Learning about Language优秀教学设计内容

Unit 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained Teaching goals教学目标

1．Target language目标语言

a．重点词汇和短语

venture, suffering, unbearable, cosy, anyhow, perseverance, advocate,

freezing, delay, discourage, grasp, bored, admirable, be inspired to continue fighting, plot to do, strengthen one's determination, achieve success in life, unbearable, block out, hold on, struggle out of, be hooked, make an urgent announcement, give way to, remain optimistic, recover one's health, feel low and discouraged, fall into a regular pattern, give off, suffer from, faith, cheerful, mourn, circumstance, sickness, bitter, vital, select, boom, urgent, punishment, caution, dynamic, framework, rank, breathless Adjectives to describe people. b．重点句子

His sufferings lasted for three bitter years，which to him seemed like a lifetime．P6 I will never forget watching t11e little boat disappear through the booming waves into the stormy ocean．P6 2．Ability goals能力目标

Enable students to use words esp．adjectives to describe people and know the use of the attributes．

3．Learning ability goals学能目标

Help students t0 use words esp．adjectives by practicing describing people and know the use of me attributes by practicing．

Teaching important points教学重点

Enlarge Ss’ vocabulary and learn to use words esp．adjectives to describe people's characters or qualities. Get Ss to know the use of the attributes．

Teaching difficult points教学难点

Learn to use words esp. adjectives to describe people's

characters or qualities．

Get Ss to know me use of the attributes．

Teaching methods教学方法

Word-study & grammar-study．

Teaching aids教具准备

Multi-media computer (a projector and a computer)．

Teaching procedures & ways

教学过程与方式

Step I Revision Ask some Ss to retell the story, using the words and expressions learned in this unit. T: Class begins. Hello, everyone! Ss: Hello, Sir/Madam！

T: We have read a great story of Shackleton. Now who'd like to tell it? Volunteer? Write the following on the blackboard. WHAT (What happened?) WHO (Who is/are the hero/heroine or characters in the story?) WHEN (Time or date: When did the story happen?)

WHERE (Where did the story happen?) WHY (Why did it take place?) HOW (Beginning, development, climax and ending: How did the story develop?) In total five Ws and an H. At the same time show the important words & expressions on the PowerPoint. cosy, anyhow, perseverance, advocate; freezing, delay, discourage, grasp, bored, admirable, unbearable, block out, hold on, struggle out of, be hooked, make an urgent announcement, give way to, remain optimistic, recover one's health, feel low and discouraged, fall into a regular pattern, give off, suffer from After the retelling, the teacher helps Ss come to the language study. Step II Word-study (I) Learn to use useful words and expressions by doing Ex. 1, 2, 3 and along with some explanations if necessary. T: OK. You did a nice job. In the story we've learned some new words & expressions. Yes? Ss: Yes. And they are very useful. T: So this class we come to the word-study. Open your books. Turn to Page 5. We first come to Discovering useful words and expressions. Give instructions and let the Ss finish the cloze in Ex. 1 in a few minutes. T: This is also a description of the journey from the pack ice to Elephant Island. Read it quickly and try to finish the cloze. You should change their forms if necessary. The teacher can check the answers with the Ss and makes some explanations. Then show the right order of the words and expressions on the PowerPoint. Ex. 2 is a more detailed story of Gou Jian. Give instructions and let the Ss finish the cloze in a few minutes. T: Last class, we mentioned the story of Gou Jian, the King of Yue. We come to the more detailed story of Gou Jian now. Read it quickly and try to finish the cloze. A few minutes later, the teacher can check the answers with the Ss. Show the right order of the words and expressions on the PowerPoint. For Ex. 3 it is a good chance for Ss to enlarge their vocabulary. The teacher/ can give them as many useful adjectives as possible. T: OK. You did a nice job. Now we come to Ex. 3. Think of as many adjectives to describe people's characters, as possible. Create a word web. Please speak out the vocabularies that you think of to all the students. Try it.