1、Unit 3 Welcome to Sunshine Town!Study skills I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. know the rules of the stress in sentences;2. know how to express different meanings by stressing different words.II. Teaching contentsNew word: ownIII. Focus o
2、f the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Stress content words in sentences.2. Express different meanings by stressing different words.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-inRead a dialogueT: Hello, boys and girls, today we will learn Study skills of Unit 3. First, read a dialogue with your part
3、ner.T: When people are talking, they stress some important words. That makes the dialogue livelier. Today we are going to learn stress in sentences.Step 2 Presentation1. What should we stress?T: When we want to stress some words in a sentence, we should pay attention to these three questions. What s
4、hould we stress? How do we stress them? And why do we stress them? First lets talk about the first question. What should we stress in a sentence? When we speak English, we often stress important words. These words are usually the content words. 2. Content words and structure wordsT: Content words in
5、clude nouns, main verbs, adjectives and adverbs. We do not usually stress less important words. These words are usually the structure words. T: Structure words include: articles, prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions【设计意图：让学生了解要重读的实词和不需重读的虚词是什么意思，各包括哪些词性的词。 】Step 3 Practice1. Find out the words to
6、 stressT: Look at this sentence, can you find out the stressed words.Ill be driving to the market to buy something to eat.T: Please have a discussion with each other. 2. Read the sentences My aunt is a teacher in a middle school.Mr Lin is going to visit the USA next month.【设计意图：通过书上的句子和录像中的句子，让学生学会找
7、实词。 】Step 4 PresentationHow do we stress words?T: We have learnt that we should stress the content words. But how can we stress them? Lets still take this sentence as an example.Ill be driving to the market to buy something to eat.T: When we read the stressed words, the tone should go up.【设计意图：让学生了解
8、怎样重读实词。 】Step 5 Practice1. Read some sentences and pay attention to the stresss.2. Read a dialogue. Then listen and compare. 【设计意图：通过操练，让学生注意在重读实词时，语音语调上发生的变化。 】Step 6 PresentationWhy do we stress words?T: Here comes the last question. Why do we stress these words? We can stress some of the words to
9、 express the special meanings. That means different stress leads to different meanings.Mr Li owns a four-bedroom flat. (It is Mr Li that owns a four-bedroom flat.) Mr Li owns a four-bedroom flat. (He does not rent the flat from others.) Mr Li owns a four-bedroom flat. (It is a four-bedroom flat, not
10、 another kind of flat.) Mr Li owns a four-bedroom flat. (It is a flat, not a house.) 【设计意图：通过对书上这句话的理解，让学生了解通过重读不同的实词，表达不同的意思。 】Step 7 PracticeComplete Part B【设计意图：课本上的练习，操练如何通过重读，表达不同意思。 】V. Homework1. Listen to the tape and read the sentences on page 39.2. Write some sentences and practise stressing some words.
