Unexplaied Mysteries of the Natural World教案2.docVIP

Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World Grammar教案 Teaching Goals: 1. To enable Ss to know about the way to express possibility and improbability. 2. To enable Ss to master the usage of “may”, “might”, and “likely”. 3. To help Ss learn how to use modal verbs “may” and “might” to express conjecture. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision Check the answers to the Vocabulary exercises in the Workbook. Step 2. Function Purpose: To let Ss know how to talk about possibility and improbability. 1. Pair work Ask Ss to do Activity 1 on page 54 and then call back the answers. Suggested Answers: (1) a, b (2) c (3) unlikely 2. Group work Ask Ss to identify the creatures in the pictures in Activity 4 on page 55, by using “may” or “might”. Arouse their interest in talking about possibility. 3. Individual work Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 54 individually. Then check their answers. Suggested Answers: There might still be dinosaurs somewhere. Don’t go near the water. It may be very deep. We are unlikely to see the monster. There may be an underground river from Loch Ness to the sea. We must help him – he may not be able to swim. There are likely to be lots of strange creatures in that lake. Step 3. Grammar Purpose: To enable Ss to know how to use modal verbs “may” and “might” to express conjecture. 1.Group work Ask Ss to discuss the two sentences in Activity 1 of Grammar on page 57, and then ask them to choose the best answer. Suggested Answers: We use may have or might have (with the past participle) to talk about something which happened in the past—perhaps. 2. Explanation Explain how to use modal verbs to talk about something which happened in the past—perhaps. (1) 对过去的事情进行猜测，但把握较小时，肯定形式一般用may have done，否定形式一般用may not have done。如： He may have gone back home, because he didn’t say he would take part in her birthday party. He may not have paid for the bill, because he had lost his job. (2) 对过去的事情进行猜测，但把握更小时，肯定形式一般用might have done，否定形式用might not have done。