The British Isles（The Third Period）

the third period
teaching aims:
1. review some words learnt in this unit
2. learn and master noun clauses as the subject, the object, the predicative and the appositive introduced by “that”.
teaching important points:
1. master noun clauses as the appositive.
2. master the differences between the appositive clause and the attributive clause.
teaching difficult points:
master the differences between the appositive clause and the attributive clause.
teaching methods:
1. inductive method to introduce the difference between the appositive clause and the attributive clause.
2. practice to help students master the apprositive clause.
3. individual or pair work to make every student work in class.
teaching aids:
1. a computer and a courseware
2. a projector
teaching procedures
step i greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
step ii revision
t: now i'll check your homework. have you made your travel plan? 
(ss: yes.) i'd like some students to tell me. any volunteers?
s1: i want to visit london next year. …
s2: if i have a chance to england, i'll go to visit london university first,
because…
s3：…
step iii word study
 t: very good. in this unit, we've learnt many important words. now look at the words on the screen. try to think of their meanings. then finish the exercise on the screen to check if you can use them correctly. after finishing it, you can check your answers with your partner.
(teacher shows the following on the screen.)
complete each sentence with the words in the box.
view, narrow, kingdom, consist, mild, influence, basis, upper, union, republic
1. a group of trade_______ leaders met to discuss questions about job safety.
2. the official name of our country is the people's________ of china.
3. more and more young people go abroad to study when they graduate from high school. what's your________ on it?
4. generally speaking, the_______ classes don't have a clear idea of the common   people's lives.
5. our class________ of twenty-five boys and thirty-two girls.             
6. the weather is________ today; it is neither hot nor cold.
7. the street is too________. it doesn't allow two cars to pass each other.
8. because of her teacher's_________, she chose to study english at college.  
9. don't judge a person only on the_________ of appearance.
(after three minutes, teacher may ask some students to say their answers and give
the chinese meaning of each sentence. teacher corrects the mistakes if any and gives some explanations. finally teacher points out the concerned phrases and asks students to remember them. )