人教英语七年级下册第五单元Section 2a-3c.doc

Unit 5 Why do you like pandas? SectionA （1a-2c）一、教材分析本课时的教学内容是人教版七年级下册英语第五单元的第二课时,重点在于引导学生通过对话的情境,训练听、说有关描述动物的对话,并从中学习、练习相关的描述性形容词、表示程度的副词和短语以及why引导的特殊疑问句及其简略回答。以任务激发学生学习的主动性和积极性,本课时的任务以听和说为主,配合一些简单的写句和填空练习来巩固语法知识和本单元内容的学习。从单元内容中总结、归纳出询问和表达“为什么”、“在哪里”的句型,并结合运用程度副词对动物进行描述,以填空成句的练习,巩固所学的语法。因此,教师可以将知识目标定为掌握本课时新出现的动物名称、描述性形容词和程度副词或短语,询问和回答表示喜欢动物的原因、动物产地的句型。情感目标定为通过对动物的描述,了解一些动物并喜欢动物,提高保护动物的意识和自觉性。二、教学目标1.学习、运用本单元学习的动物名称和描述性形容词,谈论自己喜欢的动物、喜欢的原因以及动物生活的地方。2.学会运用程度副词(组)修饰描述动物的形容词,如:kind of,really,very,a lot等。3.进行听、说训练,能够写出含有because引导的原因状语从句的长句子。三、教学重难点1.正确使用表示动物名称的名词和描述动物的形容词,学会why引导的特殊疑问句及其回答。2.能够结合表示程度的副词,运用描述动物的形容词对动物进行描述。3.总结、归纳why,where疑问句的构成和回答,正确运用助动词do,does。四、教学方法设计教学PPT,录音机,多媒体,相应的动物图片或音像资料。五、教学过程Step .Lead in1.Warm up by reviewing the zoo animals and talking about why they like them.T:Good morning/afternoon,boys and girls.Ss:Good morning/afternoon,Mr./Ms.XX.The teacher shows the pictures of animals and talks about them with students.A:Whats this in English?B:Its a lion.A:Do you like lions?B:Yes,I do.A:Why do you like them?B:Because theyre strong.Show different kinds of animals for Ss to practice asking and answering about the animals they like.2.Review the description words.T:Native English speakers often use animal similes to illustrate emotions or personal attributes.Remind Ss the words “asas” and write on the blackboard:as strong as a(n);as greedy as a(n);as busy as a(n);as tall as a(n);as free as a(n);as brave as a(n)(ox;pig;bee;giraffe;bird;lion)设计意图通过图片,在对话中复习生词,学生自然地运用目标句型,通过动物与其特征、性质的联系记忆动物名词和描述性形容词。Step .Listening (2a-2c)1.Before listeningWrite the description words on the blackboard and the students read them aloud.Then present the adverbs of degree by talking about their favorite animals.T:My favorite animals are cats because theyre very interesting.Dogs are not my favorite,but I like them a little.Theyre kind of interesting.The teacher writes “cats” and “very interesting” below it.And draw five stars next to it.Then write “dogs” and draw two stars next to it.And write “kind of interesting” below the word.T:Can you guess what “kind of” means?Ss:It means “a little”.T:What animals do you like very much?Why?Ss:I likevery much because theyre veryT:What animals do you like a little?Why?Ss:I likea little because theyre kind of2.In pairs,talk about animals and why they like them.Help the students to use kind of,very,really,so.3.Ask pairs of students to act out their dialogues.The teacher gets them to ask and answer about the places the animals are from.T:Oh,you like pandas! Which country are pandas from?Do you know?Ss:China.The teacher writes the animals,description words and countries on the blackboard.And ask about more animals.4.T:Now,lets listen to the conversation.Please read the information in the chart.You can predict which animals will feature in the recording.While you are listening to the recording,you can make notes quickly.Only write the first letters of the animals you hear.Write “p” for “panda” and “l” for “lion”,etc.Play the recording.Ss finish the task in 2a.T:Please check your prediction.Do you need to listen again?Who can tell me the answer?5.T:Now read the conversation in 2b.What can we fill in?You can see the information in 2a.Play the recording for the students to write down the missing words in the conversation.After the students fill in the conversation,the teacher shows the written conversation on the screen and gets the class to read it aloud in pairs.Then ask them to make conversations,first using the information in 2a,then using their own information.T:Now,class.Lets make conversations with these information in 2a and 2b like this:A:Lets see the pandas.B:Why do you like them?A:Because theyre kind of interesting.B:Where are they from?A:Theyre from China.Students make their dialogues to talk about the three animals.Then ask some of them to act out or read the conversations aloud in class.(2c)Some of them can use their own words.【Keys】2a:1.pandas-kind of interesting-China2.koalas-very cute-Australia3.lions-really scary-South Africa2b:pandas,kind of,China设计意图在听力练习前,讲解程度副词的用法,并做开头训练,为学生扫清障碍,激活背景知识,明确听力任务。教会边听边记的方法,听后的口语练习能够帮助学生消化知识。Step .Reading and role-playing(2d)1.Before reading the conversation,the teacher interviews students about their pets.T:Does your family have a pet?What pet?Can you describe it?You can answer these questions:(1)What color is it?(2)Is it a boy or a girl?(3)Whats his/her name?