Unit 5 Why do you like pandas ?
Period Section A(1a-1c)
Teaching Aims : 1,Know new words of animals and describe animals.
2, Learn the usage of “why” question.
3, To raise interest of knowing about different kinds of
animals and love and protect them.
Teaching key points : Key vocabulary and target language in this period. Teaching Difficult Points : 1, How to remember words well. 2, Make conversations using the key structures.
Teaching Methods : Make conversations freely using the target language. Teaching Aids: A tape recorder and PPT.
Teaching Procedures :
Step 1 Greetings Say Hello to the students.
Step 2 Lead-in
Play a short video for the students.
Free talk : Do you like animals ? What animals do you like? Today ,let’s go to the zoo to see more animals.
Step 3 Presentation
1. Teach new words with pictures.
2. Present the following sentences with pictures:
I like panda. Let’s see the pandas first.
Do you like …
Why do you/don’t you like …? Because they are …
Do you want to see…Why?
I want to see the … Because they’re….
3. Read the words and expressions.
4. pair work.
Show some pictures and a sample dialogue to the students, then ask t hem to make
more conversations and act them out.
A:What animals do you want to see? Why?
B:I want to see the elephants/koalas /lions /tigers/pandas/...
Because they're smart/lazy/interesting/beautiful/cute/... .
Step 4 Listening
Play the recorder and ask students to do activity 1b.
Step 5 Group work.
Show some pictures and a sample dialogue to the students, then ask them to make more conversations . According to the conversation, write a passage and act it out.
A: Let’s see the pandas.
B: Why do you want to see them?
A: Because they are interesting.
My friends and I are in the zoo. I want to see the ______, because they're _____ and______ . _____ likes _____ , because ____
thinks they're really _____. _____ and ______ like ______, because they think the _____ are _____ . We see lots of _____ . We all have a good time.
Step 6 Class work
一、单项选择
( ) 1.I like this book because it’s very____ 。
A.cute
B.interesting
C.smart
D.boring
( ) 2. ___ do you like cats? Because they are very smart.
A.Why
B.Where
C.What
D.When
( ) 3. Let’s ___ the lions.
A. see
B.to see
C.see to
( ) 4.These tigers are scary . I don’t like ____ 。
A. him
B. it
C. them
( )5. Is this _______ elephant or _______ lion?
A. a; a
B. a; an
C. an; an
D. an; a
S tep 7 Summary and Homework.
1.总结所学过的动物的名称，用英语写出来。
2.完成布置的课后练习。
Animals are our friends.We live in the same
small world. To Love animals is to love ourselves.
Step 8 Blackboard design
A: Let’s see the pandas.
B: Why do you want to see them? A: Because they are interesting.
牛津英语七年级（下）期中测试二.笔试部分（120分） I．单项选择（20分） （）21. I don‘t like summer because there is____rain. A. much too B. too many C. too much D. many too （）22. Anna speaks quietly, so____students in our class hear her. A. few B. many C. all D.most （）23. My little brother went to school____it rained heavily. A. but B. although C.if D. because （）24. Which number is the closest to 1? A. 0.9 B. 0.87 C.1.5 D. 1.05 （）25. Thank you very much____me the good idea. A. to tell B. for tell C.for telling D. your telling （）26. Lin Tao and Li Ming____good at schoolwork.. A. is both B. all are C. are all D. are both （）27. Do you enjoy____in China? A. live B. to live C. living D. lives ( ) 28.--______ does your father do morning exercises?—Hardly ever. A. How B. How often C. When D. What time ( ) 29._____is important for us _______sports every day A. It; do B. That; to do C. This; to do D. It; to do. ( ) 30. --- _____________ ? – I have a sore back. A. What‘s the wrong B. What‘s matter C. What‘s trouble D. What‘s wrong ( ) 31. Mr Green ______for America the day after tomorrow. A. left B. leaves C. is leaving D. is going to leave ( ) 32. I‘m hungry. Would you please give me ______to eat? A. delicious something B. something delicious C. anything delicious D. nothing delicious ( ) 33.Tom goes to school ________every day. A. by a bus B. by his bike C. by buses D. on foot
