外研高中英語必修2Module5 Newspapers and Magazines教案

Module5NewspapersandMagazines

Period1Introduction;ReadingandVocabulary

整體設(shè)計(jì)

教材分析

ThisperiodincludesIntroductionaswellasReadingandVocabulary.Introductioncanserve

asawarmingupofthepassage.Tomakestudentsfullypreparedforthestudyofthepassage,the

teachermayencouragestudentstospeakoutasmanyvocabulariesinrelationtonewspapersand

magazinesastheycan,whichappearinReadingandVocabulary.Thereadingtestisapieceof

newswhichmainlyrepresentstoustheeventinwhichYangLiwei,theChinesetaikonaut,travels

inspace.Itissuggestedthatstudentsshouldfirstskimthereadingpassageandgetthegeneralidea

ofeachparagraphandthenjointhemintoashortpassage.Ifnecessary,dealwithsomedifficult

languagepoints.

三維目標(biāo)

1.知識與技能

1.Knowaboutthevocabulariesaboutnewspapersandmagazines

article,frontpage,frontcoverheadline,photograph,business,celebrity,economy,editor,

fashion,international,journalist,politics,photographer,sports

2.Developthestudentsheadingability.

3.Graspthenewwordsandphrasesrelatedtoexploringthespace

Words:astronaut,cosmonaut,taikonaut,spaceship,photograph,orbit,capsule,universe,

navigator,telescope

Phrases:makeanorbitof,takeoff,intotal

2.過程與方法

1.Trainstudents5readingskillsbydealingwithsomereadingactivities.

2.Individualworkorpairworktogeteverystudenttoparticipateinclass.

3.Explanationstomakestudentsmastersomelanguagepoints.

4.Fastreadingtomakestudentsgetthemainideaofthepassage.

3.情感與價(jià)值

1.Cultivatestudents5scientificconsciousnessandemotionforlovingscience.

2.Encouragethemtolearnfromtheheroes.

教學(xué)重點(diǎn)

1.Helpstudentsmakesenseofthewholepassage.

2.Helpstudentstoimprovetheirreadingability.

3.Helpstudentslearnandusethevocabulariesaboutexploringspace.

教學(xué)難點(diǎn)

1.Helpstudentsusethevocabulariesaboutexploringspace.

2.Helpstudentsgraspsomereadingskills.

教學(xué)過程

—Step1Lead-in

BeforetheclassteachersmayaskthestudentstosearchsomeEnglishnewspapersand

magazinesandunderstandthemeaningsofthenewspapersandmagazines.What'smorethey

shouldalsofindouttheirfunctions.Beforelearningthissection,youmayorganizesome

warming-upactivities.Andtheactivitiesareasfollows.

1.Option1:

l)Fourorsixstudentsformagroupandintroducethenewspapersandmagazinestheybring

inclass.Thentheymaypickoutamostfunnyone.

2)Collecttheanswersfromthewholeclass.Eachgroupshouldaskareporterintheirgroup

tointroducethemostfunnynewspapersormagazinesoroneoftheircolumns.

Option2:

l)Brainstorming一bringasmanywordsaboutnewspapersandmagazinesaspossible.

2)Dividethewholeclassinto2groups.Thetwogroupscompetewitheachotherandeach

grouptriestospeakoutasmanywordsaboutnewspapersandmagazinesaspossible.Thenyou

canwritethewordsontheblackboard.Teachthemtopronouncethewordstheydon'tknow.

(Writethefollowingwordsontheblackboard.)

article,frontpage,frontcover,headline,photograph,business,celebrity,economy,editor,

fashion,international,journalist,politics,photographer,sport

2.Option1:

l)Teachersoradvancedstudentsleadstudentstoreadthenewwordsinthetable.

2)Matchthesewordswiththenumbereditemsintheillustrationsofthenewspaperand

magazinesinpairs.

3)Teachersshowthepicturestoletstudentsspeakoutthenamesofeachpart.(Thepicture

maybematerialobjectsorshownonthescreen.)

Option2:

l)Teachersoradvancedstudentsleadstudentstoreadthenewwordsinthetable.

