Good morning, dear judges! I'm candidate No. x. I'm applying for senior high school English teacher. And today my topic is Fight for Slaves. Now I will begin my class.
I. Lead-in
T: Class begins! Hello, boys and girls! How are you today?
S:...
T: Wow, I am fine too. So before the class I will play a short video about the living condition of slaves in the Middle Ages. OK now let's watch the video together.
T: OK, what's your feeling after watching the video? Any volunteers? OK, Jack.
S:...
T: En! You said Slavery was cruel. And the Middle Ages were very dark. OK, Tom, what do you think?
S:
T: Yeah, exactly. Slavery should be eliminated. And today we will learn a new lesson about William Wilberforce - Fight for slaves.
II. Presentation
T: OK, now boys and girls, please read the passage carefully, and you should answer the following question after your reading. Of course you can discuss with your classmates. I will give you five minutes. Are you ready? OK, now let's start!
T: Have you finished? OK, now let's check your answer. Look at the first question: how many years did William Wilberforce spend to fight for slaves? Yes, this is an easy question. Right? Now let's say it together.
S: 20 years.
T: - what kind of person is William Wilberforce? Who knows the answer? OK, you, please.
T: You think he is a kind man. And Why?
S:...
T: OH, because he didn't like to see people going hungry or in pain, and he wanted to do some good in the world. OK, do you agree with him?
T: Yes, He is right. Wonderful. The last question: what attracted him most? Who has found the answer? OK, Bill, you please.
T: Perfect! Thank you! Sit down, please! The cause, which attracted him most, was the abolition of the slave trade. You all did a good job! OK, as you can see, there are many pronouns in the passage. Right? "He, him and his". Yes, great.
T: OK. Now you should read the passage again. Find out what these pronouns represent in pairs. Five minutes for you.
S:...
T: Ding Dong, Stop here! Cindy, can you tell me the answer?
T: Yes! Very good! These pronouns all represent William Wilberforce. Great, OK, now I have another question for you. What is the function of these pronouns? Yes, you said they all personal references. Good. And what's the function of personal references? Yes, cohesion, good.
T: OK, you sum it up so well.
T: Now let's discuss another question, What about the function of "he"? Yes, "he" acts as the subject in the sentence. Great. OK, how about "his"? Yeah, "his" needs to be followed by nouns. Great. And how about "him"? Yes, "him" acts as the object of "attracted" in the sentence. And it should follow the predicate. Great. OK, everyone, you summed it up very well.
III. Practice
T: Now there is a task for you. I will present another short piece of passage. And you should work in pairs to change some nouns in the passage into the proper pronouns. Are you ready? OK, now let's go.
T: Have you finished? OK, the first one: Mike is my classmate. _ is good at English. Look, You, please.
T: Oh, you said "he". Do you agree with him? Yes, great, sit down please.
S:...
T: OK, the second one: They want a football. Give _ the green one, please. What is the answer?
T: Wow, excellent! "Them". I'm sure you've got a handle on the pronouns. Clap for yourselves.
IV. Consolidation
T: OK, class, now four groups as before. You need to talk about the advantages of using the personal references in discourse. OK, Go!
S:
T: Who wants to share your idea with us? OK, Mike, you please.
T: Oh, thank you! You said when we write, we often use pronouns to avoid repetition. This can make our articles link up more smoothly. Yes, We should learn to use pronouns in our articles. Thank you, you should try to list some interesting sentences misusing personal references, which cause misunderstanding.
T: We should use pronouns correctly. Are you clear?
V. Summary
T: OK, boys and girls, so much for this class. Look at our blackboard. Would you like to summarize what we have learned today?
T: Yes! Today we learned the personal references. We should pay more attention to the usage of personal references in our daily life.
VI. Homework
T: OK, after class, please write a short passage to keep record of your travel experiences and try to use some proper personal references. Yes, I'd like to invite some students to make a presentation next class. OK, so much for today's class. Good bye, boys and girls.
VII. Blackboard Design
That's all for my presentation, thanks for your listening.
