The Third Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Review the words appearing in the last two periods.
2. Learn and master the use of the Past Participle as Attribute and Predicative.
Teaching Important Points:
1. How to guess the missing verbs and use them correctly according to the given sentences.
2. How to tell a positive, negative and neutral from each other.3. Help the students master the Past Participle as Attribute and Predicative.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to use the Past Participle correctly, especially how to use the Past Participle instead of the Attributive Clause.
Teaching Methods:
1. Practising to finish each task in World Study and Grammar.
2. Individual or pair work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1. a projector
2. some pictures
3. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step Ⅱ Revision
T: In the last period, we've read a passage about reporters and newspapers. We've known that newspapers and other media do more than simply record what happens. Experienced editors and reporters make informed decision about what events to report, how to report them and why. Can you tell me the reason for them doing that?
Ss: Yes. Because they must make sure that readers can relate to the stories.
T: Right. Newspapers and other media play an important part in our daily life. Why?
Ss: Because they help us understand the world better on all sides.
T: Quite right. You've known about news media better than before. Besides, we've learnt some words in this unit. Have you really remembered and mastered them? I'll give you an exercise about them. Look at the screen and prepare for a while. Then we'll check the answers together.
Spell out the words according to the explanation for each word. The first letter of each word is given to you.1. f __ __ __ dismiss (an employee)from a job
2. s __ __ __ __ __ (cause sth. to) shift or change, esp, suddenly
3. r __ __ __ __ __ __ show the nature of or express (sth. )
4. t __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ allow ( sth. that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interfering
5. e __ __ __ __to choose someone for an official position, usually by voting
6. i __ __ __ __ __ to harm or wound a person or an animal
7. p __ __ __ __ __ __ show or reveal sth. to sb. ;introduce(sb. ) formally; to give sth. to sb. ,often as part of official ceremony
8. r __ __ __ __ __ to have a connection with sth. Suggested answers:
1. fire 2. switch
3. reflect 4. tolerate
5. elect 6. injure
7. present 8. relate
T: OK. Now let's learn some other words on the screen.
(Teacher asks some students to pronounce each word and gives brief explanations. Then let the students read and remember them for a few minutes. )
Step Ⅲ Word Study
T: Well, now please open your books at Page 13. Let's have Language Study…Are you ready?
Ss: Yes.
T: Word Study first. Look at Exercise l in it: Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. Change their forms if necessary. To do it better, first, you should read and understand each sentence. Then choose the proper verb and use its right form to complete each sentence. Are you clear?
Ss: Yes.
T: Prepare for a few minutes. Then I'll check your answers.
Suggested answers:
1. was elected 2. was injured
3. was fired 4. was switched
5. be tolerated 6. did…relate
7. is reflected 8. were…presented
T: Well done. Next, look at Exercise 2.There are some words in the box. Put them into three groups according to their meanings, positive, negative or neutral. First work in pairs, then I'll check your work.
Suggested answers:
positive: reliable, experienced, informed, talented, balanced
neutral: unique, printed, social
negative: nosy, careless, awful, addicted
Step IV Grammar
T: Well, now let's come to the part of Grammar. First, please look at the sentences from the text of the last period. Each of them has the Past Participle as Attribute or Predicative. Is that so?
Ss: Yes.
T: Now work in pairs to translate each sentence into Chinese and then tell if the Past Participle in it is used as At tribute or Predicative. A few minutes later, I'll check your answers. Are you clear?
Ss: Yes.
Suggested answers:
Attribute: experienced, informed, talented, organised, stolen, addicted, printed
Predicative: needed, respected, tolerated
T: Well done. Next, look at Exercise 2.Rewrite each past participle that is used as attribute with the attributive clause. Before doing it, you should study the given example carefully. First do it individually. Then check in pairs. At the end, I'll check your answers. You can begin now. Suggested answers:
informed decisions=decisions that are informed
talented journalists=journalists who were talented
an organised way = a way that is organised
stolen cultural relics= cultural relics that had been stolen
people addicted to drugs = people that/ who are addicted to drugs
printed articles= articles that are printed
(Then teacher asks the students to finish Exx. 3 and 4 as they do Exercise 2.)
Suggested answers:
Ex. 3: 1. The telegram sent by my sister brought the news of my dear grandma's death.
2. Let's try the bookstore opened last month.
3. Nine out of ten housewives interviewed about the product said they liked it.
4. Three guns, stolen from the police station, were found in the house.
5. I don't like to go to supermarkets crowded with shoppers.
Ex. 4:1. The three injured students were sent to hospital.
2. Some used textbooks were given to the students in the countryside.
3. Tom can't go to school because of his broken leg
4. The ground is covered with fallen leaves.
5. Many returned Chinese students overseas made a great contribution to our country.
T: Now, look at Exercise 5. Read the following news first. Then fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. If you have any trouble in doing it, you can discuss you’re your partner. A few minutes later, I'll check your answers. You can begin now.
Suggested answers:
surprised, amazing, interested, boring, surprised, exciting, satisfied, interesting, disappointed
(Ss may make some mistakes, so teacher should give some explanations after correcting the mistakes made by the students.)
T: To do this exercise well, we should know how to use some words like interested/interesting, surprised / surprising correctly. To say how we feel about something, we can use the past participles interested, surprised, etc. To talk about the person or thing that makes us feel interested, surprised, etc. we use present participles. This kind of the past participles and the present participles is used like adjectives to refer to a state or a quality, not an action. For example, the story he told me is interesting, and I am interested in it. Can you understand?
Ss: Yes.
T: There are some other past participles like interested an surprising, you should remember.' They are excited, bored, worried, frightened, tired, astonished, delighted, satisfied, amazed, disappointed and so on. Most of them are used in the news of Exercise 5. You should read the news again after class to further study them. Do you remember?
Ss: Yes.
Step V Summary and Homework
T: Now, let's look at what we've learned in this period. First, we've revised and learned some words. Then we've learned the Past Participle as Attribute and Predicative. Mainly, we did some exercises to master them. Besides, we've learned some useful phrases, such as nine out of ten, look up to, fall in love with. (Write them on the Bb.)After class, you should do more exercises to consolidate what we've learnt in this period. And don't forget to preview what we'll learn in the next period. Are you clear?
Ss: Yes.
T: Class is over. See you tomorrow!
Ss : See you tomorrow !
Step VI The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 2 News media
The Third Period
I .The Past Participle as Attribute and Predicative
a. a broken cup－The cup is broken,.
b. a polluted river-The river is polluted.
c. a fallen tree-The tree is fallen,
Ⅱ. Useful phrases:
nine out of ten(= nine in ten), look up to, fall in love with
Step Ⅶ Record after Teaching