2)Teachersshowthepicturesandaskstudentstospeakoutthenamesofeachpart.During

theprocedure,ifstudentscanspeakthemout.Teachersmayrepeatthemandaskstudentsto

follow.Ifstudentscan'tdothat,teacherscanspeakthemoutbythemselvesandaskstudentsto

repeattwiceandatthesametime,teachersmaypresentthewordsbyusingtheblackboardor

multimediasoastoemphasizethem.

Option3:

Teachersmayshowthepicturesandaskstudentstospeakoutthenamesoftheeachpart.

Duringthisprocedure,nomatterwhetherstudentscanspeakoutthenewwords,teachersshould

repeatthenewwordsandpresentthemafterstudentsfollowteacherssothatthesewordscanbe

impressedbythem.

(Option2andOption3canbeusedbytheadvancedstudents.)

Suggestedanswers:

?article②frontcover③frontpage?headline?photograph

3.Option1:

l)Studentsreadthenewwordsinthetablebythemselvesandcircletheunfamiliarwordsto

them.

2)Teachersleadstudentstoreadthewordsunfamiliartothem.Andexplaintothem.

3)Studentsclassifythewordsandteacherscheckintheend.

Option2:

l)Pairwork.Onehelptheotherandmakeclearofthemeaninginthetablebyusingthe

dictionaryorotherlearningtools.Thenclassifythewords.Iftherearesomepointsthattheycan't

understand,theymayturntoteachers.

2)Basedonclassifyingwork,thinkofmorewordsrelatedtothetwokindsofvocabulary

mentionedbythetextbook.

3)Collecttheanswers.

Peoplewhoworkonnewspapersandmagazines

Editor,photographer,journalist

Typesofnewsyoucanfindinnewspapersandmagazines

Business,celebrity,economy,fashion,international,politics,sport

4.Thinkofarecentexampleofoneofthetypesofnews.Tellotherstudentsaboutit.Add

detailstootherstudents5newsitems.

l)Askthestudentstothinkofsomethingthathashappenedinthreedifferenttypesofnews

items(e.g.business,international,sport).Theyshoulddothisindividually.

2)Groupthestudentsinfours,andhavethemtakeitinturnstotellanewsitem,andthetype.

Theotherthreeshouldthenaddinformationaboutthatnewsitem.

3)Collectanexampleforeachofthe7typesinawhole-classsetting.

—Step3Pre-reading

1.Leadinthenewwordstaikonaut,cosmonaut

Teachersleadinthenewwordsbysaying:

whatisanastronaut?Anastronautisapersontrainedtopilotaspaceshiportravelinspace

forsomescientificpurpose.IsYangLiweianastronaut?Yes.Butwecanalsocallhimtaikonaut,

asheisChinese.AnastronautfromRussiacanbecalledacosmonaut.

2.Askstudentstofinishtheexerciseandteacherscheckit.

—Step4While-Reading

1.Skimming

Firstaskstudentstoreadoutthesubheadingsandpredictwhatthearticleisabout.Theymay

discusstheiranswersinpairs.

Suggestedanswer:

China'sfirstmaninspace

Thenreadthearticlequicklyandmatchthesubheadingswiththeparagraphs.

Suggestedanswers:

A2BlC3

2.Scanning:readthisarticlepartbypartandmakesurestudentscanunderstandthedetailsin

thistext.

Part1:l)Readtheexampleandensurethatthestudentsknowwhattodo.

2)Askthemtoreadthefirstpartcarefullyandthenmakequestionsindividually,thencheck

withapartner.

3)Collecttheanswersfromthewholeclass

Suggestedanswers:

l)Whatwasthenameofthecapsule?

2)WheredidYangtakeofffrom?

3)HowmanypeoplehadtraveledinspacebeforeYang?

4)Howmanydayshaveastronautsspentinspaceintotal?

Part2:l)Showthetrueorfalsequestionsforthestudentsonthescreenandmakesurethey

canunderstandallofthem.

(1)Yangspoketo2astronautsandbothofthemareAmericans.

(2)EdwardLu,whoseparentswereborninChina,spoketoYanginEnglishduringhisflight.

(3)InternationalSpaceStationisorbitingtheearth.

2)Readthesecondpartandfindtheanswersindividually.

3)Collecttheanswersfromthewholeclass,havingstudentsreadoutthestatementsbefore

answering.

Suggestedanswers:

1)F2)F3)T

Part3:l)Showthestudentsapassagewithblanksonthescreen.

