Teaching Plan Teaching Grammar:Using it as the empty subject contents Time 20 mins Teacher Ye Ting,Shenzhen Hongling Middle School Students Grade 3,Junior High School Teaching Objectives Knowledge objective Enable students to know the usages of it as the empty subject. Ability objective 1.Improve students'learning ability and develop language strategies to communicate in English 2.Enable students to know how to use it as the empty subject correctly. Emotional objective Raise students'awareness of protecting the ocean. Teaching key points and difficult points Key points: 1.Students know how to use it as the empty subject of a sentence to replace a to-infinitive. 2.Students know different sentence patterns with it as the empty subject. Difficult points: Students may have difficulty distinguishing the similar sentence structures-"it is adj.for sb.to do sth." and“it is adj.ofsb.to do sth.” Teaching methods Self-study,pair work Teaching procedures Teaching steps Teacher's activities Students'activities Aims Show the video Nature is To arouse students' Step 1 speaking-Ocean.Show some Enjoy the video Nature is speaking-Ocean.Think interest and recall Leading-in sentences from the video and ask the knowledge (2 min) students about the usage of it in about the usage of it in the they've learned sentences. them about it before. Show some sentences and ask Look at some sentences and students to find out what the word it find out what the word it To enable students Step2 refers to in each sentence.Then refers to in each sentence. to know that it can Grammar help students to work out the rule. Then work out the rule. be used as the empty learning--Usage subject to refer to One Show the exercises in Part A and Try to finish the exercises in time,season, (4 min) Part B from the textbook.Ask Part A and Part B from the weather,distance students to finish them. textbook. and temperature
Teaching Plan Teaching contents Grammar: Using it as the empty subject Time 20 mins Teacher Ye Ting, Shenzhen Hongling Middle School Students Grade 3, Junior High School Teaching Objectives Knowledge objective Enable students to know the usages of it as the empty subject. Ability objective 1. Improve students’ learning ability and develop language strategies to communicate in English. 2. Enable students to know how to use it as the empty subject correctly. Emotional objective Raise students’ awareness of protecting the ocean. Teaching key points and difficult points Key points： 1. Students know how to use it as the empty subject of a sentence to replace a to-infinitive. 2. Students know different sentence patterns with it as the empty subject. Difficult points： Students may have difficulty distinguishing the similar sentence structures – “it is adj. for sb. to do sth.” and “it is adj. of sb. to do sth.” Teaching methods Self-study, pair work Teaching procedures Teaching steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Aims Step 1 Leading-in (2 min) Show the video Nature is speaking-Ocean. Show some sentences from the video and ask students about the usage of it in them. Enjoy the video Nature is speaking-Ocean. Think about the usage of it in the sentences. To arouse students’ interest and recall the knowledge they’ve learned about it before. Step 2 Grammar learning--Usage One (4 min) Show some sentences and ask students to find out what the word it refers to in each sentence. Then help students to work out the rule. Look at some sentences and find out what the word it refers to in each sentence. Then work out the rule. To enable students to know that it can be used as the empty subject to refer to time, season, weather, distance and temperature. Show the exercises in Part A and Part B from the textbook. Ask students to finish them. Try to finish the exercises in Part A and Part B from the textbook
To enable students Find out the difference Show two ways of expressing a to understand why between"It is adj.to do people prefer to say sentence and ask students to sth.”and "To do sth.is "It is adj.to do compare them. adj." sth.” Step 3 To help students to understand four Grammar Give students some sentences and Try to summarize the sentence patterns learning ask them to summarize the sentence sentence pattern of each about using it as the --Usage Two (5 min) pattern. sentence. empty subject to replace a to-infinitive. Show the exercises in Part C from Try to finish the exercises in To enable students the textbook.Ask students to Part C from the textbook to get familiar with describe the pictures using it and a and describe the pictures the four sentence to-infinitive under each picture using it and a to-infinitive patterns. below under each picture below. To enable students Show a picture and ask students to Look at a picture and predict what the weather will be predict what the weather to know“it Step4 like. will be like. seems/appears that.” Grammar learning Try to finish the exercises in Show the exercises in Part D from Part D from the textbook To help students to --Usage Three the textbook.Ask students to find a know how to use the (3 min) and practise the partner to practise the conversations with a sentence pattern“it conversations.Then show a model partner.Learn from the seems/appears to them. model. that.” To enable students Step 5 Summarize the three usages of Try to remember the three to summarize what Summary usages of using it as the using it as the empty subject. they have learned in (1 min) empty subject. class. Step 6 Ask students to finish some Finish some exercises To help students to Self-checking check themselves exercises about the three usages of about the three usages of it through the (2 min) it as the empty subject. as the empty subject. exercises. To raise students' Imagine what Kevin will do after he Enjoy the video Kevin may awareness of wakes up and show student a video. find on the Internet. protecting the ocean. Step7 Extension (3min) Ask students to help Kevin combine Try to help Kevin complete the words into sentences using it as the sentences using it as the To practise using it the empty subject. empty subject. as the empty subject
Step 3 Grammar learning --Usage Two (5 min) Show two ways of expressing a sentence and ask students to compare them. Find out the difference between “It is adj. to do sth.” and “To do sth. is adj.”. To enable students to understand why people prefer to say “It is adj. to do sth.” . Give students some sentences and ask them to summarize the sentence pattern. Try to summarize the sentence pattern of each sentence. To help students to understand four sentence patterns about using it as the empty subject to replace a to-infinitive. Show the exercises in Part C from the textbook. Ask students to describe the pictures using it and a to-infinitive under each picture below. Try to finish the exercises in Part C from the textbook and describe the pictures using it and a to-infinitive under each picture below. To enable students to get familiar with the four sentence patterns. Step 4 Grammar learning --Usage Three (3 min) Show a picture and ask students to predict what the weather will be like. Look at a picture and predict what the weather will be like. To enable students to know “it seems/appears that...” Show the exercises in Part D from the textbook. Ask students to find a partner to practise the conversations. Then show a model to them. Try to finish the exercises in Part D from the textbook and practise the conversations with a partner. Learn from the model. To help students to know how to use the sentence pattern “it seems/appears that...” Step 5 Summary (1 min) Summarize the three usages of using it as the empty subject. Try to remember the three usages of using it as the empty subject. To enable students to summarize what they have learned in class. Step 6 Self-checking (2 min) Ask students to finish some exercises about the three usages of it as the empty subject. Finish some exercises about the three usages of it as the empty subject. To help students to check themselves through the exercises. Step 7 Extension (3 min) Imagine what Kevin will do after he wakes up and show student a video. Enjoy the video Kevin may find on the Internet. To raise students’ awareness of protecting the ocean. Ask students to help Kevin combine the words into sentences using it as the empty subject. Try to help Kevin complete the sentences using it as the empty subject. To practise using it as the empty subject
Homework Level A:Try to make five sentences using it as the empty subject. Level B:Try to help Kevin to finish his article about protecting the ocean
Homework Level A: Try to make five sentences using it as the empty subject. Level B: Try to help Kevin to finish his article about protecting the ocean