Amazing things
Integrated skills & Speak up
Teaching aims
Knowledge target:Learn about some amazing animals like giraffe, snake, camels and ants, then describe them.
Ability target:By the end of this period, students can talk about some amazing things about animals with the sentence structures they have learned.
Emotion target:To arouse students’ curiosity, to develop their ability to observe the beauty of nature, to encourage them to enjoy life and study.
Language points
The usages of the sentence structure and some phrases.
It is + adj. +that-clause.
be afraid of; learn about; know about; the other day; at the same time, etc.
Teaching methods
Audio-visual method, interactive method
Teaching aid
Multimedia Courseware Tape-recorder
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Presentation
Show some pictures and learn the new words.
Step 2 Lead in
Let the student answer the questions.
· Do you love animals?
· What animals are you fond of?
· What animals are you afraid of?
· Do you know any amazing things about animals?
Then show some pictures and talk about the animals.
Step 3 Presentation
1. Listen to the tape and complete Part A1.
2. Listen to the tape and complete Part A2.
a giraffe—has a very long neck
only (1) _____ bones in its long neck
a snake— lives on the ground, in trees or
in water
eats little or nothing for (2) ______
in cold winter
camels — live in very dry places
can live without (3) _____ for a long
time
ants — can (4) ______ things well
3. Fill in the blanks in Part A3.
Dear Mr Wu,
Thank you for your help.
I know more about animals now. Some animals are really interesting. The giraff e has a very long neck, but I was surprised to know that there are (1) ________________ in it. It is also amazing that a snake (2) _________________ in cold winter. Camels live in very dry places, and it is interesting that they (3) __________________ for a long time. I also know that we need to keep our house clean—ants (4) ____________________.
Now I am not afraid of animals any more. I would like to learn more about them.
Suzy
Step 4 Speak up
1 Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
1. How did the young man travel around over 80 countries?
2. What can the man do with two hands at the same time?
2. Group work
Work in groups and talk about the amazing things about you know. You can follow the model.
Step 5 Language points
1. Now I am not afraid of animals any more.
短语be afraid of (doing) something
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示“害怕(做)……”。如:
I am afraid of going out at night.
我怕晚上出门。
短语not … any more 表示“不再”。如:
After a while, the little girl did not cry any more.
过了一会儿,这个小女孩不再哭了。
2. I heard of a young man.
hear of 听说,知道
e.g. They were shocked to hear of the bad news.
他们听到这个坏消息感到很震惊。
Step 6 Exercises
根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子,每空一词。
1. 米莉以前很怕老鼠。
Millie _____ ______ _____ mice in the past.
2. 别担心迈克,他已经不再是一个小孩子了。
Don’t worry about Mike. He is ____ a little child _____ ______.
3. 他们对我说的这则消息感到很吃惊。
They were ________ _____ the news I told them.
4. 你不应该在做家庭作业的同时听音乐。
You shouldn’t listen to music and do homework ____ ____ _____ ______.
5. 我想更多地了解美国历史。
I want to ______ ______ ______ American history.
Step 7 Homework
Remember the words and expressions.
Finish the exercises on workbook.