Manycountriesaroundtheworldsentmessagesof.SeanO?KeefefromNASA

saidthatYang'sspacewas“animportanthistoricalandNASAwishes

Chinasuccesswithitsspaceflight”.UnitedNationsSecretary-General

KofiAnnancalledtheflight“aforwardforthewholeworld”.

2)Studentsreadthethirdpartofthisarticleandfillintheblanks.

3)Collecttheanswersfromthewholeclass,havingstudentsreadoutthepassage.

Suggestedanswers:

congratulations,flight,achievement,continuing,programme,step

3.Carefulreading

Option1

Beforereadingthepassageonemoretime,askthestudentstoreadthequestionsonthe

screen.Workinpairstoaskandanswerthem.Onereadsthelistedquestions,andtheothergives

his/heranswers.Thenexchangetheirrolesandrepeatthisonceagain.Finally,checktheiranswers

accordingtowhatisshownonthescreen.

(Showthefollowingquestionsonthescreen.)

1.Howlongwasthetaikonautinspace?

2.WhichastronautaboardtheInternationalSpaceStationwasrelatedtoChina?

3.WhereistheothercosmonautaboardtheSpaceStationfrom?

4.WhocongratulatedChinaonthesuccessofsendingoffthesatellite?

5.WhatdidUnitedNationsSecretary-GeneralKofiAnnancalltheflight?

Suggestedanswers:

1.Thetaikonautwasinspacefortwenty-onehours.

2.RussiancosmonautYuriMalenchenko.Lu,whoseparentswerebominChina.

3.TheothermanaboardtheSpaceStationisaRussiancosmonaut.

4.Chinareceivedmessagesofcongratulationsfromallovertheworld.

5.uStepforwardforthewholeworld.”

Option2

(Showthefollowingonthescreen.)

1.Thetaikonautwasinspacefortwenty-onehours.

2.OneoftheastronautsaboardtheInternationalSpaceStationwasbominChina.

3.TheothermanaboardtheSpaceStationisaRussiancosmonaut.

4.Chinareceivedmessagesofcongratulationsfromallovertheworld.

5.SeanO?KeefeworksfortheUnitedNations.

First,askthestudentstoreadthroughthesentencesabovequicklyandtrytounderstand

them.

Thenhavethestudentsreadthepassageagainanddecideifthesesentencesaretrue(T)or

false(F).Next,putthestudentsintopairsandcomparetheiranswers.Finally,callbackthe

answersfromtheclass.

Suggestedanswers:

l.F2.F3.T4.T5.F

4.Consolidation

Option1Discussion

1.Dividethestudentsintogroupsoffourtodiscussquestions3,4and5.Eachgroupshould

haveareporterandkeepnotesofthepointsthegroupmakes.

2.Collecttheconclusionsandeachreporteringroupsanswerquestions3,4and5.Andthe

answersshouldbeextended.

3.Extracurriculartasks.Chooseanyonefromquestions3and4.Andwriteareportwithno

lessthan50words.

Option2Retellingthepassage

Firstaskthestudentstogothroughthispassageagain.Andthenputthestudentsintogroups

offouranddiscusshowtoretellthepassageusingrelativeinformationinit.Givethemsometime

tomakefullpreparations.Whenthetimeisup,letsomegrouprepresentativesretellthewhole

passage.(Youcanalsoleadthewholeclasstodothistogetherasasample.)

Option3Interview

Theteacherinvitesthreestudents,respectivelyplayingtherolesofthetaikonauts.Other

studentscanaskthemquestionsabouttheirlifeandtheyneedtoanswerthequestionswhichmust

bebasedonthepassage.

—Step6LanguagePointsFocus

1.Yangwasinspacefortwenty-oneandahalfhoursandmade14orbitsoftheearth.

楊利偉在太空待了21.5小時，飛船繞地球飛了14圈。

makeanorbitof...圍繞...轉(zhuǎn)圈

orbitn.軌道，勢力范圍vt.繞……軌道而行vi.進(jìn)入軌道，沿軌道飛行，盤旋

Themoonorbitstheearth.

月球繞地球轉(zhuǎn)。

Whenhewasorbitinginthecapsule,hetookphotographsofplanetearth.

