Unit6Lesson17InterestingAnimal（第二課時）教學設計北師大版七年級英語下冊

Unit6Lesson17InterestingAnimal（第二課時）

LessonFocus

?Partsofthebody,opposites

?Givingapresentationonananimal

?Coordinatingconjunctions(or,and,but,so)

?Wordswiththesound/ɑ?/

Exercise6

Purpose:tohelpstudentsjoinpairsofsentenceswithand,butandso

Ask"Whatdoyouknowaboutelephants?".Letstudentsspeakfreelyaboutelephants,sayingwhattheyknowaboutthem,includingsize,behaviour,habitat,diet,etc..Don'tworryaboutfluency,justletstudentsexpressthemselves.Ifyoufeelyourstudentsareready,youmayskipthisstep.

RevisethetableinExercise5andtherulesforusingand,butandso.Directstudentstothepairsofsentences.Pointoutthatbothaandbaresentences.Say"Thinkaboutthesentences.Aretheyconnectingsimilarideas?Aretheyparingorcontrastingideas?Aretheyexpressingaresult?"Givestudentsafewmomentstolookatthesentencesandthinkaboutthem.Youmaywishtohavestudentsdiscusstheminpairs.Thensay"Nowjointhepairsofsentenceswithand,butorso"Monitorasstudentswritethesentences,offeringhelpasneeded.Ifstudentsneedsupport,havethemworkinpairs.

Goovertheanswers.Haveindividualstudentssaythesentencesaloud.

Answers

1.Elephantshavebigbodiesand(theyhave)stronglegs.

2.Elephantshavelong,strongnoses,sotheycanholdthingswiththeirnoses.

3.Elephantsareheavybuttheycanswimandrun.

Expansion:Don'tStop!

Note:Usethisactivitywithmoreproficientstudents.ProvideasetofWhyquestions,orchallengestudentstoeupwiththem,forexample,Whydoelephantshavelongnoses?Whydomonkeyshavelongarms?Whydolionshavesomuchhairaroundtheirheads?Encouragestudentstohypothesisewhytoanswerthequestions,orhavethemlookuptheanswersonlineorinthelibrary,iftimeallows.Studentsshouldusethecoordinatingconjunctionso,forexample,Elephantshavelongnosessotheycaneatleavesinthetrees.

Iftimeallows,doWorkbookpage98,Exercise2.Alternately,assignforhomework.

Speaking

Exercise7

Purpose:tohelpstudentsmakeapresentationaboutananimal

Saysomethingaboutyourfavouriteanimal,forexample,"Ilike[monkeys].[Monkeys]arevery[intelligentanimals].Theycan[solvedifficultmathproblems,thesameashumans]."Tellstudentsthattheywillfindoutsomeinformationaboutananimaltheylike.TheycanlookupinformationontheInternet,gotothelibraryorinterviewanexpert,forexample,someonewhoworksata200orwildlifecentre.Inclass,brainstormquestionsstudentscanasktohelpthemwiththeirresearch.SomequestionsmightbeWheredoestheanimallive?Whatdoestheanimaleat?Doesithavelivebabies(Isitamammal?)ordoesitlayeggs?Whatmakesitunusualorspecial?Givestudentsafewdaysortheweekendtodotheirresearch.Havestudentsspendaclassorpartofaclasstalkinginpairsorsmallgroupsaboutwhatinformationthey'vefoundsofar.Ifsomestudentsarepresentingonthesameanimal,besuretoputtheminthesamegroupsotheycanpareinformation.Tellstudentsthattheycanwriteouttheirpresentations,butthatit'sbettertousenotesonly.Thedaybeforethepresentations,havestudentspractiseinsmallgroups.Encouragestudentstogivefeedbackandmonitor,offeringyourfeedbackeitherindividuallyorinanonymousfeedbacksessionafterstudentshavepractised.

Onthedayordaysofthepresentations,havemoreproficientstudentsgofirst.Tellthestudentswhoarenotpresentingthattheyshouldeupwithatleastonequestiontoaskthestudentpresenting.Makesuretoleavetimeforquestionandanswersessionsaftereachpresentation.

Iftimeallows,doWorkbookpage98,Exercises3and4.Alternately,assignforhomework.

Expansion:KeepPresenting!

Note:Usethisactivitytogivestudentsmorepractice.Havestudentswritesummariesaboutsomeoftheanimalspresentedinclass.Iftheyhavemorequestionsabouttheanimals,encouragethemtodosomeresearchtofindtheanswers.Iftimeallows,havethemdoanotherpresentationinclass.

Pronunciation:/ɑ?/

Exercise8

Purpose:tohelpstudentsidentifywordswiththe/ɑ?/sound

Say"Listentotherecording.Listenforwordswiththe/a:/sound".Playtherecordingthefirsttime,havingstudentsjustlistenforwordswiththesound/ɑ?/.Thenask"Whichwordsdidyouhearthathavethesound/ɑ?/?"Elicitorprovideoneortwoofthewords,forexample,after,park.

Directstudentstothetext.Say"Nowlistenagain.Thistime,listenandcircleallthewordswiththe/ɑ?/sound".Playtherecordingagain,monitoringasstudentscirclethewords.Ifnecessary,playtherecordingathirdtime.

Goovertheanswers,havingindividualstudentssaythewordsaloud.Thenask"Howmanywayscanyouspellthesound/ɑ?/?"Givestudentsafewmomentstolookatallthedifferentwaysandelicitthree:a,ar,au.

Answers

after,park,far,laugh,aunt

Exercise9

Purpose:tohelpstudentspractisesayingwordswiththe/ɑ?/sound

DirectstudentstoExercise8.Say"Listenagain".Playtherecording,thefirsttimehavingstudentsjustlisten.Thensay"Listenandreadalongwiththerecording".Playtherecordingagain,encouragingstudentstoreadaloud.Playtherecordingasmanytimesasnecessary,havingstudentsreadalong.

Challengestudentstoreadwithouttherecording.Haveindividualstudentsvolunteertoreadpartsorallofthepassagealoudtotheclass.

Expansion:PlayaGame!

Playagameof"GoFish"withtheminimalpairs/ɑ?/and/??/.Revisethesound/??/byelicitingsomewordswiththatsound(bird,first,word,etc.).Makesetsofcards,oneforeachpairofstudents,withthefollowingwords,eachwordTWICE:fast,first;pass,purse;heart,hurt;hard,heard;star,stir;far,fur;bath,birth;barn,burn.Studentseachgetfourcards.Therestofthecardsarespreadoutonthedeskinbetweenthemtomakethe"pond".Thestudentsputanymat