Unit1AnimalfriendsSectionA2a2f

ListeningAbility:Studentswillbeabletounderstandsimpledialoguesandshortpassagesaboutanimals,andbeabletoextractkeyinformation,suchasthenamesofanimals,people’spreferencesforanimals,andthereasons.

SpeakingAbility:Studentswillbeabletousethelearnedvocabularyandsentencepatternstotalkabouttheirfavoriteanimals,describeanimals’characteristics,andexpresstheirreasonsforlikingordislikinganimalsindailyconversations.

ReadingAbility:Studentswillbeabletoreadshorttextsaboutanimals,understandthemainidea,andanswersimplequestionsrelatedtothetext.

WritingAbility:Studentswillbeabletowriteashortparagraphtointroducetheirfavoriteanimals,includingtheanimal’sname,appearance,andreasonsforlikingit.

Studentswillbeabletomasterthenewvocabularyrelatedtoanimals,includingatleast10newanimalnamesandsomeadjectivesusedtodescribeanimals,suchas“cute”,“smart”,“l(fā)azy”.

like...?Because...willunderstandandbeabletousekeysentencepatternsfortalkingaboutanimals,suchas“Whatanimalsdoyoulike?”,“Whydoyoulike...?Because...”,“Ilike...becausetheyare...”.

Studentswilllearnthepronunciationrulesofsomelettersandletterbinationsrelatedtothenewwords,andbeabletopronouncethewordsandsentencescorrectly.

ThissectionofUnit1“AnimalFriends”inGradeSevenfocusesonthethemeofanimals.Itaimstohelpstudentslearnvariousanimalnames,describeanimals’characteristics,andexpresstheirpreferencesforanimals.Themaincontentincludesnewvocabularyrelatedtoanimals,suchas“elephant”,“panda”,“giraffe”,etc.,andkeysentencepatternslike“Whatanimalsdoyoulike?”,“Whydoyoulikethem?”,“Becausetheyare...”.

Generally,studentsatthisagearefullofcuriosityandinterestinanimals.Theyaremorelikelytobeattractedbyvividpictures,interestingvideos,andinteractiveclassroomactivitiesrelatedtoanimals.Intermsoflearningabilities,studentsareinastageofrapiddevelopment.Theyhavetheabilitytounderstandnewknowledgewiththehelpofvisualaidsandteacherledexplanations.Intermsoflearningstyles,somestudentsarevisuallearners,wholearnbetterthroughseeingpicturesandvideos;someareauditorylearners,preferringtolearnbylisteningtoteachers’explanationsandEnglishaudiomaterials;andsomearekinestheticlearners,whoaremoreactiveinhandsonactivitiesandgroupdiscussions.

教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)一Warmingup

Activity:Showstudentsashortvideoaboutazoo,inwhichvariousanimalsareplaying,eating,andmoving.Afterwatchingthevideo,askstudentssomesimplequestions,suchas“Whatanimalsdidyouseeinthevideo?”and“Whichanimaldoyoulikebestinthevideo?”.EncouragestudentstoanswerinEnglishasmuchaspossible.

Purpose:Thisactivitycanquicklyattractstudents’attention,arousetheirinterestintheclass,andactivatetheirpriorknowledgeaboutanimals.ItalsocreatesarelaxedandpleasantEnglishlearningatmosphere.

教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)二TeachingProcedures

VocabularyTeaching

Activity:Useflashcardstoshowstudentsnewanimalpicturesonebyone,suchasanelephant,apanda,agiraffe.Whileshowingthepictures,pronouncethecorrespondingEnglishwordsclearlyandslowly,andaskstudentstorepeataftertheteacherseveraltimes.Then,writethewordsontheblackboard,emphasizingthecorrectspellingandpronunciation.Forexample,whenteachingtheword“elephant”,pointoutthepronunciationofeachsyllable/?el.?.f?nt/andthespellingrules.

Purpose:Visualaidslikeflashcardscanhelpstudentsremembernewwordsmoreeasily.Repeatingthepronunciationandemphasizingspellingcanstrengthenstudents’memoryofnewvocabulary.

SentencePatternTeaching

Activity:Createasimpledialoguescenario.Theteachersays,“Ilikepandas.Whatanimalsdoyoulike?”andinviteastudenttoanswer.Afterthestudentanswers,askanotherquestion,“Whydoyoulike...?”.Guidethestudenttoanswerwith“Becausetheyare...”.Writethesesentencepatternsontheblackboard:“Whatanimalsdoyoulike?”,“Whydoyoulike...?Because...”.Explainthemeaningandusageofthesesentencepatterns,andthenhavestudentspracticethedialoguesinpairs.

