Task: Amazing things课堂实录【3】

Unit 5 Amazing things Task

教学目标

1.

Present factual information before writing.

2.

Organize the information clearly in the writing. 3.

Write an article about amazing things using the words and expressions in this unit. 来源学&科&网Z&X&X&K]教学内容

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Words : sandwich, by 2.

Phrases: play cards, a piece of , all over the world , at least, as ... as , ask for. 重点难点

Learn how to organize and write an article about amazing things with the useful expressions in this unit. 教学准备

Pictures of sandwiches and TV sets, recorder and multimedia 教学过程

Step 1. Revision

1.

The teacher shows the pictures of the animals and gets students to say their names in English.

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Say to students : Can you tell me something amazing about these animals? The teacher can give them some hints if necessary.

(1)

What do snakes do in winter? (2)

What can camels do? (3)

What do you know about giraffes? (4)

Can animals smell well? Step 2. presentation

1.

Tell students : Simon collected some information about amazing things. Let’s have a look.

2.

Show them the picture of a piece of sandwich and some related information. Ask them some questions below. Teach some new words at the same time. (1)

Do you like eating sandwiches? (2)

Where did “sandwich”

get its name from? (It got its name from a man called John Montagu,the Fourth Earl of Sandwich. ) (3)

What did the man love doing?

( He loved playing cards.)

(4)

How did he make a sandwich?

( He put meat between two pieces of bread.) 3.

Show the picture of a TV and some related information , then ask students some questions and learn some new words at the same time. (1)

Does your family have a TV? (2)

When and

where was the first TV show?

( It was in the UK in 1926.) (3)

How many TVs were in use per 100 Chinese families in 1987? ( About 29.) (4)

How big can TVs be now? ( They can be as large as 152 inches.) While the students are answering the questions, the teacher reminds them of some useful words and expressions and gets them use the information freely by creating the situation.

Step 3.Listening ,reading and discussing 1.

Read the articles in Part B together after the tape.

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Invite four them to read the article

paragraph by paragraph. 3.

Get students to discuss the structure of the article in pairs. Paragraph 1: introduction Paragraph2: give the theme Paragraph 3: facts about sandwiches Paragraph 4: feeling 4.

Read Part again. Underline some good sentences. E.

g. We live in a wonderful world with a lot of amazing things. Sandwich got its name from a man called .....

Later the food became popular all over the world. Step 4. practice

Say to students: Suppose you were the Fourth Earl of Sandwich , try to tell us your story. Step 5. writing

1.

Say to students: Now we’ll write about amazing things. You’ve already collected some facts. Would anyone like to share your amazing things with us? Get some students to tell their facts about amazing things in class. 2.

Work in groups of four to talk about their own facts trying to list their information like the notes in Part A. 3.

Write an article according to the discussion and the information. Tell some less able students they can use some useful expressions about TVs in Part A. 4.

Invite some excellent students to show their article in class. Step 6. Homework 1.

Complete and modify your compositions.

2.

Finish off some related exercises in the workbook. 3.

Remember the words and expressions in Unit 5.

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Task

Paragraph 1: introduction Paragraph2: give the theme Paragraph 3: facts about sandwiches Paragraph 4: feeling