Unit 12 Art and literature

Teaching aims and demands:

a. Achieve language skills and related knowledge about art and literature;

b. Learn to make decisions and give opinions

c. Vocabulary in this unit:

the words and expressions listed on the teacher’s book

d. Grammar:

the Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause

Lesson 1

Main points

1.Words

exhibition; give opinions; show; local

2.Functional items

Making decisions and give opinions

Diffcult points

give opinions

Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

T: Do you like painting? Do you know anything about painting?

Ss talk about painting.

Step 2 Warming up

1.Look at the following paintings and match them with the correct painters.

2.Check answers and talk about the pictures and painters.

3.Ask students to discuss the first two questions in pairs.

4.Several pairs report answers.

Step 3 Listening

1.Make sure the students know what to do.

2.Play the tape two or three times as necessary. Pause at important points and give the students help.

3.Check the answers.

Step 4 Speaking

1.Choose one situation and read the instructions.

2.Read the useful expressions for making decisions &giving opinions.

3.Ss work in pairs to make a dialogue.

4.Several pairs act out.

Step 5 Language points

1. opinion n.

in one's opinion

Ep: In my opinion, he has done a very good job.

give/express one's opinion on/upon

Ep: He has given his opinion on this problem.

2. local adj.

the local doctor

locl customs

locl government

Homework

Practise giving opinions and making decisions.

Lesson 2

Main points

1.Words

magic; power; wonder; a series of; treat; in trouble; come across; believe in; habit; welcome; enough; be afraid of; tell &say

2.Sentence patterns

as...as...

Difficult points

be afraid of doing &be afraid to do

speak, tell &say

Teaching procedures

Step 1. Revision

Check the homework.

Step 2. Pre-reading

1.Q: Have you read any of the Harry Potter books or watched the films?

A: Any possible answers.

2.Harry Potter has magical powers .Do you know any other heroes who have strange powers?

A: Any possible answers.

Step 3. Reading

T: I think you are all interested in stories about magic. Then we'll read a passage about a boy with magic--Harry Potter. Read the text and find answers to the questions.

1.Q:What's Harry's life like before he goes to Hogwarts?

A:Unhappy.They treated him badly.

2.Q:What is taught in Hogwarts?

A:Witchcraft and wizardy.

Step 4 Post-reading

Ask students to read the text again and answers the following questions.

1.Q:Why is Harry's life miserable before he goes to Hogwarts?

A:His parents are dead and the family he is living with treats him badly.

2.Q:What does Harry learn about himself at Hogwarts?

A:Harry learns that he needs to be strong/he needs friends/it is difficult to do the right thing/life is more complicated than he thought/...

Then finish Ex 2 on P81 and check answers.

Step 5 Language points

1.magic

adj.

The music is really magic.

n.

Some people still believe in magic.

the magic of great poetry

2.be afraid to do/be afraid of doing

I'm afraid to tell her.

He was afraid of falling into the river.

3.as...as...

It's as cold as ice.

He drove as fast as he could.

Step 6 Listening to the tape

Homework

Recite the text and language points.

Lesson 3

Main points

Words

one after another; go hiking

Difficult points

go+v.-ing

Teaching procedures

Step 1 Revision

1.Check the homework.

2.Ask several students to say something. about music.

Step 2 Grammar

The Non-Restrictive Attibutive Clause

1.Revise the rules.

2.Give the Ss several minutes to do the exercises in pairs orally.

3.Check the answers.

Step 3 Do Ex on P153

Homework

Review the grammar.

Lesson 4

Main points

1.Words

shoulder; whisper; turn around; stupid; compare; announcement; noise,sound&voice; work; open up; each other

2.Sentence patterns

It sounds like...

such...that...

It looked as if...

...not all of them are safe

If only they could find a way to...

He was just about to say something when...

She didn't have time to finish before the wall...

Difficult points

If only...

Teaching procedures

Step 1 Revision

1.Review the grammar.

2.Make sentence with the following words and expressions:

exhibition; wonder; a series of

Step 2 Presentation

In this period we'll read a passage about Harry Porter again.

1.T helps the Ss understand the passage and what to do.

2.Ss write the ending.

3.Several students read their endings and let the Ss choose which is the best.

Step 3 Language points

1.noise, voice &sound

noise: loud and unpleasant sound

Another kind of pollution is noise.

voice: the sound made through the mouth, esp. of human beings ,in speaking or singing.

He shouted at the top of his voice.

sound: the sound of music

2. if only...

If only I had more money, I could buy some new clothes.

If only she would listen to me!

3. turn around=turn round

He turned around to find a policeman following him.

Step 4 Listening

Homework

Revise all the words and expressions in this unit.