unit 4 Period 6 (Grammar 2) practise

unit 4 period 6 (grammar 2) practise
teaching contents: 1 to recognize and use countable and uncountable nouns.
2 to recognize and use the indefinite articles to talk about things that are countable.
3 make the students can use the form of a + … + of.
teaching aims: 1 make the students grasp the knowledge.
2 make the students cooperate more in class.
teaching important and difficult points:
1 to recognize and use countable and uncountable nouns.
2 to recognize and use the indefinite articles to talk about things that are countable.
3 make the students can use the form of a + … + of.
teaching aids: pictures, real objects and multi-media computer
teaching steps：
step 1 presentation
t: boys and girls, good morning. first, please look at the screen.
(show a picture of an apple.)
t: what’s this?                             s: it’s an apple.
t: (show a picture of a glass) what’s this?        s: it’s a glass.
t: good. what’s this? (show a picture of a piano)   s: it’s a piano.
t: what are these? (show a picture of mangoes)    s: they are mangoes.
use pictures to teach story, glass, piano, mango, shelf, carrot, tomato, pot, pancake and potato. at the same time, teach the singular and plural forms of these new words. they are stories, glasses, pianos, mangoes, shelves, carrots, tomatoes, pots, pancakes and potatoes.
show a picture of a christmas card with wishes on it.
t: you see, it’s a christmas card. what should we write on it?
s: merry christmas!
t: yes, and it’s a wish. for example, happy new year! it’s a wish, too. any other examples?
s: happy teachers’ day.
t: good. these nouns are something we can count. so we call them countable nouns. and only countable nouns have plural forms.
step 2 conclusion
conclude the rules that how to form the plural form of most countable nouns. we add ‘-s’ to the singular form. however, there are some exceptions.
most nouns + s
nouns ending in a consonant +y -y + ies
nouns ending in s, sh, ch or x + es
nouns ending in o + s or + es
nouns ending in f or fe -f or fe + ves
step 3 presentation
t: we saw some pictures of countable nouns. now let’s see some pictures of another kind of nouns. (show a picture of bread)
look, what’s this? it’s bread.
t: what is it? (show a picture of water)                        s: it’s water.