1、Unit 8 FashionGrammarI. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. know what the present continuous tense is;2. learn when and how to use the present continuous tense;3. understand the rules of forming v-ing;4. talk about the things that are happenin
2、g at the moment.II. Teaching contents1. New words and expressions: lie, write to, wait for, look for2. New structures: III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Learn to know the uses of the present continuous tense;2. Sum up the rules of forming v-ing;3. Talk about the actions hap
3、pening at the moment by using the present continuous tense.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-inStep 2 PresentationPresent continuous tense1. Basic form.(1) Ask students to look at the four sentences and try to find out the rules. T: Now please look at the four sentences. Can you find something in c
4、ommon? Here “He” is the subject. “Is” is the verb “to be”. And “driving”, “sailing”, “travelling”, “riding” here are the -ing forms of the verbs. (2) Work out the basic form. T: If we connect the three parts together, we can get the basic form of the present continuous tense. That is “subject + be +
5、 v-ing”. We may pay attention to the verb “to be”, it will change according to the subject. Usually the verb “to be” here is “am”, “is” or “are”.2. Uses of the present continuous tense.(1) T: Look at the timeline. When does the action happen? The action is happening at present.For example: Mary is t
6、alking to her friends.(2) Conclusion.T: The present continuous tense is to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking.3. Positive & negative sentences.(1) Show students some examples to help them learn how to make a positive sentence.(2) Tell students how to change a positive sentence in
7、to a negative sentence.(3) Show students how to change a positive sentence into a question and the ways to answer the question.4. Rules of forming the “-ing” form of a verb. (1) Show students some groups of words and ask them to work out the rules.a. Most verbsT: When we use the present continuous t
8、ense, we must be careful with the “-ing” form of the verb. Please look at these words. What can you find? Yes, we add “-ing” to the words directly. We can add “-ing” to most verbs.e.g. workworking, playplaying, showshowing, gogoingb. Verbs ending in a silent “e” T: Now look at these words. When the
9、verb ends with a silent “e”, we drop the “e” and add “-ing”.e.g. comecoming, makemaking, dancedancing, taketakingc. Verbs ending in “ie” T: Here are three words. They all end in “ie”. For the verbs ending in “ie”, we usually change “ie” to “y”, and then add “-ing”. e.g. lielying, tietying, diedyingd
10、. Some verbs ending in a consonant + a vowel + a consonantT: Look at these words. They are short and end in “a consonant + a vowel + a consonant”. For these words, we must double the last consonant and then add “-ing”. e.g. runrunning, swimswimming, getgetting, planplanning (2) Practice.a. Ask stude
11、nts to ask and answer questions in pairs.T: Now look at the pictures. What are they doing? (He is running. /She is drinking. /It is eating. /The doctor is writing. /He is fishing. /She is dancing)b. Finish Part A on Page 97. T: People are doing different things. What about Kittys classmates? What ar
12、e they doing? Lets help Kitty complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs.5. Signal words of the present continuous tense.T: Look at the words in blue. When we see these words, it means we had better use the present continuous tense. Here are some of the words and expressions.(1) now,
13、 at the moment, at present, right now (2) Look, (3) Listen, (4) Its 4 oclock, 6. Some special words are not used in the present continuous tense. (1) T: After learning the present continuous tense, lets play a guessing game. You may begin your question like this: “Is he/she/it doing ?” or “Are they
14、doing ?” (He is drawing a picture. /It is playing basketball. /They are playing football. /They are riding bikes. /She is teaching. /It is eating an apple.)(2) T: In the last picture, we can see there are two apples in the frogs hands. Look at the apple in his left hand. We can say “He is eating an
15、apple.” We can also say “He is having an apple.” But for the apple in his right hand, we just say “He has an apple” because “has” in this sentence means “own”, and it cannot be used in the present continuous tense.(3) Conclusion. T: Here are some special words. They are about our feelings, likes or
16、dislikes. These words cannot be used in the present continuous tense.a. feelings: smell, taste, sound, look, hear, find, see b. have (有)c. think (认为,觉得), like, love, hate, wish, want, hope, remember, forget, understand, needStep 3 Practice 1. Finish Part B on Page 98.2. Now please look at the photo. Peter is talking about his classmates. Would you like to make a conversation talking about their activities? Ask some students to share their ideas.V. Homework1. Talk about your own school activities with the present continuous tense;2. Preview Integrated skills.