals and how to use unreal conditionals correctly. Besides, it is also important for students to have appreciation for what they have while participating in various activities.

Teaching aid Multimedia

Teaching procedures: Step1:Lead-in Get students to watch a funny performance and have a quick discussion

Step2: story-telling Show ten pictures and get students to accomplish a love story by using unreal conditionals to refer to an imaginary past action

Step3: Poem-writing Get students to finish a short poem by using the sentence patterns ‘If I were a father/mother…’ OR ‘If I had a son/daughter…’

Step4: Game-playing Suppose you should/were to someone in the future…

Step5: Consolidation: Fill in a chart about the forms of the verbs and different tenses when they use unreal conditionals to state an imaginary past, present and future conditions

Step6: Writing Write a passage about happiness by using unreal conditionals in three different time conditions Encourage students to present their writing Guide students to change their writing into a new one by omitting ‘if’

step6: Homework Improve their poem ‘If I were a father/mother…’

OR ‘If

I had a son/daughter…’

Improve their passage about happiness