I.Teaching aims and demands
1. Words and expressions
Have a seat, quarrel, long before, dare, upon, fasten, gun, again and again, blow, hall, persona, affair, relative, delay, pillow, nail, chest, furniture, armchair, pet, doubt, silence, scream, tiny, nephew, niece, detective
2. Daily English
I’m afraid I have to go now,
It is time I did…
I hope you have a good journey back to ….
It was nice to meet you.
Please remember me to …..
I called to tell you that…
I’d like you to meet…
Thanks for calling.
It is very kind of you to ….
3. Grammar Past participles used as Attributes and Adverbials.
II.Main and difficult points:
1. Farewells & good wishes
2. Let the students master the use of the useful expressions.
III.Allocation of time: 6
Lesson 57 of Unit 15
I.Aims and demands:
Learn the dialogue and let the students master farewells & good wishes.
II.Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the diary.
2. Ask the following questions rapidly around the class:
What did you do yesterday?
How many schools are there in this town?
Where is the nearest one to our school?
What do you call an object that goes round and round another object in space?
How fast do you have to ravel in order to escape from the earth and into space?
What was the weather like yesterday?
Did you watch TV last night?
What did you watch?
What did you learn in the last unit?
What happened in the story for listening in the last lesson?
Step 2. Presentation
Listen to the dialogue and find out the following information:
Why did Mr Ball call on Mrs Zhu?
To give her a message about the date for the conference.
How much do you know about Dr Zhang?
He lives in Guangzhou, is on a visit to Beijing, has some personal affairs to see to, is visiting some relatives.
Step 3. Dialogue
Call on --- to visit sb. formally
I hope to call on you at your office at 3 o’clock today.
She calls on the old teacher once a month.
Please let me call on you next Friday afternoon.
Give sb. a message
Do come in.
Do come in and join us.
Do be quiet a moment.
Do be a good boy.
I do hope you’ll go with us.
Have a seat
Would like sb. to meet
Be here on a visit
Have a nice time
Personal affairs
See to --- deal with
I’ve got a lot of things to see to this morning.
Who is seeing to the arrangements for the next meeting?
I’ll see to the guests when they arrive.
Make a note of
It’s very kind of sb.
Make plans for
It’s time + subject + past tense
It’s time we started. = it’s time for us to start.
It’s time you went to bed.
It’s time they did cleaning.
Pick up
I’ll pick you up at your place at 8 o’clock.
The bus driver stopped to pick up the passengers.
Don’t forget to pick me up at the hotel at three.
have a good journey
Remember me to sb.
Step 4. Language focus
What would you say if you want to express farewells and wishes?
Go through the phrases in the SB. Practice the dialogue with the whole class.
Step 5. Practice
Get the students to make up new dialogues. Call out some pairs of students to act out the scenes.
Step 6. Workbook
Finish the exercises 1-3.
Step 7. Consolidation
Revise the dialogues in the lesson.
III.Homework
1. Complete the workbook exercises.
2. Make a similar dialogue.
3. Revise the phrases about farewells and wishes.
IV.Blackboard design:
Call on --- to visit sb. formally
See to --- deal with
It’s time we started. = it’s time for us to start.
It’s time you went to bed.
Remember me to sb
V.Post-class Notes:
No.017
Lesson 58 of Unit 15
I. Aims and demands:
Learn the text “A famous detective”, and let the students how to understand the features of the amateur detective.
II. Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the diary.
2. Student on duty report
Step 2. Presentation for reading
1. Talk about the picture and describe what they can see.
2. Read the passage and find the answers to the two questions.
She was not sleeping well; She kept hearing noises in the night; Her uncle was acting strangely towards her; They had quarreled.
Her uncle would get her money if she died, after examining the room, the hole in the wall and bell rope, Holmes became worried. He told her that her life was in danger and that it was not safe for her to sleep again in that room.
Step 3. Reading
Read the whole passage and do exercise 1 in pairs.
Sherlock Holmes The Young Lady
Who A amateur detective Why did she pay a visit to Holmes?
She has some personal affairs.
Where In London
When At the end of 19th century
Why famous His expert advice
Help a great number of people with their personal affairs
Find answers before the police
What are her problems? Dead
Left
Live with
At night
Hear
quarrel
Dialogue between the two about the hole, bell rope and the chest.
Useful expressions:
1. a famous detective
2. at the end of
3. a personal problem
4. a long low whistle
5. pay sb a visit
6. make a hole in the wall
7. lay upon the pillow
8. at the same time
9. a box of matches
10. point to
11. I have no idea
12. turn to sb.
13. in danger
14. no doubt
Step 4. Reading aloud
Play the tape of the passage for the students to listen and follow. Pay attention to sentence stress and intonation.
