Period 2　Grammar;Function;Pronunciation

　　The General Idea of This Period

　　Grammar in this module is the revision of modal verbs.This part can be led in by doing some exercises of modal verbs.In this part,we'll revise the usage of modal verbs,such as can,could,must,have to,should,etc.Modal verbs are important and difficult English grammar points and it is rather confusing.Ask the students to pay much attention to them.In this part,we'll deal with four activities.The function in this module is talking about obligation,permission and prohibition.First,the teacher may ask the students to speak out the way used to express obligation,permission and prohibition.The teacher can give them some examples.Then ask the students to do the exercises.There are four activities in pronunciation.The aim is to make sure that the students can pause at the end of each sense group,not making the sentence broken.

　　Teaching Important Points

　　Encourage the students to sum up grammatical rules and the way to show obligation,permission and prohibition.

　　Teaching Difficult Points

　　To distinguish the usage of modal verbs and pause at the end of each sense group.

　　Teaching Methods

　　Individual work and pair work to make every student work in class.

　　Teaching Aids

　　Multimedia,tape-recorder & a blackboard

　　Three Dimensional Teaching Aims

　　Knowledge and Skills

　　Make the students master modal verbs and use them correctly.

　　Make sure the students can show their obligation,permission and prohibition properly.

　　Train the students' pronunciation and pause at the end of each sense group.

　　Teaching and Strategies

　　Motivate the students' enthusiasm in taking part in the class.

　　Feelings and Value

　　Through the revision of modal verbs and the way to show obligation,permission and prohibition,the students will surely express themselves correctly and properly.

　　Teaching Procedures

　　Step 1 Revision

　　 (Greet the students as usual.)

　　T:First,I'll show you a short passage and you give me the missing words in the passage A Trip Along the Three Gorges.

　　(Show the following passage on the screen.)

　　In August,1996,Peter Hessler,a young American teacher of English,and a colleague decided to take a boat 　1　along the Three Gorges.

　　They bought tickets 　2　the Jiangyou boat.They left the docks on a beautiful afternoon.As the sun set they 　3　 at Fengdu.They slept through the first gorge,which is called the Qutang Gorge.At Wushan they made a 　4　 up the Daning river.The next day they went through the Wu Gorge.They passed the Xiang River,home of Qu Yuan,the 3rd century BC 　5　.Along the Yangtze River,every rock looked like a person or animal,every stream that joined the great river 　6　its legends,every hill was 　7　 with the past.As they came out of the third gorge,the Xiling Gorge,they sailed into the 　8　site of the dam.On a distant mountain was a sign 　9　20-foot characters."Build the Three Gorges Dam,　10　the Yangtze River," it said.