Unit 4 Creatures large and small优质课教案推荐

Teaching plan for Unit 4 Friend or enemy Class 9, Senior 1 Lin Yiyi

Teaching objectives By the end of this class, students will be able to 1.

get the main idea of the text by means of different reading strategies; 2.

know more facts about spiders and learn to cultivate a right attitude towards this creature; 3.

summarize the advantages of spiders in the form of presentation; 4.

better understand the relationship between human and nature and develop an awareness of protecting animals.

Teaching focuses and difficulties 1.

Students can get the main idea of the text by means of different reading strategies; 2.

Students can summarize the advantages of spiders in the form of presentation;

Teaching procedures 1. Pre-reading stage Step one: What do you think of spiders? Show the pictures of different creatures including spiders and ask students to voice their impressions on this creature. T: Can you use some adjectives to describe spiders?

Step two: How much do you know about spiders? Present some questions to Ss and ask several Ss to answer them. T: It seems that you have various attitudes towards spiders. Then let’s see how much do you know about spiders. 

True or False All spiders are dangerous to humans. Spiders are insects. Some spiders are 25 cm in length. Some spiders eat birds. Teaching aims: Students will show their impression on spiders before reading and get to know some basic facts about spiders so that they can understand the text better.

2. While-reading stage Step three: skimming Ask students to skim the text and answer the following questions. 1. What is the “friend” or “enemy” mentioned in the title?

2. What does Winston think of spiders? 1

3. What does Betty think of them? 4. What type of passage is it?

Step four: scanning Ask Ss to read the text carefully and fill in the form in pairs. T: Who are you in favour of? Winston or Betty? Well, maybe we need more information to help us determine whether the spider is a friend or an enemy. Please read the text for the second time and fill in the form with your partners. Find out the facts that can support the idea that this creature is a friend or an enemy. Spiders are the friends of _______? Facts:___________________________

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___________________________ Spiders are the enemies of _______? Facts:___________________________

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___________________________ While checking the answers, ask some follow-up questions.

E.g. Q: Why this kind of method is being copied all over the world? What are the benefits of it?(

save money, food are natural, good for people’s health,

avoid environment pollution) Q: What are the properties of the spider silk?

A: stronger than steel lighter than a feather as elastic as a rubber band Q: What fields are scientists trying to use a material having similar properties in? A: space craft, artificial organs, bulletproof vest Q: What are the usages of spider poison? A: treat disease, treat brain disorders T: What other usages of spiders can you come up with? A: as cartoon character

some spiders’ body is edible

as pet

Possible answers: 1. Spiders are the friends of farmers.

Facts: The spiders survive winter by living in shelters built by farmers. In spring, they eat insects that attack farmers’ crops. 2. Spiders are the friends of human beings.

Facts: spider silk, spider poison 3. Spiders are the enemies of the insects in the fields

Facts:

They will be eaten when ready to attack farmers’ crops in spring.

4. Spiders are the enemies of other creatures.

Facts:

They will be eaten as food.

Teaching aims: Students will get the main idea of the text by means of different 2

reading strategies and know more facts about spiders and learn to cultivate a right attitude towards this creature.

3. Post-reading stage Step five: presentation Ask students to work in groups of four and select a representative to give a presentation on the advantages of spiders as a useful creature. They can refer to the key words on the blackboard while preparing the presentation.

T: Suppose you are all spiders and you are in great danger because humans can’t understand you. Please introduce yourselves and ask for help. You can begin your introduction with this pattern:

I’m a little spider. Although I’m ugly ,I’m useful and lovely.

To begin with, …………

Furthermore, …………

Last but not least, …………

Please don’t value me by my appearance. Help me because we are good friends. Key words:

not an insect,

survive winter,

shelters built by farmers, eat, protect crops,

silk , strong, light, elastic,

poison, treat, brain disorders,

enemies of,

friends of, useful,

harmless, Teaching aims: Students will summarize the advantages of spiders in the form of presentation and better understand the relationship between human and nature.

Homework 1. Read the text at least three times. 2. Finish the exercises for the reading.

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