Teaching Aims:
1. Review the Noun Clauses introduced by “that”.
2. Review the important words and expressions learnt in this unit.
3. Do some reading and writing to improve the students' integrating skills.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Learn to describe the countryside, the cities, the people and their life by reading the passage.
2. Train the students' writing.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Improve the students' integrating skills--reading skill and writing skill.
Teaching Methods:
1. Fast reading to go through the reading material.
2. Discussion method to finish the writing task.
3. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1. a computer and a courseware
2. a projector
3. a tape recorder
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual
Step II Revision
T：In the last period we learnt the noun clauses introduced by “ that”. Now we'll do an exercise to review them. Please open your books and turn to Page 40. Look at the exercise in Checkpoint 5. Complete the sentences by using the noun clauses. Do it by yourself first and then I'll ask some of you to give your answers.
(After a while, teacher asks some students to read their sentences. )
T：Are you ready? (Ss：Yes.)Who'd like to complete the first sentence using the subject clause? Any volunteer?
S1 =That Britain is a good place for sightseeing and studying English is agreed by the people who have been there.
T：Very good. Now complete the second sentence.
S2 =Do you agree(that)Britain is a good place for sightseeing and studying English?
T：…
S1: The reason why many people like to go to Britain is that Britain is a good place for sight-seeing and studying English.
S4：The advertisement that Britain is a good place for sight-seeing and
studying English has attracted a lot of Chinese young people.
T: Well done. You are quite right.
Step III Reading
T： Through the Internet, we're got much information about Englishmen, their culture, food, sports, places of interest and so on. From the passage we read, we've also known something about the British Isles, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Now we all know England is a good place to travel to. Today we'll read a passage. It's about Daniel Defoe's experience. He visited Salisbury in Southern England. What did he see there？What places did he visit? Let's read the passage and you'll find the answers to the questions above. Please read it quickly and then answer the questions on the screen.
(Students begin to read the passage silently and teacher shows some questions on the screen. )
Answer the following questions:
1. What did he see all round the city of Salisbury?
2. What is the cathedral famous for?
What does he think of it?
3. How many important kinds of produce and trade are there in the city of Salisbury? What are they?
4. How about the hills and fields there?
5. What does he think of the country
when he looks at the fields from the hills?
6. At which is he surprised when he comes down the hills?
(After a few minutes, teacher collects the students' answers and then checks them.)
Suggested answers：
1. He saw six hundred thousand sheep fed within six miles of Salisbury.
2. The cathedral is famous for the height of its tower. It is 410 feet high. He
thinks the tower is the highest and the most handsome in England.
3. There are two important kinds of produce and trade in Salisbury. They are making cloth and sheets called Salisbury whites.
4. The hills and fields are most beautiful, with many small and clear rivers and
rich fields bearing fruit and grain.
T： (Show the screen).
Your comprehension is quite right. Now look at the screen. There are some useful works and expressions on it. Please read them and learn them by heart.
Words and expressions:
1. raise: cause to grow or develop and
look after= feed
e. g. She's raised two sons.
They raise horses.
2. be famous for: Guilin is famous for its beautiful scenery.
3. without doubt: He is the most successful without doubt.
4. join: become united
e. g. Where do the two streams join?
5. employ: He employed an engineer to design a building.
6. namely: that is(to say)
e. g. He understands two foreign languages, namely, English and Japanese.
7. feed on: Sheep feed on grass,
8. bear: The tree is bearing a lot of apples this year.
Sentence Patterns:
1. (a)most/the most:
He is most careless.
He is a most careless boy.
He is the most careless boy in our class.
2. The number of students is 2000 in our school.
Step IV Listening and Reading Aloud
T: Now look at your books and listen to the tape. Pay attention to your
pronunciation.
(Teacher plays the tape for students to listen. After that, teacher gives students a few minutes to read aloud the passage. )
T: Let's have a discussion in groups of four and find out what's the main idea of each paragraph.
(Teacher gives students a few minutes to do so and then collects the answers from each group. At last teacher checks their answers.)
T: OK. You have different ideas and they are very good. Now look at the diagram at Page 40. It shows what Defoe writes about in five paragraphs. Please compare them with your ideas and understand the passage better.
Step V Writing
T: Now you've known how to describe the land scape, the people, their lives when we see them. In our hometown, there is beautiful landescape, rich people and many cultural relics. Now please describe our beautiful home town. And tell the tourists how to make a trip to our city easily. Before writing, first have a discussion about what to write about in groups. Then write a passage on a piece of paper.
