Anne’s Best Friend 课堂实录

Analysis of the teaching material:

This period focuses on vocabulary，which is like the bricks we need to build a house.Without mastering a certain words or phrases，we can’t communicate with other people，correctly express our thoughts and avoid misunderstanding each other.The purpose is to let students choose proper words or phrases when talking to people according to knowledge they’ve learned.

Teaching Aims:

1.Knowledge：

words/phrases：upset，ignore，loose，cheat，Netherlands，German，dare，thunder，entirely，feeling，crazy，trust，indoors，calm down，be concerned about，walk the dog，go through，hide away，set down a series of...，on purpose，face to face sentence structures：There was a time when...，It was the first time that... ...before...，I wonder if...

2.Ability：

（1）Use these words，phrases and sentence structures freely.

（2）Use them in real situations properly.

3.Emotion：

Train students’ perseverance and patience by remembering new words，phrases and sentence structures.

Focuses:

Grasp new words，phrases and sentence structures.

Difficulties:

How to make this class lively and interesting so that students are willing to learn.

Teaching Aids:

a project，a blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1

T：In the last period，we read the passage “Anne’s best friend” and had a discussion about friends and friendship.All these include some useful and important words and phrases you have learnt in this unit.Now let’s review them.I want you to make up sentences using the new words.A competition is designed for you to see which group can make  sentences as many as possible. Accuracy should be noticed.Are you clear？

Ss：Yes.

1.be concerned about

S₁：A large number of students are concerned about the marks in the examination for admission to college.

2.upset

S₁：It was careless of you to upset a bottle of ink.

S₂：We succeeded in upsetting the enemy’s plan.

S₃：The food I ate yesterday upset my stomach.

3.ignore

S₁：We students shouldn’t ignore what our teachers say.

4.calm

S₁：Soldiers remained calm in face of cruel enemies.

5.walk the dog

S₁：I like walking the dog in the park near to my house.

6.loose

S₁：Mary is wearing loose clothing today.

7.cheat

S₁：That shopkeeper cheats his customer.

S₂：Don’t you consider it wrong to cheat in examinations？

S₃：These sheets I’ve bought are a cheat；they’re too short for the bed.

8.share

S₁：They shared the cake between them.

S₂：Friends should share the joys and sorrows.

S₃：She and Reid shared the same tastes and interests.

T：Note the phrases：

（1）share in：We shared in the fun.

（2）share with：Please share your newspaper with me.

9.feeling

S₁：It was a delightful feeling.

S₂：This feeling seems to be natural.

10.set down：

S₁：Set down your heavy bags and take a rest.

S₂：I will set down the story as it was told to me.

11.outdoors

S₁：Is it cold outdoors？

S₂：We spend much of our time outdoors.

12.crazy

S₁：The young are crazy about pop music.

13.on purpose

S₁：I’ve come on purpose to speak to you.

14.dare

S₁：He dares to behave like that in my house!

S₂：How dare you ask me such a question？

15.thunder

S₁：After the lightning came the thunder.

16.entirely

S₁：He had almost entirely forgotten what he had done.

Step 2

T：Which team did the best in this activity？Congratulations!Now，open your books，turn to Page 4 and look at “Learning about Language”.Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases you have learnt in this unit.You are given six minutes to do it.Read first，and then fill in it according to the meaning of each sentence.Is that clear？

Ss：Yes.

T：OK.First do it by yourself.Then discuss them in pairs.After a while，I’ll ask some students to read the words.

（Teacher goes among the students and the students begin to do it.After a while，teacher checks their answers.）

Step 3

T：Do you have any trouble understanding the passage？

S₁：It’s difficult for me to understand the phrase “go without” in warming up.

T：It means without having （nothing to eat）.

e.g.The poor boy often had to go without supper.

S₂：In Paragraph One，what’s the meaning of “go through”？

T：Here it means experience or suffer.It has several meanings.Please guess its different meanings in different sentences.

（1）I’d like to have you go through the book.

（2）Mother went through the drawer looking  for the sweater.

（3）I’ve gone through too much money this week.

（4）She went through one hardship after another.

（5）The law has now gone through.

Ss：检查；翻找；用完；经历（困难，痛苦等）；通过

S₃：What does the sentence “She and her family hid away for two years before they were discovered” mean？

T：Who can explain it？

S₄： 她和她的家人藏了两年才被发现。

T：You are clever.Any other question？

S₅：In the sentences “I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky，the song of the birds，moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound.”， what’s the function of “when”？How can we understand “could never have kept me spellbound”

T：When...is an attributive clause；“could never have kept me spellbound”means：In the past，I pay no attention to nature，because I get it so easily.Now，it’s so hard for me to enjoy it that I am attracted.

S₆：What part speech of stay in the phrase “stay awake”？

T：“stay” here is a link verb，which can be followed by adjective or noun.

S₇：What’s the structure of “it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face”？

T：This is a fixed sentence pattern.When the tense in the subject clause is “was”，the tense in the that clause is past perfect tense.When the tense in the subject clause is “is/will be”，the tense in that clause is present perfect tense.

Step 4

T：No question？I explain some other information to you.Please match the explanation with the sentences.

1.survey

a.look carefully at all of （sth./sb.）

b.study （and describe） the general condition of sth.

c.find and record the area features by measurement or calculation

（1）The city engineer surveyed the property to amend the map.

（2）He surveyed the country from the top of the mountain.

（3）Let’s survey the events leading up to the crime.

Answers：c，b，a

T：Note the differences between the two sentences.

a.She stood face to face with him.

b.I had a face-to-face interview with a famous actor.

T：“face to-face” is used as an adverbial.“face-to face” is used as attributive.

T：Grasp the relative idioms：

a case in point 例证

be on the point of正要去做某事

come to the point 谈正题

make a point提出一个论点

to the point中肯，切题

point out指出

When it comes to the point到了关键时刻

2.suffer：to experience pain or difficulty

e.g.He suffered a great deal from cold and hunger.

T：In this class，we’ve learnt a lot of language points.

Please read them after class until you can learn them by heart and try to use them as frequent as possible.

Homework：Translate the sentences into English.

●板书设计

●活动与探究

Make up a short passage using the language points you’ve learned.The purpose is to encourage Ss to use them in a actual situation，which is connected with them.Thus，they are willing to learn them and use them instead of just remembering them.

According to their performances，the best passages and writers will be chosen.