江苏省苏州市高新区第三中学校八年级英语下册 Unit 5 Good manners Grammar教案 (新版)牛津版

1 Unit 5 Good manners Grammar I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. use “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive” to describe a person’s personality and abilities; 2. use “to be + too + adjective + to-infinitive” to express a negative result.

II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: discussion, express, make everyone laugh, on her own, join the discussion, express himself clearly, all the main points, be busy with 2. New structures: You are old enough to learn about manners. British people are too polite to shout loudly in public. The UK is too far away for Jenny to go there on her own.

III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. To learn to use “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive” to describe a person’s personality and abilities. 2. To learn to use “to be + too + adjective + to-infinitive” to express a negative result.

IV. Teaching procedures A Using enough to Step 1 Lead-in Free talk T: How do British people behave in public? S: They’re polite enough to obey traffic rules. They’re patient enough to wait till others move. 2

In the underground they’re kind enough to give up their seats for pregnant women, elderly people or women with children. Step 2 Presentation 1. Design a two-day holiday in the UK (1) Before leaving “You are old enough to learn about good manners at home and abroad.” (2) Day 1: visit Helen What’s Helen like? What did Helen do? 2. Introduce the structure T: Can you find the similarity? They all have the structure “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive”. We can use the structure to describe a person’s personality and abilities. 3. Words used to describe a person’s personality and abilities 4. Explain the use of enough

Step 3 Practice 1. Complete the conversation T: Complete Jenny and Helen’s conversation, using “adjective + enough + to-infinitive”. 2. Look and say T: Look at the pictures and describe them using “adjective + enough + to-infinitive”. 3. Make sentences T: Suzy wants to tell her parents what she thinks about her friends. Help her make sentences using “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive”. 4. Complete the sentences T: Complete the sentences by using the adjectives on the left and the phrases on the right. 3

B Using too ... to Step 1 Presentation 1. Day 2: visit London T: On the second day, Helen showed me around London. On the street, I met many British people. British people are polite. They don’t push in before others. British people are gentle. They don’t shout or laugh loudly in public. British people are patient. They don’t touch you or push past you if you’re in their way. 2. Rewrite the sentences with too ... to T: We have another way to say the three sentences. British people are too polite to push in before others. British people are too gentle to shout or laugh loudly in public. British people are too patient to touch you or push past you if you’re in their way. T: Sometimes we need to add “for someone” before the to-infinitive. The Big Ben is too far away. I can’t go there on my own. = The Big Ben is too far away for me to go there on my own. 3. Work out the rule We often use “to be + too + adjective + to-infinitive” to express a negative result.

Step 2 Practice 1. Complete the passage T: Helen is introducing the places of interest in the UK. Please help her complete the introduction. 2. Rewrite the sentences T: The radio show is over. Millie wants to write about that in her diary. Help her rewrite the sentences with “to be + too + adjective +to-infinitive”. 3. Talk about the pictures 4

T: Talk about the pictures with “to be + too + adjective + to-infinitive”. Step 3 Extended learning 1. Jenny’s diary T: Jenny has been back to China. Please complete her diary. T: Pay attention to these two sentences. Can you think of another way to express them? 2. enough to/too ... to He is not old enough to do the work. = He is too young to do the work. The problem is too difficult for me to work out. = The problem isn’t easy enough for me to work out. 3. Complete the sentences 4. Complete the article 5. Summary

V. Homework 1. Review the two sentence structures. 2. Try to use “enough to” and “too … to” to talk about your best friend’s personality and abilities.