1、Unit 8 It must belong to Carla.Section A（3a-3c）Teaching Aims1.语言能力：读懂关于神秘事件话题的语篇。2.文化意识：能够用所学语言做推断，表达自己的价值取向。3.思维品质：能够用must, might, could, cant表示推断。4.学习能力：能有效获取阅读信息，归纳主题。Teaching Difficulties能正确运用must,might,could和cant进行推断Teaching Aidsmultimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teachin
2、gTeaching ProceduresTipsStep 1 Warming up导入部分先给学生听声音，让他们猜测这是什么声音，有可能正在发生什么事情（用情态动词表推测），然后过渡到有时候生活种我们会听到一些奇怪的声音，当听到奇怪的声音时你会有什么感觉。 Group workStep 1: Divide Ss into several groups. Play the recording of the sound one by one.Step 2: Ask each group to discuss what the sounds are and what might be happeni
3、ng. Encourage Ss to give different answers.（sound 1: the sound of sawing wood, sound 2: the sound of playing ping-pong, sound 3: the sound of braking, sound 4: the sound of playing basketball / volleyball ） Ask Ss to think about: How do you feel when you hear a strange sound?(Suggested answers: nerv
4、ous, worried, scared, uneasy, curious, excited )Step 2 Presentation & ReadingPre-reading Show the picture of this article to Ss and ask them to think about the following questions (answers can be varied):1. When is it?2. What is the woman looking at?3. How might the woman feel?Then, ask Ss to read t
5、he article and think about: Whats happening in the town.While-reading3a Ask Ss to read the article and decide which might be the best title.Answers: Strange Happenings in My TownWhile-reading3b Ask Ss to write down the words as many as they can based on the meanings. After all of them have finished,
6、 T can ask them to check their answers by reading the article again. (Tip: The goal of this exercise isnt to get all the answers correct but to try to deduce the word from its meaning. This will also ensure that Ss truly understand the meaning of the words. So, give Ss a few minutes to fill in the a
7、nswers before allowing them to read the article again.) Show the table on PPT P14 to Ss, ask them to find out the person who gives opinion in each paragraph.Post-reading3c Ask Ss to read the article carefully and write what people think about the strange noises.(Tip: For stronger classes, T can ask
8、Ss to fill in the answers without looking at the passage and only based on what they can remember from the first reading. Tell Ss that it is all right if they cant remember a lot. Next, get Ss to share their answers with a partner to see how much each one remembers. Then, get Ss re-read the passage
9、and go through the questions again.)Answers: Group WorkDivide Ss into several groups and ask them to discuss the following questions:1. After reading the article, what do you think the strange noises are? Who is the noise-maker?2. Have you ever heard any strange noise (or encountered any strange thi
10、ngs) before? What was it?Step 3 Language points learningnothing / not much的意思是“没什么; 不多; 不怎么样”，一般用于否定句中，表示并不那么重要、有趣、好等。unusual adj. 意为“特别的；不寻常的”，由否定前缀“un-”加形容词usual构成。否定前缀un-表示“不”。当其后加adj.时，构成原词的反义词。noise n. 意为“声音；噪音”，其形容词形式为noisy,意为“吵闹的”，常用短语有make noise“制造噪音”。noise, voice和sound的区别为：noise多指不悦耳的吵闹声、嘈杂
11、声。sound泛指各种声音，不带有任何感情色彩。voice多指人说话、唱歌的声音，即人的嗓音。There must be sb. / sth. doing sth. 的意思是“一定有某人 / 某物在做某事”。情态动词must和there be句型的连用，表示肯定推测。其中sb.和do之间是主动关系，用v-ing形式。Step 4 Summary & HomeworkSummary Ask Ss to do the exercise on PPT P23.Homework: Preview the grammar points in U8. Do the exercises in student
12、s book. Teaching ReflectionIn this period, we should practice making inferences with must, might, could and cant in reading and the situation. Students must finish every activity by their own reading. The teacher should let the students feel how to use these modal verbs instead of teaching and explaining. 4
