How to use common sentence structures

HowtousecommonsentencestructuresHello,everyone.I’mgladtobeheretotalkaboutmyteachingideasonHowtousecommonsentencestructuresinthestudents’writings.First,I’llsayabouttheaimofthislesson:It’stoimprovethestudents’writingbyusingcommonsentencestructures.ThenI’llanalyzethestudents:Theyhaveknownsomewritingskills.Buttheydon’treallymasterthem.SomeofthemwriteEnglishcompositionsjustaccordingtotheChinesemeaningwordbyword.Sotheycan’tgethighscores.Tolearnitwell,I’llusethefollowingteachingmethods:groupworkmethodandtask-basedlearning.TheteachingaidIuseinthisclassismulti-media.Thereare7stepsinmyteaching.Step1:LeadinwithaBrainstorm(3’)Step2:comparesomesentencesanddecidewhicharebetter.(3)Step3:listthesentencestructuresweusuallyuse?(5’)Step4:Makesentencesusingdifferentsentencestructures.(10’)Step5:Fillintheblanksin2modelpassages(5’)(complete2passages)Step6:Enjoyandanalyzetwogoodcompositionsfromthestudentsinourclass.(5’)Step7:writing(14’)Next,I’llexplainthemindetails.Step1:Askthestudentstothinkaboutaquestion(brainstorm)Whatisagoodcompositionlikeinyourmind?Ofcourse,thestudentsmayhavedifferentanswers,suchas,goodhandwriting,fewspellingmistakes,fewgrammaticalmistakes,usingproperconnectivesetc.Afterthebrainstorm,I’llshowthesummaryofagoodcompositiononthescreen.There’refivefeaturesofagoodcompositionintheentranceexaminations.行文逻辑，条理性好巧用过渡词，逻辑性强巧用高级词汇及句式，文章品味高妙用变通式表达，文章错落有致书写规范，整体效果好Agoodcompositionhasmanyfactors.Ilistsomeofthem:advancedvocabulary,complexsentences,commonlyusedsentencestructures,properconnectivesortrasitionalwordsandawell-organizedpassageandsoon.ThenIwillremindthestudentstodaywe’llfocusonthethirdpoint.Inthisstep,usingaquestionleadstothetopicofthisclass,andmakethestudentslearnthefivefeaturesofagoodcomposition,andrealizeusingcommonsentencestructuresisagoodwaytowriteagoodcomposition.Step2:compare5groupsofsentences.Ineachgroup,therearetwosentences.Tomysurprise,thegirlknowssomanythings.ForexampleWhatsurprisesmeisthatthegirlknowssomanythings.ThenI’llaskthestudentswhichsentenceisbetterandwhy?Ofcourse,thestudentsmaypointoutthesecondsentenceisbetterbecauseituseswhatclauseandnounclause.InthisstepI’llaskthestudentstolearnsomeusefulsentencestructures,suchasadverbialclause,nounclause,withstructure,subjunctivemoodetc.afterthisstepthestudentswillrealizethesentenceswithsomesentencesstructuresarereallymoreexcellent.Step3:Summarizewhatkindsofsentencestructurescanweuse?(discuss)Askthestudentstowritedownandrememberthefollowings.1、定从，状从，宾从，主从，同位语从句2、使用变化多样的句式，疑问句，祈使句，倒装句，省略句3、使用非谓语动词，强调句型及其他固定句型Inthisstep,thestudentscangetsometheoriesaboutsentencestructures,andtheycanusethetheoriestodirectthemtoimprovetheircompositions.Step4:Make10sentencesusingdifferentsentencestructuresFoeexample:只有用这种方法，你才能取得进步。（inversion）人们通过因特网相互交流是很方便的。(Itis….forsb.todosth.)Wecanaskthestudentstoworkingroupanddiscusswhosesentencesarebetter?Andshowthebestsentencesofyourgrouptotheclass.Inthisstep,allthematerialscomefromthelast3yearsentranceexaminations.Theyincludeavarietyofdifferentsentencestructures.Inthisstepthestudentscanpracticedifferentsentencestructures.Practicemakesperfect.Step5:Choosetwomodelpassagesfromtheentranceexaminations(Forexample,2009Shandong,2009Beijing)Askthestudentstofillin3blanksineachpassageMakesuretheyusesomesentencestructuresInthisstep,thestudentscanapproachtheentranceexaminations,readandrecitethemodelpassages,makethestudentsrealizehowthesentencestructureswepracticedinstep4areusedinthepassage.Step6:Enjoyandanalyzetwogoodcompositionsfromthestudentsinourclass.Askthestudentstoworkinpairs.Discussaboutwhythetwocompositionscangethighscores?Whatkindsofsentencestructuresareusedinthetwocompositions?Inthisstepthestudentsmayrealizeifwecanusepropersentencesstructures,itisnotdifficulttowritegoodcompositions.Iwanttoarousethestudents’confidenceandmakeverystudenthaveadesiretohaveatry.Uptonow,thestudentsmayrealizetheimportanceofsentencestructures.Somestudentsmayhavesuchanincorrectidea?Thatisthemoresentencestructurestheyusethebetterthecompositionswillbe.I’llcorrectthewrongidea.Infactinonepassage3~5sentencestructuresareOK.Allhighlightsmeansnohighlights.(过犹不及)Step7:Askthestudentstofinishwritingapassage(2009.SiChuan)inclass.Sincetimeislimitedjustwrite3~5sentencesaccordingtothekeypoints.PayattentiontousingdifferentsentencestructuresAfter5minutes,showsomesentencesfromtheclassonthescreen.Askthestudentstoanalyzeanddiscussaboutthesentences.Homework:Finishthewritingafterclass.Inthelaststep,makethestudentscontinuetopracticetheusageofsentencestructuresinthepassage.Ofcourseit’simpossibleforthestudentstolearnwritingagoodpassagetheyalsoneedalotofexercisesafterclass.Thisclassonlygivesthestudentssomedirections.