内容正文:
外研选择性必修
第一册
Unit 5
Period 4
Reading
教学目
Lead-in
视频:How do trees communicate?
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To get the main idea, detailed information and structure of the passage
To use the key language points from the passage correctly
学习目标
目标一: To get the main idea, detailed information and structure of the passage
Activity 1: Read the title and the picture of the passage, predict what it is about.
It is about how plants communicate with each other.
Activity 2: Read the passage and finish the two tasks.
Task 1: Skim the passage and choose.
What’s the genre of the passage?
A Exposition(说明文)
B Argumentation
C Narration(记叙文)
Task 2: Scan the passage, put the paragraphs into three parts, find out the main idea of each part.
Parts Para.(s) Main idea
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2
3
Para.1~2
Para.3~5
Para.6
Plants can communicate
Plants use chemicals, sound, or wood wide web to communicate
Maybe one day we will be able to “talk” with plants
Activity 3: Read the passage and find out the ways in which plants communicate.
Plants can communicate with each other by using chemicals, sound and “wood wide web”.
Activity 4: Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
Modern research is showing that plants can 1______
Using chemicals
•The plant releases chemicals 2___________ that are being eaten.•When another plant detects the chemicals, it starts to 3____________. Using sound
•Some plants make noises 4 ________.
•A chilli plant can 5______________
•Some trees make 6______________. Using the “Wood wide web”
•This fungal network links 7_____________.
•Plants can 8 ________ with each other.
•Plants can 9 ________ to attack other plants.
Maybe one day we will be able to “talk” with plants.
Modern research is showing that plants can 1___________________________________
communicate with each other
Using chemicals
•The plant releases chemicals 2__________________ that are being eaten.
•When another plant detects the chemicals, it starts to 3________________________________________.