1、优质文档优质文档单元（章）主题Unit 15 Were trying to save the manatees!任课教师与班级本课（节）课题 Section A(1a-1c) 第 1 课时 / 共 6 课时教学目标（含重点、难点）及设置依据1. Knowledge Objects(1) Key Vocabularymanatee, cheetah, chimpanzee, kangaroo, polar-bear, gentle, furry, enormous, playful, noisy, aggressive, spotted(2) Target LanguageI am like t
2、his animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I like to eat vegetables.Youre like an elephant.No.Youre like a manatee.Yes.2. Ability Objects(1) Train students listening ability.(2) Train students communicative competence.3. Moral ObjectLove all kinds of animals because they are o
3、ur friends. Teaching Key PointTarget Language. Teaching Difficult Points1. How to train students listening ability.2. How to train students communicative competence. Teaching Methods1. Didactic to learn the new vocabulary.2. Listening-and-answering activity to helpstudents go through with the listen
4、ing material.3. Groupwork to make every student work in class,教学准备1. A tape recorder2. The blackboard3. A projector优质文档优质文档教 学 过 程优质文档优质文档Step I RevisionNow lets review five different verb tenses. Can you name the five tenses? Please look at the screen.Show the names of the five tenses on the screen
5、 by a projector along with a sample sentence for each.present progressive: Youre reading these sentences.present: We use our books every day.past with used to: He used to live in the countryside.passive voice: Our classroom is found at the end of the hall.present perfect: We have already finished Un
6、it 14. We havent finished Unit15 yet.Invite a student to read the verbs in these sentences. Then get other students to briefly explain what each tense is used for.Present progressive describes things that are happening right now.Present describes things that happen all the time or usually happen.The
7、 past with used to describes things that were a certain way in the past, but have changed now.The passive voice describes things that we dont know who did, or we dont care who performed the action.The present perfect describes recent events.Get students to think of two or three more sample sentences
8、 using each type of verb. Have several students read their sentences.Step 1aThis activity introduces the key vocabulary.Look at the signs on each animals picture and read the words to the class. Get students to repeat the name of each animal.African elephants, chimpanzees, kangaroos, manatees, cheet
9、ahs, polar bears. If necessary, read the words and ask students to repeat them again. Then have students read the words by themselves.Make sure students can read the words correctly and fluently.Read the directions to the class. Point to the list of words in the box. Read the words and let students
10、repeat them. Then get different students to explain what they think each word个人二度备课（反思与纠正）优质文档优质文档means in their own words. For example, A gentle animal is quiet and not dangerous. A fury animal is covered with soft hair. Ask some students to explain any words students may not understand.An enormous
11、 animal is very great.A playful animal is full of fun.An aggressive animal is fond of quarrels and quick-tempered.A spotted animal is marked with spots.Let students begin filling in the answers on their own. When they work, walk around the classroom checking their progress and answering any question
12、s they may have. After students have finished using all the words from the box, let the students write some other words in the blanks below some of the pictures.Check the answers with the whole class.Let students say the words they wrote under each heading.AnswersPossible answersmanatee: gentle, shy
13、chimpanzees: noisyelephants: enormous, graykangaroos: playfulcheetahs: spotted, fastpolar bears: aggressive, furryStep 1bThis activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.Go through the instructions with the class. Look back at the list of words in Act
14、ivity 1a. You will hear Ginny and Victor talk about the animals in the picture in Activity 1a. Now please listen to the recording carefully and circle the words on the list that they use to describe the animals.Play the recording the first time. This time students only listen. Play the recording a s
15、econd time. Now listen to the recording again and circle the words you hear on the recording.Check the answers.AnswersThese words should be circled:aggressive, gentle, shy, furry, gray, fast, spottedTapeseriptBoy: Hey, Ginny, Whats that big, furry animal in the pond?Girl: Its a polar bear, Victor. T
16、heyre kind of aggressive.优质文档优质文档Boy: Are they? They looks like really love water.Girl: Uh-huh.Boy: And what do you call those big, gray things in the water?Girl: Theyre called manatees.Boy: What?Girl: Manatees. Theyre very gentle and very shy.Boy: Oh. And how about the yellow and black spotted anim
17、als in that cage?Girl: Theyre cheetahs. The cheetah is the fastest animal on earth.Step 1cThis activity provides oral practice using the target language.Go through the instructions with the whole class.Look at the sample conversation in the box and get three students to read it aloud to the class.SA
18、: I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I like to eat vegetables.SB: Youre like an elephant.SA: No.SC: Youre like a manatee.SA: Yes!Tell students to think of an animal that is the same as them in some ways. Take a few minutes to write down a statement.Say, You
19、can write a sentence or two that describes how you are similar to the animal you choose. Dont say the name of the animal.A few minutes later, let student read their statements to the class and see how quickly the other students can guess what animal the students is talking about.Statement 1S1:I am l
20、ike this animal because I am playful and funny.Ss: Youre like a polar bear.S1: No.Ss: Youre like a kangaroo.S1: Yes!Statement 2S2: I am like this animal because I run very fast. I like to wear colorful clothes.Ss: Youre a kangaroo.S2: No.Ss: Youre like a cheetah.S2: Yes!优质文档优质文档Notelike(here prep. )
21、in the manner of Step SummaryIn this class, weve learned some important words such as manatee, kangaroo, Po ; ar bear, gentle, furry, enormous, playful, noisy, aggressive, spotted. Weve also learned the target language I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I li
22、ke to eat vegetables. You are like an elephant. No. Youre like a manatee. Yes!板书设计Unit 15 Were trying to save the manatees!Section AThe First PeriodTarget language:I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I like to eat vegetables.Youre like an elephant.No.Youre like a manatee.Yes.作业布置或设计1. Get students to write down some statements and read them to their partners.Let the partners guess what animals they are talking about.2. Review the new words in the box inActivity 1a.教后整体反思
