Understandingideas—Grammar

What:ThetextpresentsEnglishgrammar-learningexercisesmainlyabouttheuseof“to”“inorderto”and“soasto”toexpresspurposes.Itcontainstaskslikesummarisingthegrammarrulesfromthegivensentences,rewritingthesentenceswiththesestructures,completingaletterusingthetargetgrammar,andsharingastoryoffollowingrulesinpairs.

Why:Theseactivitiesaimtohelpstudentsmasterthegrammarstructureforexpressingpurposes.Throughanalysingandrewritingthesentences,studentscanbetterunderstandthegrammarrules.CompletingtheletterandsharingstoriesnotonlystrengthentheirgrammarapplicationbutalsoimprovetheirwritingandcommunicationskillsinEnglish.

How:Thematerialstakesentencesaboutreallifeasexamplesandwritingtaskstohelpstudentslearngrammar.Byhavingstudentsanalysesentences,rewritethemandcreatetheirownwritingpieces,theyareencouragedtohavepracticalapplicationofthegrammarknowledge.Thepair-workactivityalsopromotescommunicationandcooperationamongstudents.

Bytheendofthislesson,studentswillbeableto:

1.perceivetheformandunderstandthemeaningoftheinfinitiveofpurpose.

2.summarisethegrammarrulesoftheinfinitiveofpurpose.

3.usetheinfinitiveofpurposetotellastoryaboutfollowingrulesandrealisetheimportanceoffollowingrules.

4.usethekeylanguagepointsandtheinfinitiveofpurposecorrectlyinreal-life

context.

TeachingProcess

LearningObjectives

TeachingActivities

EffectivenessEvaluation

1.Toperceivetheformandunderstandthemeaningofthe

infinitiveof

purpose.

Step1Lead-in

Showsentenceslike“Igotonthetraintogohome.”Guidestudentstoobservethecommonstructureandintroducethe“todosth”structure,namelytheinfinitiveofpurpose.

Assessstudents'

observationalabilitybytheirreactiontothe

examplesentence.Noteiftheycanquicklyspotthestructure.

Topresentasentencerelatedtoreallifetohelpstudentsquicklyperceivetheformoftheinfinitiveofpurposeandlayafoundationforfurthergrammarlearning.

2.Tosummarisethe

grammarrulesoftheinfinitiveof

purpose.

Step2GrammarFocus

1.Presentpairsofsentences,suchas“Igotonthetraintogohome.Helpstudentsunderstandthattheinfinitiveofpurposeisusedto

expresspurposes.

2.Guidestudentstoobservethe

usageof“to”“inorderto”and“soasto”.Summarisethedifferencesintheirpositionswhenexpressing

purposes.

3.Showsentenceslike“Iputonthecoatinordernottocatchacold.”Summarisethenegativeformsof“inorderto”and“soasto”.

Assess

students'understandingofthemeaningoftheinfinitiveofpurposeandrulesbyobservingtheir

responsesduringanalysingthesentences,checkingiftheycanspotdifferent

usageandunderstandthenegativeform.

Tohelpstudentsunderstandthemeaningandgrammarrulesoftheinfinitiveof

purpose,includingthedifferencesbetweentheaffirmativeformandthenegativeformthroughanalysisandsummaries.

3.Tousethe

infinitiveof

purposetotella

storyabout

followingrulesand

realisethe

importanceof

followingrules.

Step3Practice

1.Givesentencessuchas“Peoplewearseatbeltsincars."and

“Peoplewanttostaysafeonthe

road.”Askstudentstorewritethemwith“to”“inorderto”and“soasto”.

2.Provideafill-in-the-blankexerciseintheformofastory.Askstudentstousetheinfinitiveofpurposeinthecontext.

Checkifstudentscandothetaskscorrectly.Judgethedegreebytheirperformanceindifferentcontexts.Observewhetherthefollowingproblems

exist:misusingexpressions,verbform

errorsandcontextmisunderstanding.

Tostrengthenstudents'abilitytousetheinfinitiveofpurposecorrectlybyhavingthemrewritesentencesandcompleteastory-basedfill-in-the-blankexercise,thusenhancingtheirpracticallanguageapplicationskills.

4.Tousethekeylanguagepointsandthe:infinitiveofpurposecorrectlyinreal-lifecontext.

Step4LanguagePoints

Teachsomerelevantexpressions

andlanguagepointssuchas“touch”“pickup”and“tellthetruth”

Step5Exercise

Guidestudentstocomplete

matchingexercises,

fill-in-the-blankexercisesandtranslationexercises.

(詳見(jiàn)課件資源)

Checkstudents'graspof

expressionsbyevaluatingtheirperformanceonexercises.

(續(xù)表)

Tointroducekeyexpressions,andthenguidestudentstopractisetheseexpressionsthroughexercisestoreinforcetheirunderstandingandapplication.

Homework