Learning about Language优秀公开课教案

Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors

Teaching Design

A lesson plan for Learning about Language Revise the verb tenses ------the Present Perfect Continuous Tenses

Introduction

In this period students will be first helped by the teacher to revise the verb tenses , mainly the Present Perfect Continuous Tense. The following steps of teaching may be taken: warming up by listening to an English song to revise the structure of the present perfect continuous tense, discovering the functions of the tense and closing down by discussing and writing.

Objectives To help students revise the verb tenses , mainly the Present Perfect Continuous Tense To help students discover the difference between the Present Perfect Continuous Tense and the Present Perfect Tense.

Procedures 1. Warming up by listening to an English song. Enjoy the song----- The way back into love

I ____________________ with a shadow overhead. I ________________________ with a cloud above my bed. I have been lonely for so long. Trapped in the past, I just can not seem to move on I _____________________ all my hopes and dreams away Just in case I ever need them again someday. I _____________________________ time.

To clear a little space in the corners of my mind. All I want to do is find a way back into love. tense:_____________________ structure :______________________

2.Discover the function Discuss the following situation: 1.

I quit! I have been working on this problem for an hour.

2.

My deskmate has been working on it for two hours and is still struggling. 3.

I have been trying to stop her many times but she has been ignoring me. Summarize the functions:

Function 1.叙述某一动作从_____开始一直____到

_____刚刚停止，说话者想强调这个动作________的过程。经常与for, since,

all morning/ day/week…用在一起。翻译为：______________

1.I quit! I have been working on this problem for an hour.

Function 2.叙述某一动作从_____开始一直____到_____，说话者想强调这个动作仍在______。经常与for, since, all morning/day/week…用在一起.

翻译为：__________________

2. My deskmate has been working on it for two hours and is still struggling. Function3叙述动作从过去到现在__________________ 。

翻译为___________ 3.I have been trying to stop him many times but he has been ignoring me. 3. Spot the difference

“have/has been doing VS. have/has done”

Match the two sentences with the two pictures (on ppt) 1. Li Jia has read a story book and she is very happy .

2. Li Jia has been reading a story book for a whole day .

have/has been doing:________________ have/has done:_____________________ Par4. Practice

1.Look at these pictures and write a sentence for each by using the present perfect continuous tense. 2.Discussion:

“Why did the writer use the present perfect continuous tense in so many sentences?”

function:______________________ meaning:_______________________

3. Summary

What did we learn today? 1.___________________

2.___________________ Homework Find the tenses used in the reading passage. Then write something about a member of our class using as many tenses as possible, and the present perfect continuous and the present perfect tense must be included. Then next class let’s share your descriptions, and let them guess who he / she is.