Purpose:Bycreatingareallifelikedialoguescenario,studentscanbetterunderstandthepracticalusageofthesentencepatterns,andpairworkcangivethemmoreopportunitiestopracticespeaking.

ListeningPractice

Activity:Playtherecordingof2ainthetextbook.Therecordingisadialoguebetweentwostudentstalkingabouttheirfavoriteanimals.Beforeplayingtherecording,askstudentstolookatthepicturesin2aandpredictwhatanimalstheywillhear.Then,playtherecordingforthefirsttime,andletstudentslistencarefullyandcircletheanimalstheyhear.Playtherecordingforthesecondtime,andaskstudentstoanswerthequestionsin2b,suchas“Whatanimalsdoestheboylike?Why?”.Checktheanswerswiththewholeclass.

Purpose:Predictingbeforelisteningcanhelpstudentsfocustheirattention.Listeningfordifferentpurposesintworoundscangraduallyimprovestudents’listeningprehensionability,andansweringquestionscantesttheirunderstandingofthekeyinformationinthedialogue.

SpeakingPractice

Activity:Dividestudentsintogroupsoffour.Eachgroupisgivenasetofanimalcardswithdifferentanimalsonthem.Studentstaketurnstopickacard,andthenusethelearnedsentencepatternstotalkabouttheanimalonthecard,suchas“Ilikelions.Theyarestrongandbrave.Whatanimalsdoyoulike?”.Othergroupmemberslistenandaskfollowupquestions.Aftereachstudentinthegrouphasspoken,choosesomegroupstoetothefrontoftheclassandsharetheirconversationswiththewholeclass.

Purpose:Groupworkcanencouragestudentstoactivelyparticipateinspeakingpractice,andsharinginfrontoftheclasscannotonlyenhancestudents’speakingconfidencebutalsoprovideopportunitiesforotherstudentstolearnfromeachother.

ReadingPractice

Activity:Letstudentsreadthepassagein2dsilentlyforthefirsttime,andaskthemtogetthegeneralideaofthepassage,suchaswhoaretalkinginthepassageandwhatanimalstheyarediscussing.Then,letstudentsreadthepassageagaincarefully,andanswerthequestionsin2e,suchas“WhatdoesMollythinkoftheelephant?”.Afterthat,explainsomedifficultwordsandsentencesinthepassage,suchas“kindof”and“befrom”.Finally,askstudentstoreadthepassagealoud,payingattentiontothepronunciationandintonation.

Purpose:Silentreadingcanhelpstudentsquicklyunderstandthemainideaofthetext,andcarefulreadingwithquestionscantraintheirreadingprehensionability.Explainingdifficultpointscanhelpstudentsbetterunderstandthetext,andreadingaloudcanimprovetheirpronunciationandintonation.

GrammarFocus(5minutes)

Activity:Summarizethegrammarpointsrelatedtothecontentlearnedtoday,mainlytheuseofsimplepresenttensewhentalkingaboutanimals’characteristicsandpeople’spreferences.Writesomeexamplesontheblackboard,suchas“Pandaslikeeatingbamboo.”,“Idon’tlikesnakesbecausetheyarescary.”.Explaintheformationandusageofsimplepresenttenseinthesesentences,andthengivestudentssomesimpleexercisestopractice,suchasfillingintheblankswiththecorrectformoftheverbs.

Purpose:Systematicallysummarizinggrammarpointscanhelpstudentsformaclearknowledgestructure,andexercisescanhelpthemconsolidatethelearnedgrammarknowledge.

SummaryandHomework

Summary

Activity:Reviewthenewvocabulary,sentencepatterns,andgrammarpointslearnedinthisclasswiththestudents.Askstudentstosharewhattheyhavelearnedinthisclass.

Purpose:Reviewingcanhelpstudentsstrengthentheirmemoryofthelearnedknowledge,andsharingcanletstudentsexpresstheirlearninggainsandfeelings.

Homework

Activity:

Askstudentstomakeaposterabouttheirfavoriteanimals.Theyneedtodrawapictureoftheanimalandwriteashortintroductionincludingtheanimal’sname,appearance,habits,andwhytheylikeit.

Askstudentstolistentotherecordingofthissectionagainathomeandimitatethepronunciationandintonation.

Purpose:Thepostermakingtaskcanprehensivelytrainstudents’writing,drawing,andinformationorganizingabilities.Listeningandimitatingathomecanfurtherimprovest