8A Unit5教案

8A Unit 5 Birdwatchers

Comic strip and Welcome to the unit

Teaching aims and demands:

1. To learn the common names of birds

   2. To talk about birds on two aspects: characteristics and appearance.

   3. To arouse the students’ interest in birds in the wild.

Key points:

 To learn the common names of birds

Difficult points:

  To talk about birds on two aspects: characteristics and appearance.

Teaching aids:

recorder and pictures

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Presentation

1.Warm up

Play a piece of music called ‘ the seaside voice’(There is sound by birds), then get the students to talk about it.

e.g. Is it nice? (Yes)

       When hearing the music, what do you think of?（ Birds）

     Would you like to go and watch the birds ? (Yes)

     Let’s go birdwatching. Let’s be birdwatchers.

     ( Teach ：go birdwatching / birdwatcher)

  Ask the students to say the English names of some birds.

2. Talking about birds

Show the pictures of different kinds of birds and talk about them focusing on what’s special about the birds.

Learn the new words (Revise some old words at the same time, like  wing/ feather/ beak)

Do Part A on Page75

Step 2 Practice

 1.Show the pictures together and then get the students to give their names. Make sure all the students can read the names correctly.

2. Play a game : reading and guessing (guess what bird it is.)

     E.g. I live in wetland. I am very tall. I have long beak, long neck and long legs. I have black and white feathers. Who am I? (a crane)

Step 3 Production

   Ask the students ‘Which is your favorite bird? Why?

   Practice Part B on Page75 in pairs

   Make up new conversations using Part B as a model and act them out.

Step 4 Presentation

   1.Say: We love birds. Eddie loves birds, too. Listen to the tape and find the answers to the following questions.

1.)What is Eddie going to do?

2.)Does he really love birds?

3.)What kind of birds does he like best?

2.Practice reading in pairs and try to act it out

Step 5 Production

1. Choose a kind of birds and describe its appearance using the new words.
2. Complete the conversation
3. Translate into English.

Step 6 Homework:

1. Copy the new words and recite them.

2. Look for more information about birds.
3. Preview the new words in Reading (reading and reciting)

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Reading (1)

Teaching aims and demands:

  1. To learn the new words and some phrases in the text.

  2. To read the text and get some information about Zhalong Nature Reserve.

  3. To understand the text and answer some questions about it.

  4. To let the students know the danger of wetlands and nature reserves and how to protect them.  

Key points:

  To learn the new words and understand the text.

Difficult points:

  To master the new words and answer some detailed questions about the text.

Teaching aids:

  recorder and pictures

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1.Have a dictation of the new words and phrases

    go birdwatching      at the market     learn more about

encourage… to do sth.     Crane     northern  

2.Let’s have a competition and see who can name the birds first.

Step 2 Presentation

Talk about a picture of ‘red-crowned cranes’

E.g. What birds, do you think, are they?

Where do they like to live?

Learn the new words, like wetland/shelter/crane/rare…             

Step 3 Fast-reading

Go through the article

1.Answer two questions

1)Where is Zhalong Nature Reserve?

2)What kinds of animals live there?

2.Guess the meanings of some new words.

3.Do exercises: Help Sandy choose the right meaning for each word. (B1 on Page 78)

Step 4 Further- reading

1. Listen to the tape and practice reading the passage, then do T or F. (C1 on Page 79)

2. Check the answers

3. Read the passage silently and focus on the questions:

1. Why is it a great place for wildlife?
2. Do lots of birds go there?
3. Why is there less and less space for wildlife?
4. Why are more and more birds in danger?
5. What are the members of  Birdwatching Club doing this year?
6. What do they do once a year?

Step 5 Production

1.Talk about Zhalong and then do Part B2 on Page 78

( Complete the conservation between Sandy and Daniel)

2.Retell the passage according to the keywords .

Step 6 Activity

1. Tell the story about “Xu xiujuan”

2. Discuss “What should you do and what shouldn’t you do in the reserve?”

Step 7 Homework

1. Search the Internet and write a report about Yancheng Nature Reserve.

2. Recite the new words

3. Find out useful words and phrases in Reading

4. Do C2 on Page 79.

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Reading (2)

Teaching aims and demands:

  1. To get more detailed information about Zhalong Nature Reserve.

  2. To analyze the sentences for the students to get a better understanding.

  3. To make sure the students know the importance of wetlands and nature reserves   

Key points:

  To get more detailed information about Zhalong Nature Reserve.

