Unit 6 Lesson 17 Interesting Animal（第二课时）教学设计 2022-2023学年北师大版七年级英语下册

Unit 6 Lesson 17 Interesting Animal（第二课时） Lesson Focus • Parts of the body, opposites • Giving a presentation on an animal • Coordinating conjunctions (or, and, but, so) • Words with the sound /ɑː/ Exercise 6 Purpose: to help students join pairs of sentences with and, but and so · Ask "What do you know about elephants?" . Let students speak freely about elephants, saying what they know about them, including size, behaviour, habitat, diet, etc.. Don't worry about fluency, just let students express themselves. If you feel your students are ready, you may skip this step. · Revise the table in Exercise 5 and the rules for using and, but and so. Direct students to the pairs of sentences. Point out that both a and b are sentences. Say "Think about the sentences. Are they connecting similar ideas? Are they comparing or contrasting ideas? Are they expressing a result?" Give students a few moments to look at the sentences and think about them. You may wish to have students discuss them in pairs. Then say " Now join the pairs of sentences with and, but or so" Monitor as students write the sentences, offering help as needed. If students need support, have them work in pairs. · Go over the answers. Have individual students say the sentences aloud. Answers 1. Elephants have big bodies and ( they have) strong legs. 2. Elephants have long, strong noses, so they can hold things with their noses. 3. Elephants are heavy but they can swim and run. Expansion: Don't Stop! Note: Use this activity with more proficient students. Provide a set of Why questions, or challenge students to come up with them, for example, Why do elephants have long noses? Why do monkeys have long arms? Why do lions have so much hair around their heads? Encourage students to hypothesise why to answer the questions, or have them look up the answers online or in the library, if time allows. Students should use the coordinating conjunction so, for example, Elephants have long noses so they can eat leaves in the tr