Unit3ADayOutPERIOD5:GRAMMARITeachingGoals●Tolearntouse‘and’,‘but’and‘or’tojoinideastogetherWeuse‘and’tojoinideasthataresimilar.Weuse‘but’tojoinideasthataredifferent.Weuse‘or’tojoinpossibilitiesandoptions.●Totellwhethertwosentencesaresimilarordifferent,ortheyarejustofferingtwopossibilitiesoroptionsTeachingProceduresSTEP1StartingthelessonwitharevisionSincetherearemanysentenceswith‘and’‘but’and‘or’inReading,itisveryeasyforustostartthelessonwitharevision.Theskywas(be)blueandeverythingwas(be)beautiful.Itwas(be)agreatdaybutwedidn’tenjoy(notenjoy)itatthebeginning.Linda’smothercanlook(look)atLinda’sphotosonDaniel’shomepageorLindacanshow(show)hermotherherphotoswhenshegoeshome.Tellthestudentsthatthesesentencesaretwosentencesjoinedtogether.Askthestudentstoseparatethetwosentencesandthengetthemtofocusontheverbineachpair.Helpthemunderstandwhataresimilar,differentoroptionalideas.Thengetthemjointhesentencesagain.(Itisnecessarytodothisbecauseintheprocessstudentscanfeelthroughseparatingandunderstandthroughdoing.Whydoweusefamiliarsentence?Becausetheycanhelpthestudentstounderstandbetter.)STEP2KeepingtalkingaboutthetriptotheParkShowthefollowingsentencesandgetthestudentstojointhemtocheckiftheycantellsimilarideasfromdifferentideas.Therewasalotoftrafficonthecityroads.Itgotbetteronthehighway.Therewasalotoftrafficonthecityroadsbutitgotbetteronthehighway.Themusicwasgreat.Kittywantedtojoininthedancing.Themusicwasgreatandkittywantedtojoininthedancing.STEP3Joiningsentencesusing‘and’,‘but’and‘’or’(Booksclosed)Showthestudentsthefollowingsentencesandaskthemtojointhemusing‘and’,‘but’and‘’or’.WesawtheEiffelTower.Welikeditverymuch.WesawtheEiffelTowerandlikeditverymuch.Thepyramidsweresmall.Thepyramidslookedjustliketherealones.Thepyramidsweresmallbutlookedjustliketherealones.WecanvisittheWorldPark.Wecantravelaroundtheworld.WecanvisittheWorldParkortravelaroundtheworld.Whiledoingtheseexercises,thestudentsmayforgettoomitthesubjects.Getthemtofocusonthesubjectsandhelpthemtounderstandthatwedon’tneedtorepeatthesecondsubjectswhenthetwosubjectsarethesame.Showmoresentencesandhelpthestudentstoconsolidate.Simondidnotfeelsick.Simonenjoyedthetripatthebeginning.Simondidnotfeelsickandenjoyedthetripatthebeginning.TheGoldenGateBridgewassmall.TheGoldenGateBridgelookedjustliketherealoneinAmerica.TheGoldenGateBridgewassmallbutlookedjustliketheoneinAmerican.WecangototheEiffelTowerfirst.WecanvisitthePyramidsfirst.WecangototheEiffelTowerfirstorvisitthePyramidsfirst.STEP4Joiningmoresentences(BooksClosed)Showthefollowingsentencesforthestudentstojoin.Thistimepointoutthatthetwosubjectsandverbsarethesame,wedon’tneedtorepeattheonesinthesecondsentences.TheGoldenGateBridgewasinteresting.TheGoldenGateBridgewaswonderful.TheGoldenGateBridgewasinterestingandwonderful.TheGoldenGateBridgewassmall.TheGoldenGateBridgewaswonderful.TheGoldenGateBridgewassmallbutwonderful.WecangototheWorldParkbycoach.WecangototheWorldParkbyunderground.WecangototheWorldParkbycoachorunderground.Showmoresentencesforthestudenttopractice.Helpthemtograsptherule.Itwasveryhot.Itwasboring.Itwasveryhotandboring.Themusicwasgreat.Themusicwastooloud.Themusicwasgreatbuttooloud.LindawantstovisittheWorldParkagainwithherfriends.LindawantstovisittheWorldParkagainwithherparents.LindawantstovisittheWorldParkagainwithherfriendsorparents.STEP5MakeageneralsummaryMakeageneralsummarytopointouttherules.Thengetthestudentstotalkabouttheplacetovisit.(Attention:Thispartistightlyconnectedwiththetopic,sodon’tjusttreatthemasexercise.Theyalsogiveussomeverygoodideasaboutdifferentplaces.)Letthestudentscompletetheexercises.Thenchecktheanswers.Helpthestudentstocollectsomeinformationaboutdifferentplaces.Teach‘InnerMongolia’and‘gohorseriding’.STEP6AdditionalexercisesHangzhouhasmanyplacesofinterest.Manypeopleliketogothereforholidays.Hangzhouhasmanyplacesofinterestandmanypeopleliketogothereforholidays.ItisveryhotinsummerinHainan.Scuba-divingthereisveryexciting.ItisveryhotinsummerinHainanbutscuba-divingthereisveryexciting.YoucanvisittheYellowMountaininspring.YoucanvisittheYellowMountaininautumn.YoucanvisittheYellowMountaininspringorautumn.IlikeHunanRoadinNanjing.IlikeHunanRoadonlyforshopping.IlikeHunanRoadinNanjingbutonlyforshopping.TheWestLakeislarge.TheWestLakeisbeautiful.TheWestLakeislargeandbeautiful.YoucangotoDalianinsummerholiday.YoucangotoGuilininsummerholiday.YoucangotoDalianorGuilininsummerholiday.Qingdaoisgreatinsummer.Youcangotothebeachandswimeveryday.Qingdaoisgreatinsummerandyoucangotothebeachandswimeveryday.STEP7HomeworkReadthroughthispartandfinishtheexercises.
