Teaching Plan
Topic Unit 3 Grammar--Linking verbs(9 A)
Introduction of teacher Wen Xin, who graduated from Southwest Normal University in 2007, is working as the group leader of English teachers in Qianhai Harbor school in Nanshan District. Her microlesson video has been awarded the first prize of Shenzhen English Microlesson Competition.Besides, she has got the first prize of English teaching competition in NEO.She also received the first prize of Baihua English teaching Competition in Nanshan District in 2019.
Teaching aims After this lesson, you will be able to know the functions and types of linking verbsuse the common linking verbs correctly, such as be,look, sound, turn, keep and so ondescribe somebody or something properly with linking verbs
Key points To learn and use linking verbs.
Difficult points To describe the whale with linking verbs.
Teaching methods Task-based language method, Situational teaching method
Teaching Procedures Teachers’activities Students’activities Purposes Time
Step 1Lead-in Lead the students to guess the animal by description.Show the learning objectives. 1. Listen to teacher’s description and guess what the animal is. Arouse students’ interests and introduce the learning objectives. 2
Step 2 Presentation 1.Play the video of Linking verbs. 1. Watch the video and answer the questions. Get to know the functions and types of linking verbs. 2
2. Present the functions and types of linking verbs with examples. 2. Answer questions and take notes. 7
Step 3Practice 1.Help students complete the exercises. 1. Finish the exercise with the help of teacher. Apply the usages of linking verbs. 3
Step 4Production 1.Introduce and read a part of Little Women and lead students to focus on linking verbs. 1. Listen to teacher an d find out the linkin verbs. Get to know how to describe something correctly. 1
2.Play a video of a whale 2. Enjoy the video Guide students to apply linking verbs. 3
3. Read the example description. 3. Try to describe the whale.
Invite students to do a self-assessment 4.Do self-assessment. Evaluate students’ performance. 1
Step 5Homework For all the students, review all the notes you’ve taken in the lesson.For Level A: Describe the whale with linking verbs and write them down.For Level B: Describe somebody or something else with linking verbs and write them down. 1