1、Unit 5 Amazing things Integrated skillsI. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. know more about animals;2. get related information from the listening materials; 3. complete a passage using the information from the listening materials;4. learn to
2、 talk about the amazing things. II. Teaching contentsNew words and phrases: snake, camel, ant, little, dry, without, 3-D, chalk, be afraid of, not any more, hear of, the other day, at the same timeIII. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Extract information from listening to compl
3、ete a thank-you letter.2. Learn some phrases and sentence structures.IV. Teaching proceduresA Talking about animalsStep 1 Lead-in1. Play a guessing game T: Boys and girls, lets play a guessing game. Please listen to me carefully, and guess what animal it is. P1: It is very clever. It can speak Chine
4、se or English like a person. What is it?P2: It has a long neck. The long neck helps eat leaves in the tree. What is it?P3: It lives in the water. It sleeps with its eyes open. Is it amazing? What is it?Ps4-6: Listen to their sounds. 2. Revision T: We know some fun facts about elephants and goldfish.
5、 Do you still remember them? There are no bones in the back of elephants feetonly fat. Fish sleep with their eyes open.【设计意图:通过听文字描述和动物的叫声,猜测老师描述的是哪种动物。复习第一课时有关动物的奇特现象, 导入本课内容。 】Step 2 Presentation1. ListeningT: Mr Wu is showing Suzy some pictures of animals. Listen to their conversation and answer
6、the question. How many animals are they talking about? And what are they?【设计意图:通过听力练习介绍四种新的动物。 】T: Listen again. Put the pictures in the correct order. Write the numbers 1-4 in the boxes. 【设计意图:再听一遍,完成书本 A1 部分练习。 】2. Listening (1) Listen and answer.T: Suzy is afraid of animals. Mr Wu wants to help h
7、er. He is telling her some interesting things about animals. Listen to their conversation and answer some questions. (2) Listen and complete the sentences. T: Please listen again and help Suzy complete her notes. 【设计意图:通过两遍听力,完成书本 A2 部分练习。 】3. More fun facts about animals【设计意图:向学生介绍更多的有关动物的趣事,拓宽学生的知
8、识,为后面的对话积累素材。 】Step 3 Practice1. Make up a dialogue T: We have learned a lot about animals. Lets talk about your favourite animal or the animal you are afraid of. Please make up a dialogue to show your ideas. 【设计意图:根据已有知识和所积累的素材,谈论学生喜欢或害怕的动物,说说各自的理由和动物的趣事,学会用自己的话描述动物。 】2. Finish a thank-you letterT:
9、 Suzy is not afraid of animals now. She is writing a thank-you letter to Mr Wu. Help her finish the letter. 【设计意图:回归课文,完成书上 A3 部分练习。学会从听力材料中获取相关信息,并能用已掌握的信息使相关文章意思表达完整。 】B Speak up: Thats really amazing!Step 1 Lead-inT: Weve learned some fun facts about animals. The world is full of amazing things.
10、Do you know the person? He is 2.72 metres tall. He is the tallest person in history. Step 2 Presentation1. Listening(1) Listen and answerT: The students are talking about amazing things in the world. Listen to the tape and answer the question. How many amazing people are they talking about?(2) Liste
11、n and choose the right answer T: Listen again and choose the right answer. 【设计意图:设计了不同的题目类型,通过两遍听力练习获取听力材料中的相关信息。 】2. Read the dialogue and fill in the blanks【设计意图:疏通文本,获取关键词组。 】Step 3 Practice1. Amazing things about people【设计意图:帮助学生获取更多的信息量,扩大学生的知识储备。 】2. Useful expressions【设计意图:总结归纳提出问题,回答问题,表达惊讶的常见句式结构。 】3. Make up your own conversationV. Homework1. Find more amazing things about animals or people from the Internet. 2. Make up a similar dialogue using Part B as a model.