Teaching Plan 学校：云南师范大学 学院：外国语学院 专业：英语教育 姓名：单坤妍&曹慧仙 学号：114050282&114050281 2013年10月19日星期六
Teaching Plan Name : Shan Kunyan & Cao Huixian No: 114050282& 114050281 Teaching Materials:Go for It (Unit 6 : Do you like bananas ?) ( period: 1 ) Students’ level : Junior 1 1:Teaching content :SectionA(1a-1c) (1)Vocabulary: food, hamburger, tomato, ice-scream, salad, strawberry, pear, milk, bread, ,apple, banana (2)Structure : Yes/No questions and short answers Affirmative and negative statement Examples : Do you like bananas? Yes , I do ./No , I don’t. Do you like salad ? Yes , I do ./No , I don’t. 2:Teaching aim : (1) To learn to use words about some foods . (2) To enable students to ask and answer easy questions about likes and dislikes . 3: Function : Talk about likes and dislikes about foods . 4: Teaching methods : 3P model 5: Teaching aids: pictures , real objects , stick figures 6: Teaching Time: 45 minutes
新课标人教版初中英语七年级下册英语精品试题及答案本试卷满分95分考试时间90分钟 第一卷（选择题共40分） 一．单项选择（每小题1分共 15分） 21.Bob couldn’t buy the dictionary becuase he had___money with him. A.a few B.few C.a little D.little 22.The old teacher is a friend_____. A my brother’s B my brother C of my brother’s D of a brother 23.----Did you see the football match last night? -----Yes,I have never seen____. A such a B so a C such an D so an 24.----Is that red bike Miss Gao’s? -----Yes,it is____. Bautiful,is’t it? A his B our’s C hers Dshe’s 25.If you want to book a round-trip ticket,you will have to pay___200yuan. A more B other C the other D another 26.That’s the only thing_____can’t be forgotten in my life. A that B which C who D \ 27.Since you are______trouble, why not ask_____help. A in,for B in，to C with,for D with,to 28.It’s raining so____that we can____go out. A hard,hard B hardly,hardly C hard,hardly D hardly,hard 29.She prefers_____rather than_____. A write,read B to write,read C to write,to write D write,to read 30.----Do you know_____man on TV? -----Yes,he is_____active person. A the,the B a,an C the,an Da,the 31.Personal computers_____in1976,It has changed the whole world. A invented B are invented C have been invented D were invented 32._____he is only 8 years old,he knows more about science than his father. A but B though C so D because 33.-----Did you arrive late? ------No,I just managed______. A to make B to get it C to make it D to make them 34.His parents were worried that he____too much time chatting on line. A spend B cost C paid D had
七年级英语下期末测试卷 Ⅰ.选择填空（30分） ( )1.He likes interesting things with other people. A.to talk to B.to talk about C.to talk with D.discuss ( )2.Steve down and did the reading an hour ago. A.sit B.sits C.sitting D.sat ( )3.What about a walk after dinner? A.take B.took C.taking D.takes ( )4.We London. https://www.doczj.com/doc/2a18763496.html,es from B.are from C.be from D.was from ( )5.Do you want home now? A.go B.going C.to go D.to go to ( )6.They enjoy football every weekend. A.play B.playing C.to play D.plays ( )7.----What your parents ? ----They are both doctors. A.does, do B.do, do C.are, doing D.job, do ( )8.----Where is Gina? ----She . A.likes football B.often plays soccer C.is a good player D.is playing soccer ( )9.----How’s it ? ---Not bad. A.go B.going C.goes D.went ( )10.----I am going to Beijing for a holiday. ---- . A.Goodbye B.You are right C.It’s good D.Have a good time ( )11.The girl like her mother. She is short and heavy,but her mother is tall and thin. A.isn’t B.aren’t C.don’t D.doesn’t ( )12.Can you give me ?
