Unit 4 Creatures large and small教案（名师）

Lesson Plan

Teacher: Gongjia Class: Class Three, Senior One School: Taopu Senior High School Content: the 1st period, Unit 4 More reading, Oxford English

Teaching Objectives:

The students will 

learn new words and phrases regarding the topic; 

have a better understanding of the text by sorting out key information and making summary;



show some interest in the topic.

Teaching Procedures:

Activities 

flash & picture

Purposes 

To arouse interest. 

To elicit the topic and some key words regarding the topic (hibernate, hibernator, hibernation, den, mud, have … in common).

Lead-in Pre-reading

While-reading

1.

T & F 1.

To get a rough idea of

hibernation 2.

Read Para 1 and find out the

2.

To understand key vocabulary words similar in meaning to these (state, occur, continuously, underlined in T& F sentences. survive, absence) in Para 1 3.

Summarize what hibernation is. 3.

To use the new words by making a summary.

4.

Read P2-4 and find out more 4.

details. 5.

Let Ss finish the table. 5.

6.

Let Ss finish the dialogue. 6.

To deal with the information in Para 2-4. To help students sort out information. To summarize the content of the text in the form of a dialogue. Post-reading

7.

Read the relevant materials about 7.

To help them have a further some other hibernators. understanding of the topic.

8.

To consolidate the vocabulary and phrases they have learned.

9.

To encourage students to share

information.

Assignment 

Summarize the

given material 

To summarize on their own and get more information. with the information “who, where, why and what will happen” included.

Teaching Material:

Oxford English S1B (Unit Four More Reading)

The mystery of hibernation No human has ever experienced hibernation, and yet many creatures experience it every year. Read the following article from a science magazine to see what hibernation is all about. What do bears, bats and frogs have in common? They all hibernate. Hibernation is a state often compared to sleep. It usually occurs in winter, when a creature does not move for weeks or months continuously. Creatures hibernate to survive the cold weather and the absence of food. A typical example of a hibernating creature is the bat. When winter comes, bats find a safe place in a cave. Looking like they are dead, they hang upside down. Their pulse and breathing rates greatly slow down. Their body temperatures drop as well. These things help them save energy during long winters when it is difficult to find food. Frogs, like many amphibians, also hibernate when it gets cold. After digging deep into the mud at the bottom of a pond, they do not stir again until it is warm. During hibernation, they breathe through their skins, not their mouths. Another hibernating creature is the bear. In contrast to other creatures, hibernating bears do not appear as though they are dead, but seem as though they are very sleepy. If they are disturbed during hibernation, they can get up very quickly. While hibernating, bears stay in their dens, which are filled with leaves to make their stay more comfortable and warmer. In spring, having awakened, they leave their dens, thin and hungry. 

The underlined words are what the teacher is going to teach in the class. 

The teacher will also add some other words regarding the topic, such as mammals, reptiles, tortoise, lizard … to help students understand the topic and the relevant reading materials better.