Learning about Language课堂实录【2】

Grammar: The Object 课型：Grammar learning 教学内容：the object 语言材料分析：

本课针对的是高三学生。通过本课的学习，学生通过小组活动，归纳总结出什么可以用来做宾语，动词不定式，动词-ing形式用在哪些情况下，宾语从句中要注意的问题。通过竞赛，练习高考题，和写作，提高学生的综合运用能力。

Teaching goals:

A. To help students review the usage of the object. B. Students summarize the rules of the object in groups. C. Students can use grammar points in language communication. D. Students help, cooperate and communicate with each other. Teaching important points Students can summarize: 1. the verbs or verb phrases that only use infinitive as their object; 2. the verbs or verb phrases that only use gerund as their object 3. the verbs or verb phrases that use both infinitive and gerund as object and are similar in meaning 4. the verbs or verb phrases that use both infinitive and gerund as object but are different in meaning Teaching difficult points

1. Help students observe grammar points and understand the different meanings with different objects. 2. To enable students use the grammar points to communicate with others. Teaching methods

Task-based learning approach, competition, group work, discussion Teaching aids Multi-media computer platform, group cards Teaching procedures

Step 1. Lead-in (3’) A. Divide the whole class into small groups. B. Tell the students the aims of this period C. Ask students what they know about the object, what they want to know and put them on the cards Focus: To arouse students’ interest and give the task to students. Students set their own aims in learning.

Step 2. Warm-up (5’)

Task 1. Competition: Students complete sentence with objects according to pictures and get marks for their group. 1. You probably can’t resist the_____(attract) of a cigarette. Are you giving up

_____ (smoke)? 2. We should help ________(poor). 3. How many brothers do you have? -- I have _______. 4. I want __________(make a face) and frighten _____. 5. Are you nervous? Do you mind _______(taste) a spider? 6. You look still so young and handsome! Could you tell us your secret of ___________ (keep young). 7. I think _____ it is the smallest baby in the world. 8. How unbelievable! I wonder _______ they live together in peace? 9. I wonder _____ invited you here? Focus: Help students review and recall the usage of the object.

Step 3. Summary (10’)

Part 1. Grammar observation Task 2. Students work in groups observe the sentences they completed in the first step and summarize what can be used as the object. noun noun phrase verb numeral adjective the+ adjective

clause conjunction gerund pronoun infinitive Part 2. Grammar summary Task 3. Students work in group and summarize the following:

1. the verbs or verb phrases that only use infinitive as their object; 2. the verbs or verb phrases that only use gerund as their object; 3. the verbs or verb phrases that use both infinitive and gerund as object and are similar in meaning; 4. the verbs or verb phrases that use both infinitive and gerund as object but are different in meaning. Part 3. Compare

The teacher gives his/her own summaries and let students compare them with their own summaries.

Focus: To develop students’

ability to summarize through observing, analyzing and discussing.

Step 2. Grammar using (20’)

Part 1. Task 4. Practice:

Do some exercise from the college entrance examinations.

1. In some parts of London, missing a bus means ________(wait) for another hour. (02上海)

2. Soon I began to enjoy ______(talk) to myself on papers. (03广东) 3. We agreed ______(meet) here but so far he hasn’t turned up yet.

4. I regret ______(say) I cannot go with you.I regretted ______ (miss) the report. 5. Mary wrote an article on ______ the team had failed to win the game. (05全国) 6. Parents are taught to understand ________ important education is to their children’s future. (04广东) Focus: To help students consolidate the grammar points. To help students check and assess themselves. Part 2. Task 5. Read a letter and correct mistakes. Dear friends, I’m a student of Zhongshan Experimental High School. My teacher agreed bring a letter to you. I hope make friends with you. Now, I’m a student of senior 3 and I’m always busy with my study. Before I entered the high school, my sister told me the life of high school is very hard. Now I

understand what did she mean. My English is not so good, so I’m worried that whether I can go to my dream college. Last week, I failed pass an English exam. I even couldn’t finish to do all the exercises. After the exam, I couldn’t help to cry. When I told my parents I failed the exam, they didn’t blame me. Instead, they said that failure was the mother of success. I have decided improving my English. My teacher offered helping me and advised me practicing to read English every day. And I believe what they told me. I hope get what I want with their help and my hard work. Do you mind to give some suggestions on how I can improve my English? I look forward to hear from you. Yours sincerely, Huang Jiajun

Focus: To help students observe language and consolidate the grammar points. Task 6. Write a letter to Huang Jiajun and show their letters.

Part 3. Summarise what is learned and let students see if they reach their aims. Focus: Students use the grammar points in real communication.

Step 5. Assignments Write down the verbs that use clauses as the object.