Learning about Language第一课时教学设计

Unit 4 Learning about Language

(The ~ing form as the Attribute & Adverbial)

I. Warming up Warming up by discovering useful words and expressions Turn to page 27 and do exercises No. 1, 2 ,3 and 4 first. Check your answers against your classmates’.

II. Learning about grammar Reading and thinking

Turn to page 25 and read with me the text of COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM? As you read along, pay attention to the uses of The ~ing form as the Attribute & Adverbial. (They are visitors coming from several countries. 作定语；Four people enter

looking around in a curious way. 作状语；

This is an exciting experience for you. 作定语; You stand watching and listening. 作状语；……)

Doing exercises No. 1 and 2 on page 29 Turn to page 29. Do exercises No. 1 and 2。

III. Ready used materials for The ~ing form as the Attribute & Adverbial ... When we use a verb in -ing form more like a verb or an adjective, it is usually a present participle:. Anthony is fishing. I have a boring teacher. In this lesson, we will look at the use of verbs in the ~ing form ... 1.The ~ing form 作定语

2 The ~ing form 作状语

IV. Closing down by doing a quiz To end the period you are going to take a quiz on ~ing words.

~ING WORDS

Highlight all the words ending in '-ing'.

Make lists of all the different categories of '-ing' words; that is, their different functions in the sentence.

Examples of some of the different categories

He's swimming.

He's wearing a swimming suit.

He likes swimming.

Swimming is pleasant. Rewrite each sentence without using the '-ing' form.

Is there a change in meaning? What is it?

Find sentences in the text which can be rewritten using an -ing form. Is there any change in meaning? What is it?