新目标人教版英语七下 全册教案 Unit 1 Where’s your pen pal from? Language goals: ●In this unit students learn to talk about countries, nationalities and languages. ●Ask and tell where people live. New languages: ●Where’s he / she from? ●He / She is from Australia / England / China / France / Singapore / Australia. ●Where does he / she live? He / She lives in Sydney. ●What language do you speak? I speak English. ●What’s your / his / her favorite subj ect? ●My / His / Her favorite subject is English. ●Does he / she have any brothers and sisters? Yes, he/ she does. / No, he / she doesn’t. Difficult points: 1. Listening for the information about countries, nationalities and languages. Write an e-mail about oneself. Describe the new students in class. 2. Where questions with from Where questions with live What questions Teaching aids: ● A tape recorder Teaching periods: ●Period 1:Section A中1a, 1b, 1c ●Period 2:Section A中2a, 2b, 2c，2d ●Period 3:Section A中3a, 3b, 4
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七年级（下）期末试卷 英语 一、选择填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案． 14．（1分）Our classroom building has floors．Our class is on the floor．（）A．three；third B．three；three C．third；third 15．（1分）My sister songs very well．She an English song at my birthday party yesterday evening．（） A．sings；is singing B．sings；sang C．sang；sang 16．（1分）﹣Look at the sign，"No Parking"． ﹣Oh，sorry．I see it．（） A．don't B．didn't C．can't 17．（1分）My father is always ．He has no time to help with my homework．（）A．kind B．smart C．busy 18．（1分）﹣Do you want me to help you，Tom？ ﹣No，thanks．I can make it ．（） A．myself B．himself C．yourself 19．（1分）You'd better on the bus．It's bad for your eyes．（）A．read B．to read C．not read 20．（1分）your warm clothes．It's very cold today．（） A．Put up B．Put on C．Put away 21．（1分）﹣How do you usually go to work？ ﹣I usually go to work because it's easy to park．（） A．by plane B．by bike C．by subway 22．（1分）﹣do you go to the library？ ﹣Once a week．（） A．How often B．How many C．How long 23．（1分）﹣May I use your eraser？
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初中英语新课程标准教材 英语教案( 2019 — 2020学年度第二学期 ) 学校： 年级： 任课教师： 英语教案 / 初中英语 / 七年级英语教案 编订：XX文讯教育机构
七年级英语上册知识点梳理 教材简介:本教材主要用途为通过学习英语的内容，提高学生的语言技能，增加一项语言能力，有利于国际化的日常交流、生活、工作等，本教学设计资料适用于初中七年级英语科目, 学习后学生能得到全面的发展和提高。本内容是按照教材的内容进行的编写，可以放心修改调整或直接进行教学使用。 一、48个国际音标及26个英文字母的正确书写 要熟练掌握元音和辅音，5个元音字母（a, e, i, o, u）,字母的正确占格及单词间距。 二、be动词的用法 be动词有三种变形，分别是：am, is, are。记忆口诀： “我”用am, “你”用are, is用于“他、她、它”；单数全都用is，复数全部都用are。 三、人称及人称代词的不同形式（主格和宾格） 1、三种人称：第一人称（i, we），第二人称（you, you），第三人称（he, she, it, maria）。 2、人称代词的主格，即人称代词位于句子主语位置时的形态：i, we, you, you, he, she, it, maria。 3、人称代词的宾格，即人称代词位于句子宾语位置时的形态：me, us, you, you, him, her, it。
4、形容词性物主代词：my, our, your, your, his, her, its, their。 5、名词性物主代词：mine, ours, yours, yours, his, hers, its, theirs。 6、反身代词：myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves。 四、基数词（表示数量多少的词，大致相当于代数里的自然数） zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three,twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty,seventy, eighty, ninety, one hundred,one hundred and one。 五、一般疑问句及特殊疑问句 1、一般疑问句：能用yes或no来回答的问句。一般疑问句句尾读升调。 2、特殊疑问句：不能用yes或no来回答的问句。特殊疑问句句尾读降调。 六、可数名词变复数 可数名词变复数时，有规则变化和不规则变化两种。 1、规则变化：
My daughter I have a good daughter. She is a lovely girl. Her Chinese name is Wu Yu and her English name is Angelia. Now she is eight years old. Her birthday is on April 17th. She lives in Chengdu. She likes pink and white best. She has a good eating habit. She eats healthy food every day. For breakfast, she has an egg, some milk , two pieces of bread and some fruit. She has lunch at school, she likes chicken and some vegetables. For dinner, she likes some vegetables like carrots, tomatoes and broccoli(西兰花），but she doesn't like eating meat because she doesn't want to be fat. She has lots of hobbies. She likes doing sports. Ping-pong is her