Teaching contents | Procedures | Purposes |
Teacher’s activity | Students’ activity |
Activity 1 | - Teacher asks students to read the sentences in the first box and pay special attention to the words in bold. Then ask students Questions 1–2.
- Teacher asks some students to share answers.
- Teacher asks students to work in groups, discussing Questions 3.
- Teacher collects answers.
- Teacher instructs students to look for more sentences with –ever or no matter in the reading passage.
- Teacher checks answers with the whole class, and gives some explanations if necessary.
| - Students observe the two groups of sentences in the first box and answer Questions 1–2.
- Some students share answers.
- Students work in groups, writing down all the words that can be combined with
–ever and no matter. - Some students give their answers, and others can add more words.
- Students read the passage and find more sentences with –ever or no matter.
- Some students report their answers and the others can make a supplementary.
| - To help students to find the features and rules of the adverbial clauses with -ever and no matter.
- To make students familiar with the use of the adverbial clauses with -ever and no matter.
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Activity 2 | - Teacher asks students to read the short passage and rewrite the underlined sentences using adverbial clauses with –ever and no matter.
- Teacher asks students to check their sentences in pairs.
- Teacher asks some students to read their sentences.
| - Students read the short passage and rewrite the underlined sentences without changing the original meaning.
- Students check their changed sentences in pairs.
- Students check the answers.
| To consolidate and strengthen students’ knowledge of grammar they have learnt. |
Activity 3 | - Teacher asks students to read the story and have a thorough understanding of it.
- Teacher asks students to retell the story briefly.
- Teacher asks students to complete the sentences below the story.
- Teacher checks the answers.
| - Students read the story and get the main idea of it.
- Students retell the story in their own words.
- Students complete the sentences according to their meaning in the story.
- Some students read their sentences and the others check theirs.
| 1. To consolidate the application of the adverbial clauses with –ever and no matter. 2. To cultivate students’ strong will and consciousness of serving others |
Activity 4 | - Teacher asks students to share their survival experience using adverbial clauses with –ever and no matter.
- Teacher chooses some students to tell their stories and teacher also makes comments.
| - Students work in pairs and tell their survival story to each other.
- Some students tell their stories.
| To encourage students to tell a story about overcoming difficulties to survive using the grammatical structure and expressions they have learnt. |
Activities 5-6 | - Teacher introduces the story of Robinson Crusoe.
- Teacher plays the tape.
- Teacher reads the answer.
- Teacher asks students to look through the diagram carefully and pay attention to the missing information.
- Teacher plays the tape again.
- Teacher plays the tape once more.
- Teacher read the answers.
- Teacher asks students to talk about what made Robinson Crusoe survive according to the dialogue.
- Teacher asks volunteers to share their opinions.
| - Students read the five sentences.
- Students listen to the tape and then tick the idea which is not conveyed.
- Students check their answers.
- Students look through the diagram carefully.
- Students listen to the tape and take notes. Then complete the diagram.
- Students listen and check their answers.
- Students check their answers.
- Students work in pairs talking about what made Robinson Crusoe survive.
- Volunteers share their opinions.
| To let students capture the key information and grasp the viewpoints of different characters in the listening material. |
Activity 7 | - Teacher asks students to go through the expressions.
- Teacher asks students to complete the boxes with the expressions.
- Teacher checks the answer.
| - Students read the expressions and understand their meaning.
- Students put the expressions in the boxes according to their functions.
- One student reads the expressions in the boxes and the others check their answers.
| To make students pay attention to the pragmatic functions of different expressions. |
Activity 8 | - Teacher asks students to read the passage.
- Teacher asks students to retell the passage.
- Teacher asks students to discuss the two questions.
- Teacher checks the answers with the class.
| - Students read the passage and understand the meaning.
- Students retell the passage briefly.
- Students work in groups and answer the two questions.
- Some students give their answers.
| 1. To have students learn about Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe. 2. To have students learn about Robinson Crusoe’s positive, optimistic and courageous spirit to overcome difficulties. 3. To help students think about various crises in different parts of the world and how to cope with them. |
Activity 9-10 | - Teacher asks students to read the five news reports and pay attention to the expressions in bold.
- Teacher checks students’ understanding of the five reports.
- Teacher asks students to answer the two questions.
- Teacher collects answers and makes comments.
- Teacher asks students to read the advertisement.
- Teacher asks students to finish the task in Activity 10.
- Teacher checks the answer.
- Teacher invites some students to retell the advertisement after it is rewritten.
| - Students read the five news reports and understand their meaning.
- Some students retell the five reports.
- Students discuss the two questions in groups and answer them.
- Some students share their answers.
- Students read the advertisement carefully.
- Students rewrite the underlined expressions with the correct form of words and expressions in Activity 9.
- Some students share their answers.
- Volunteers retell the advertisement after the underlined expressions are rewritten.
| 1. To help students understand news report. 2. To help students consolidate the vocabulary they have learnt. 3. To let students experience the diversity of expressions of the English language. |
Activity 11 | - Teacher asks students to make a dialogue about an issue concerning a survival and how to deal with it.
- Teacher asks students to perform their dialogues in groups.
- Teacher invites several pairs to act out their dialogues and makes comments.
- Teacher asks students to choose the best one.
| - Students work in pairs. Think of an issue concerning a survival and how to deal with it. Then make a dialogue about it.
- Students act out their dialogues in groups and make comments on each other’ s dialogue.
- Several pairs act out their dialogues in front of the class.
- Students choose the dialogue they like best.
| 1.To encourage students to comprehensively use the vocabulary and pragmatic functional expressions in specific situations 2. To help students to carry out mutual evaluation after an activity, so as to improve students’ critical thinking ability and pave the way for future study. |