初中英语牛津译林版七年级下册Grammar教学设计

《英语》（七年级下册）

Unit 4 Finding Your Way

Grammar

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. know how to use a, an and the;

2. use prepositions of place properly.

II. Teaching contents

New words and phrases: across, inside, outside, above, below, sign, over, bench, go across the bridge, inside/outside the shop, above the drinks, below the food, over/under the bench,

III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty

1. Know how to use a, an and the.

2. Use prepositions of place properly.

IV. Teaching procedures

A  Using a, an and the

Step 1 Lead-in

T: Hello everyone. What animals did the students see in Sunshine Zoo? Choose one of the animals on the screen to talk about. Tell us where we can see them and what they are like.

T: Here are some sentences about those animals. Look at these sentences and pay attention to the blue nouns and red a, an and the.

Step 2 Presentation

1. Indefinite article and definite article

  T: In English we call a, an and the articles. There are two types of articles. A and an are the indefinite article. The is called the definite article.

2. A and the

T: When should we use the indefinite article? And when should we use the definite article? Look at the PPT and complete the sentence.

T: Here are some more pictures of animals. Use the structure to make sentences.

3. Work out the rule

T: Now we can draw a conclusion from the above sentences. We use a when we mention a person or thing for the first time. We use the before a noun when the person or thing is mentioned again, or when we are talking about a specific person or thing.

4. A and an

T: Look at the PPT and fill in the blanks. Why should we use an instead of a here?

A is used before a word that begins with a consonant sound.

An is used before a word that begins with a vowel sound.

Step 3 Practice

1. Fill in the blanks with a or an

2. Complete a conversation

3. Fill in the blanks

T: Pay attention to the first sentence. Did you get the right answer? We don’t use articles before the day of the week, months, languages, some festivals, ball games, or three meals.

B  Prepositions of place

Step 1 Lead-in

T: Read the sentences on the PPT again and pay attention to the circled words. They are prepositions of place.

Step 2 Presentation

Learn different prepositions of place

T: Where is the bird? The bird is in front of the box.

  Where are the students? The students are in the front of the classroom.

T: Where is the bird in this picture? The bird is behind the box.

What about this bird? The bird is beside the box.

Do you know any other prepositions that mean the same? The bird is next to the box.

Can you locate the bird more specifically? The bird is on the right of the box.

T: Look at the bird in this picture. Where is it? What about the bear? The bird is between the box. The bear is inside the box.

T: Where is the bear in this picture? What about the bird? The bear is outside the box. The bird is over the box.

T: Where is the cat? The cat is under the box.

Where is the bird? The bird is above the box.

Where is the box? The box is below the bird.

Step 3 Practice

1. Look and say

T: Here is a picture of a park. Work in pairs and talk about where things or people are.

(1) Where are the flowers?

(2) Where are the trees?

(3) Where is the shopkeeper?

(4) Where is the food?

(5) Where are the drinks?

(6) Where is the sign?

(7) Where is the dog?

2. Fill in the blanks

T: Fill in the blanks. Let’s describe the positions of things and people in different ways.

Where are the flowers? The shopkeeper? The trees? The food? And the boy?

3. Complete the passage

  T: Look at the picture and complete the description with the correct prepositions of place.

4. Group work

  T: Work in groups of four and describe the bedroom with the correct prepositions of place. You have five minutes. Try to write down as many sentences as possible.