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Unit5 Amazing things Welcome to the unit

Step1 Lead in

Do you know the Minion? He’s a cartoon character. He is cute. He has big eyes and doesn’t have arms. It is yellow and always wears suspender trousers. Who is he? Watch a video. Lead in new words: UFO/ Earth/fact/same/amazing Step2 Comic strip Hobo and Eddie also saw something amazing. Listen and answer questions. Read after the tape. (pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.) Retell the comic. Act it out.

Step3 Presentation (Part A) At the end of the video, we hear “boom”. The TV is broken. Someone asks the Minion and the UFO to get out. But where will they go? Have a guess. The Minion comes to our Earth. a. The Earth is so large. We know the Sun is large too. The Sun is about 1,300,000 times larger than the Earth. Show a picture and answer. b. He comes to the zoo and sees elephants. There are no bones in the back of elephants’ feet. —only fat. How many bones in your body? c. He sees fish. Fish sleep with their eyes open. What about you? d. Show pictures of one student. Our eyes are the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. What never stops beating? Check answers on P57 Retell Step4 Presentation (Part B)

Kitty and Amy are interested in these amazing things. What are they talking about? Listen and answer questions.

Read the dialogue. Further thinking: What other amazing things in the world do you know? One minute for discussion. Show some amazing pictures. Ask: What do you think of them? Answer: adjectives. Pair work: talk about these amazing things with adjectives above. Step5 Extension Group work: The Minion comes to our school. Please tell him the amazing things around you. Discuss and show to us. Step6 Conclusion

Everyone has something amazing. The world is wonderful for amazing things. Be curious and try your best to explore. Step7 Review Challenge your memory. (quick response)

Read key phrases. Step8 Homework a. Find more amazing things around you. b. Finish exercises