UNIT 15: CITIES E: LANGUAGE FOCUS I Aim: - Grammar: - Pronunciation: /θ/, / ð / - Non- defining and defining relative clauses - Although II Teaching aids: - Pictures, posters, lesson plan, textbook, etc III Procedure: Teacher, s activities Students’ s activities Pronuciation: * Warm up - Show a picture of Tom’s family (3 brothers) - Five people - Ask: How many people are there in Tom’s family? - Three brothers - How many brothers are there in Tom’s family? -Write this sentence on the blackboard There are three brothers in Tom’s family Pronunciation(12mns) -There are three brothers in Tom’s family /θ / /ð/ - Read in chorus - Ask students to read this sentence in - Pronounce the sounds in chorus chorus - Ask them to pronounce two sounds: - Describe how to pronounce the sounds clearly Activity 1: - Repeat after the teacher(3 times) - Ask students to open their books page - Pratise in pairs 164 - Pronounce - Ask Ss to listen and repeat: /θ/ /ð/ - Ask students to practice in pairs - Get some students to pronounce these A words individually before the class B - Play a game /θ/ - Without looking back at the textbooks, put / ð / some words pronounced / θ/ in column A and some words pronounced / ð / in column B - Divide into groups - Choose the winner Activity - Practice the sentences (These sentences are written on a poster) - Ask students to listen and repeat - Get some Ss to go to the blackboard and use two kinds of coloured chalk to underline the words pronounced /θ/, / ð / - Conduct correction - Get students to practice minutes - Get some Ss to read these sentences individually - Correct their mistakes - Get Ss to read these sentences in chorus again Grammar Activity 1: Shows a picture of New York Harbour (textbook) Asks: What is it? *Says: New York Harbour, which is ice-free in N – R - Clause all seasons, is one of the largest and finest harbours in the world - Writes this sentence on the blackboard - Explain Gives another example *The man who lives next door is very friendly -explains @ Note “That” is not used in non-defining rela clauses Exercise Connecting contrasting ideas: Although Activity - Repeat in chorus - Practise - Read - Read in chorus * Non-defining and defining relative clauses Beginning: which, who, whom, whose, that - Non-defining relative clauses: + After comma + can be omitted + After proper noun, possessive adj, demonstrative adj “Who lives next door” is relative clause * Defining relative clauses + Not after comma + can not be omitted - Take notes - Copy down * Connecting Although contrasting ideas: - Beginning: Although = Even though= Though + S +V - Replaced by In spite of/ despite + N Phr - Give an example Says: Although it is raining, they’re still playing football S V - Copy down - Write this sentence on the board - Explain - Ask Ss to look at the example in their textbooks Ex: Although New York is not the capital of - Write down the - Do the exercises again S V U.S.A, it is the home of the United Nations - Analyse - Explain notes ex: Though it is raining, they’re still playing football Homework: Teacher assigns homework ... Clause all seasons, is one of the largest and finest harbours in the world - Writes this sentence on the blackboard - Explain Gives another example *The man who lives next door is very friendly... sentences (These sentences are written on a poster) - Ask students to listen and repeat - Get some Ss to go to the blackboard and use two kinds of coloured chalk to underline the words pronounced /θ/,... Read - Read in chorus * Non-defining and defining relative clauses Beginning: which, who, whom, whose, that - Non-defining relative clauses: + After comma + can be omitted + After proper noun,