Unit 1 Section B (1a-2b)教学设计2024-2025学年人教版（2024）七年级英语下册

Unit 1 Animal Friends Section B (1a - 2b)教学设计 I. Teaching Aims Knowledge Aims Students can master vocabulary related to elephants and their characteristics: “strong”, “clever”, “symbol of good luck”, “national animal”, “huge”, “large ears”, “long trunks”, “playful”, “kind”, “in danger”, “ivory”. Students can understand and use key sentences to describe elephants and discuss their importance: “I love elephants because...”, “Elephants look...”, “They can...”, “Elephants are in danger because...”, “We can help save elephants by...”. Ability Aims Students can enhance reading skills by extracting information from a post to answer questions and complete a mind map. Students can improve writing skills by completing a passage about a pet dog and writing a post about their favourite animal. Emotional Aims Students can understand the importance of elephants in Thai life and culture, and feel concerned about elephant conservation, fostering a sense of responsibility towards protecting animals. II. Teaching Key Points and Difficult Points Key Points Mastery of elephant - related vocabulary and key sentences for description and discussion. Accurate reading comprehension of a post about elephants. Fluent writing of posts about favourite animals. Difficult Points Using elephant - related vocabulary and key sentences appropriately in writing posts. Clearly explaining ways to help save elephants. III. Teaching Methods Reading - based Teaching Method: Guide students to read the post and extract information. Task - based Teaching Method: Design tasks like sharing ideas about elephants, choosing titles, answering questions, completing mind maps and passages, and writing posts to help students achieve learning goals. Interactive Teaching Method: Engage students in discussions about elephant conservation and favourite animals to promote communication. IV. Teaching Aids Multimedia courseware (with post content, mind map and passage templates). Post handouts. V. Teaching Procedures（总时长 45 分钟） Step 1 Lead - in（5 minutes） Ask: “How are animals part of our lives? Share your thoughts with your partner.” Give 2 minutes for pair discussion. Invite 2 - 3 students to share, activating interest and leading to the lesson. Step 2 While - learning（20 minutes） 1a（5 minutes） Students share what they know about elephants with a partner (e.g., “Elephants are big.”, “They have long trunks.”). Walk around to assist with vocabulary and encourage knowledge sharing. 1b（5 minutes） Students read Malee's post and choose the best title for it. After students finish, check answers and explain: The post is about Malee's favourite animal, the elephant, so the answer is B. 1c（10 minutes） Students read the post again and answer the questions: Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day on 13th March. Elephants use their trunks to carry things. Yes, elephants are clever. For example, they can remember places with food and water after many years. Elephants are in danger now because people cut down too many trees and kill elephants for their ivory. We can help save elephants by saving forests and not buying things made of ivory. Walk around to assist and invite 2 pairs to share. Step 3 Post - learning（17 minutes） 1d（10 minutes） Students complete the mind map with information from the post: What they are: Thailand's national animal; a symbol of good luck What they look like: huge; large ears; long trunk What they can do: pick up and carry heavy things; play and swim in the water; remember places and look after other elephants well What they are like: playful; clever; kind How to save them: don't cut down too many trees; don't buy things made of ivory Walk around to assist with information organization and vocabulary use. 2a（4 minutes） Students complete the passage about the dog Xiaohua with words from the box: “big”, “beautiful”, “friendly”, “great”, “close”. Check answers and discuss the use of descriptive adjectives. 2b（3 minutes） Students write a post about their favourite animal, using the questions: What does it look like? What can it do? What is it like? Why do you like it so much? Guide them to use descriptive language and clear structure. Walk around to provide feedback on content and language. Step 4 Summary（2 minutes） Summary: Recap elephant - related vocabulary, key sentences for description and discussion, and how to write a post about a favourite animal. Write on the blackboard: Vocabulary: strong, clever, symbol of good luck, national animal, huge, large ears, long trunks, playful, kind, in danger, ivory... Key sentences: I love elephants because...; Elephants look...; They can...; Elephants are in danger because...; We can help save elephants by... Writing: Post structure – Introduce the animal → Describe looks/abilities/personality → Explain why you like it. Step 5 Homework（1 minute） Homework: Polish the post written in 2b and share it with a classmate. Find one more fact about elephant conservation and share it in the next class. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$