當(dāng)他在太空艙內(nèi)環(huán)繞地球的時候，他拍了很多地球的照片。

2.WhenYangtookofffromJiuquaninnorthwestChinaat9amyesterday,Chinabecamethe

thirdnationtosendamanintospace.

昨天9點(diǎn)當(dāng)楊利偉從中國西北部的酒泉起飛時，中國成為世界上第三個把人送入太空的

國家。

takeoff(航行器)起飛

Theplaneistotakeoffintwentyminutes.Allpassengers,onboard.

飛機(jī)十分鐘后起飛，各位乘客請登機(jī)。

takeoff的其他含義及用法

takeoffone'scoat脫大衣

takeoffthebrake開閘，松閘

takeoffthegloves不饒恕

takeoffanembargo解除禁運(yùn)，開放貿(mào)易

takeoffairspeed起飛空速

tosendamanintospace為動詞不定式作定語。修飾被序數(shù)詞限定的名詞時，用動詞不

定式而不用分詞作定語。如：

Heisusuallythefirstpersontoarriveattheschooleveryday.

每天他通常是第一個到學(xué)校的人。

Iwillbethelastpersontoplaycardsifsomeoneasksusto.

如果有人請我們?nèi)ゴ蚺?，我非常不愿意參加?/p>

3.Yangisthe438thpersontotravelinspace,includingastronautsfrom32countries.

在來自32個國家的宇航員中，楊是第438位太空旅行者。

l)including"包括……，包含……”，可以認(rèn)為是分詞，也可以認(rèn)為是介詞。

Thehousehasfiverooms,includingthekitchen.

這幢房子包括廚房在內(nèi)有五個房間。

辨析：

include,comprise,comprehend,embrace,involve都含"包括""包含"的意思。

include強(qiáng)調(diào)“包括作為整體的一部分”。

Thelistincludedhisname.

這個名單上包括他的名字。

comprise指“有許多部分組成”或“有許多部分構(gòu)成一個整體”。

Ourcurriculumcomprisespolitics,Chinese,Englishandhistory.

我們的課程共有四門：政治、語文、英語和歷史。

comprehend是正式用語，只“包括在某一范圍內(nèi)”，一半用于陳述觀念、綱要等。

Theword“beauty“comprehendsvariousconcepts.

“美”這個詞包括許多概念。

embrace側(cè)重于“所包括、包含的種類多”。

Naturalscienceembracesmanysubjects.

自然科學(xué)包括許多學(xué)科。

involve指“由于同主要的有聯(lián)系而必須含有"。

Housekeepinginvolvescooking,washingandcleaning.

家務(wù)包括烹飪、洗衣和清掃等。

4.Intotal,theseastronautshavespentmorethan26000daysinspace.

這些宇航員總共在太空中度過了26000天。

intotal總共，總計(jì)

Thereare6800studentsintotalhere.

這里總計(jì)有6800個學(xué)生。

totalupto合計(jì)

Ittotalsupto$16.總計(jì)16美元。

spend度過，花費(fèi)

spend...onsth./indoingsth.花費(fèi)...在某物/做某事

Shespentalotofmoneyonclothes.

她在穿著上花了很多錢。

Youshouldn'tspendsomuchtimeonuselessthings.

你不該花這么多的時間在無用的事情上。

Lastyear,hespentmuchtimeintraveling.

去年他花了很多時間在旅游上。

5.Whilehewastravelinginspace,YangspoketotwoastronautsaboardtheInternational

SpaceStation,whichisorbitingtheearth,AmericanastronautEdwardLuandRussiancosmonaut

YuriMalenchenko.

當(dāng)他在太空中飛行的時候，楊和兩位在國際空間站的宇航員通了話，一位是美國宇航

員EdwardLu,另一位是俄羅斯宇航員YuriMalenchenko.

6.Lu,whoseparentswereborninChina,spoketoYanginChineseduringhisflight.

父母出生在中國的盧用中文與飛行中的楊利偉交談。

在這兩句話中which和whose分別引導(dǎo)的是兩個定語從句。

whose用來指人或物(只用作定語，若指物，它還可以同ofwhich互換)。例如：

Theyrushedovertohelpthemanwhosecarhadbrokendown.

那人車壞了，大家都跑過去幫忙。

Pleasepassmethebookwhosecoverisgreen.

