2014-2015学年高中英语 Unit 3 Period 2 A sampl e lesson plan for Learning about Language教学设计 新人教版选修8.docVIP

Period 2 A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language (Revise the Past Participle as the Attribute, Predicates Object Complement) Introduction In this period students will be first helped by the teacher to discover and learn to use some useful words and collocations, and then to discover and learn to use the following useful structures: may/ might, can/ could, will/ would, shall/ should, must/ can’t. The following steps of teaching may be taken: warming up by reading aloud to the recording of the text, discovering useful words and collocations, talking about the participle, discovering useful structures, closing down by singing a snake song. Objectives To help students revise the Past Participle as the Attribute, Predicates Object Complement To help students discover and learn to use some useful words and collocations To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures Procedures 1. Warming up by reading aloud to the recording of the text Do you read aloud to your students? Do you ever ask your students to read aloud to the recording of the text? Is there ever a time when students are too old to be read to? Many teachers are firm believers in reading aloud -- even at the upper grade levels! Many teachers believe reading aloud enhances classroom instruction and improves academic achievement and recent research supports their belief. Now I am going to play the tape and you are going to read aloud to it. 2. Discovering useful words and collocations Now it’s time to do the two exercises on page 23. Check your work with your partner. 3. Talking about the participle The Participle A participle is an adjective formed from a verb. To make a present participle, you add -ing to the verb, sometimes doubling the final consonant: think becomes thinking fall becomes falling run becomes running The second type of participle, the past participle, is a little more complicated, since not all verbs form the past tense regularly. The following are all past par