Unit 3 Back to the past Grammar and usage

Object complement & Either ...or... and neither ... nor... & Subject-verb agreement

　　Teaching Aims: Learn the grammar:

　　* Object complement

　　* Either... or and neither... nor

　　* Subject-verb agreement

　　Teaching Points:

　　How to use the object complement / either... or / neither...nor / subject-verb agreement in different situations. The key point is to help students guess the exact usage from the context.

　　Teaching Methods:

　　1. Inductive method

　　2. Comparative method

　　3. Communicative approach

　　Teaching Aids:

　　1. A multimedia

　　2. A blackboard

　　Teaching Procedures:

　　Step 1 Object complement

　　1). Situation one

　　------ Did you find anything special when you went to the classroom?

　　------ No, I didn't.

　　------ You found the door open, didn't you?

　　------ Oh, yes. But I found nobody in the classroom.

　　2). Position

　　V. + Object + object complement

　　e.g. The inspector shot the drug-dealer dead.

　　(= The drug-dealer was shot dead by the inspector.)

3). Situation two