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Unit 5 Fantastic friends
Starting out
Understanding ideas
What? Where? Why? How?
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Predication
Who are fantastic friends?
Here is the title of the blogs — pigeon surprise. And this is a picture of Henry.
So, what do you think the writer will talk about in his blogs?
You can just ask questions beginning with what, why, or how?
For example, What surprises Henry?
OK, what’s your answer?
→Why is Henry surprised at pigeons?
→How does Henry describe his surprise?
OK, so, this article is about Henry's first thoughts on pigeons and how his thought changed after some experiences.
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Unit Task
Animal Exhibition
Choose an animal and make a profile(介绍).
Here is the title of the blogs — pigeon surprise. And this is a picture of Henry.
So, what do you think the writer will talk about in his blogs?
You can just ask questions beginning with what, why, or how?
For example, What surprises Henry?
OK, what’s your answer?
→Why is Henry surprised at pigeons?
→How does Henry describe his surprise?
OK, so, this article is about Henry's first thoughts on pigeons and how his thought changed after some experiences.
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Learning Aims
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认识《山海经》中异兽的形象及特点,讨论其独特之处。
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运用观点-事实结构谈论自己对鸽子的看法,理解动物的神奇之处。
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获取并梳理鸽子的特征及主人公Henry的情感变化。
Here is the title of the blogs — pigeon surprise. And this is a picture of Henry.
So, what do you think the writer will talk about in his blogs?
You can just ask questions beginning with what, why, or how?
For example, What surprises Henry?
OK, what’s your answer?
→Why is Henry surprised at pigeons?
→How does Henry describe his surprise?
OK, so, this article is about Henry's first thoughts on pigeons and how his thought changed after some experiences.
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Start out
Watch the video and answer the following questions.
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Start out
Watch the video and answer the following questions.
What can you see in this video?
There are many strange animals.
Do you know The classic of Mountains and Seas?
It's an old Chinese book that talks about many strange and magical animals, plants, and places. It also has stories about gods and legends. It's like a mix of fairy tales and descriptions of nature.
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Start out
Watch the video and answer the following questions.
What amazing animals are there in this book?
The Nine-Headed Bird
The Jingwei
The Bai Ze
询问学生 How much do you know about animals? 衔接下一张学生进行 animal quiz
Which animal has the longest neck?
a monkey b horse c giraffe
Which animal can see things from the farthest away?
a eagle b rabbit c dog
Which animal can remember lots of information?
a cow b mouse c elephant
How many eyes does a bee have?
a two b five c twelve
The hummingbird can eat _____ its weight in 24 hours.
a half b about twice c more than 5 times
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Animal quiz
完成quiz后询问学生 What do you think of these animals?
What do you think of these animals?
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boring
interesting
...
fast
strong
...
dangerous
scary
...
clever
helpful
...
dirty
amazing
...
完成quiz后询问学生 What do you think of these animals?
(互动)
OK, now look at these adjectives on the screen. Can you find any connections?
Right, these adjectives are some opposite words.
OK, perhaps all animals have these contrasting descriptions.
And different people may have different thoughts about the same animal.
Then how about pigeons?
What do you think of these animals?
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Tick the words to describe pigeons.
□ boring
□ fast
□ scary
□ clever
□ dirty
□ amazing
others: _______
What do you think of pigeons?
Let’s look at Henry’s blogs and try to find out his thoughts about the pigeon.
What? Where? Why? How?
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While-reading
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Homework
Predication
Here is the title of the blogs — pigeon surprise. And this is a picture of Henry.
So, what do you think the writer will talk about in his blogs?
You can just ask questions beginning with what, why, or how?
For example, What surprises Henry?
OK, what’s your answer?
→Why is Henry surprised at pigeons?
→How does Henry describe his surprise?
OK, so, this article is about Henry's first thoughts on pigeons and how his thought changed after some experiences.
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Blog _____
Surprised by their smarts and speed
Match the main idea with each part.
Blog _____
Bored by pigeons' mess
1-2
3-5
Tip 1: key words and sentences
Why does Henry change?
So according to our prediction, I divide the blogs into two parts.
Please go through the blogs quickly,
and try to find out which blog is for part 1 and which blog is for part 2. OK?
While reading, pay attention key words and sentences.
OK, so what’s your answer, Amy?