(4)Can he/she run fast?Is he/she interesting?2.T:Now make up conversations with your partners.Ask two students to show their conversations in class.3.The teacher shows these questions on the screen and ask the class to read the conversation in 2d.T:Now open your books and read the conversation in 2d with these questions.(1)Does Peter have a pet?Whats the name?What can he do?(2)Does Jennys mother have a pet?Whats the name?What can he do?Get the students to read the conversation and fill in the chart.animalnamedescriptioncan doPeters petPetersmothers pet4.Check their answers and explain “sleep,lazy” and read the conversation aloud.T:Now read the conversation aloud.You must learn the intonation.For example,The dog is really cute! (Complementary)What can he do?(Curiously)He can walk on two legs.He can dance,too.(Proudly)She sleeps all day,she is lazy.(Disdainfully)Ha-ha,then thats a good name for her.(Funny)Read the conversation aloud.Then show the conversation on the PPT and then erase some phrases or sentences.Get the students to do the disappearing dialog exercise.And then get them to recite or role-play the dialogue.This item should be explained.教材解读He can walk on two legs.在西方国家,宠物(猫,狗)往往被视作家庭成员,因此代词不用it,而根据宠物的性别用he或she,如果不确定性别的话,一般用she指小猫和小狗。walk on表示“用某种方式行走”。类似的动词短语还有:lie on ones back平躺;lie on ones belly趴着;stand on ones hands倒立;stand on ones head and hands头手倒立;walk on ones hands(用手)倒立行走。Can you walk on your hands?你会用手倒立行走吗?He walks on his knees.他跪着向前挪动。设计意图读前先与学生对话带领学生进入谈论宠物的情境,带着问题阅读加深理解对话的内容,填表可以帮助学生阅读准确,学习语言知识。最后通过disappearing dialog训练学生对短语和句子的记忆和口头表达能力。帮助学生当堂掌握对话。Step .Grammar Focus1.In groups,have a competition to write the words.Get the students to write words in three columns,animals,description words and countries.T:Now lets have a competition to see who can write the most words about animals,description words about animals and countries.Work in groups of four.Each member writes one kind.You can have three minutes.2.Groups exchange their lists of words and ask the winner to write the words on the blackboard.T:Look at these words and read them.You can write the words you didnt write.3.Play the BINGO game.Teach them how to play it.T:Now draw a nine-box frame and write any words you like from the lists on the blackboard,containing animals,description words and countries.And Ill read conversations.When you hear the words in your boxes,you can cross them.If you cross all the three words in a line,put up your hand and say “Bingo!” The first one to finish a line is the winner.4.Make conversations with the words in the boxes.Remind the students of the plural forms of the animal words.T:When you talk about a kind of animal you should use plural nouns,like “I like tigers”.You cant say “I like tiger.” When answering “Why do you like lions?”or “Where are they from?”,you should say,“ Because theyre” and “Theyre from”.You cant say “Its”.Or “Its from”.Ss read and learn the grammar.设计意图通过写词竞赛和Bingo游戏引起学生对重点内容的训练和运用,总结归纳语法要点,对重点内容提醒学生注意,帮助学生学习掌握。Step .Practice (3a-3b)1.T:Now,lets look at the conversation in Activity 3a.Can you fill in the missing words?Get Ss to fill in the words from the box.2.Ask two students to read the conversation aloud.Others check their work.Then the class read it in two halves.T:What does “cool” in the last sentence mean?“Theyre really cool!”The students discuss it.T:“Cool” means nice,beautiful,interesting,fun,smart,cute,etc.People like to use it.3.After that,come to Activity 3b.Ask the students to fill in the animals according to their views to the animals.T:What are your ideas to the animals?Which animals do you think are cute,smart,interesting or lazy?Please write the animals and get the full sentences.Then you can say the sentences to your classmates.Ss:I like dogs because theyre smart.Students write the sentences in their books.【Keys】3a:Where,Theyre,like,dont,Why,because,do,cool3b:Answers will vary.Sample answers:I like koalas because theyre cute.I like giraffes because theyre interesting.I like elephants because theyre smart.I dont like lions because theyre lazy.设计意图语法内容的总结之后,让学生进行填空练习,从书面形式陈述喜爱动物的原因,巩固本单元所学的重点句型。Step .Practice (3c)1.Tell the students what to do in 3c.T:Now lets play a guessing game.You can think of an animal.Or you can hide the picture of an animal.Your partner asks questions to guess what it is.Before we do that,read the model conversation in 3c.2.Prepare several pictures and let one student pick one of them.Get another student to ask qu