Unit 19 Modern agriculture
be useful for:this book is useful for english study.
spend time on:every spare minute he gets is spent on the car.
go against:they are going against our wishes.
year after year:we have been to that place for a holiday year after year.
nexe to:the man next to bill was talking to him in spanish.
step ⅶ.summary and homework
t:in this class,we've learned a text.it's about farming and gardening and it has three paragraphs,describing about…(write on the blackboard.)we've learned some useful expressions in this unit,such as“such as,make use of…”(write on the blackboard.)after class,read the text and say the sentences you make in groups.that's all for this class.goodbye!
step ⅷ.the design of the writing on the blackboard
unit 19 modern agriculture
the fourth period
farming and gardening
useful expressions:
such as make use of as…as possible bring in depend on shortage of stand for in other words a variety of be useful for spend time on go against year after year next to
step ⅸ.record after teaching
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the fifth period
the use of it
teaching aims:
1.review the different usages of “it”.
2.get the students to remember some useful sentence patterns.
3.get the students to do more exercises so that they can master the grammar item.
teaching important points:
master the different uses of “it”,esp,the emphatic use and the use as a preparatory subject or a preparatory object.
teaching difficult point:
how to master and use “it ” correctly.
teaching methods:
1.review method to revise the common use of “it”.
2.inductive method to go through some sentence patterns with “it”.
3.practice to consolidate the use of “it”.
teaching aids:
1.a projector and some slides
2.a computer for multimedia use
teaching procedures:
step ⅰ.greetings and revision
(teacher greets the whole class as usual and shows the screen.)
t:so far we've learned several uses of “it”.now please look at the screen.discuss the sentences with your partner and tell what the word “it”in each sentence refers to and its function.write your answers on a piece of paper and later i'll ask some students to say the answers.
discuss the following sentences and tell the function of “it”.
1.it's difficult to remember all their names.
2.it's very quiet in the cafe.
3.it rained for three days.
4.he made it clear that he didn't want to speak to me.
5.it was nice seeing you.