Teaching Aims：
Summarize the usages of the Noun Clauses.
Teaching Important Points：
1．Let students master the functions of the Noun Clauses．
2．Let students know how to choose the con-nectives and the differences among the
connectives．
3．Let students correctly use the word order in the Noun Clauses．
Teaching Difficult Points：
1．The choice of the connectives．
2．The differences between“that”and“what”．
3．The differences between“if”and“wheth-er”．
Teaching Methods：
1．Review method to master what students learnt before．
2．Explanation and comparative methods to master the important and difficult points．
3．Practice method to make students use the Noun Clauses correctly．
Teaching Aids：
1．a(chǎn) computer and a courseware
2．a(chǎn) projector
Teaching Procedures：
Step I Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual．
Step Ⅱ Revision
T：Today we’ll review the Noun Clauses．
(Bb：The Noun Clauses)First let’s do some exercises．
(Teacher shows the exercise on the screen．)
Choose the best answers．
1．___________they are leaving for Paris has not been decided yet．
A．When B．Where
C．That D．Why
2．Go and get your coat．It’s_________you left it．
A．there B．where
C．there where D．where there
3．Last night we heard the news_________the British Prime Minister was on a three-day visit to China．
A．which B．what
C．whatever D．that
4．It is generally considered unwise to give a child________he or she wants．
A．however B．whichever
C．whenever D．whatever
T：Please look at the screen．I’ll ask some of vou to tell me the answers one by one．Any volunteers?
S1：The first answer is A．
S2：The second answer is B．
S3：The third answer is D．
S4：The last answer is D．
T：Well done!Sit down，please．Who can tell me what clauses they are?
S5：…
Suggested answers：
l.the Subject Clause
2．the Predicative C1ause
3．the Appositive Clause
4．the Obiect Clause
Step Ⅲ Explanation and Summary
T：As we all know，the Noun Clauses can be classified into the Subject C1ause,the Predicative Clause，the Object Clause and the Appositive Clause ac-cording to the function of each clause in the main clause．
(Bb：the Subject Clause．the Predica-tive Clause，the Object Clause and the Appositive Clause)
T：Now look at the sentences on the screen．
I．the Subject Clause
1．Whether he has enough time to finish the work is still a question．
2．It is still a question whether he has enough time to finish the work.
3. Who did that is unknown to all.
Ⅱ.the Predicative Clause
1. The question is who can do the experlment.
2．He looked as if he was going to cry．
3．The reason for his lateness was that he got up late．
4．That was because he got up late．
Ⅲ．the Object Clause
1．I didn’t know that Pierce Brosnan is from Ireland.
2．I find it hard that I learn English well．
Ⅳ．the Appositive Clause
1．Some senior officials eat chicken in public in order to remove the Chi-nese citizen’s fear that it is not safe to eat chicken．
2．Word has come from his sister that she will arrive on Friday．
T：Attention，please．1．In order to keep the sentence balanced．We often use“it”as the formal subject,which re-places the real subject．For example,the No．2 sentence in the column of the Subject．2．“As if”“as though”and“be-cause”can also be used to introduce the Predicative Clause．For example,the No．2 and the No．4 sentences in the column of the Predicative Clause．3．In the sentence if the verb is“make／find／think／believe…”,we can“it”as the formal object,which replaces the real object．We put the real object behind the Object complement．That is to say，
Sub．+find／make／think／believe…+it+Object Complement+that clause．For example，I thought it strange that he failed to call me．Now we have known about the usages and the func-tions of the Noun Clauses．But we must pay attention to the conneetives introducing the Noun Clauses．Now please look at the diagram on the screen．You’d better remember them．
(Teacher shows the diagram on the screen．)
T：Attention,please.
1．In the Noun Clauses，we must use the normal word order-Connective
+Subject+Verb．That is to say,there is no inversion．
e.g．Whether he left is unknown．
That’s why he fell i11．
Can you make sure where Alice has left the gold ring?
