Welcome to the unit教案2

Unit 5

Amazing things

Comic strip & Welcome to the unit I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: To learn about some unusual things To learn to talk about the fun facts To learn the new words and useful expressions II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: same, birth, earth, back, fat, fact, amazing, times, bone, the same size, from birth, in the back of, stop doing sth. 2. New structures: Fish sleep with their eyes open.

Our nose and ears never stop growing.

The sun is about 1,300,000 times larger than the Earth. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. The usage of “with” as adverbial. 2. The usage of “times” in comparison. 3. The difference between “stop doing” and “stop to do”. 4. How to describe something amazing. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in The world is full of amazing things.Many more fun facts are waiting for us to explore(探索). Let’s

enjoy some pictures of amazing things . Step 2 Presentation

Look at the pictures in Part A and discuss more fun facts with the whole class. Are there any bones in the back of elephants’ feet? There is something amazing about fish. How do fish sleep in water?

There is also something amazing about people’s eyes. Look at the baby’s and the old lady’s eyes. Are they the same size? Do our eyes grow as we grow up?

What about our Earth and the Sun? Are they the same size? Which one is bigger, the Earth

or the Sun? 2. Match the pictures with the sentences. 3. Read and complete. 4. Language points.

(1) Fish sleep with their eyes open.

with + 名词

+ 形容词/介词短语（做伴随状态）

(2) Our nose and ears never stop growing.

stop doing sth.

stop to do sth.

(3) The Sun is about 1,300, 000 times larger than the Earth.

time ( c. n 倍数) + adj.

比较级

+ than Step 3 Listening and speaking

Kitty and Amy are talking about the fun facts about these pictures. Which pictures are they talking about? Let’s listen to their dialogue.

Read the dialogue and answer: What do they think of these fun facts?

Can you tell me other adjectives to describe amazing things? Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures in Part A in pairs. You can use Kitty and Amy’s dialogue as a model. You can also talk about other amazing things. Step 4 comic strips 1. Listen and answer. T: Eddie also sees something amazing. Can you guess what he sees? T: Listen to the tape and check your answer. Is it a UFO? What do they see actually? T: Read the dialogue after the tape and answer: Why does Eddie think it is a UFO? 2. Read in roles.

3. Language points. T: Do you have any difficulties? I have a question.

What does “Come on” mean in this sentence? Does it have other meanings? Can you put the Chinese sentence into English? Look at the word “saw”. Can you guess its meaning? (解释saw是see的过去式) 4. Act it out. T: Now work in pairs and try to act the dialogue out. You can use your own words if possible.

5. Retell the dialogue. T: Now let’s review the story and fill in the blanks to complete the passage. Homework 1. Try to find more amazing things in the world. 2. Read the dialogue between Eddie and Hobo. 3. Recite the new words and phrases.