favorite sport. She often plays it with her father on weekends. She loves drawing, dancing and reading. And she is good at telling stories (讲故事). She wants to be a dance instructor (舞蹈老师）one day. From Monday to Friday, she has classes at school. Her first class begins at 8:00 and her last class finishes at 4:30. She thinks math is difficult but useful. And her math teacher is very kind and often helps her with math. So math is her favorite subject. At school, she has lots of good friends. She often plays with them after class. This is my daughter. Do you want to make friends with her? Task One 根据内容填写表格
内容部分： 一：人教版初一初二初三各单元标题梳理 二：各单元单词汇总 三：初一初二初三全册词汇均有；请进入作者主页查看 四：配套单词音频朗读和视频；进入作者主页查看人教版七年级上册英语目录 Starter Unit 1 Good morning! Starter Unit 2 What's this in English? Starter Unit 3 What color is it? Unit 1 My name's Gina. Unit 2 This is my sister. Unit 3 Is this your pencil? Unit 4 Where's my schoolbag? Unit 5 Do you have a soccer ball? Unit 6 Do you like bananas? Unit 7 How much are these socks? Unit 8 When is your birthday? Unit 9 My favorite subject is science 人教版七年级下册英语目录 Unit 1 Can you playthe guitar? Unit 2 What timedo you go toschool? Unit 3 How do youget to school?Unit 4 Don’t eatin class. Unit 5 Why do you Unit 6 I’m watching TV. Unit 7 It’s raining! Unit 8 Is there a post office near here? Unit 9 What does helook pke? Unit 10 I’d pkesome noodles. Unit 11 How was yourschool trip? Unit 12 What didyou do lastweekend 人教版单词-七年级上册 Starter Unit 1 good /gud/ adj. 好的 morning /'m?:ni?/ n. 早晨；上午 Good morning! 早上好！ hi /hai/ interj. (用于打招呼)嗨；喂 hello /h?'l?u/ interj. 你好；喂 afternoon /,a:ft?'nu:n/ n. 下午 Good afternoon! 下午好！ evening /'i:vni?/ n. 晚上；傍晚 Good evening! 晚上好！ how /hau/ adv. 怎样；如何 are /a:/ v. 是 you /ju:/ pron. 你；你们 How are you? 你好吗？
初中英语七年级下册教案 Unit1 Where is your pen pal from? Teaching Goal: Topic:Countries, nationalities, and languages General aims: A. Talk about where people are from B. Talk about nationality, nation and language C. Talk about where people live Functions: Talk about countries, nationalities and languages Ask and tell about where people live Target language: A. Language Focus. (1). Talk about nationality, peoples and languages/ (2). Ask and answer where people live. B. Language goals (1). Change your own information with your pen pals. (2). Ask some questions using where. (3). Ask words somebody talk about. C. Language structure: Where’s/Where’re ...from? Where does/do ...from? What questions----What language does/do ...speak? D. Language points: Where is she from? She is from.... Where does she live? She lives in.... What language does she speak? She speaks.... Vocabulary:Words about countries, languages Teaching design:The whole unit needs 5 periods, 4 for new lessons and 1 for test Period 1 ( 1a----Grammar Focus ) Key points: Where is your/John's pen pal from? He/She is from... Where does he/she live? He/She lives in.... Pre-task (Homework for preview):
七年级英语人教版 （上册） Unit 1 My name is Gina be 动词的用法 Unit 2 Is this your pencil 代词的用法（人称代词和物主代词） Unit 3 This is my sister 名词的复数用法（一） Unit 4 Where is my backpack 介词短语的用法（on，in，under，behind，next to，between）Unit 5 Do you have a soccer ball 动词have的用法。 Unit 6 Do you like bananas? 动词like的用法和一般现在时的用法 Unit 7 How much are these pants? 数词的用法 Unit 8 When is your birthday 序数词的用法 Unit 9 Do you want to go to a movie 表达愿意、爱好和want的用法 Unit 10 Can you play the guitar 情态动词can的用法 Unit 11 What time do you go to school 时刻表达法和感叹句的用法 Unit 12 My favorite subject is science 特殊疑问词的用法 (下册) Unit 1 Where is your pen pal from? 一般现在时 Unit2 Where is the post office? There be 句型 Unit3 Why do you like koalas? 形容词的用法 Unit4 I want to be an actor 动词不定式的用法 Unit5 I am watching TV 现在进行时 Unit6 It’sraining! 关于天气的日常用语，关于现在进行时 Unit7 What does he look like? 动词Have的用法，描述人的外貌 Unit8 I’d like some noodles? 可数名词和不可数名词的用法 Unit 9 How was your weekend?
