黑龙江省鹤北林业局高级中学高中英语（外研版必修4）教案：Module6 Unexplained My.docVIP

TeachingGoals:

1.ToenableSstoknowaboutthewaytoexpresspossibilityandimprobability.

2.ToenableSstomastertheusageof“may”,“might”,and“likely”.

3.TohelpSslearnhowtousemodalverbs“may”and“might”toexpressconjecture.

Teachingprocedures:

Step1.Revision

ChecktheanswerstotheVocabularyexercisesintheWorkbook.

Step2.Function

Purpose:ToletSsknowhowtotalkaboutpossibilityandimprobability.

1.Pairwork

AskSstodoActivity1onpage54andthencallbacktheanswers.

SuggestedAnswers:

(1)a,b (2)c (3)unlikely

2.Groupwork

AskSstoidentifythecreaturesinthepicturesinActivity4onpage55,byusing“may”or“might”.Arousetheirinterestintalkingaboutpossibility.

3.Individualwork

AskSstodoActivity2onpage54individually.Thenchecktheiranswers.

SuggestedAnswers:

Theremightstillbedinosaurssomewhere.

Don’tgonearthewater.Itmaybeverydeep.

Weareunlikelytoseethemonster.

TheremaybeanundergroundriverfromLochNesstothesea.

Wemusthelphim–hemaynotbeabletoswim.

Therearelikelytobelotsofstrangecreaturesinthatlake.

Step3.Grammar

Purpose:ToenableSstoknowhowtousemodalverbs“may”and“might”toexpressconjecture.

1.Groupwork

AskSstodiscussthetwosentencesinActivity1ofGrammaronpage57,andthenaskthemtochoosethebestanswer.

SuggestedAnswers:

Weusemayhaveormighthave(withthepastparticiple)totalkaboutsomethingwhichhappenedinthepast—perhaps.

2.Explanation

Explainhowtousemodalverbstotalkaboutsomethingwhichhappenedinthepast—perhaps.

(1)对过去的事情进行猜想，但把握较小时，确定形式一般用mayhavedone，否定形式一般用maynothavedone。如：

Hemayhavegonebackhome,becausehedidn’tsayhewouldtakepartinherbirthdayparty.

Hemaynothavepaidforthebill,becausehehadlosthisjob.

(2)对过去的事情进行猜想，但把握更小时，确定形式一般用mighthavedone，否定形式用mightnothavedone。如：

Theyhelpedsendherbattothehospital;otherwise,shet