Step 1 Preparation

Ask the students to underline the noun clauses in the following sentences. Then tell what types of noun clauses they are.

1) Whether native Americans arrived in California 15,000 years ago or 14,000 years ago is not important. Subject clause(主语从句)

2) The fact that they arrived a long time before Europeans is what matters. 

Appositive clause(同位语从句) & Predicative clause(表语从句)

3) I believe that the native Americans were treated badly when the first Europeans came. Object clause(宾语从句)

Step 2 Discussion

Ask the students to differ the Noun Clauses as the subject, object, predicative and appositive.

Step 3 Analysis

1.高考考查热点:

1)名词性从句的语序（陈述句语序）；

2)几对重要关联词的区别：whether\if, what\that, what\whatever, who\whoever, etc;

3)it用作形式主语或形式宾语代替主语从句或宾语从句；

4）根据具体情景选用适当的关联词。

2.根据例句，讨论：

1）whether\if的区别

I. Please tell me if/whether you will go to the lectures tomorrow.

II. It all depends on whether the sky will clear up.

III. The question is whether the film is well worth seeing.

IV. Whether he will be well tomorrow I’m not sure.

V. Whether it is true remains a problem.

A.引导宾语从句，位于及物动词后

B.引导宾语从句，位于介词后

C.引导宾语从句，放句首

D.引导表语从句，主语从句或同位语从句

whether: A, B, C, D

if: A

2)What\that的区别

I. I think that it is unnecessary for me to speak louder.

II. His mother is satisfied with what he has done.

III. That he was able to come made us happy.

IV. This is what makes us interested.

V. The reason was that Tod had never seen the million-pound note before.

3）who\whoever; what\whatever的区别

I. The spoken English competition is coming. Who will attend the meeting hasn’t been decided yet.

II. I believe whoever takes part in the competition will try his best.

III. Can you tell me what you would like to order?

IV. Whatever happens, don’t be surprised.

V. All the food here is delicious. Just order whatever you like.

4)常见的it作形式主语的结构

I. It is a fact that he won the match.

II. It is necessary that we do study the English.

III. It is known to all that light travels in straight lines.

IV. It seemed that he would come here.

Step 4 Practice

1)Exs.3&4, Students Book P5

2)Make sentences using noun clauses as the subject, object, predicative and appositive.

Step 5 Homework

1.Review what we have learnt today.

2. Translate sentences:

    1)显而易见, 英语很重要.(主语从句)

    2)玛利认为他会帮助她.(宾语从句)

    3)我从来未到过那儿这事实是真的.(同位语从句)

    4)问题是我们下一步该怎么做.(表语从句)

Step 1 Discussion

1. Get the students to discuss with the other members of their group which Chinese city, province or zone they want to write about.

2. Get the students to discuss their choices with other groups and make sure that each group will be writing about a different place.

3. Once the students have decided on a place, ask them to discuss what topics they will write about and in what order they will write about them.

Here are some examples of topics.

Step 2

1. Get the students to give each person in the group one of the topics from the list to write a paragraph about.

2. when everyone has finished, ask the students to read the paragraphs aloud in the correct order, making suggestions for improving each others’ writing and check each others’ spelling, punctuation and grammar.

3. Get the students to decide what they want to write in concluding paragraph. It should make a common on the future development of this place.

4. Ask the students to write a clean copy of the whole essay.

5. Put in maps, pictures, tables or charts where necessary to make it attractive.

Step 3 Sharing

Make a wall display or a class booklet containing the essays from every group.

Sample writing:

Beijing is the capital city of China and covers 16,800 square kilometers. It is surrounded by mountains to the north and west. One of them, Ling Shan, is over 2,300 meters high. The climate can be very dry in winter and humid in summer. Autumn is the best season because it is usually fine and pleasantly warm.

Beijing was the capital city of many dynasties in Chinese history. These dynasties left a large number of architectural souvenirs in the city: the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven, etc. There is also a legacy of royal parks: Jingshan and Beihai. Since1949 these parks and buildings have been open to the public.

Nowadays, Beijing is the capital of a thriving country with a large population. More than half of them live in the 3entr of the city. As well as being an important economic centre Beijing is als9o the site of the main venue for the Olympic Games in 2008.

As befits its status, Beijing is the centre of many cultural activities, such a s concerts, operas, modern painting exhibitions and international events. Today Beijing is indeed an example of a city in the modern world.