The Fourth Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Review the useful expressions in this unit.
2.Do some exercises to review the Modal verbs expressing“guess”.
3.Do some reading and learn something about plays.
4.Do some writing and learn to make up plays.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Read the text and learn the differences and similarities between TV shows,computer games and plays.
2.Learn to write plays in English.
Teaching Difficult Point:
Improve the students integrating skills――reading skill and writing skill.
Teaching Methods:
1.Fast reading to go through the reading material.
2.Discussion in pairs to answer the questions.
3.Discussion in groups to finish the writing task.
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ. Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step Ⅱ. Revision
T:Yesterday we learnt the Modal verbs which express“guess”.Who can tell me which modal verbs are used to express“guess”?
S1:Ill try.I think“can,may,must”can be used to do so.
S2:“could”and“might”can also be used to express guess.
T:You are quite right.Now please look at the screen.Lets do the exercise on it.You can prepare it for a few minutes first.Then well check the answers.
(Teacher shows the exercise on the screen.)
Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences:
1.I thought you__________like something to read.
So I have brought you some books.
A.ought B.might C.could D.must
2.―That man must be Sarahs husband.
―No,he __________be her husband.She is still single.
A.cant B.mustnt C.may not D.ought to
3.Peter__________come with us tonight,but he isnt very sure.
A.must B.may C.can D.will
4.―What__________it be?
―It__________be a mail box,for it is moving.It __________be a car.
A.can;cant;must B.can;can;must C.can;mustnt;must D.must;mustnt;can
5.―Look,someone is coming.Guess__________.
―Jack.Hes always on time.
A.who can it be B.who he may C.who he can be D.who it can be
Suggested answers:
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.D
Step Ⅲ.
Reading T:I often watch TV shows.Some of them are very instructing.I can learn a lot from them.Do you watch TV shows?
S3:Id like to watch them,but I have no time,because I have a lot of homework to do.I only watch TV on Saturday or Sunday.
T:S4,do you often see a film or a play?
S4:Sometimes I go to see films with my classmates.Seldom do I go alone.But I dont like to see a play.
T:What else do you like to do in your spare time?
S4:I like reading and playing football.First of all,I like playing computer games best.…
T:Today well learn a new text.Now open your books on Page 15.In this text Mrs Brown says that plays are like TV shows and computer games.Please read it quickly and find out their similarities.
Suggested answers:
1.TV,plays and computer games all have charecters playing different roles and acting out a story.
2.TV shows and plays both tell a story.We can watch actors perform the action of the story and they also speak lines written like the dialogue in a play.
T:OK.You are right.In the text,perhaps there are a few sentences which are hard to understand.Look at the screen.
1.I dont like plays that much.
2.Since we do know a lot about plays,why dont we try writing a play of our own.
3.…writing a simple play is not that difficult,and besides,we have to start somewhere if we want to learn how to write plays.
4.…we might come up with a very good story.
T:Please pay attention to the words and phrases underlined.In the first sentence,“that”means“so”.In the second sentence,“do”is used to emphasize;“try writing”means:attempt and do sth. as a possible way.And in the third sentence,“besides”is also adverb and means“also,in addition”.In the last sentence,“come up with”means“think of;produce”.Now do you understand them?(Ss:Yes.)Look at some examples on the screen.
1.It wasnt that good,actually.
2.They do watch TV after supper.
3.If the car wont start,try pushing it.
4.I dont want to go;besides,Im too tired.
5.They have come up with a solution to the problem.
T:Please put them into Chinese.Think them over and then give us the answers.
(Teacher asks a few students to translate the sentences and corrects the mistakes they make.)
Step Ⅳ. Discussion
T:Now you have known the general idea of the text.Please look at the first three questions on Page 16.Lets have a discussion to answer them.You are divided into three groups to prepare them.One group,one question.Then Ill ask some students to give us their ideas.(Teacher gives students a few minutes to do it.At the same time,teacher goes among them and join them in the discussion.At last,teacher asks some students to talk about their ideas.
Sample answers:
1.TV shows,computer games and plays all have particular scenes.But the characters and stories in TV shows look more real while the ones in plays are boasted.The ones in computer games are imagined.
2.In real life we can act different roles,such as,a student,a son,a daughter,a brother,a sister and so on.Different roles act in different ways.
3.I agree life is like theatre.I think theatre comes from life and it is a reflection of life.But at the same time theatre is boasted.
Step Ⅴ.Writing
T:OK.We have read many dialogues and stories.Also we have read plays in this unit.Now,please write a short play using Jennys story or Saras story.Before writing,please look at the tips on the screen.Its of great help to your writing.
Tips of writing a short play:
1.Talk to the other students in your group and decide what the action of the play should be.Write an outline of the plot.
2.Decide what each person should be like.Make a short list of his or her qualities-is he or she shy,friendly,happy,sad,scared or brave.
3.Write down the dialogue.
4.Decide which role each group member will play.
(Teacher reads them and explains the words:outline,plot,quality.)
T:Now please write a short play on a piece of paper in groups.Then I ask some groups to act it out in front of the class.
(Ten minutes later,teacher asks students to perform their plays).
T:Now Ill give you a test about them to see whether youve mastered them or not.Look at the screen,please.
Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
1.At the airport I could hardly__________Mary,one of my classmates because she had changed so much.
2.At the end of ten hard years,the couple__________their debts.
3.In his fifties,Karl Marx__________to learn Russian by himself.
4.The government__________the people to fight against pollution.
5.Have you decided__________or refuse the invitation?
6.I think her clothes__________her perfectly.
7.The passenger was tired and walked more
