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Teenage Life
高中英语人教版
B1U1 Discovering useful structures
Learning objectives
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
know the formation of noun phrases, adjective phrases and adverb phrases.
comprehend the functions of noun phrases, adjective phrases and adverb phrases.
improve your writing by adding more details with noun phrases, adjective phrases and adverb phrases.
Discovering the Rules
part 1
What will I draw
A Guessing Game
The picture is confusing.
A round face
A girl or a boy
Little Red Riding Hood
Who is she
A girl with a round face
A girl with a round face who is wearing a hood
A girl with a round face who is wearing a red hood
A girl with brown hair and a round face who is wearing a red hood
Can you use the phrases in brackets to answer the questions
Example:
1. What do you think of your new teachers (very nice and patient)
My new teaches are very nice and patient.
2. How many clubs have you joined this year (two clubs)
I’ve joined two clubs this year.
3. How soon do you think you’ll finish your homework (pretty soon)
4. How well does Rita play the violin We need a new violinist in our music club. (quite well)
5. What did your adviser say about the advanced literature course
(too difficult but very interesting)
Answer the questions using the phrases in brackets.
Rita plays the violin quite well.
My adviser said that the advanced literature course was too difficult but very interesting.
I’ll finish my homework pretty soon.
My new teachers are very nice and patient.
I have joined two clubs this year.
I’ll finish my homework pretty soon.
Rita plays the violin quite well.
My adviser said that the advanced literature was too difficult but very interesting.
Read the sentences again and think about the function of the red phrases.
They can help us to express our meanings more vividly and accurately.
Studying the Rules
part 2
Read the following article and think about what’s missing.
Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at school. Going from school to school is a challenge. The week was confusing.
Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The week was a little confusing.
Compare the two versions, and which one is better
Comparison
What are the phrases modifying respectively
Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The week was a little confusing.
senior high school
Adjective Phrase (AdjP)
N.
a little confusing
Adverb Phrase (AdvP)
adj.
really big challenge
Adjective Phrase (AdjP)
N.
Comparison
Compare the following sentence groups.
Group 1: The week was confusing.
The first week was a little confusing.
more vivid and accurate
Group 2: The kids are putting something on a plate.
The kids over there are putting something on a round paper plate.
the week
the first week
Noun Phrase
confusing
a little confusing
Adjective
Adjective Phrase
Noun Phrase
Noun Phrase
Comparison
Compare the following sentence groups.
Group3: My class was confusing. The teacher spoke fast.
My first French class was very confusing.
The teacher spoke so fast.
my class
my first French class
Noun Phrase
confusing
very confusing
Adjective
Adjective Phrase
fast
so fast
Adverb
Adverb Phrase
The function of NP, AdjP and AdvP
Find and mark the NP, AdjP and AdvP in the sentences.
1. The building is so big that I’m completely lost.
2. Linda thinks and speaks quite quickly, and she can do well in
the debate.
3. The new coach told me that I didn’t play well enough.
NP
AdjP
AdjP
AdvP
NP
NP
AdvP
We can use ________ Phrases (NP), __________ Phrases (AdjP) and ___________ phrases (AdvP) to make our sentences
more vivid and accurate.
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Applying the Rules
part 3
Improve the Draft
Example: I’ve always wanted to be a high school cheerleader.
Yesterday, I tried out for my school’s cheerleading team.
It was really hard. First, ...
Cheerleader Try-outs
I’ve always wanted to be a cheerleader.
Yesterday, I tried out for the team. It was hard. First, we had to dance. The teacher showed us how to move, and then we tried.
Second, we practised singing a song about the school basketball team.
Finally, some girls had to lift their partners.
The other girls jumped and cheered.
I think I did well, but the other girls were better.
I’m not sure if I’ll make the team or not.
Group work
Cheerleader Try-outs
I’ve always wanted to be a high school cheerleader. Yesterday, I tried out
for my school’s cheerleading team. It was really hard.
First, we had to dance.
The teacher showed us how to move, and then we tried.
Second, we practised singing a song about the school basketball team.
Finally, some girls had to lift their partners.
The other girls jumped and cheered.
I think I did well, but the other girls were better.
I’m not sure if I’ll make the team or not.
Tips: You can change nouns, adjectives or adverbs into NP, AdjP and Advp by adding some modifiers.
How
What
Use what you have learned to improve her draft.
Improve the Draft
I’ve always wanted to be a high school cheerleader. Yesterday, I tried out
for my school’s cheerleading team. It was really hard. First, we had to
dance up and down around the basketball court for 20 minutes. The
teacher showed us how to move, and then we tried very hard. Second, we practised singing a short fight song about the school basketball team.
Finally, some of the stronger girls had to lift their partners.
The other girls jumped very high and cheered so loudly.
I think I did quite well in the try-out, but many of the other girls were even better. I’m not so sure whether I’ll make the cheerleading team this year or not.
Conclusion
part 4
Name Short Form Function Examples
Noun Phrase NP Word group with a noun as its head word bus stop
a beautiful campus
Adjective Phrase AdjP Word group with an adjective as its head word large and beautiful
extremely cold
Adverb Phrase AdvP Word group with an adverb as its head word again and again
clearly enough
The definition of these phrases
more vivid and accurate