Unit 1 Are you busy after school? No? Can you speak English? Yes? Then we need you to help with sports for English-speaking students. It is relaxing and easy! Please come to the Students’Sports Center. Call Mr.Brown at 293-7742. We need help at the old people’s home. Are you free in July? Are you good with old people? Can you talk to them and play games with them? They can tell you stories, and you can make friends. It is interesting and fun! Please call us at 689-7729 today! Can you play the piano or the violin? Do you have time on the weekend? The school needs help to teach music. It is not difficult! Please call Mrs. Miller at 555-3721. Unit 2 Hi! I’m Tony. I don’t like to get up early. In the morning, I get up at eight. Then I go to school at eight thirty. I don’t have much time for breakfast, so I usually eat very quickly. For lunch, I usually eat hamburgers.After school, I sometimes play basketball for half an hour. When I get home, I always do my homework first. In the evening, I either watch TV or play computer games. At ten thirty, I brush my teeth and then go to bed. Marry is my sister. She usually gets up at six thirty. Then she always takes a shower and eats a good breakfast. After that, she goes to school at eight thirty. At twelve, she eats lots of fruit and vegetables for lunch. After lunch, she sometimes plays volleyball. She always eats ice-cream after dinner. She knows it’s not good her, but it tastes good! In the evening, she does her homework and usually swims or takes a walk. At nine thirty, she goes to bed. Unit 3 Crossing the River to School How do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it’s easy to get to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is difficult. There is a big river between their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang, crosses the river every school day. But he is not afraid. “I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher. He’s like a father to me.”Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream come true? Unit4 Dear Dr. Know, There are too many rules! At 6:00 a.m., my mom says, “Get up now and make you bed!”After breakfast, my mom always says, “Don’t leave the dirty dishes in the kitchen!” After that, I run to school because I can’t be late. At school, we have more rules------don’t be noisy, don’t eat in class, My dad says I can’t play basketball after school because I must do my homework. I can play only on weekends. After dinner, I can’t relax either. I must read a book before I can watch TV. But I have to go to bed before 10:00. Rules, rules, rules! It’s terrible! What can I do, Dr. Know? Dear Molly, I know how you feel. People always tell us, “Don’t do this!”or “You can’t do that!”but think about it, Molly. There are a lot of things you can do. You can play basketball on weekends. You can watch TV after you read a book. Parents and school are sometimes strict, but remember, they make rules help us. We have to follow them Good luck! Dr. Know Unit 5 Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “an elephant never forgets.” Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live.But elephant are in great danger.People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day. Unit 6 Today’s story is about Zhu Hui, a student from Shenzhen. He’s now studying in the United States. He’s living with an American family in New York. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. It’s 9:00 a.m. And Zhu Hui’s family are at home. His mom and uncle are watching the boat race on TV. Is Zhu Hui also watching the races and eat zongzi? Well, it’s 9:00 p.m. In New York, and it’s the night before the festival.But there isn’t a Dragon Boat Festival in the US, so it’s like any other night for Zhu Hui and his host family. The mother is reading story to her young children. The father is watching a soccer game on TV. And what’s Zhu Hui doing? He’s talking on the phone to his cousin in Shenzhen. Zhu Hui misses his family and wishes to have his mom’s delicious zongzi. Zhu Hui likes New York and his host family a lot, but there’s still “no place like home.” ion 1