Period 3　Grammar;Pronunciation

　　The General Idea of This Period

　　The grammar in this module is the future continuous.The future continuous is formed with will be and the -ing form of the verb.Its function is to make predictions,ie.it describes a situation which will be in progress at a given moment in the future.To make the students clear about it the teacher had better give the students some exercises for a consolidation.The pronunciation in this module is stress.The teacher may choose a short paragraph from the passage and then ask them to find the stressed words themselves.After that you may play the tape for the students to listen and check their answers.

　　Teaching Important Points

　　Encourage the students to sum up grammatical rules.

　　To make the students understand the stresses of English sentences.

　　Teaching Difficult Points

　　To make them know more about the future continuous.

　　To train the students pronunciation.

　　Teaching Methods

　　Individual work and pair work to make every student work in class.

　　Teaching Aids

　　Multimedia,tape-recorder & a blackboard

　　Three Dimensional Teaching Aims

　　Knowledge and Skills

　　Make the students learn to sum up grammatical rules themselves.

　　Make sure the students master the grammatical items.

　　Train the students' pronunciation.

　　Process and Strategies

　　Motivate the students' enthusiasm in taking part in the class.

　　Feelings and Value

　　Through the study of this period the students will surely know more about the future continuous.

　　Teaching Procedures

　　Step 1 Revision

　　Greet the students as usual and then ask a few good ones to read their articles about their future home.

　　Step 2 Grammar

　　T:Okay,so much for the check-up.This period we are going to talk about the future continuous.First please look at the following sentences from the interview and tick the true statements.

　　(Show the following sentences on the screen.)

　　a.Where will we be living in twenty years' time?

　　b.We won't be living underground or in space.

　　c.We will be living in houses and flats just as we do today.

　　1.The future continuous is formed with will be and the -ing form of the verb.

　　2.The negative form is won't be and the -ing form of the verb.

3.The future continuous describes a situation which will be in progress at a given moment in