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Unit2 Travelling Around
Discovering Useful Structures
1. Textbook Analysis
This lesson is from Unit 2 of the PEP 2019 Compulsory Book 1. It introduces a key grammatical structure: the present continuous tense used to express future plans or arrangements. The unit provides authentic contexts (e.g., travel, daily plans) to help students understand and use this structure naturally.
2. Student Analysis
Students are in Grade 10 and have already learned the basic uses of the present continuous tense.
They may be familiar with will and be going to for future expressions, but the use of the present continuous for future is new.
Potential difficulties:
Distinguishing between actions happening now and future plans.
Knowing which verbs can be used in this structure (especially nonmotion verbs).
Differentiating between be going to, will, present continuous, and simple present for future.
3. Teaching Tools
Multimedia PPT
Whiteboard or smartboard
Handouts with exercises
Timer for group activities
4. Teaching Key Points & Difficult Points
Key Points
Difficult Points
Structure of present continuous for future
Understanding the concept of?motion vs. nonmotion verbs
Common motion verbs:?come, go, leave, arrive, start, etc.
Using nonmotion verbs in future sense:?meet, buy, have, play, etc.
Use of future time adverbs
Differentiating from other future forms
5. Teaching Process
Teaching Process
Teaching Procedures
Time
Teacher’s questions
Students' Activity
Purpose
Leadin
5 mins
1. Show the PPT dialogues:
Amy: "Wake up! Teacher is coming!"
Highway Train: "The door is closing."
A. I'm coming. B. I will come.
2. Ask guiding questions.
1. Observe the dialogues.
2. Think and respond to the teacher's questions.
To create a context and raise students' awareness of the target structure. Arouse interest.
Presentation & Discovery
15 mins
Part 1: Core Rule
Introduce the main concept: The Present Continuous can express a planned or arranged future action.
Part 2: [Autonomous Discovery 1]
Focus on?Motion Verbs.
Verbs:?arrive, come, get (to), leave, return, start, travel, take, take off, fly, set off.
Examples from [Cooperative Inquiry 1]:
?We're starting for Shanghai this afternoon.
?Our flight is taking off...
?The plane is arriving in 10 minutes.
Part 3: [Autonomous Discovery 2]
Focus on?NonMotion Verbs.
Rule: These verbs can also be used, but a?future time adverb is necessary.
Verbs:?do, buy, meet, have, play, finish, stay, publish.
Examples from [Cooperative Inquiry 2]:
?The young man is meeting his girlfriend this afternoon.
?They are spending their next summer holiday in Guilin.
Special cases:?close, die, marry.
1. Listen and take notes.
2. Identify the pattern in the examples.
3. Try to deduce the rule for nonmotion verbs before the teacher confirms.
4. Participate in choral and individual repetition of example sentences.
To systematically present the target grammar. Students discover rules from examples, making the learning process more studentcentered and memorable.
Practice & Grammar Summary
12 mins
Controlled Practice:
1. Sentence completion task.
?He ________ (fly) to Beijing tonight.
?What ______ you ______ (do) next Sunday?
2. Multiplechoice exercise focusing on tense selection.
Grammar Summary & Expansion:
Briefly summarize and introduce other future forms from the PPT:
1.?Be to do: For official plans, orders, or destiny.
?The meeting is to take place...
2.?Be about to do: For the immediate future, often with 'when'.
?She was about to leave when...
3.?Simple Present for Schedules:
?The plane takes off at 9:00 p.m.
1. Complete the exercises individually or in pairs.
2. Check answers and correct mistakes.
3. Listen, take notes, and ask questions about the differences between the future forms.
To consolidate understanding through controlled practice. To provide a broader perspective on future expressions, helping students differentiate between them.
Production
10 mins
Pair Work: Weekend Plan Interview
1. Students work in pairs.
2. They ask and answer questions about their plans for the upcoming weekend or a holiday.
3. They must use the present continuous for future in their questions and answers.
4.?Prompt:?"What are you doing on Saturday morning/afternoon/evening?"
5. After the interview, some pairs report their findings to the class.
1. Work in pairs.
2. Student A asks questions about Student B's plans.
3. Student B responds using the target structure.
4. Then they switch roles.
5. Volunteers present their dialogues.
To encourage freer, communicative use of the target grammar in a realistic context. This assesses whether students can apply the structure spontaneously.
Summary & Homework
3 mins
1. Briefly review the key rules on the board.
2. Assign homework.
1. Listen and review.
2. Copy down the homework task.
To reinforce the main takeaways and assign independent practice.
6. Blackboard Design Example
Unit 2: Present Continuous for Future
Structure:
Subject + am/is/are + Ving (+ future time)
Use:
Planned future actions
Common with motion verbs: come, go, leave, arrive, start...
Also with nonmotion verbs: meet, buy, have, play... (+ time)
Examples:
We’re leaving tomorrow.
She’s buying a bike soon.
I’m meeting him at 5 PM.
Compare:
I’m going to the park. (now)
I’m going to the park tomorrow. (future)