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Challenging Yourself C
Learning cooperatively
By the end of this lesson, I will be able to:
1. guess the meaning of new words by using word formation(prefixes,affixes,etc.) and examples
2. learn to cooperate with my classmates
3. consolidate reading skills by scanning and skimming
4. master some English proverbs and different meanings of animal images in different countries
5.have an awareness of cross-cultural communication
Learning Objectives:
Stage I Revision and Warming up
Questions:
What do you think are insects in activity 1?
Do you think dogs are honesty or dishonesty?
Step 1 Words and Application
bee
honesty
Complete the following English proverbs with animals and guess their meanings
bee
horse
elephant
Step 2 Pair Work
Step 2 Pair Work
Complete the following English proverbs with animals and guess their meanings
When the _____ is away , the_____ will play.
Love me, love my _____.
cat
mouse
dog
Step 3 Whole-class Work
Match the corresponding images with each animal in Chinese culture. Some images can be used twice.
Animals Images
ants__B___ cranes____ _
pigs___ _ _ tortoises____ _
foxes____ dragons____ _
chicken_____ parrots___ _ _
A.stupidity B.diligence
C.emperor D.longevity
E.dishonesty F.fearfulness
G.sureness H.cruety
A
E
F
D
D
C
A
Stage II Reading
Step 1 Fast Reading: Read fast through the passage to get a first glimpse of comparisons between English and Chinese. What animals or insects have been mentioned in the passage? List them.
Step 2 Whole-class Work/Individual Work: Scanning complete the structure on page 101
sheep, wolf,pig, parrot,crane,tortoise, fox, dragon,chicken, ant, bee,elephant,dog, fish
Introduction
Animal images
More examples
Topic sentence:___________________________
Chinese Culture Same English culture
tortoise: long life tortoise:slow but slow
pig:stupid
parrot: stupid
dragon:wise and powerful
dragon:greedy and cruel
1)You can call somebody a chicken when :_____________
2)_________________________________________
3)_________________________________________
You can call something a white elephant when it is heavy and useless
You can call somebody an ant or a bee when he/she is busy
Every language has words and expressions which describe the characteristics of some animals.
he/she is not brave
Step 3 Activity 2: answer the following questions:
1. what’s the reason for the differences in animal images between Chinese and Englsih?
2.Can you list some proverbs with animal words in Chinese?
Step 4 Activity3: Discussion and Pair Work:use some idioms and proverbs to complete the dialogues.
They have different understandings of animals' images and have cultural differences.
狗急了也跳墙。兔子急了也咬人。老鼠过街,人人喊打。
answers :
1) Love me, love my dog.
2)You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
3) as busy as a bee.
4)If water is noisy, there are no fish in it.
Step 5:(Role-Play) Two students a group.Students can add some lines and actions in the dialogues. Act out before the class.
Stage III Cooperation and Application
Step 1 write down any questions relating to the learning of the article. They may be about the theme , the structure, the language ,etc.
Step 2 Group Work: Discuss with your group members about what you have written down in step 1.
Step 3 Learning Cooperatively: discuss with your partners to decide on the animals in the following sentences, there are some pictures to give you some hints(two pictures are unnecessary).
answers :
1) Tom is really the black ___ _ _in the family.Instead of getting a job, all he does is drink.
2)The ___ _ _ in the well knows nothing of the sea.
3) If you don't enter the ___ _ _'s den,you can't get his cubs.
One stone kills two ___ _ _.
7)If you lie down with___ _ _ , you will get up with fles.
Better be the head of a/an___ _ _ than the tail of a/an ___ _ _
I am too hungry and can eat like a/an___ _ _
sheep
tiger
birds
dog
lion
elephant
dogs
frog
Self-assessing
Tick the options that you think you can do well.
· I can use some prefixes,such as
□ dis- : dishonesty □im-:impolite
·I can get the meanings of some unfamiliar words □according to their explainations or□according to their examples.
· □I can try to find the structure of a passage by a diagram
· □I know some differences between Chinese and English idioms and proverbs.
· □ I can be more active in group discussion.
Thanks for listening!
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