The fact that he hadn’t said any-thing surprised everyone．
(Teacher writes the four sentences on the blackboard．)
2．Don’t use double connectives in the Noun Clauses．
3．The subordinate conjunction“wheth-er”can introduce all the Noun Clau-ses，while the subordinate conjunc-tion“if”can only introduce an Ob-ject Clause used as the object of a verb．For example，we can’t say“It all depends on if they will support us”．We should say“It all depends on whether they will support us”．
4．The subordinate conjunction“that”has no meaning and doesn’t act as any omponent in the Noun Clau-ses．When“that”is introducing a Noun Clause as the object of a verb(believe，consider，hear，know，say，understand etc)，it can be omitted．
5．The conjunctive pronoun“what”means“the thing that／all that”in the Noun Clauses．“what”intro-duces a Noun Clause．At the same time it can be used as the subject，the object or the predicative in the Noun Clause.You must pay atten-tion to the differences between“that”and“what”．Now let’s look at these sentences on the screen．
That she was closed made us very happy．
What he did quite surprises us．
This is what interests me most．
The reason was that he had never seen her before．
Stcp Ⅳ Practice and Consolidation
T：Now you have known something about the Noun Clauses．Let’s do some exer-cises so that we can use them correctly and freely．Please look at the screen．
I．Correct the following sentences
1．The news which our team had won pleased everyone．
2．I don’t doubt whether he can work out the problem．
3．I have been worrying about if I have hurt her feeling．
4．I don’t know that he wants．
5．The reason why he didn’t come is because he was ill.
6．Who walks around in such a heavy rain will catch a cold．
7．I think important that we learn English well．
8．It’s not certain that the sports meet will be held．
9．This is the suggestion which we have a trip the day after tomor-row．
lO．China is a great socialist country is well known．
Suggested answers：
1．which→that 2．whether→that
3．if→whether 4．that→what
5．because→that 6．Who→Whoever
7．important→it important
8．that→whether
9．which→that
10．China→That China
Ⅱ．Choose the best answers
1．The photographs will show you_________.
A．what does our village look like
B．what our village looks like
C．how does our village look like
D．how our village looks like
2．I still remember________this used to be a quiet place．
A．when B．how
C．where D．what
3．________he said at the meeting as-tonished everybody present．
A．What B．That
C．The fact D．The matter
4．一Do you remember_________he came?
一Yes,I do．He came by car．
A．how B．when
C．that D．if
5．Sara hopes to become a friend of___________shares her interests．
A．a(chǎn)nyone B．whomever
C．whoever D．no matter who
6．________we can't get seems better than_________we have．
A．What；what B．What；that
C．That；that D．That；what
7．It’s generally considered unwise to give a child_________he or she wants．
A．however B．whatever
C．whichever D．whenever
8．Someone is ringing the doorbell．Go and see________．
A．who is he B．who he is
C．who is it D．who it is
9．_________she couldn't understand was________fewer and fewer students showed interests in her lessons．
A．What；why
B．That；what
C．What；because
D．Why；that
lO．These wild flowers are so special that I would do________I can to save them．
A．whatever B．that
C．which D．whichever
11．Eat___________cake you like and leave the others for_________comes in late．
A.any；who
B.every；whoever
C.whichever；whoever
D.either；whoever
12．_________he told you is not true．Don’t believe it．
A．That B．What
C.If D.When
13．What a pity_________is that you didn’t arrive．
A．that B．this
C．there D．it
14．_________he accepts or refuses the present is none of your business．
A．That B．If
C．Whether D．Which
15．His grandfather was among the first to settle in___________is now a famous
holiday center．
A．what B．which
C．when D．that
Suggestcd answers：
1.B 2.A 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.A 11.C 12.B 13.D 14C 15.A
Step V Homework
T：In this class，we have done lots of ex-ercises about the Noun Clauses．Now I’ll give you some more exercises．Do them after class．
(Teacher shows the following on the screen．)
Complete the following sentences：
1．Do you still remember________(何時何地見到那位著名的歌唱家嗎)?
2．_________(無論是誰最后離開教室)
ought to turn off the light．
3．_________(明天是否下雪)makes no difference to me．
4．This is__________(他出生的地方)．
5．She expressed the hope_______(她將再來中國)．
6．___________(你不喜歡她)is none of my business．
7.One of them held the view_________(書中所說的是對的)
8．The question is_________(這本書是否值得看)．
9.She always do_________(她老師讓她做的)．
1O.They want to make it clear to the public_________(他們在做著一件重要的必不可少的工作)．
Suggested answers：
1．when and where you met the famous singer
2．Whoever leaves the classroom last
3．Whether it will snow or not tomorrow
4．where he was born
5．that she would come to China again
6．That you don’t like her
7．that what the book said was right．
8．whether the book is worth reading
9．what her teacher tells her to do
10．that they are doing an important and necessary job
Step Ⅵ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 6 Life in the future
The Fifth Period
Grammar：Noun Clauses
I．the subject Clause
Whether he left is unknown．
Ⅱ．the Predicative Clause
That’s whv he fell i11．
Ⅲ．the Object clause
Can you make sure where Alice has left the gold ring?
Ⅳ．the Appositive clause
The fact that the hadn't said any-thing surprised everyone.
Step Ⅶ Record after Teaching
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