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Grammatical Filling By Zhang Julan March 27th 2019Teaching Aims and Demands 1. Students make it clear how a grammatical filling is organized.2. Enable the students to master the basic methods of doing grammatical filling3. Students can learn to conduct and set the blanks by themselves4. Have a deeper understanding of Chinese culture by learning Chinese Zodiac.5. Learn to use the relevant information to finish a target writing.6. Teaching methods Fivestep teaching approach and task-based approachTeaching Procedure Step I Leading in (3mins)1. Start the lesson from sharing photos of some sentences in grammatical filling that students have done before.2. Ask some students to show more mistakes they have made before.Step II Presentation (7mins)1. Task 1 Students finish the grammatical filling of 2016 college entrance examination.Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asias biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top _61_ (attract) So it was a great honor to be invited backstage at the notforprofit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I _62_ (allow) to get up close to these cute animals at the 600acre center. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be _63_ (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back _64_ my days on a TV show in the mid1980s, _65_ I was the first Western TV reporter _66_ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include _67_ (introduce) British visitors to the 120plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia. On my recent visit, I held a lively threemonthold twin that had been rejected by _68_ (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few _69_ (day) with his sister so that while one is being bottlefed, _70_ other is with mum she never suspects. （197 words）2. Check the answers by asking a volunteer student. Mark the results.verbs3. After the competition, students have a brief understanding of the basic formation of the grammatical filling, teacher uses mind maps to explain the regulation to help them have a deeper understanding.adjectiveadvTips given7nounGrammatical fillingpronounprepositionarticleNo tips given3fixed collocation.conjunctionStep III Discussion ( 3 mins)1. Present a passage about Chinese Zodiacthe year of pig. 2019 is a Year of the Pig according to the Chinese zodiac. The Pig occupies the61_ (twelve) position in the Chinese zodiac after the Dog, and 62_ the Rat. If you were born in a Pig year, you are known as a Pig or belonging to the Pig in China. Then, you are brave, thoughtful and loyal. Pigs are 63 (diligent) , compassionate, and generous. They have great concentration: once they set a goal, they will devote all their energy to achieving _64_ .Pigs never suspect trickery, so they _65_(fool) easily. Generally speaking, Pigs are relatively calm when _66_(face) trouble. They have a great sense of responsibility to finish _67_ they are engaged in. No matter how difficult the problems are Pigs encounter, they can handle things properly and carefully. Almost every part of the animal is used. Glue is the _68_(produce) made from pigs The hair is used for artists _69_(brush) and insulation. Pigs also feature in the English language. To say that something is _70_(likely) to happen you can say Pigs might fly! Hungry? Well then, you can pig out and eat lots of food. And what if someone rescues you? Well, you can say that they saved your bacon. (201words)2. Let the students think about the blanks set by a teacher, if possible ,make a short comment on the blanks and point out the good ones and suggest some other ones. Step IV Practice (15 mins )1. Show the students a relevant passage about the year of dog, ask them to discuss the proper ways of setting blanks in groups of four.2.Compare their final results with the real ones.3. Have a group completion to see which team can finish the task better. GroupGroup 1Group 2Group3Group 4Task34. Inspire the groups to make an comment on other teams, then teacher makes an overall evaluation. The Year of the Dog began on Feb. 16, 2018 according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Though dogs are seen as companions and part of the family today. China and Western countries do not have same cultural beliefs about dogs. In Chinese. some words concerning dogs have not very good meanings，such as“ No Ivory（象牙） can come out of a dogs mouth. But in English, the situation is different. Every dog has his day describes a person with a period of good fortune and work like a dog” is used to describe a hard worker. The dog-human relationship goes right back to the beginnings of Western civilization, and the friendship between humans and dogs was a common subject for artists. In fact, people were close to dogs in a way they weren t close to cows, pigs or even horses. Farmers worked closely with dogs. But even after science came to agriculture and dogs lost their traditional roles, the relationship between man and dogs remainded. Nowadays in the west, millions of people keep dogs as pets. People feed them , take them on holiday and look after them. In return , dogs are loyal in a way that friends sometimes arent . This loyalty is the origin of the English saying , “A dog is mans best friend.” (225words)Step IV Practice (12 mins)1. Let the students set blanks for a passage to get an original piece.2. Go on the group competition to see which team get the score.GroupGroup 1Group 2Group3Group 4Task 4 Peppa Pig is a British preschool animated television series , and each episode lasts for five minutes and revolves around a young girl pig called Peppa. Since launched in 2015, Peppa Pig has attracted billions of people in China. However , An upcoming films trailer(预告片) has drawn a huge attention on Chinas social media platforms. The 5-miniute trailer is advertising the upcoming animated film Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year, which is set to hit big screens on Feb 5, the first day of the Chinese zodiacs Year of the Pig. The trailer revolves around the question Who is Peppa? and tells a touching story that highlights Chinese families. In the beginning, a senior man named Li Yubao living in a remote rural area asked his grandson on the phone what gifts he wanted for the Spring Festival, but he only heard the word Peppa due to the poor mobile signal. Therefore, the man began an interesting journey to discover who Peppa was . With the help of neighbors, the senior man made a Peppa model consisting of iron and steel by intuition, and surprised his grandson.