3. Learn about the Past Participle (2): used as Object Complement

Teaching Time: 5 periods

The First Period

Step 1. Greetings and warming-up

Greet the students as usual.

Ask the Ss to talk about their hometown and their houses.

Qs: where are you from, a city or a small town?

　 Can you describe the buildings in your hometown?

　 What kind of buildings do you live in, a traditional house or an apartment?

Show students two pictures, a tall building and a traditional yard.

T: what can you see in the two pictures?

What is the difference between them?

(When the Ss describe the pictures, remind the students to think about the differences in the two pictures. The students may have different opinions. Encourage them to think out reasons as many as possible. They may have a discussion.)

Suggested answers:

　 In which house would you prefer to live? Why?

S: I like living in ….because….

　 I prefer living…

　 I’d rather live…

The students should tell others their reasons to support their choices. For example, living in the small house makes me feel warm. I like making friends with my neighbors. It looks like a big family. Encourage them to express their ideas freely.

T: Buildings in the different places are different. So what words and phrases do you think will be useful when you want to talk about art and architecture?

Show the students some different kinds of houses , ask them to describe them.

Collect their answers.( appearance: high, low, great, The palaces were large and beautiful, and they often looked like something out of a fairy tale.；materials: brick, stone, steel ,glass, wood…)

T: If you were free to design your own dream house, what would that house look like? What materials would you use? Explain why you made certain choices about your dream house?

Architect: one who designs the construction of buildings or other large structures.

Give the students enough time to discuss the question. Collect their answers.

Step 2 Speaking

Books open, page 18. Ask the students to listen to the sample dialogue and follow the tape. Study the useful expressions. Remind them to learn the structure how to express their preferences.

Practice. Ask them to look at the pictures and choose the item they prefer. Try to explain the reasons.

Two tasks: One is to talk about traditional and classical furniture. And the second task is choosing a picture to decorate their room.

T: In your dream houses, are there any chairs?

(Show some chairs) which one do you like? Why? When they answer the question, encourage them to use expressions in the following table. A moment later, ask them to act out their own dialogue.

Sample dialogue:

A: which do you like better, classical chairs or modern chairs?

B: I prefer modern chairs.

A: Why? B: In my opinion, modern chairs are lighter and more colorful. They are comfortable.

A:…

Step 3 : Preparation for listening

T: You have already designed your own dream house , it is time to buy some furniture. What kind of furniture will you buy?　 And why do you prefer them?

　 Have a short discussion in pairs. You can introduce names of furniture, such as heater, air-conditioner and so on.

Step 4.　 Listening.

Books open, Page 18, listening part. It is a talk between a young married couple, Danny and Amy and a shop assistant.. They want to buy some furniture for their new house. Ask the students to go though the exercises and make sure what to do.

Play the tape twice for the students to listen and finish the exercises by themselves. They may check the answers in pairs.

Then play it a third time for the students to check their answers. Check them with the whole class in the end.

Step 5.Homework

2. Practise expressing preferences

1. Talk about art and architecture

3. Learn about the five basic elements in a news report

Teaching Important Points:

Train the students' integrating skills.

Teaching Difficult Points:

How to improve the students' integrating skills.

Teaching Methods:

Asking-and-answering activity to check Ss’understanding of the two reports.

Teaching Aids: the Bb

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Greet the whole class as usual.

Step 2 check homework

Step 3 Reading and speaking

Now please read the two reports on page 15 carefully and compare them. Then discuss the questions in part 1 and part 2.(give SS enough time to do it, and let them express their ideas freely.)

Five basic elements in a news report: when, where, who, what and why.

Step 4 Language Points:

Brave and strong, the activists talked to workers outside the factory…

　brave and strong是形容词作状语，形容词或形容词短语作状语，通常说明主语行为的原因、方式、伴随状况等。

　e.g. Cold and hungry, he decided to stop and have a rest. (表原因)又冷又饿，他决定停下来休息一会儿。

　 Ripe, the oranges taste sweet.(表方式)这些橘子熟了，味道甜美。

The peaceful meeting ended when the company sent out a group of angry men armed with sticks to fight with the citizens.

arm v.t. 武装，用武器装备

e.g. The robber was armed.那个强盗有武器。

　 The soldiers were armed to teeth.士兵们武装到牙齿

I’m sure they won’t feel disappointed.

disappoint v.t. 使失望　 disappointing adj. 令人失望的　 disappointed adj. 失望的

e.g. The book disappointed me.这本书令我失望。

　 The news was really disappointing.那个消息真令人感到失望。

Are you very disappointed about losing the game?

你是不是因为比赛输了而感到很失望?

Homework:

Try to remember what have been taughtin this period.

Review this unit.

Record after teaching:

Unit 3 Art and architecture

Teaching Goals:

2.Train the students' integrating skills.

1. Learn and master the following : arm, disappoint, etc

3. Americans will fall in love with this game too.

　fall in love with爱上(表示动作，不延续)

e.g. I fell in love with her at first sight.我对她一见钟情。

　 She fell in love with the house as soon as she saw it.

[比较] be in love (with) 相爱，喜欢(表示延续状态)

e.g. If you’re really in love with art, you don’t mind hard work.

Homework:

Try to remember what have been taught above.

Do exercises 4, 5 on page 13, and exercises 1, 2, 3 on page 91

Record after teaching:

Period 6 Integrating Skills

Teaching Aims:

2. And I like the way the fans look up to them.

　 look up to尊敬，敬仰(反义：look down on轻视，看不起)

e.g. The young should look up to the old.年轻人应该尊敬老人。

2. 过去分词作表语

(1) 过去分词作表语时，多表示主语所处的状态。

The door remained locked.门仍然锁着。

She looked disappointed.她看上去挺失望。

He seemed quite delighted at the good news.

听到这个好消息，他似乎很开心。

(2) 常见作表语的过去分词有：upset, disappointed, drunk, amused, frightened, married, excited, experienced, interested, confused, pleased, puzzled, satisfied, tired, worried等。

(3) 有些过去分词作表语时，构成的谓语很接近被动结构。

Everything is settled down.一切都解决了。

Thank heavens! The boy is saved.谢天谢地，孩子得救了。

The town is surrounded on three sides by mountains.这座小镇三面环山。

Do exercises 1, 2, 3 on page 14

Step 5 Language Points: