Using LanguageⅠ教案1

Unit 4 Using language Teaching aims: 1.Enable the students to learn some flowers and their pollinators 2. To improve the students’ reading and ability

Teaching important point: Enable the students to read and write a passage effectively Teaching difficult point: How to improve the students’ reading and writing ability

Teaching procedures: step1 lead-in to use some pictures to warm up step2 reading 1.

What is the text about? What do pictures show you? What is the chart about? The text is about flowers and their animal pollinators. The pictures show different kinds of animal pollinators and their flowers. The chart lists animal pollinators and the characteristics of the flowers they pollinate. 2.Read the text and answer the questions 1. What is the advantage for animals of visiting flowers? Animals get food called nectar from the flowers. 2. Why do some plants need animals? 3. How does an animal pollinate a flower? An animal pollinates a flower by collecting pollen from a flower and passing it onto another flower. Some plants need animals to pollinate them. 4. What features of a flower are important in attracting animal pollinators?

The features of a flower that are important in attracting animal pollinators are its colour, shape, size and smell.

Are these statements true or false? 1. Bees follow coloured lines to the nectar inside the flower. 2. Flowers that are white or pale can be seen by night pollinators. 3. Butterflies are attracted to sweet-smelling flowers. 4. Bats pollinate flowers at night. 5. Flower colour is not important to hummingbirds. 6. All pollinators need to land on the flower if they are to find the nectar. Step 3 Homework To retell the text