1、Unit 1 Teenage Life Period 3 Discovering Useful Structures Improve a draft (Activity 1Activity 3) Read the poem aloud and see how the underlined parts work in the poem. Nothing so rare As a day in June, The air so fine And the blossoms all blue. The weather just perfect, The skies never gray The bug
2、s always buzzing And the trees seem to sway. The sun beats so warmly On the tenderness of my skin, And the birds.they fly, Far away in the wind. June is the month That carries a tune. Its beautiful melody Floats like a balloon. by Danielle Owens Warming-up Observing Activity 1: Find and mark the nou
3、n/ adjective/ adverb phrases in the following sentences. 1 The first week was a little confusing. 2 The building is so big that Im completely lost. 3 The kids over there are putting something on a round paper plate. 4 Linda thinks and speaks quite quickly, and she can do well in the debate. 5 The ne
4、w coach told me that I didnt play well enough. 6 My first French class was very confusing. The teacher spoke so fast! What are their functions? Group work: Fill in the blanks of the form to summarize the function of each type of phrase. Grammar summary Type of the phrase Form Function More examples
5、Noun Phrase (det.) + (adj./adj. phrase/descriptive n.) + n. + (prep. phrase) Adjective Phrase (adv.) + adj. + (prep. phrase) Adverb Phrase (adv.) + adv. a beautiful campus some school clubs . very suitable strong enough . quite well far too fast . subject / object / predicative / object complement.
6、predicative / object complement. modify n. / pron. modify v. / adj. / adv. 名词短语名词短语( Noun Phrase )指 一个以名词为中心构成的短语, 在句中的功能相当于名词。 形容词短语形容词短语( Adjective Phrase) 指以一个形容词为中心构成的 短语,在句中的功能相当于形 容词。 副词短语副词短语(Adverb Phrase)指 以一个副词为中心构成的短语, 在句中的功能相当于副词。 Grammar summary Practice Activity 2: Answer the questions
7、 using the phrases in brackets. 1 How soon do you think youll finish your homework? (pretty soon) 2 What do you think of your new teachers? (very nice and patient) 3 How many clubs have you joined this year? (two clubs) 4 How well does Rita play the violin? We need a new violinist in our music club.
8、 (quite well) 5 What did your adviser say about the advanced literature course? (too difficult but very interesting) Ill finish my homework pretty soon. My new teachers are very nice and patient. Ive joined two clubs this year. Rita plays the violin quite well. My adviser said that the advanced lite
9、rature course was too difficult but very interesting. Activity 3: Joyce has just written a draft. Help her improve it by using noun / adjective / adverb phrases to add more information. Practice Practice Ive always wanted to be a high school cheerleader. Yesterday, I tried out for my schools cheerle
10、ading team. It was really hard. First, we had to dance up and down around the basketball court for 20 minutes. The teacher showed us how to move, and then we tried very hard. Second, we practised singing a short fight song about the school basketball team. Finally, some of the stronger girls had to
11、lift their partners. The other girls jumped very high and cheered so loudly. I think I did quite well in the try-out, but many of the other girls were even better. Im not so sure whether Ill make the cheerleading team this year or not. Practice We can find a quiet public reading room. Workbook (P73)
12、: Exercise 3-4 She owns a cute small white cat. Dont worry. He will do the job well enough. Practice Workbook (P73): Exercise 3-4 a very difficult test well enough quite silly some of the very bad really angry too many not such a big deal really great very kind Assignment Finish Exercise 5 of “Using structures” part in the Workbook. Goodbye!