請遞給我那本綠皮的書。

which,that它們所代替的先行詞是事物的名詞或代詞，在從句中可作主語、賓語等。

Aprosperitywhich/thathadneverbeenseenbeforeappearsinthecountryside.

農(nóng)村出現(xiàn)了前所未有的繁榮。(which/that在句中作賓語)

Thepackage(which/that)youarecarryingisabouttocomeunwrapped.

你拿的包快散了。(which/that在句中作賓語)

—Step7Consolidationforthenewwordsandphrases.

Aftertheteacher9sexplanations,studentswillbeabletomakesenseofthepassagebetter.

Thefollowingexercisesareaconsolidationofwhattheyhavelearned,whichwillsurelyshed

somelightupontheusagesofsomewordsandphrases.

(Showthefollowingonthescreen.)

amateurastronomerbusinesscelebrityeconomyspaceshiptelescopefan

taikonaut

l)Heisanphotographer.Hehastakenmanypicturesinthepast5years.

2)Manypeoplethinkdoingcanbringinalotofmoney.

3)YangLiweiisthefirst_________inChina.

4)Anshouldhavealotofknowledgeaboutspaceandgeography.

5)Sometimessomeofficialsofthelocalgovernmentwillcallonsome_________inthearea.

6)TheChinesepeoplearemakinggreateffortstoimproveofthecountry.

7)ItissaidthatChinawillsendupawhichorbitsthemoon.

8)Peoplecanseethingsfarawaythrougha.

9)Heisafootballandspendsalotoftimeplayingfootball.

Suggestedanswers:

l)amateur2)business3)taikonaut4)astronomer5)celebrities6)economy

7)spaceship8)telescope9)fan

—Step8SummaryandHomework

Thereadingpassageisapieceofnews,whichmainlyrepresentstoustheeventinwhich

YangLiwei,theChinesetaikonaut,travelsinspace.Inthetext,studentscanlearnsomewords

relevantwithnewspapersandmagazinesaswellaswordsrelatedtospacetraveling.Withthese

words,studentscanwritesomepassagesabouttravelingspace.Thengivethestudentshomework

一WriteashortpassageaboutShenzhou-6.

板書設(shè)計(jì)

Module5NewspapersandMagazines

Period1

1.Wordsaboutnewspapersandmagazines

article,frontpage,frontcover,headline,photograph,business,celebrity,economy,editor,

fashion,international,journalist,politics,photographer,sport

2.Phrases:

l)makeanorbitof...圍繞...轉(zhuǎn)圈

2)takeoff(航行器)起飛

3)including包括...,包含

4)intotal總計(jì)，總共

活動與探究

Readingpassagesareroughlygradedtothelevelofthelearner,respectingboththeir

previouslyacquiredknowledge,thenewlexisandstructurestobecoveredinthemodule,andnew

butreceptivewords.Themostimportantdiscreteskilltodevelopatthislevelisreadingformain

ideas,whichinvolvesaseriesofvariedactivitytypes,suchaschoosingthebesttitle,identifying

trueandfalsestatements,anddiscussingopen-endedquestions.Butotherdiscreteskillsarealso

practicedextensively,suchasreadingforspecificinformation(scanning),understandingtext

organizationanddealingwithunfamiliarwords,eachofwhichgeneratesanumberofdifferent

andmotivatingactivitytypes.

備課資料

BackgroundInformation

楊利偉簡介

楊利偉，男，漢族，遼寧綏中縣人，中共黨員，大學(xué)文化。1965年6月出生，1983年

6月入伍，1988年9月入黨，現(xiàn)為中國人民解放軍航天員大隊(duì)三級航天員，正團(tuán)職，中校軍

銜，1992年、1994年兩次榮立三等功。楊利偉1987年畢業(yè)于空軍第八飛行學(xué)院，歷任空軍

航空兵某師飛行員、中隊(duì)長，曾駕駛過殲擊機(jī)、強(qiáng)擊機(jī)等機(jī)型，安全飛行1350小時，被評

為一級飛行員。1996年起參加航天選拔，1998年1月正式成為我國首批航天員。經(jīng)過五年

多的訓(xùn)練，他完成了基礎(chǔ)理論、航天環(huán)境適應(yīng)性、專業(yè)技術(shù)等八大類及始終科目的訓(xùn)練任務(wù)，

