1、Unit8 It must belong to Carla. SectionA3a3c TeachingAims 1. Knowledge Objects (1) Function: Make inference. (2) Key Vocabulary: noise, policeman, wolf, uneasy, outdoor, laboratory, coat, sleepy, have fun, run away, go away, make noise, feel sleepy (3) Target Language: My wife thinks that it could be
2、 an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. They think it might be the mind, I dont think so. So I guess it cant be a dog. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? (4) Structure: must, might, could and cant for making inferences 2.Ab
3、ility Objects (1) Be able to master and use the key vocabulary and target language. (2) Enable students to understand the passage and infer the best title of the passage according to the details. (3) To learn and master how to make inferences using “must”, “might”, “could” and “cant”. 3. Moral Objec
4、ts Learn to make inferences through the common sense of life. Use your mind, then make inferences correctly. Teaching Key Points 1. Enable students to understand the passage and infer the best title of the passage according to the details. 2. To learn and master how to make inferences using“must”, “
5、might”, “could” and “cant”. Teaching Difficult Points To read the passage and learn to infer the best title of the passage according to the details. Teaching Methods The situational teaching approach, task-based language teaching method, and the cooperative learning method. TeachingAids Some picture
6、s, PPT, tape recorder Teaching Procedures Step 1 Revision Greet the class as usual. Play a guessing game. Whose shadow is this?Ask students to guess like this: It cant be _. It could/might be _. It must be _. Then show them a picture and form to help them sum up the usage of making inferences using
7、“must”, “might”, “could” and “cant”. Show a picture of Ling Zhiying and Kimi, ask students to guess the owner of these things. A: Whose magazine is this? B: It must belong to Kimi . =It must be Kimis. It cant be Lin Zhiyings. Step 2 Pairwork Now please make conversations in pairs with the help of th
8、e information in the chart. Ask some pairs to come to the front and act out their conversations. Sample conversation: A: Whose English book is this? B: It must be Carlas. It has her name on it. It must belong to Carla. Step 3 Reading Leading in: T: According to what we see or know about, we can make
9、 inferences using the words “must”, “might”, “could” and “cant”. Something unusual happened in Victors town. They heard strange noise at night, but didnt know what it was. Different people made different inferences. Next, please read the passage and make your inference. Pre-reading: Have students lo
10、ok at the picture and answer the questions. What is the woman in the picture doing? How did she feel? Why? Have some students try to answer the questions. While-reading: First, ask students to read the three titles in the box and decide which might be the best title after listening. Second, listen t
11、o the tape and fill in the blanks. Third, have students work in groups, finish 3b and 3c. 3b: read the meanings in the box of 3b and guess what the words are, then skim the passage again and find the words from the passage to match the meanings. Check the answers in class. 3c: read the passage caref
12、ully and find out the strange noises, and then complete the chart in 3c. Ask different students to report those persons opinions. Check answers with students. Ask students to find out key phrases and key language points and explain the phrases “next-door neighbor, run away, go away, create fear” and
13、 the key structures “There must be something doing sth” and “have fun doing sth”. After-reading: Ask two students to retell the passage according to the context in the chart of 3c. Step 4 Writing Read through the article again. What do you think the noise could be? List all your ideas. See who in yo
14、ur group can come up with the most imaginative explanation. Then look at the newspaper headline and finish the article about the strange happening. First part: background information about the mystery Second part: how the mystery was solved Third part: how the people in the neighborhood now feel Ask
15、 some students to read their writings to the class. Step 5 Exercise Finish the multiple choices and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Step 6 Homework 1. Finish the article about the strange happenings and share it with others. Blackboard Design Who gave opinions? What are the opinions? V
16、ictors wifeShe thinks that it could be an animal. Victor and his friendsThey say it must be teenagers having fun. The policemenThey think it might be the wind. HelenShe guess it cant be the dog. One woman in the areaShe think it was too big to be a dog. Maybe it was a bear of a wolf. The writer himselfShe/he doesnt that is going to happen.
