1、Unit 1 The mass mediaGrammar and usageI. Learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:1. learn about the definition and the verb form of past perfect tense;2. summarize the grammatical rules of past perfect tense;3. apply the rules in new situations appropriately.II. Key
2、 competence focusDevelop the thinking ability by analyzing and summarizing the grammar rules.III. Predicted area of difficulty1. How to use past perfect tense freely and properly in their writing and speaking.2. Explore the rules of past perfect tense.IV.Teaching proceduresStep 1 Warming up1. T asks
3、 the Ss to read part A on page 6 and complete the True or False exercise.1) He regularly visited the library and studied English and Law-by then he had learnt very little French. ( )2) By the age of 25, he had become a teacher. ( )3) He used the same business strategy he employed at the St Louis Pos
4、t-Dispatch and sales of the newspaper mounted up until it was the bestselling newspaper in the country. ( )2. T asks the Ss the following questions1) When and where was Joseph Pulitzer born?Suggested answer: Joseph Pulitzer was born on April 10, 1847, in Hungary.2) When did Joseph Pulitzer found the
5、 newspaper the St Louis Post-Dispatch?Suggested answer: In 1878.3) In 1892, what did he offer Columbia University money to start?Suggested answer: He offered Columbia University money to start a school of journalism.4) When were the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded?Suggested answer: Six years afte
6、r Joseph Pulitzers death. 【设计意图: 老师一开始通过分享Joseph Pulitzer的生活故事，设置对与错以及回答问题的练习让学生在具体的情境中提前感知本节课的语法知识。很自然地引入本堂课的语法内容，同时带入了话题，也为本堂课的终极任务做好了铺垫。】Step 2Exploring and working out the rules 3. T has the Ss finish the table in part A.He regularly visited the library and studied English and Law-by then he had
7、 learnt very little English. By the age of 25, he had become a publisher. He used the same business strategy he had employed at the St Louis Post-Dispatch and sales of the newspaper mounted up until it was the bestselling newspaper in the country. 4. T has students finish “Working out the rules” of
8、part A on page 6. We often use the past perfect tense to talk about something that happened (1) _ (before/after) a past action or state. The verb form of the past perfect tense is “(2)_(have/had done)”. 5. T has students go through “Grammar notes” on page 98. Give explanations if necessary. 【设计意图：培养
9、学生的语篇意识，精读原文，理解文本内容，通过练习观察并体会过去完成时在语境中的用法。粗略理解过去完成时的概念以及它的谓语结构，并借鉴课本后面的语法笔记，对学生观察、探究、理解该语法知识点有一定的帮助。】Step 3 Applying the rules 1. T asks the Ss to finish part B1. B1 Circle the mistakes and correct them in the blanks below. had started 去掉had1) Pulitzer knew that he had learnt very little English, so
10、 he had started to work hard at the language._2) Pulitzer was very hard-working. Quite often, when he arrived home at midnight, he was working for over 10 hours.was working 改成 had worked_3) For the time he was 25, Pulitzer had become a journalist and publisher.For 改成 By_4) Many of the best reporters
11、 have worked for his paper before its failure in 1931.have worked 改成 had worked_2. T asks the Ss to finish part B2. B2 Below is a passage about the Pulitzer Prizes. Complete it with the correct forms of the verbs in the box below.(1) had built (2) were awarded (3) had won (4) has been allowed (5) ha
12、d intendedAfter finishing the box, T asks the Ss to answer the following questions: 1) Who had devoted a lot before The Pulitzer Prizes were established?Suggested answer: Joseph Pulitzer.2) What categories have The Pulitzer Prizes also expanded to include?Suggested answer: Photography and music. 【设计
13、意图：这个步骤是这堂课的核心部分，将语法知识和语境相结合，在语境中学习语法知识。学生通过更正句子中的错误时态，进一步理解和把握了过去完成时的概念以及谓语结构。通过自主学习、自主探究和合作学习的方式，了解这一语法知识在英语语言中的运用，让学生在语言实践中去探索过去完成时这一时态，通过句子、语篇两个层面的巩固练习，内化新知，从而能够准确、恰当、得体地使用目标语法。】Step 4 Topic talking and sharing1. T asks the Ss to talk about Zou Taofens life story according to the timeline and sh
14、are it with each other.Example: By the time he was 31, Zou Taofen had become the chief editor of Life Weekly.Sample answer:Zou Taofen was born in 1895, in Fujian. He graduated from university at the age of twenty-six, in 1921. The next year, he became an editor. He had worked as an editor for four y
15、ears before he became the chief editor of Life Weekly. In 1931, he started campaigning against the Japanese invasion. By the time he was forty, he had started a new journal called Life of the Masses. Zou had established himself as a famous journalist and publisher before he died in Shanghai in 1944.【设计意图：学生根据课文的时间轴，结合语法知识，进一步巩固本节课的核心知识，将过去完成时的用法融入到真实语言中，鼓励学生学习理解、应用实践、迁移创新， 达到学以致用的目的。不仅培养培养学生的批判性思维能力，而且帮助学生提升语言表达能力，为写作打好语言基础。】V. Homework1. Search the information online and write a life story of your favorite people.2. Complete part C of the workbook on page 56- 4 -