以優(yōu)異的成績通過航天專業(yè)技術(shù)綜合考核，光榮地被選拔為我國首次載人航天飛行首飛梯隊(duì)

成員。

Period2Grammar1;ReadingandListening

整體設(shè)計(jì)

教材分析

Theteachingcontentsofthisperiodincludethefollowingtwoparts:Grammar1;Reading

andListening.Grammar1aimsatmakingthestudentsclearaboutthenotionofadverbialclause

oftime”.Toachievethisaim,teachersshouldaskstudentstoexaminethesentencesandfinishoff

theexercisespreparedforthispartandaskthemtosummarizethecharacteristicsof“adverbial

clausesoftime”.Afterstudentshavesummarizedthecharacteristics,teacherscangivethemmore

exercisesaboutit,andmakestudentsunderstandthecharacteristicsmoredeeplyandlearntouse

the“adverbialclauseoftime”.Thesectionofreadingandlistening,whosecontentis3piecesof

news,offersstudentsthepracticalexerciseofacombinationofreadingandwriting.Students

shouldreadfirstandthenlistentoit.Inconcreteactivities,studentsshoulddistinguishthenew

wordsandphrasesindialoguesandpassagesandunderstandtheirmeaningscorrectly.

三維目標(biāo)

1.知識與技能

l)Trainstudents5listeningskills.

2)Developtheirreadingability.

3)Learntouseuadverbialclausesoftime,,.

4)Learnthefollowingwords:

aliens,telescope,amateur,astronomer,autograph,delighted,fan,spaceship,surprise

2.過程與方法

l)Individualorpairworktofinishthetask.

2)Discussiontomakethemsummarizethegrammaticalitemsof“adverbialclausesoftime

3)Practicetothestudentsuseuadverbialclausesoftime“correctly.

3.情感與價(jià)值

Throughthestudyofthismodulethestudentswilllearnmoreabout“adverbialclausesof

time“andmeanwhiletheywillimprovetheirlisteningskillsandreadingability.

教學(xué)重點(diǎn)

1.Encouragethemtosumupthegrammaticalrulesofadverbialclausesoftime”

themselves.

2.Traintheirlisteningskills.

3.Developtheirreadingability.

教學(xué)難點(diǎn)

1.Makesurestudentsmasterthegrammaticalitems.

2.Getstudentstounderstandthenewwordsandphrasesinthispart.

3.Makestudentsuseuadverbialclausesoftimevcorrectly.

4.Developstudents9listeningskills.

教學(xué)過程

—Step1GreetingsandRevision

Option1Dictationandtranslation

1.Theteacherreadsoutthefollowingwordsandstudentshaveadictation.

backstagecelebritycosmonautdirectordelightedeconomyfrontcoverfront

pagenavigatorphotographpoliticsspaceshipsurprisetailonauttelescopeheadline

universe

2.AskthestudentstotranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.

1.飛機(jī)已經(jīng)起飛了，可到現(xiàn)在我還沒看見他的影子。

2.人造衛(wèi)星繞地球飛行的時候，可以檢測出地球大氣中出現(xiàn)的各種情況。

3.現(xiàn)在的很多年輕人喜歡周杰倫，我是其中之一。

4.他所拜訪過的國家總共有56個。

5.站在那里的是我們的老師，他兒子今年剛剛考上一所著名的大學(xué)。

6.你能找到那個被老師責(zé)備的學(xué)生嗎？

Suggestedanswers:

1.Theplanehastakenoff,buthestilldidn'tturnup.

2.Whenthesatellitesaremakingorbitsoftheearth,theycanfindoutallkindsofproblems

appearingintheatmospheres.

3.ManyyoungpeoplelikeZhouJielun,includingme/meincluded.

4.Thecountrieshevisitedare56intotal.

5.Thatmanstandingthereisourteacher,whosesonhasjustbeenadmittedtoaveryfamous

university.

6.Canyoufindthestudentwhoisscoldedbyteacher?

Option2Checktheirwritingwork

Theteachergreetsthestudentsasusualandthenasksafewgoodstudentstosharetheir

passageswiththewholeclass.