Difficult points:

  To analyze the sentences for the students to get a better understanding.

Teaching aids:

  recorder and pictures

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1.Ask some questions about the text in oral.

1.Where is Zhalong?

2.Where is Heilongjiang?

3.Is Zhalong Nature Reserve a good place for wildlife? Why?

4.Are there many red-crowned cranes in the world? Why?

5.Why are more and more birds in danger?

2.Translate some useful expressions:

a nature reserve                               in north-east China

One of the world’s most important wetlands        provide…for    etc.

3.Fill in the blanks with the right words.

Step 2 Practice

1.Read the whole passage and then match the main idea with the right paragraph.

2.Work in pairs and then divide the passage into 4 parts with the following 4 topics.Try to ask and answer to give as much information of each part as possible.

3. Talk about the information of each part.

Step 3 Language points.

1. important (形容词）

importance（名词）

2. provide…for…   为…提供

3. make sb do sth使某人做某事

4. Change（动词或名词）改变

5. less and less与fewer and fewer越来越少

6. count   n. v.

Step 4 Practise

1.Translate the following sentences.

2.Match the first parts of the sentences at the top with the second parts at the bottom( Check the answers to Part C2 and then practice reading)

Step 5 Discussion

As a Grade 8 student, how can you help Zhalong and the wildlife there?

Step 6 Homework.

1. Recite the passage about red-crowned cranes.
2. Write a report about Zhalong to attract more people to protect wildlife.
3. Finish the relative exercises.
4. Preview the new words in Vocabulary

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Vocabulary

Teaching aims and demands:

  1. To get to know prefixes

             2. To use adjectives in the context of talking about nature reserves and wild birds by applying prefixes to indicate negative meaning.   

3. To show the students an effective way to enlarge their vocabulary

Key points:

 To use adjectives in the context of talking about nature reserves and wild birds by applying prefixes to indicate negative meaning.

Difficult points:

.  To show the students an effective way to enlarge their vocabulary by adding prefixes to adjectives

Teaching aids:

  word-cards   pictures

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1.Check the homework.

    2. Using some pictures to revise some adjectives.

    3.Get the students to read the words.

Step 2 Presentation

1.Compare some pictures, and show the opposite.

2.Let the students read and think: What can you get?

Say: With some adjectives,we can change the meaning by adding a prefix.  Adding the prefixes “dis”, “im” “in” or “un” to an adjective will express the opposite meaning of the word. These prefixes mean “not” or “the opposite of”

 e.g. Trainers are comfortable to wear. Small shoes are uncomfortable.

If someone shows good manners to others, he is a polite person.

If someone does not show good manners to others, he is impolite.

Step 3 Practice

A.Match the adjectives on the left with their opposite on the right.( Part A)

Tell the students that ‘un-’ is not the only prefix. There are more prefixes like this. Invite the students to open their book and ask them to match the words on the left with their opposites on the right.

      1.necessary—unnecessary       2.important—unimportant     

      3.comfortable—uncomfortable   4.honest—dishonest

      5.regular—irregular              6.happy—unhappy

      7.wecome—unwelcome          8.correct—incorrect 

      9.common—uncommon         10.friendly—unfriendly

      11.possible—impossible          12.able—unable

B. Play a game.

Show the word-cards for the students to say the opposite words by adding prefixes.

C.Discuss in pairs and work out some of the rules.

Step 4 Production ( Part B )

1.Have a try

Complete the following sentences and check the answers.

2.Show some pictures and help the students fill in the blanks.

3.Complete the sentences in PartB, check the answers in pairs. Then go through the sentences in class. Draw the students’ attention to the things they should or shouldn’t do while going birdwatching.

Step 5 Consolidation

1.What did we learn?

2. Let’s read them loudly.

3. Exercise

Step 6 Homework.

1.Finish the relative exercises.

2.Write out the opposite of the following adjectives

3.Preview Grammar A and B.

8A Unit 5  Birdwatchers   

Grammar( A and B)

Teaching Objectives:

1. To get to know five kinds of sentence structures