英语人教版七年级下册Unit 5 Section B 2a-2c.doc

Unit 5 Why do you like pandas? Section B (2a-2c) 一、Teaching Key Points(教学重点)：1. Vocabularies: flag, symbol, water, kill, ivory, cut, save, Thailand, be in great danger, cut down, get lost, one of, be made of.2. Reading skills.3. Learn about the animals in great danger and arouse students attention to caring and love animals.二、Teaching Difficult Points（教学难点）：1. Using the target language to describe animals.2. How to sum up the main ideas of each paragraph.三、Teaching Aids:(教具)： Multi-Media; PPT四、Teaching Methods(教学设计)：GreetingsGood afternoon, class! Sit down, please!Today, we will learn Unit 5 Why do you like pandas? Section BStep1 Warm-upShow the students some pictures about the animals. Ask: Do you like animals? What animals do you like? Why? Ask the students individually.Some of the animals are in great danger, let students check them. 【教学设计说明】通过学生讨论所出示动物图片，复习所学动物名称及描述词语和句子，图文并茂，既巩固了已学知识点，又起到热身的作用。Step2 Lead-in & Presentation1. Do you want to know what animals I like? Then give the students some information about the animals. Guide them to guess it (elephants). At the same time, draw the stick figure of the elephant. Say: I like elephants very much because they are very smart. Ask: Why do people think elephants are smart? What can they do? Show some pictures to teach some useful sentences.2. Elephants are not only smart but also very important in many countries. Lets look at the big screen. Then show some pictures of buildings in Thailand. 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 of Thailands symbols. And March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.（Practice the new words.）【教学设计说明】出示泰国的国旗图案等一些图片并配上句子，来呈现单词。在句子中呈现词汇，既可以学习新词汇，也可以呈现其用法。以利于下一步课文的阅读和理解。Step3 Reading1. Fast readingT: Now we know something about elephants, next we will learn an article to know more about the elephants. Open your books and turn to Page 29. Look at Activity 2b, read the article quickly and find the answer to this question:What is the best title for the article? _What Is an Elephant?_ Come to Thailand._Lets Save the Elephants._Elephants Are Good Pets.Step4. Careful readingRead again, answer the questions1. Where are the students from?2 .Are elephants smart animals?.3. Why are elephants in great danger?4. When is Thai Elephant Day?Step5. Read againLets 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 very important in Thailand.Para 2-Elephants are smart animals.Para 3-Elephants are in great danger.【教学设计说明】本环节由泛读到精读采用总分的形式完成阅读任务，层层递进，步步深入。Fast reading 让学生整体感知阅读文章；Careful reading逐段阅读分析，感知并学习一系列知识点。在本环节着重强调回答问答题的答题技巧。Step 6. 2c1. Tell students to look at the mind map in 2c. There are four boxes around the word Elephant. The first box is about the importance of the elephants in Thailand. The second box is about the abilities of the elephants. The third box is about the facts and figures of the elephants. The last box is about how to save the elephants. Lets read the article again and fill in the blanks.2. Check the answers with the class.【教学设计说明】本环节是上一环节的升华，通过阅读完成2c中的思维导图，利用思维导图来加深对文章的理解，又有助于学生有条理的记忆巩固文章内容。Step 7. Do some exercisesStep8 . ThinkingAs we all know, elephants are in great danger. So we must protect them. Animals are our friends. No buying, no killing.【教学设计说明】这个环节介绍泰国象的处境，号召学生保护动物，保护环境，保护我们的地球(