必修一 Unit 4 Earthquakes

Grammar

I. Teaching aims:

　1. Enable students to know the attributive clause and the usage of relative pronouns.

　2. Enhance students' proficiency and accuracy in using the attributive clause.

　3. Stimulate students' interest in learning English grammar and enable students to express their thankfulness.

II. Teaching important and difficult points:

Enable students to master the usage of relative pronouns and use the attributive clause properly.

III. Teaching methods:

Communicative teaching method; Task-based teaching method.

IV. Teaching Aids:

Multimedia, paper, a blackboard and chalk,.

V. Teaching procedures

Step I：Lead in

　　T: What day is it today?

　　S: Thursday.

　　T: It is the fourth Thursday in November. So it is Thanksgiving Day today.

　　Enjoy and sing a song together. (The lyrics of the song include attributive clauses)

　　Purpose: To draw students' attention by singing the beautiful song.

Step II：Explain the usage of relative pronouns and ask students to make sentences.

1. By combining sentences to discover the usage of relative pronouns

2. By making sentences using people and things around us to enhance students' proficiency and accuracy in using the attributive clause.

Purpose: Enable the students to acquire the usage of relative pronouns and cultivate their confidence.

Step III：Exercises (Competition between boys and girls)　　

　 Six kinds of exercises: Correct; Speak and guess; Listen and count; Translate; Choose; Make sentences

Purpose: Through various exercises to enable students to have a command of what they have learned.

Step IV：Make a card (Group work)