Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
Discovering Useful Structures
【教材分析】
该板块的活动主题为“描述节日活动”(Describe festival activities)。丰富的节日活动往往会带给人们深刻的印象和不同的感受,无论是在口头表达还是书面表达中,人们对节日活动的描述都与亲历者的情绪交融在一起,而常用来表达人物情绪和感受的典型结构之一便是用作定语或表语的动词-ing形式,这也是本单元要学习的核心结构。单元主题语境与语言结构的契合能够确保语言使用的真实性和合理性,使学生充分感受和理解目标结构,并能自如地使用所学结构进行表达。
【教学目标】
1. Able to understand the function and meaning of the -ing form as an attribute and a predicate;
2. Can summarize and accumulate related vocabulary used to express emotions, including -ing form and past participle;
3. Read about La Tomatina, a festival held in the town ofbunol, Spain.
【教学重难点】
Importance:
1. Guide students to understand the function and meaning of the attributive and predicate of the -ing form in real context;
2. Instruct students to correctly use the -ing form to describe different festival activities and personal feelings.
Difficulties:
The use of the -ing form as attributive and predicative in context.
【课前准备】
1. Review the basic structure of the -ing form, find out the sentences containing the -ing form from the listening and reading parts, and analyze the function and meaning of the structure;
2. Read the content of this section in advance, understand the new words in the text according to the context, and summarize the words that express emotions;
3. Complete the relevant exercises in the guide plan.
【教学过程】
Step 1 Revision
1.Ss read the three sentences from Reading text and discuss the meanings and grammatical functions of the italicised -ing form, and summarizes the usages of the -ing form as attribute and predicate.
*These lanterns are amazing.
*During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China,families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.
*Families celebrating the Lunar New Year can enjoy exciting dragon dances and carnivals together.
2.T shares the meanings and functions of the -ing form in each sentences.
No.1: The -ing form is used as a predicate, usually after a tie verb, to indicate what or how the subject is.
No.2:The -ing form is an attribute, usually used to modify, qualify, or indicate the qualities and characteristics of a noun or pronoun.
No.3: The -ing form is an attribute which modifies the preceding noun.
Step 2 Learning new grammar
Activity 1
1.Work in pairs to identify sentences from the unit that contain the -ing form as an attribute and a predicate.Explain the composition and meaning of the -ing form in each sentence as below.
*I think the Rio Carnival would be the most exciting.(表语)
*It’ll be too tiring to walk or dance for a long time in those shoes.(表语)
*Another example is Halloween,which slowly became an exciting festival for children,in spite of its religious origins.(定语)
*The first week was a little confusing.(表语)
2.In student activities, the teacher may make necessary supplement.
Step 3 Practice
Activity 2
1. T asks sb. to read the messages(on page 6,Students’ book) posted by some exchange students on an Internet forum.
2. T asks the following questions to guide Ss to focus on the theme, text features and the core content of each comment.
*What are they discussing in the forum (Which festival is the best )
*How are the messages arranged (By time and date.)
*What festivals are mentioned in the discussion (Rio Carnival,the Spring Festival,Thanksgiving Day,and Christmas.)
Step 4 Summarizing
1.Students read the online comments carefully, find the -ing form of the verb that is used as an attribute or predicate and underline it. Then check with your partner.
2.The teacher asks different students to read the content of each post and say whether the -ing form is used as an attribute or a predicate.
Step 5 Reading
Activity 3
1. Ss look at the picture and scan the passage to understand the main idea while teacher is giving the following questions to inspire Ss to think.
*Where are those people
*What are they doing
*Why are they so excited
2. Ss complete the passage with the appropriate -ing form.Then discuss and check the answers with class.
Answers: boring, interesting, taking, exciting, amazing
3. The teacher raises questions for the students to discuss and encourages them to express their opinions.
*Do you like La Tomatina Why or why not
4.Each group representative reports the discussion result, the teacher gives feedback and the evaluation.
Step 6 Practice
Activity 4
1. Ss complete the Ex 2 in Using Structures.
2. Check the answers after finishing the exercises.
Step 6 Homework
Understand and master the functions and usage of the -ing form;
【教学反思】
1.通过本节内容学习,学生是否理解和掌握动词-ing形式作定语和表语的功能和意义;
2.通过本节内容学习,学生能否在理解文段内容的基础上,根据上下文语境和表达逻辑,能正确运用动词-ing形式描述节日庆典。
3.通过本节内容学习,学生是否归纳和积累用于表达情绪的相关词汇。
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