2019学年度人教版必修4Unit2Working the land Period3Learning about Language教案设计

(The -ing form as the Subject & Object)

Introduction

In this period students will be first helped by the teacher to discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions, and then to discover and learn to use the following useful structures: the -ing form as the subject & object. The following steps of teaching may be taken: Warming up reading the text aloud，Discovering useful words and expressions，Read and identify，Consolidating by doing exercises，Ready used materials for the -ing form as the Subject & Object，Closing down by doing a quiz.

Objectives

To learn about the -ing form as the Subject & Object

To discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions

To discover and learn to use some useful structures

Procedures

1. Warming up by reading the text aloud

Reading aloud to the recording of the text improves our literacy skills - reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Now read the text aloud. So let's first review the text learned yesterday by reading it aloud. Try to force out your English slowly and clearly.

2. Discovering useful words and expressions

In pairs do the exercises 1, 2 and 3 on page 12. You are to finish them in 5 minutes.

3. Read and identify

Read the text about Yuan Longping again, paying attention to the sentences which use the -ing form as the subject and object.

In the sentence "Wishing for things, however, cost nothing." the -ing form is used as a subject.