内容正文:
Animal Friends
Section B 1a--2b
How are animals part of our lives?
By the end of the class,you'll be able to...
1. Get the key information about elephants.
2. Learn some useful sentences to describe animals.
3. Introduce your favorite animals.
4. Learn to care for animals.
学习目标
Guessing Game:
What's her favorite animal?
Some words to describe an elephant.
strong
big
long nose
strong legs
tall
big ears
trunk
cute/friendly/lovely/playful
strong/huge/smart/clever
What do you think of them?
They're kind of/really...
Know more about elephants.
1.They’re the largest living land animals.
他们是最大的陆生动物。
2.They’re mammals and herbivores.他们是食草哺乳动物。
3.They have large and flat ears, and they have long and flexible noses.
他们有大扁平耳朵和长的灵活的鼻子。
4.There are two types of elephants: Asian elephants and African elephants.
大象分成两种类型:亚洲象和非洲象。
reading-- know more about the elephant
1.Choose the best title
A. What Is an Elephant?
B.My Favorite Animal: The Elephant
C.How to Save Elephants?
2.choose the main idea of each paragraph
The introduction of the writer.
The reason why the elephant is her favorite animal.
The elephant is different from other animals .
The elephant is like our humans in some ways.
The elephant is in danger.
3.Read for details(para.1-2)
Q:1.Where does Malee live?
2.When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day?
3.Why do they celebrate it?
Answers:1.She lives in Thailand.
2.On 13 March.
3.Because elephants are a symble of good luck there.
1.Find sentence to descirbe elephants’ looks(外貌).
huge,large ears and long trunks.
2.What do elephants use to carry things?
Their trunks.
3.Read for details(para.3)
Are elephants clever?Give your reasons.
Yes,they are.For example....(从课文中找出语句)
3.Read for details(para.4)
1.Why are elephants in danger now?
2.How can we help save elephants?
People cut down too many trees.
People also kill elephants for their ivory .
We should save the forests and not buy things made of ivory.
3.Read for details(para.5)
4.Finish the mind map
1.What they are
Thailand's_______animal
A symbol of________
national
good luck
2.What they look like
huge
______ears
______trunk
large
long
3.What they can do
pick up and carry_______things
play and________in the water
_________places and other elephants well
4. What they are like
playful
_______
kind
5. How to save them
don't_________too many trees
don't_________things made of ivory
cut down
buy
heavy
swim
remember
clever
5.Retell the passage by the structure(结构).
title
My Favourite Animal: The Elephant
The elephant is my favourite animal. (中心句)
they are strong and clever
a symbol of good luck here
national animal/Thai Elephant Day
Para.1-2
Para.3-4
Eelephants look very different from other animals.
huge
have large ears and long trunks
can pick up and carry heavy things with their trunks.
Elephants are like us in some ways.(中心句)
playful
clever
kind
Elephants are an important part of Thai life and culture.But elephants are in danger. (中心句)
people cut down too many trees
people kill elephants for their ivory
Para.5
Hello. I'm Malee and from Thailand!The elephant is my _______ animal. I love elephants ________ they are strong and clever. They are also a _______ of good luck here. The elephant is our national animal. On 13 March, we _______ Thai Elephant Day.
Elephants look very _______ from other animals. They are huge and have ____ ears and long trunks. They can _____ ___ and carry heavy things _____ their trunks.
Elephants are ____ us in some ways. They are very playful and love ___ ____ in the water. They are great swimmers. They are also clever. For example,they can remember ____ _____ and places with food and water after many years. Elephants are very kind too. They look after other ________when they don't feel well. The big elephants also help the baby ones.
Elephants are an important ____ of Thai life and culture. However, they
are in ________. They live in forests, but people cut down too _______ trees, People also kill elephants for their ivory. Let's save the forests and not buy things ________ of ivory.
favorite
because
symbol
celebrate
different
huge
pick up
with
like
to play
one another
elephants
part
danger
many
made
6.After reading(再次巩固课文)
2a-Complete the passage with the words in the box.
close friendly big great beautiful
big
beautiful
friendly
great
My dog, Xiaohua, is part of the family. She is quite a ________ dog, but she is not scary at all! She has ________ fur. She is really ________ and loves to play with everyone. She is also very special. You see, I am blind, Xiaohua is my eyes. She helps me find my way around. She can see and has ________ hearing. She helps me find my way around. She helps me walk to school and stay safe. I love her very much. We are ________ friends.
close
Suggested questions:
1.What does it look like?
2.What can it do?
3.What is it like?
4.Why do you like it so much?
5.What else?
2b-How to write a post about your favorite animal?
My favorite animal is__________.
It is______and __________.
It likes____________.
It can______________
practice:Write your own favorite animal.
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Further Thinking
Do you know any other animals that are in great danger?
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Group Work:Work in a group of four to introduce any other animal that are in great danger.
In our group, we want to introduce one of the animals that are in great danger--- __________ (what they are).
____________________________ (what they look like)
____________________________ (what they can do)
____________________________ (what they are like)
____________________________ (how to save them)
一个...的标志
和...不一样
捡起
在某些方面
例如
照顾
处于危险之中
砍倒
太多
由...制成(看得出原材料)
a symbol of
be different from
pick up
in some ways
for example
look after
be in danger
cut down
too many
(be)made of
Phrases Summary
In the name of the law, let ivory no longer be a commodity.
(以法律之名,让象牙不再是商品)
主题升华
No selling, no killing.
(没有买卖,就没有杀害)
1. The boy is very ______ (play) ,He does not likes to study in the classroom.
2. ______ (clever) monkeys are asking food andwater to tourists.
3. People should stop ______ (kill) elephants for their ivory.
4. Most animals in the zoo is very______ ___(friend) to the baby elephants.
5. We should save the forests and not buy things ______ (make) of ivory.
Exercises1.词汇运用( 注意单词的正确形式 )
playful
killing
Clever
friendly
made
1. 别为你的弟弟担心,我会照顾好他的。
Don’t worry about your little brother. I’ll ______ ______ him well.
2. 当我们见面时,我们通常互相握手。
We usually shake hands with _____ _________ when we meet.
3. 这只小狗会捡球。
The little dog can ______ ____ balls.
4. 人们不应该大量砍伐树木。
People should not ______ ______ a lot of trees.
look
after
one
another
pick
up
cut
down
Exercises2 完成下列句子使其完整。
Homework
1. Read the 1b and 2a fluently and try to learn somen useful sentences.
2.Write your own favorite animal.
3.Make a poster(海报) about saving animals and give a brief introduction to us.
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