九年级英语全册 Unit 15 We’re trying to save the manatees section A 1a—2c教案 人教新目标版

1、Unit 15 Were trying to save the manatees sectionTeaching aims:1. To learn some names of animals.2. To learn how to describe the animals.3. To know something about the manatees.4. To revise some tense like: present progressive, present simple, “used to”+ infinitive, passive voice, present perfect.Dif

2、ficult points:1. The names of animals2. The adjectivesTeaching aids: CAI, tape. Teaching steps:Step 1 Warming up Enjoy a song about animalsStep 2 Lead in After the song, T can ask Ss, Do you like animals? Whats your favorite animal? Why? According to these questions, Ss can revise animals and adject

3、ives they learned before. T can write these words on the blackboard to help them remember better.Step 3 Presentation After revision T can show some pictures with the animals, then teach the names and some adjectives which describe them. T: What are these? S: Theyre African elephants. T: What do you

4、think of them? S: Theyre enormous.Then T can finish teaching the words by using this way. T can show the pictures and words. Also Ss can express their own description to the animals.Step 4 Read and matchSection A1. Ask Ss to write the adjectives in the boxes below. Then write other words they know.2

5、. Ss show their views.Step 5 Group workA: I like , because theyre B: But I like, because theyre so What about you, C?C: I think are , so they are my favorite animalsStep 6 Listening1. 1b. Listen and circle the words in 1a that victor and Anny use to describe the animals.2. Read the listening materia

6、ls after the tape.Then read then together.Step 7 Group work Think of an animal that is the same as you in some ways write a statement about you and the animal. Read your statement without saying the name of the animal. Your classmates guess what kind of animal you are like. Ask Ss do group work acco

7、rding to the model below.A: I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I like to eat vegetables.B: Youre like an elephant.A: No.C: Youre like a manatee.A: Yes.Step 8 ListeningT: Do you know a lot about the manatees?S: No.T: OK, if you want to know more about them, p

8、lease listen to the tape very carefully, then youll get the answers you want.1. Do 2a. Listen and match the words with definitions.Answer: 1b. 2d. 3a. 4c.3. Do 2b. Listen again. Complete the chart kind of animalmanateeNumbers2500Habitatthe water under the trees in mangrove swampsReason why theyare e

9、ndangeredsome of the swamps have become pollutedthere sometimes isnt enough foodDescriptionLarge, ten feet long and about 1000 poundsNeed about 100 pounds of aquatic feed a day3. Read after the tape, then read together this listening material.4. Explain some important and grammar focus.Step 9 Pair w

10、ork Use the facts in the chart in 2b to role play a conversation between a student and a zoo attendant.A. How big are manatees?B. Theyre about 10 feet long and they weigh about 1000 pounds.Homework: 1. Copy the new words and remember them.2. Read the reading materials of 1b, 2a3. Read Grammar Focus.Bb designUnit 15 Were trying to save the manatees! -How bi