Unit2WitnessingtimeTaskwritingaletterabouttheTowerofLondonTeachingaimsanddemands:1.Toteachandpractisetheskillsoflistening,speaking,readingandwriting.2.Toteachhowtolistenfordiscoursemarkers,howtostresssyllablesandwords3.ToteachhowtowriteinformallyaboutaformaltopicDifficultandkeypoints:1.Toteachhowtolistenfordiscoursemarkers,howtostresssyllablesandwords2.ToteachhowtowriteinformallyaboutaformaltopicTeachingaids:Multi-mediaTeachingsteps:一．Revision.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglishusingparticipleclauses1.拿着一本书,老师快步走进了教室.2.那个杯子掉在地上,碎了.3.吃完饭后,小明拿出一本小说书,.4.被弟弟吃掉的苹果最大.5.在树下唱歌的小孩子不是一个学生.二．Skillsbuilding1:listeningfordiscoursemarkers1..Providestudentswiththefollowingradiotranscript.Askstudentstoreadandpayattentiontohowtheideasareconnected.Askthemtounderlinethephrasesinthetranscript.Readthefollowingpassage,andpayattentiontohowTheideasareconnected.ThenunderlinethephrasesinthePassage.Differentcoloursareoftenassociatedwithdifferentcultures.Ofallthecolours,Ilikegreenbest.Thereareavarietyofreasonsforthis.Tobeginwith,thiscolourisoftenassociatedwithnature.Itmayremindyouofgreengrassorgreenwillowsinspring.Inaddition,greenisthoughtofasacoldcolourwhichmayhelppeoplecalmdownandbecomelessstressed.Stayinginaroomcolouredgreen,youmaykeepacoolhead.Apartfromthese,thismagicalcolourcanalsohelpyoufeelcomfortable.Forexample.ifyoufeeltiredofworkingorstudying,byfocusingonsomegreentreesfaraway,youreyeswilldefinitelyhaveagoodrest.Takingalltheaboveintoconsideration,Ithinkgreenhasamagicpowerandiscertainlymyfavouritecolour.3.Askstudentstoreadtheguidenlinesontopofpage26.Thenwritetheaboveunderlinedwords.Tellstudentsthattheyarediscoursemarkerswhichareusedtoshowtheconnectionbetweenwhatthespeakerissayingandwhathasalreadybeensaid.三．Step1:listeningtoaradioprogramme1.Askstudentstostudythelestcolumnofthetableonpage26,whichintroducestheTowerofLondon.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.Whofirstusedthesite?2.Whathappenedin1066?3.WhatwasthepurposeofbuildingtheTowerofLondon?4.Dokingsstilllivethere?5.WhatwerethefunctionsoftheTower?6.WhichisthemostpopularpartoftheTower?2.ListentothetapeandfillinthetablewiththediscoursemarkersPlaytherecordingandaskstudentstofinishPartAonpage26.MainpointsDiscoursemarkersThe‘Tower’isacomplexofbuildings.(1)RomansfirstuseditwhentheyruledEngland(2)1006-theNormanDukeWilliamconqueredEngland(3)HebuilttheTowerforprotection(4)Laterkingsdidnotlivethereforlong(5)Itfunctionedasaprison(6)AnnBoleynwasputtodeath(7)Itfunctionedasaplaceforstoringandmakingweapons(8)Itfunctionedasazoo(9)Itfunctionedasasafe(10)TheJewelHouseisthemostpopular(11)Askseveralstudentstoreadoneanswereach.Checkformistakes.4.AskonestudenttoreadaloudtheinstructionsofPartBonPage27.Tellstudentsthattheymayfinishthenoteswiththehelpofthediscoursemarkersintherightcolumnofthetable.Allowlessablestudentstoworkinpairs5.AskstudentstoreadtheinstructionsinPartC.Makesurethattheyknowwhattodo.Havestudentsonlyfocusontheexecutioner,thevictims,andwhenandwhythevictimswerekilled.Youmaychecktheanswersandconductafeedbackactivity.6.Languagepoints.divorcesbaccusesbofsththecrimeofbetrayingone’scountrysentencesbtodeathmakeroomforsbmakeatripto四．Skillsbuilding2:stressingsyllablesandwords1.Tellstudentsthatitisvitallyimportantforonetolearnhowtopronounceanewlanguagecorrectlyasthecorrectpronunciationhelpspeopleunderstandwhatyouaresaying.Goodpronunciationalsohelpspeoplecommunicatebetterwitheachother.WhenspeakingEnglish,payattentiontopauses,intonation,correctpronunciationofwordsandstressinwordsandsentences.2.Askstudentstogoovertheguidelinesontopofpage28.Thendoanexercise.Underlinethewordsweshouldstresswhenwereadinthefollowingsentences1.Theweatherisgoodenoughforapicnictoday.2.I’dliketoattendthemeetingthisafternoon,butI’mverybusy.3.Thisishisbook,notherbook.4.ThisisTom,andthisisJim.5.Thisappleisonthedesk.Itisn’tunderthedesk.6.I’dliketobuyabook,butIhavelittlemoney.五．Step2:askingaboutthecrownjewels1.Gothroughthepointsintheleftcolumnonpage28.2.Workingroupstolistasmanyquestionsyouwanttoaskaboutthecrownjewelsasyoucan.3.Studytheanswersintherightcolumn.4.Oneactsasthetouristandtheotherasthetourguides六．Skillsbuilding3:writinginformallyaboutaformaltopic1.Revisetheformatofaletterbyaskingthefollowingquestions:Whatandhowdowewriteonanenvelope?Thengiveanexample.2.HaveafreetalkSupposethatyouhavejustreturnedfromanartexhibitionaboutGuilin.Therewerephotosandpaintingsonthetopic.Pleasegiveyourpersonalcommentsontheexhibition:①Whatimpressedyoumost?②Whatdoyouthinkneedsmoreimprovement?③Whatwasyourfavouritepartoftheexhibition?④Whatdoyouthinkoftheexhibitionsasawhole?七．Step3:writingaletterbackhome1.ReadtheinstructionsinStep32.workingroupsoffourtowriteanoutline3.Writelettersandcheckmisspellingandtrytoreadthelettersinthefront.Summaryandhomework1.CompletethearticleinPartConPage116.2.Completethenotesonpage116inWorkbook.