(Teacher gives students enough time to discuss and write and then asks students to read their passages. )
Sample Writing:
My hometown
My hometown lies south of Tianjin, a hundred kilometers away from it. It is not very large, but I love it, because it is beautiful. East of it, there are two big farms. They are modern ones and there are hundreds of thousands of sheep, pigs, hens and cows there. They provide part of eggs, milk and meat for the people of Tianjin. West of my hometown, five miles away, there are beautiful hills covered with green trees, grass and all kinds of beautiful flowers. It's a good place for you to hike. You can sit by the clean water of a stream and have a picnic. A
natural park is free to you. Around my home town within five to ten kilometers, you'll see several old temples. They are all large. There are many beautiful frescoes and vivid statues, some of which date from one thousand and two hundred years. If you go over ten kilometers to the north, you'll get to a big modern chemical works. The whole works is a big garden and there is no pollution, no smoke, no rubbish or no wastes there. It is controlled by a center computer and every day you can see thousands of workers wearing clean and fashionable clothes to and from work. The best time to enjoy my hometown is at night. There are two parks in our town. You can walk along the broad and clean streets or sit on the long bench in the park and have a chat with your friends or play chess beside the stone tables. If you want to go shopping at night, it is convenient here, for all the shopping centers will open until eleven. You can also play basketball or football. The bright gymnasium is always waiting for you. You can also go to see a film, sometimes even can go to a concert.
Step VI Test
T: In this unit we've learned some useful expressions. Have you remembered them? Now I'll give you a test about them. Look at the screen, please.
Complete the sentences, using the expressions learnt this unit.
stand for, separate.., from, be made up of, make the best of, hold together, without doubt, in general, at one point, end…up with, consist of
1._________ in the meeting, she nearly lost he temper.
2. We must__________ the fine weather.
3. You can't be defeated as long as you________;
4. New England_________ six states.
5. The book_________ nine chapters.
6. He is__________ the most diligent student.
7._________, your plan is good.
8. P.O._________ postal order.
9. We__________ the dinner and coffee.
10. The river_________ the village__________ the town.
Suggested answers
1. At one point
2. make the best of
3. hold together
4. is made up of
5. consists of
6. without doubt
7. In general
8. stands for
9. ended; up with
10. separates; from
T: We've also learnt the Noun Clauses and the difference between the appositive clause and the attributive clause. Now let's do an exercise to see if you've mastered them.
Choose the best answers:
1._________ is certain.
A. He will attend the meeting.
B. That he will attend the meeting
C. Whether he will attend the meeting!
D. When he will attend the meeting
2. What I regret most is_____________ I couldn't see my mother before her
death.
A. that B. whether
C. what D. ×
3. She made a promise _________ she would give me a present on my birthday.
A. which B. that
C. where D. when
4. She promised __________ she would give me a present on my birthday.
A. which B. ×
C. where D. when
5. She carried out her promise ________ he had made she would give me a present on my birthday.
A. that; × B. which; that
C. that; that D. B or C
6. You may borrow any book__________.
A. that you interest
B. which you are interested
C. that interests you
D. which interests you
7. The reason__________ I burst into tears is_______ I don't want to part my mother.
A. that; what
B. because; that
C. that; why
D. why; that
8.The plan______ we should set up a factory in this town ________ not so practical.
A. which; one B. which; is
C. that; is D. that; are
9. This is the suggestion that we_________ a trip the day after tomorrow.
A. should have B. have
C. will have D. A or B
10. When and where to build to factory________ not decided.
A. are B. is
C. has D. have
Suggested answers:
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. B
Step VII Summary and Homework
T: Today we've read a passage about Daniel Defoe's trip in England and known how to describe our experience. We've also learned some important words and phrases, such as, raise, join, employ, namely, bear, be famous for… (Write them on blackboard. )At the same time, you have been trained to write a passage. At last we've had a test to review the Noun Clauses and the phrases learnt in this unit. After class, please write the passage written in class in your exercise books. And review the contents in the whole unit. So much for today.
Step VIII The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 5 The British Isles
The Fourth Period
Words：raise ,join, employ, namely, bear Phrases: be famous for, without doubt,
feed on Sentence Patterns be famous for, without doubt, feed on
Sentence Patterns:
1.be (a) most +adj./be the most+ adj.
2. The number of students is 2000 in our school.
Step IX Record after Teaching
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