Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master noun clauses as subject, the object, the predicative and the appositive introduced by “that”

Teaching Important Points:

1. Master noun clauses as the appositive.

2. Master the differences between the appositive clause and the attributive clause

Teaching Difficult Points:

1.master the differences between the appositive clause and the attributive clause

Teaching Methods:

1. Inductive method to introduce the difference between the appositive clause and the attributive clause

2. Practice to help students master the appositive clause

3. Individual or pair work to make every student work in class

Teaching Aids:

1. A projector

Teaching Procedure:

Step I Greeting

T: Good morning class

S: Good morning teacher

Step II Grammar

T: Today we will learn grammar. First let’s recall some important concepts of sentence. We know a sentence mainly consists of subject and predicate, besides these; there are other elements, such as object and predicative

Activity I (5minutes)

(Show a slide of two sentences: 1 I study English.2 I am a student.)

T: Look at these two sentences and then tell me which element do the underlined words belong to

S: They respectively act as subject, object and predicative

T: Here the subject, object and predicative are all acted by word. If these words substituted with sentence, it can be respectively called subject clause, object clause and predicative clause

T: Look at these three sentences then tell me what kind of clause they are.

(Show the three sentences on the slide:)

1. That he will marry her is certain.

2. He tells me that he likes dancing.

3.The trouble is that I lost the key.)

T: who can tell me the answers and why?

S1: The first sentence is subject clause, because it act as a subject

S2: The second sentence is object clause, because that clause is after the verb, and it function as an object

S3: The third sentence is predicative clause, because it is after the linking verb: be

T: Yes very good, these that clause are all called noun clause

Activity II (11 minutes)

T: Today we will learn another noun clause, which called appositive clause. Look at this sentence.

(Write an appositive clause on the blackboard: The news that he won the first place is right)

T: Here that clause explains the meaning of the news. They refer the same thing, so this clause is called appositive clause. Besides the word “news”, appositive clause can also followed other abstract noun such as: fact, idea, hope, suggestion and so on

T: Here are some sentences, please tell me whether they are appositive clause or not and translate them

(Show the sentences on the slide: 1. He has to face the fact that she does not like him.2. The idea that the earth is square is wrong.3 I accept that the suggestion that I should get up early.)

(Then I will explain the sentences and translate them with students)

T: Until now we have met four kinds of noun clause. Now look at your book and turn to page 37 do the Grammar 1

(After 2 minutes I will ask students give the answers and translate them one by one.)

S1: The first sentence is appositive clause which means認為炸魚炸薯條， 大本鐘，倫敦塔 代表英國的觀念已經過時了

S2: The second sentence is appositive clause which means大不列顛有三個國家組成這一事實很多人都不知道

S3: The third sentence is predicative clause which means

Activity III (18 minutes)

T: Appositive clause is similar with the attributive clause. Here are two sentences, please tell me which is appositive clause and which is attributive clause.

(Show the sentence on the slide)

We expressed the hope that they would come to visit china again.

We expressed the hope (that) they had expressed.

S: The first sentence is appositive clause. The that clause is the content of the hope and explain it

S: The second sentence is attribute clause.

(While I explain the sentences, show them the slide of the differences between the appositive clause and attributive clause)

同位語從句 定語從句

同位語從句與前面的名詞是同位關系，表示這個名詞的內容

定語從句語與它前面的名詞是所屬關系，對先行詞起修飾作用，表示“…的”

同位語從句中的連接詞that只起連接的作用不充當句子成分

定語從句中的連接詞that在從句中常做主語或賓語

同位語從句的that 一般不能省

而定語從句中的關系代詞that，當其在從句中做賓語時，常常可以省略

T: Now are you clear about the differences between appositive clause and attributive clause?

S: Maybe

T: Ok let’s see another two pairs of sentences, and tell me which is the appositive clause and which is attributive clause

(Show these sentences on the slide)

Mother made a promise that excited all her children.

Mother made a promise that she would buy a big cake for his birthday.

The suggestion that we should often practice spoken English is a good one.

The suggestion that the teacher said in the class was accepted by us.

S1: The first sentence in the first pair is an attributive clause

S2: The second sentence in the first pair is an appositive clause

S3: The first sentence in the second pair is an appositive clause

S4: The second sentence in the second pair is an attributive clause

T: Yes very good. Now open your book and turn to page 38 to do exercise 2.In this exercise there are appositive clause, predicative clause and attributive clause, if they are appositive clause or predicative clause please write NC, if it is an attributive clause please write AC

(After 3minutes the whole class give the answers and translate them)

S1: The first clause is NC meaning 飛機按時起飛的消息使每個人都很高興

S2: The second clause is AC and NC meaning 機場上在傳播的消息是暴風雨馬上就要來了

S3: The third clause is NC meaning 學生應該學習一些實用知識的意見值得考慮。

S4: The fourth clause is AC and NC meaning 他們正在考慮的建議是學生們應該學點實用知識。

Step III Practice (10 minutes)

(Write two single sentences on the blackboard, and change the two sentences into an appositive clause. then ask the student to do the exercise 3 on the page 38 by the same way)

(The two sentences: 1.The famous British singer will come to china.2.The news very exciting.)

T: Here are two sentences. How do you change them into an appositive clause?

S: The news that the famous British singer will come to china very exciting

T: Yes very good. Now turn to page 38 and do the exercise 3 in the same way

(I will give the students 5 minutes to prepare the exercise and then ask students to give the answers and translate them one by one)

S1: The fact that two third of all girls are on a diet worries their parents and teachers a lot

S2: We heard the news last night that the Queen of England was on a three-day visit in china

S3: Many British parents hold the view that teenagers shouldn’t spend too much time online

S4: There is no scientific proof for the idea that time travel is possible

S5: The suggestion that Chinese students should be given more free time is welcomed by many people.

Step IV Homework (1 minute)

T: Today will have learned four noun clauses and the most important one in this class is the appositive clause. So today’s homework is to finish the exercise 4 on page 38 and the grammar 1 on page 112. Are you clear?

S: Yes

T: Goodbye class

S: Goodbye teacher.

Step V: Blackboard Design

Subject Clause 主語從句

Object Clause 賓語從句

Predicative Clause 表語從句

Appositive Clause 同位語從句：

接在idea, hope, fact, news, suggestion 等抽象名詞后，

用來解釋說明前面名詞的內容

The news that he won the first place is true.