—Step2Grammar1:adverbialclausesoftime

1.Option1(suitableforaclassofhigherlevel)

Askthestudentstoreadthesentencesandanswerthequestions.

l)Readthetwoexamplesentencesandthefourquestionswiththewholeclassandmakesure

theycanunderstandtherequirements.

2)Askthestudentstoanswerthequestionsindividually,andthencheckwithapartner.

3)Collecttheiranswersinawhole-classsettingandteachersmightmaketheconceptsclear

forthestudents.

(1)Adverbialclausesoftimecanbeprecededbywhenandwhile.

(2)Theactionoreventsinsubjectclausescanhappenatthesametime,andoneoftheactions

oreventscanbeatthepresenttense.

Option2(suitableforaclasswhichisofordinarylevel)

Firsttheteachermayprovidethestudentswithsomesentenceswithadverbialclausesoftime.

Andaskthemtosummarizethegrammaticalrulesofadverbialclausesoftime.Youcanusethe

followingsentences.

(Showthefollowingonthescreen.)

1.WhenIwasdoingmyhomework,Iheardsomeoneknockingatthedoor.

2.Whenheleftthehouse,Iwassittinginthegarden.

3.Whenhearrivedhome,itwasjustnineo?clock.

4.WhilehewasinLondon,hestudiedmusic.

5.Whileshewastypingtheletter,hetelephonerang.

Thenyoumayaskthemtofinishthetaskinactivity1.Finally,callbacktheiranswers.

Suggestedanswers:

l)Thepastcontinuousverb(wastraveling/wasorbiting)wascontinuingallthetime,andwas

interruptedbyactionsofshortduration(spoke/took)whichareinthepastsimple.

2)Yes,thefirstactionineachsentence(althoughitdoesn'thavetobeplacedfirst)islonger

thanthesecondone.

3)No,theytookplaceatthesametime,althoughthesecondactionstartedafterthefirstone.

4)Yes,itdid.

2.Readthesentencesandchoosethecorrectanswers.

l)Readthetwosentenceswiththewholeclassandmakesuretheycanunderstandthe

requirement.

2)Askstudentstoanswerthequestionsindividually,andthencheckwithapartner,andthey

cansolvetheproblemsbydiscussingwiththeirpartners.

3)Collecttheanswersfromthewholeclass.Teachershelpstudentstoknowthatinthe

compoundsentenceswiththeadverbialclausesoftimeprecededby"when”,themeaningof

"when"changeswiththechangesofthemainclauses5tenses.

Suggestedanswers:

(1)(a)yes(b)no(c)yes

(2)(a)no(b)yes(c)yes

3.Completethesentenceswiththecorrecttensefortheverbsinthebrackets.

l)Askstudentstocompletethesentencesindividually,andthencheckwithapartnertosolve

theproblemswheretheymademistakes.

2)Collecttheanswersfromthewholeclassascompletesentences.Teachersmayaskstudents

toreadoutthesentencesaswellastheanswerssothattheycanconsolidatetheadverbialclauses

oftimeintheirminds.

Suggestedanswers:

(l)met(2)sang(3)gotout(4)wasorbiting

4.Consolidation

Givestudentsmoreexercisesaboutadverbialclausesoftimetomakesuretheycangraspit

morefirmly.

(Showthefollowingonthescreen.)

Fillintheblankswithproperprepositions

1)1haven'theardfromhim__________hewenttoAmerica.

2)Hewon'tbehereheisinvited.

3)Hewillnotgotothecinemaheisverybusy.

4)Wefoundthekeysheladleftit.

5)Wefoundthebookstwodayshehadgoneaway.

6)Wehadnosoonergottothestationthetrainleft.

7)HespeaksEnglishhewereanEnglishman.

8)Heisexplainingclearlytheycouldunderstand.

9)Donotleavetheroomyouhavefinishedthetest.

10)Shesangshewentalong.

Suggestedanswers:

l)since2)unless3)because4)where5)after6)than7)asif8)sothat9)before

10)as

Notes:Timeclausesareusedtoindicatethetimethataneventinthemainclausetakesplace.

Themaintimeconjunctionsare:when,assoonas,before,after,bythetime,by.Theyareplaced

eitheratthebeginningortheendofasentence.Whenplacedatthebeginningofthesentence,the

speakerisgenerallystressingtheimportanceofthetimeindicated.

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