初中英语人教版七年级下册Unit 5 Why do you like pandas .doc

Unit 5 Why do you like pandas?Section B (2a-2c)I. Teaching goals:1.Language goals:(1)Vocabulary:a. New words: save ,symbol, flag, forget, place, water, danger, cut down ,tree ,kill, ivoryb. Useful expressions: one of, be in (great)danger, cut down , get lost, be made of(2) Target language: a. What animals do you like? I like pandas. b. The elephant is one of Thailands symbol. c. Elephants are in great danger. d. We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory.2. Ability aims(1) Using the target language to describe animal.(2) Improve students reading skills.3. Moral aims:Educate students to love and protect animals.II. Teaching key points: 1. Vocabularies:flag, symbol, water, kill, ivory, cut, save,Thailand, be in great danger, cut down, get lost, one of, be made of.2. Improve students reading skills.III. Teaching difficult points：1. Using the target language to describe animals.2. How to sum up the main ideas of each paragraph.IV.Teaching steps Step 1: Pre-reading activities1. Review: a game of driving a train Have the students ask and answer one by one as quickly as possible.A: What animals do you like?B: I like elephants.A: Why?B: Because they are cute. What animals do you like?C: I like dogs because2. Warming up and discussionT: Boys and girls, we like different animals. For example, I love elephants. But because there are many reasons, and they are in danger now. Do you know what animals are in great danger in China? Why? Can you tell me? Have the students discuss and then report. If necessary, you can speak Chinese.Ss: I think pandas are in danger becauseStep 2: Presentation of new words Show some pictures of buildings inThailand, and guide students to guess which country it is (Thailand). Introduce some culture about elephants in Thailandthere was a white elephant on the first flag of Thailand. Whats more, the elephant is one ofThailands symbols. and March 13this Thai elephant day.（practice the new words.）Step 3: Reading1.Fast-reading Read this website article and check ( ) the best title for it._What is an elephant?_ Come to Thailand_Lets save the elephants_Elephants are good pets2.Careful-readingTask 1: Read and matchlets read the article one paragraph after another carefully and find out the topic sentence which can tell us the main idea of each paragraph.After that, tell them the reading strategy.Para 1-Elephants are important inThailand.Para2What can elephant do?Para3- Why are elephants in danger and how can they save them?Task 2: Read the articles carefully again and answer below questions 1.Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.(1)Where are the students from?(2)What do they want to do?(3)Why are elephants important in Thailand?2.Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions.(1)Are elephants smart animals?(2)What can they do?3.Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions.(1) Are elephants in great danger? And why? (2) How can they save elephants? Task 3: Work on 2c(1) Read the article again and complete the mind map of 2c(2) Check answersStep 4: Post-reading activitiesTask1: Listen to 2b and then repeat. Task2: Retell the articles according to the mind map above. T: After reading , now lets Please look at the mind map to retell. Lets see who can do best.Paragraph 1: Elephants are very important inThailand.Paragraph 2: Elephants are smart animals.Paragraph 3 : Elephants are in great danger.Step 5: Exercises in class.Step 6: Enjoy a video.Share a video about animals in danger and how we can protect them.Many animals are in danger.No sale no killing.Step 6: Summary In this class, we have learnt some new words and new phrases, please rem