Step 5. Discussion
I dare say my uncle will. = I hadn’t thought about it, but I think that my uncle probably will.
In the kitchen. = The bell will ring in the kitchen.
No matter. = It doesn’t matter that you haven’t got a key.
I don’t think so. = I don’t think that the bell will ring in the kitchen.
Not as far as I know. = Not to my knowledge; I have no reason to believe that he does.
Step 6. Workbook
Exercises 2-3
III.Homework:
Finish the Workbook exercises.
Read the passage again.
IV.Blackboard design:
Sherlock Holmes
Who
Where
When
Why
The Young Lady
Her parents
Money left
Live with
At night
Quarrel
No.018
I.Aims and demands:
Go on learning the text and show the students the language points.
II.Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the diary.
2. Ask and answer about the detective.
Step 2. Language points
1. past participle phrase used as adverbial
Born into a poor family, he had only two years of schooling. = As he was born into…
Encouraged by Jim’s words, he continued his research work.
Seen from the hill, the town looks very beautiful. = When it is seen from …
Compared with developed countries, we still have a long way to go.
Taken too much, the medicine could do harm to your health.
2. seem
It seemed to be raining all day yesterday.
He seemed to be feeling very tired last week.
Several people in the crowd seemed to be fighting.
3. act
The boy was acting badly in school.
He is more than twenty but acts like a child.
You have acted generously.
He acted kindly towards his servants.
She has acted very wrongly towards you.
4. dare
I dare say no one can catch up with us.
I dare say we’ll certainly win the game.
We’ll certainly win the game, I dare say.
These young students, I dare say, can pass the entrance examination.
She dare not go out by herself at night.
I wonder if he dare jump down from the bridge.
Who dares to go?
Nobody would dare to wake her up, even her little daughter.
5. see/hear/watch/find… + sb./sth.+ p.p.
I saw the child badly treated by his father.
I never heard the song sung in English.
On my way home, I found a house burnt down.
You’d better get your shoes cleaned.
6. no matter = it doesn’t matter.
It’s no matter that he didn’t come.
I had something to say, but it’s no matter.
7. with + n.+ p.p.
After the hurricane, I saw lots of houses with roofs blown off.
All the afternoon he worked with the door locked.
With her hair gone, there could be no use for the comb.
8. There is no doubt
He’ll fail. There’s no doubt about it.
She is an honest girl. There is no doubt about it.
There is no doubt that your life is in danger.
There is no doubt that you’ll be warmly welcomed.
9. Past participle phrase used as adverbial of manner
He walked into the office, followed by two guards.
The old man stood up, supported by his son.
Step 3 Practice
Make sentences with the useful expressions mentioned in the text.
Homework
1. Write a short passage about the detective.
2. Do some supplementary readings.
Seem
Act
dare
no matter
with + n.+ p.p.
There is no doubt
Past participle phrase used as adverbial of manner
No.019
Lesson 59 of Unit 15
I.Aims and demands:
Go learning the text and show the students more about the gesture.
II.Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the diary.
2. Work in pairs and to tell each other the story so far.
Step 2. Presentation for reading
Read the passage quickly and find out what happened to the lady’s uncle.
He was bitten to death by a snake.
Step 3. Reading
1. Read the whole passage and answer more questions:
Where did Holmes and Watson wait?
Did the young lady go into her bedroom?
What did Holmes and Watson hear?
Why did Holes strike a match?
Why do you think the snake attacked its keeper?
2. Show the notes to the text.
Not … until
Sit in silence
In the dark
Strike a match
Step 4.Word study
Forced it open with heavy blows = use heavy blows with one’s fists or a piece of wood to break open a locked door
Get the students to complete this exercise individually.
Keep pets
Scream loudly
Quarrel
Live in the flat upstairs
Fastened with a length of strong wire
Tiny = very small
Relatives
Prefer to have two pillows for my head
Forced it with heavy blows
Run downstairs and into the street.
Sit in complete silence
Step 5. Practice
With the letter folded in his pocket,
Scientific experiment carried out by students without the teacher’s instruction,
The name mentioned in the letter.
Intended as a surprise for his sister,
His nephew, lost at sea
Step 6. Practice
Frightened by the noise in the night
Given advice by the famous detective
Followed by Mr. Holmes and Dr Watson
After being examined carefully
Built in 1949
Once seen, it can never be forgotten.
If bitten by a snake, you should send for help and don’t walk.
When shot in the leg,
Although supposed to be kept locked
Homework:
Revise the contents in this unit.
Blackboard design:
Keep pets
Scream loudly
Quarrel
Live in the flat upstairs
Fastened with a length of strong wire
Tiny = very small
Relatives
Prefer to have two pillows for my head
Forced it with heavy blows
Run downstairs and into the street.
