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Teaching Contents: The sentence pettern"It is + adj. + that""It is + adj. + to-infinitive""It is + adj. + for sb. + to-infinitive".

Teaching Objectives:

(1) Knowledge objectives

①To use "It is + adj. + that" to say how one feels about sth.

② To use "It is + adj. + to-infinitive" to describe actions and situations.

③ To use "It is + adj. + for ... + to-infinitive" to specify the person one is talking about.

(2) Ability objective

Students can use "It is + adj. + that ...", "It is + adj. + to-infinitive" and "It is + adj. + for ... + to-infinitive" in daily communication.

(3) Emotional objective

Students can understand the differences between the Chinese language and English.

Teaching Key Points

(1) To use "It is +adj. + that" to say how one feels about sth.

(2) To use "It is + adj. + to-infinitive" to describe actions and situations.

(3) To use "It is + adj. + for ... + to-infinitive" to specify the person one is talking about.

Teaching Difficult Points

How to enable students to master the different uses of the following structures:

(1) It is + adj. + that ...

(2) It is + adj. + to-infinitive

(3) It is + adj. + for sb. + to-infinitive

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in (5 minutes)

Teacher show students a beautiful place of interest and two sentences:

It is interesting that there are so many beautiful flowers in the garden.

It is cool to spend our holiday here.

Ask students to guess their meaning and pay attention to the sentence pattern.

(Justification: The present of the beautiful place of interest and sentences can arouse students' interests in the class and help the teacher lead in the new teaching content.)

Step 2 Part A (10 minutes)

(1) Tell students that we use the "it is + adj. + that" structure to say bow we feel about something.

(2) Encourage them to ask questions if they are unsure of the meaning.

(3) Ask students to complete the exercises on their own.

(4) Ask some students to make some sentences using the adjectives and the given phrases.

① We can walk 100 kilometres in 45 hours. (possible)

② There are so many different trees in the parks. (interesting)

③ There was snow on one of the mountains. (surprising)

④ Each team must raise at least HK $6,000. (important)

⑤ So many people want to help others in need. (nice)

(Justification: This step makes students understand the structure"it is + adj. + that". Doing exercises can help students have a deep understanding of how the structure are formed and how they are used.)

Step 3 Part B (10 minutes)

(I) Explain that the"It is + adj. + to-infinitive" structure is similar to the structure students learned in Part A

except that here, the adjective describes an action or activity.

(2) Encourage students to ask questions if they are unsure of the meaning.

(3) Check that students have understood the structure.

(4) Ask students to make sentences using the given structure:

It is difficult to ...

It is easy to ...

It is exciting to ...

It is necessary to ...

(Justification: This step makes students understand and master this structure "It is + adj. + to-infinitive". The teacher in this step plays the role of organizer, resource-provider and assessor.)

Step 4 Part C (9 minutes)

(1) Explain that the structure in Part C is the same as the structure in Part B except that we insert"for sb."

between the adjective and the "to-infinitive" to indicate who we are talking about.

(2) Encourage students to ask questions if they are unsure of the meaning.

(3) Check that students have understood the structure.

(4) Ask students to make sentences using the given pictures and words.

①People should not go hiking alone. (dangerous)

②Jimmy's team can raise over HK $6,000 for charity. (possible)

③You can get very hot on the hike. (important/take lots of water)

(Justification: This step makes students understand and master this structure"It is + adj. + for ... + to-infinitive". Using picture prompts and words can help them practice the target language while negotiating meaning.)

Step 5 Practice (6 minutes)

Give students one topic--travel and ask them to make sentences in groups using the three sentence patterns.

Then ask some students to report their sentences.

(Justification: A real purpose for genuine communication among students can help them practice the language in a communicative way.)

Step 6 Summary and Homework (5 minutes)

Summary:

One student acts as an assistant teacher to guide all the students to summarize the new knowledge of this lesson.

Homework:

(1) Finish the exercises.

(2) Write a short story about your life including the grammar.

(Justification: Summary can help students consolidate the knowledge what they have learned in the class.

Homework makes students combine the grammar structure with their life, and practice their writing skills at the satne time.)

Blackboard Design:

1. It is + adj. + that clause

2. It is + adj. + to do sth

3. It is + adj. + for sb + to do sth

Teaching Reflection.