人教版新目标七年级英语下册Unit5教学设计

人教版新目标七年级英语下册Unit5教学设计

Teaching Plan for Unit 5

Teaching aims:. to learn to describe animals; to express

preferences Grammar: 1. Wh- questions and answers

2. adjectives of quality: kind of / really / very +adj.

*Structure:

1. Why do you like pandas? Because they are kind of

interesting.

Why don’t you like tigers? Because they are scary.

Where are lions from? They are from South Africa.

2. kind of / very / really + adj.

cute, interesting, fun, smart, beautiful,

scary, lazy, boring,

friendly, shy, small, big

*Vocabulary: refer to the wordlist on P123-P124

Phrases: 1. kind of interesting

2. be from = come from

3. walk on two legs;

4. save the animals / elephants…

5. be in great danger

6. a symbol of good luck

7. cut down trees

8. South Africa

9. *made of

10. * kill elephants for their ivory*

*Writing: to write about your favorite animals

*Sentences for writing:

1) My favorite animal is …, because …

2) It is / They are from …. 3) They live in ….

4) It is … years old.

5) It is kind of / very / really + adj.

Use the following words to write a paragraph (at least 80

words): favorite, kind, from, because, can

*Passage to recite: P26 2d

Teaching procedures:

Period One Animals in the zoo & pets at home

Teaching material: Section A

1. Lead in : picture 1a

Topic : animals (in the zoo)

tiger, elephant, koala, panda, lion, giraffe

2. Have students to talk about his favorite animals with a

simple reason. adjectives: cute/ funny/ interesting / beautiful /

smart

fun / lazy

3. 1b. Listen for the adjs for describing animals

Pandas – cute; giraffes – beautiful koalas – interesting

4. Pair Work: If you go to the zoo with your partner, which

animal do you like to see first.

A: Let’s see … (first).

B: Why do you want to see them?

A: Bec ause they are …

*[B: Well, I want to see …. They are my favorite animals.

A: Why do you like them?

B:…]

The teacher can add more adjs. for Ss to learn:

scary / friendly / clever / large / heavy

5. 2a Listen and write the animals you hear. Draw a line from

the animals to the description word and the countries they are from.

Pandas – kind of interesting – China

Koalas – very cute – Australia

Lions – really scary – South Africa

kind of, very , really

kind of 程度轻，相当于a little

very / really 程度较强;

really语气强，还能表示说话者发自内心的感受。“真正地”

I think tigers are really scary. 我认为老虎真的很可怕。

不仅表示程度深，并且表达了作者内心深处的感受。

Where are the pandas from? They are from China.

Where do pandas come from? They come from China.

6. Do you keep your favorite animals at home? – Pets [2d]

Questions to ask:

Does your family have pets? What pets? Can you describe

your pet?(adjs.)

What color is it? What is his/her name? Can he run fast?

Listen to a conversation about pets, and fill in the chart.

* That’s a good name for her!

3. walk on two legs 4. have a pet

5. kind of boring

6. sleep all day

7.That’s a good name for her.

Homework: 1. Review SA

2. 3a,3b P37

Period Two Animals in danger

Teaching material: Section B

Teaching procedures

1. Review: Guessing game

*materials for you ?

1). I’m very big. I have four le gs and two big ears. My nose

is very long. I like to eat peanuts. --- elephant

2). I have a long neck. I’m from Africa. I’m beautiful and

elegant. I can eat the leaves on the top of the tree. – giraffe

3). I’m good at climbing trees, but I do not like to move. I

like sleeping. I’m from Australia. -- koala

2. Pictures--- animals: tiger, lion, panda, giraffe, elephant,

koala

Use the following adjs. to describe the animals. [1a]

Smart; friendly; beautiful; cute; lazy; scary; small; shy

3. [1c] Listen and fill the chart.

4. Elephants and pandas are in great danger.

Can you think of other animals that are also in great danger?

Lions; giraffes; elephants; pandas; tigers; koalas

*Dolphins * Tibetan Antelope藏羚羊 Where do they live?

5. Show some pictures about Elephants. (new words)

symbol, flag, cut down trees, ivory

6. Read this website article and check the best title for it

Let’s save the elephants

Read it again and underline the topic sentence for each

paragraph.

1) The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols.

2) Elephants are smart animals.

3) But elephants are in great danger. We must save the trees

and not buy things made of ivory!

7. [2c] Read the article again and complete the mind map.

Useful Expressions:

1. be from: we are from Thailand.

2. save the animals (in danger) / elephants / the trees

3. *a symbol of good luck

4. walk for a long time

5. never get lost

6. be in great danger

7. be made of: * things made of ivory

8. cut down trees

Homework:. 练习卷

Period Three

Teaching material: Learn to write about your favorite animals

Teaching procedures: