Period2AsamplelessonplanforLearningaboutLanguage(RevisetheAppositive)IntroductionInthisperiodstudentswillbefirsthelpedbytheteachertodiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandcollocations,andthentodiscoverandlearntousethefollowingusefulstructures:theappositive.Thefollowingstepsofteachingmaybetaken:warmingupbyreadingaloudtothetapethetextCLONING：WHEREISITLEADINGUS?；learningaboutappositive；buildinguponyourwordpower；discoveringusefulwordsandcollocations；discoveringanddistinguishing；closingdownbytalkingaboutcloning.ObjectivesTohelpstudentsrevisetheAppositive)TohelpstudentsdiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandcollocationsTohelpstudentsdiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulstructuresProcedures1.WarmingupbyreadingaloudtothetapethetextCLONING：WHEREISITLEADINGUS?2.LearningaboutappositiveWhatisanAppositive?Anappositiveisanoun,nounphrase,ornounclausewhichfollowsanounorpronounandrenamesordescribesthenounorpronoun.AsimpleappositiveisanepithetlikeAlexandertheGreat.Appositivesareoftensetoffbycommas.Example:WevisitedthehomeofHarrietBeecherStowe,theauthorofUncleTom'sCabin.(Theunderlinedportionistheappositive.)AppositivePhrasesAnappositivephraseisatypeofnounphrasethatfollowsthenounorpronounitmodifiesandamplifiesorrestrictsitsmeaning.Ourmonitor,acarefulreaderandoutspokencritic,willexaminethearticlebeforeitishandedtotheheadmaster.[Theitalicizedphraseisanappositive.]1Appositivephrasesaresimilartorelativeclauses;toavoidwordiness,relativeclausescanoftenbereducedtoappositivephrases.3.BuildinguponyourwordpowerTobuilduponyourwordpoweryouaretomakesentenceswiththecollocationsfromthetext:CLONING：WHEREISITLEADINGUS?YoumaytrytoincludeasmanyusesoftheAppositiveaspossible.1.ThisisawayoflearningEnglish,themostpopularlanguageintheword.2.Peopleinthefuturewillmakeanexactcopyofthemselves.3.Wemaygrowhumanbeingsinalaboratoryinthenearfuture.4.Theyareidenticalinsexandappearance.5.Thismysteriousthingisproducedfromcoals.6.Thenaturalclonesoftheseplantshavetwomajoruses,oneforeating,oneforreproduction.7.Atallthetime,producingcommercialquantitiesofconcretethingsisdifficult.8.Wearegoingonwithourresearchonthecloningofanimals.9.Thedeterminationandpatienceofstudentswillberewardedwithabreakthroughincloning.10.FollowingtheprogressofEnglishdevelopmentweshallcometoaconclusionthatthisworldlanguageisbecomingsimplerinsentencestructure.4.Discoveringusefulwordsandcollocations.Acollocationistwoormorewordsthatoftengotogether.Thesecombinationsjustsound"right"tonativeEnglishspeakers,whousethemallthetime.Nowyoumaygotopage13.Finishthefourwordsandcollocationsexercisesingroupsoffour.5.Discoveringanddistinguishing2TofindoutandwritedownalltheexamplesoftheAppositive)youaretoreadthetextCloning:Whereisitleadingus?Thefactthatsheseemedtodevelopnormallywasveryencouraging．ThencamethedisturbingnewsthatDollyhadbecomeseriouslyill.AltogetherDollylivedforsixyears，halfthelengthofthelifeoftheoriginalsheep.SomemoreexamplesoftheAppositiveMr.Smith,ournewteacher,isverykindtous.YesterdayImetTom,afriendofmybrother's.HehimselftoldmethathisbrotherJohnisaworld-famousdoctor.YesterdayItalkedtomyEnglishteacher,Mr.James.WeChinesepeoplearebraveandhardworking.Heisinterestedinsports,especiallyballgames.Therearedifferencesbetweenappositiveclausesan...
