1、Unit 8 Fashion Grammar I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. know what the present continuous tense is; 2. learn when and how to use the present continuous tense; 3. understand the rules of forming v-ing; 4. talk about the things that are h
2、appening at the moment. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and expressions: lie, write to, wait for, look for 2. New structures: III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Learn to know the uses of the present continuous tense; 2. Sum up the rules of forming v-ing; 3. Talk about th
3、e actions happening at the moment by using the present continuous tense. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in Step 2 Presentation Present continuous tense 1. Basic form. (1) Ask students to look at the four sentences and try to find out the rules. T: Now please look at the four sentences. Can you
4、find something in common? Here “He” is the subject. “Is” is the verb “to be”. And “driving”, “sailing”, “travelling”, “riding” here are the -ing forms of the verbs. (2) Work out the basic form. T: If we connect the three parts together, we can get the basic form of the present continuous tense. That
5、 is “subject + be + v-ing”. We may pay attention to the verb “to be”, it will change according to the subject. Usually the verb “to be” here is “am”, “is” or “are”. 2. Uses of the present continuous tense. (1) T: Look at the timeline. When does the action happen? The action is happening at present. For example: Mary is talking to her friends. (2) Conclusion. T: The present continuous tense is to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking. 3. Positive 2. Preview Integrated skills.