The first past is blog 1-2 and the second part is blog 3-5.
Do you find the sentences decide?
(互动)
So, this passage talks about Henry’s change of views towards pigeons.
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Feeling: Boring, _____ & Scary
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Dirty
Herry’s Change of Views Towards Pigeons
They ______ around for the whole moring.
They ______________ here and there.
A girl is feeding them. They _________ madly to her.
leave droppings
knock
are flying
Now, let’s read the first part carefully and fill in the blanks.
While answering, tell me the sentences please, OK?
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They can _________ themselves in mirrors.
There are over ____ kinds of pigeons.
Some can fly a long way and don’t _______.
They can fly at speeds of over ____ km per hour.
Feeling: _________ & Amazing
100
200
get lost
recognise
Surprising
Herry’s Change of Views Towards Pigeons
OK, then let’s read the second part of the blogs and also fill in the blanks.
While reading, you should also find the sentences that decide, OK?
(互动)
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They knock around for the whole morning.
02
They leave droppings here and there.
01
They can recognise themselves in mirrors.
02
There are over 200 kinds of pigeons.
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Feelings
Fact
Opinion
Pigeons’ actions
Support
Influence
Boring, Dirty & Scary
Surprising & Amazing
Change
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Some can fly a long way and don’t get lost.
So, as we can see, Henry’ s views change from boring to surprising.
What caused this changes?
Right, Pigeons’ actions.
So, what's the relationship between Henry’ feelings and the pigeons' actions?
Pigeons‘ actions influence, or we can say support Henry’ feelings, right?
From this, we can conclude that the pigeons' actions are facts, and Henry's feelings are opinions.
So, what is the fact? What is the opinion?
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Fact
Opinion
Support
Influence
An opinion is a belief or judgment that is not necessarily based on facts or knowledge. It is a personal view or feeling about something that can vary from person to person.
A fact is a piece of information that have been verified or proven. It is an objective truth that can be confirmed by evidence or observation.
Look at the screen.
Opinion is a belief or judgment that is not necessarily based on facts or knowledge. It is a personal feeling, just like what we just said, bored and surprised.
And fact is a piece of information that has been proven. It is an objective truth that can be confirmed by evidence or observation.
So, the facts support the opinions.
If you were Henry's friend, tell us how his feelings about the pigeon changed over time. Use facts to support Henry's opinions.
Firstly, Henry’s feelings about the pigeon are ... Because ... (facts) ...
And then, his feelings changed to ... Because ... (facts) ...
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Practice
So after learning, if you were Henry's friend, tell us how his feelings about the pigeon changed over time. Use facts to support Henry's opinions.
You can answer like this,
“Firstly, Henry’s feelings about the pigeon are ... Because ... (facts)
And then, his feelings changed to ... Because ... (facts)”
Also, you can look at the key words on the blackboard.
What do you think of the pigeons?
Tip 2: Use facts to support your opinions.
Thinking
□ boring
□ fast
□ scary
□ clever
□ dirty
□ amazing
others: _______
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At first, I think...because...
Then...
Now...
再次询问学生What do you think of pigeons?锻炼学生逻辑思维,为后续进阶思考做准备。
Please choose one animal and discuss how your opinions about it have changed over time. Be sure to use facts to support your opinions.
Opinions Facts
think...
dirty
messy
boring
intelligent
interesting
… can…
can't…
don't…
always...
usually…
never…
...
Group-work
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We’ll talk about amazing_____. At first, I think...because...Then...Now...
So, after learning so many things, are you starting to think animals are amazing? Why?
Very good, discovering new or different facts about animals can change the way you think about them.
And, have you ever had this kind of experience? How has your opinion about an animal changed?
Please choose one animal and talk about how your opinion about it has changed over time. And you should use facts to support your opinions.
(互动)
As time is limited, we will share it next class.
OK, so after sharing, we may find that different people have different opinions about the same animal.
This shows us how special each animal is.
So, it's important to respect all different amazing animals.
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Must-do:
Please go online to research more information and discover interesting facts about the animals you talked in class, and then share them with us in the next lesson.
Optional:
Think about your answers to the following questions:
What animals do you know work for people?
How can animals be grouped based on their relationship with people?
OK, here comes to today’s homework.
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Class is over. See you next time.
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See You
Next Class
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