教师活动:In the story, Will followed the cat into a different world, and decided not to return. What would happen to him?
学生活动:回忆上节课所学内容,并发挥想像力续写文章。
教学目的:激发学生学习的热情,锻炼学生口语表达能力。
● Step 2: 词汇学习
教师活动:Can you find out the words in the passage which means the following? eg.
1. ___ means making someone feel afraid.
2. ___ means can not be seen.
3. ___ means a nice smell.
学生活动:在文章中找出符合这些释义的单词。
教学目的:加深学生对于文章的理解。
● Step 3: 巩固练习
教师活动:Fill in the text with some of the words above.
Will saw the cat ___ strangely. She put out a paw to pat something in the air, which was ___ to Will. Then she ___ back. Will was ___ and ___ to look closely. The cat ___ the place again, just an empty patch of the grass between the trees and ___ , and patted the air once more. Again she ___back, but less far . After another few seconds, the cat ___. (Answers: behave, invisible, leapt, frightened, hesitated, approached, bushes, leapt, vanished)
学生活动:跟随教师完成填空任务。
教学目的:巩固所学词汇。
● Step 4: 理解语句
教师活动:Paraphrase some of the sentences in the passage. eg.
1. Will was stupefied with exhaustion.
—He was so tired that he can’t think clearly.
2. All the same Will felt such a longing to turn for home that tears scalded his eyes.
—In spite of this, Will wanted so strongly to go back home that he began to cry.
学生活动:积极思考这些句子在文章中的含义,用简单的英语解释。
教学目的:培养学生的英语思维能力和语言表达能力。
● Step 5: 语法学习导入
教师活动:Ask students to find the sentences with the v-ing form as the adverbial. eg.
1.Putting down his shopping bag, Will held out his hand, and the cat came up to him.
2.Still watching, Will saw the cat behave strangely.
学生活动:找到文章中出现的现在分词做状语的句子。
教学目的:训练略读和跳读的技巧,引出本单元语法。
● Step 6: 深入分析
教师活动:What do these sentences have in common?
1. comma
2. refer to the same person
3. V-ing 主动(语态)
Ask the students to put these sentences into two groups: