Period2AsamplelessonplanforLearningaboutLanguage(RevisethePastParticipleastheAdverbial)IntroductionInthisperiodstudentswillbefirsthelpedbytheteachertodiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandcollocations,andthentodiscoverandrevisethepastparticipleastheadverbial.Thefollowingstepsofteachingmaybetaken:WarmingupbylookingforthePastParticipleastheAdverbial，Learningaboutthepastparticiplesusedastheadverbials，Correctingandcompleting，Closingdownbyputtingonashortplay.ObjectivesTohelpstudentsrevisethePastParticipleastheAdverbialTohelpstudentsdiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandcollocationsTohelpstudentsdiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulstructuresProcedures1.WarmingupbylookingforthePastParticipleastheAdverbialHi,class.Let’sgoovertheplayFatefulMeetingstolookforexamplesofthePastParticipleastheAdverbial.＊ProfessorHiggins,anexpertinphonetics，convincedthatthequalityofaperson’sEnglishdecideshisherpositioninsociety．＊(surprised)Forapound?I'mafraidI'vegotnothingless.＊(disappointedattheoutcomebutthinksitisbetterthannothing)Thank'ou,sir(seesaman/takingnotes/andgetsworried)Hey！＊(stillworried)Then/whydid'outakedownmywords/for?2.LearningaboutthepastparticiplesusedastheadverbialsThepastparticiplesaresometimesusedastheadverbials.Lookatthefollowingexamples:＊Wewenthomeexhausted(疲惫地).(逻辑主语we,过去分词exhausted)＊Encouragedbymyteacher,Idecidedtoworkhard.(逻辑主语I，过去分词encouraged)＊Grantedthathehasenoughmoneytobuythehouse,itdoesn'tmeanhe's1goingtodoso.＊Toldbytheteacher,sheknewshewaswrong.(分词told用过去式分词表示被动)＊Nowyouaregoingtoreadthetextformoreexamplesofthepastparticiplesusedastheadverbials.3.CorrectingandcompletingNowyoushallgoontodoexercises2and3onpage33.Firstyouaretoreadthe5sentencesandcorrectanymistakesinthem.Checkwithapartner.Thenreadtheuncompletedpassageandcompleteitwithsuitablewords,intheformofeitherthepresentorpastparticiple.4.ClosingdownbyputtingonashortplayToendthisperiodwearegoingtoputonashortplay.HamletandtheHeckler(averyshortplay)Hamlet:Tobeornottobe...Heckler:Iknewit.Iknewhewasgoingtosaythat.Hamlet:thatisthequestion...Heckler:He'sgoingtosaytherestofit,too.Hamlet(toHeckler):Excuseme,doyoumind?Heckler:Ididn'tknowhewasgoingtosayTHAT.Hamlet:I'mjusttryingdomyjobhere.Heckler:Yeah,butdoyouhavetodoitthesamewayeverytime?Hamlet:Well,thisISShakespeareyouknow.Heckler:Ooooo,Shakespeare.Whydon'tyoudoShakespearewithmodernlanguage?Hamlet:Shakespearewroteitperfectthewayitis.Wecan'tchangeit.Heckler:Whynot?Justchange"Tobeornottobe..."intowhateverthehellitmeans.[pause]Bytheway,whatdoesitmean?Hamlet:Well,he'sconsideringsuicide.He'sconsideringwhichmightbebetter,livingordying,beingornotbeing.Changingitwouldsoundstupid,wouldn'tit?Itwouldn'tbememorable.Heckler:Buttheaudiencewouldunderstandit,forachange.2Hamlet:ButpeopledounderstandShakespeare,atleastmostofit.Andtheyfigureouttherestfromthecontext.Heckler:I'llbettheaudiencedidn'tknowwhat"Tobeornottobe"meansfromthecontext.Hamlet:Thenhowwouldyousayit?Heckler:HowshouldIknow?I'mjustaheckler.Hamlet:Thenwhydon'tyoujustshutthehellup?Heckler:Notbad,wasthatShakespeare?[curtain]3