Sit in complete silence
No.020
I.Aims and demands:
Go on learning the text and show the students the language points.
II.Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the diary.
2. Ask the students to tell the story.
Step 2. Language points
1. from … on
From now on you are my students.
From that time on he showed great interest in radio.
From tomorrow on you must get up early and do morning exercise.
2. in silence = silently
They marched on in silence.
He lay in bed, thinking in silence.
Father likes to listen to music in silence.
3. again and again
Don’t make the same mistakes again and again.
He read the text through again and again.
4. with heavy blows
I gave him a heavy blow on the head.
He stuck the man a blow that sent him to the floor.
The wind was blowing quite hard that night.
The hurricane blew down a great number of large trees.
5. break into = to enter by force
We had to break into the house as we had lost the key.
The firemen broke into the room and rescued the old woman.
6. inverse
On the floor lay a man killed in the fire.
From the hole came a faint light.
Along the road stood rows of tall trees.
7. immediately = as soon as
I left immediately the clock struck twelve.
She heard a scream immediately she got home.
I came immediately I had eaten.
8. suppose sb./sth. to be
I supposed her to be away from home.
Most people suppose him to be over 60.
She was supposed to be reading at home, but her mother found her in the park.
They were supposed to arrive on the 5 o’clock train.
We were supposed to be here at eight. But we are late.
Lu Xun was supposed to be a doctor. But he became a famous writer.
9. subjunctive mood
The snake would have killed the young lady.
Homework
Blackboard design
1. from … on
2. in silence
3. again and again
4. with heavy blows 5. break into
1. immediately = as soon as
2. suppose
No.021
Lesson 60 of Unit 15
I. Aims and demands:
Listening practice.
II. Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the diary
2. Revise the by/in which attributive clause.
Step 2. Preparation for listening
We’re going to listen to a dialogue. Two detectives are interviewing a man. They want to ask him some questions.
Step 3. Listening
Alan Goodenough; 14 Castle Street
London NW1; 21 August, 1963; runs an ice cream business; silver and blue; G941 HTO
Mr. Goodenough said that he didn’t know the man who had been killed, but the policemen had never mentioned it was a man who was killed.
Mr. Goodenough said that he didn’t know who shot the man but the policemen had not told him how the man was killed.
Step 4. Checkpoint
Go through checkpoint 15. Revise the Attributive clause.
Step 5. Story telling
Look at the pictures and describe them in your own words.
Step 8. Test
The young man, who was believed to be the son of the detective, as bitten by a snake and died.
Prices will rise too fast unless they are controlled by the government.
We drank some very pleasant wine, which was supplied by our host.
We were so hungry that we ate the food which had been left behind by the guests.
The bathroom, which was heated by a large wood fire, was the warmest place in the house.
Although it was accepted in the capital, the money was unknown to the village people.
The water is not safe to drink unless it is boiled.
If it is cooked within a day, this meat will be safe to eat.
Step 9. Workbook
Finish WB exercises 1-4.
III. Homework:
Finish the writing exercises.
IV. Blackboard design:
Alan Goodenough; 14 Castle Street
London NW1; 21 August, 1963; runs an ice cream business; silver and blue; G941 HTO
Mr. Goodenough said that he didn’t know the man who had been killed, but the policemen had never mentioned it was a man who was killed.
Mr. Goodenough said that he didn’t know who shot the man but the policemen had not told him how the man was killed.
No.022
Test for Unit 15
I. Aims: Check the whole unit
II. Procedures:
1. Listen to the whole unit without looking at the book and at the same time I’ll check the homework.
2. Multiple choice
Questions asked about this part, then ask them to consult the dictionary if there’s something puzzled.
3. Close test
Do this part according to the way I showed as follows before:
a. Read the whole passage first jumping over the gaps.
b. Read carefully about the first sentence of the whole passage.
c. Emphasize the first paragraph and the first sentence of each paragraph.
d. Choose the choice.
e. Read again and check.
4. Reading comprehension
Ask some students to tell the general ideas about the passages.
5. Error correction
1. Read the whole passage and find some apparent mistakes.
2. Finish reading each sentence not each line.
3. Look for mistakes according to the fixed structures.
a. tense
b. personal pronoun
c. article
d. fixed phrases
e. past participle and present participle
f. adjectives and adverbs exchange
g. wrong spelling
6. Composition
1. simple sentence
2. learn how to use conjunctions.
3. Notice capital and small letters.
4. Be careful not to write some simple words wrongly.
5. Pay attention to the style of the article.
Blackboard design:
1. tense
2. personal pronoun
3. article
4. fixed phrases
5. past participle and present participle
Homework:
1. have a good preview about Unit 16
2. Keep diary in English every day.