Unit 6 Animals-Lesson 3 An Animal Story 教学设计 2024-2025学年北师大版英语七年级下册

Unit 6 Animals-Lesson 3 An Animal Story 1. Content Overview This lesson is from Unit 6 Animals in the 2024 edition of the Beijing Normal University Press for Grade 7. It focuses on an interesting and touching animal story. The story is about John Rendall and Anthony Bourke who bought a cute baby lion named Christian in 1969 in London. They took good care of him, but as Christian grew bigger, they had to send him to Africa. Later, they visited Christian and had moving reunions. Through this story, students will not only improve their reading skills but also learn about the relationship between humans and animals, as well as some new words and expressions related to animal care and growth. 教学目标 2.1 Knowledge Objectives Students will be able to master the new words and phrases such as “cute, take care of, grow, decide, recognise, knock down” etc. Students can understand and use the key sentence patterns in the story, for example, “They bought him, took him home and called him Christian.” “Christian was too big to live in their house.” Students will be able to describe the story in simple English using the past tense. 2.2 Ability Objectives Improve students' reading ability, including skimming for the main idea, scanning for specific information and inferring the meaning of new words from the context. Develop students' oral English skills by discussing the story and sharing their opinions. Enhance students' writing ability by asking them to write a short summary of the story. 2.3 Emotional Objectives Foster students' love and respect for animals. Make students understand the importance of taking responsibility for animals and protecting their habitats. 教学重难点 3.1 Key Points New words, phrases and sentence patterns related to the story. Understanding the plot and details of the story. Using the past tense correctly to describe past events. 3.2 Difficult Points Helping students understand the deeper meaning of the story, such as the bond between humans and animals and the significance of animal freedom. Guiding students to express their thoughts and feelings about the story in English fluently and accurately. 4.1 New Words cute /kjuːt/adj. 可爱的；机灵的 take care of 照顾 grow /ɡrəʊ/v. 成长；生长 decide /dɪˈsaɪd/v. 决定 recognise /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/v. 认出；识别 knock down 撞倒 company /ˈkʌmpəni/n. 陪伴 mad /mæd/adj. 疯狂的 finally /ˈfaɪnəli/adv. 最后；终于 hug /hʌɡ/v. & n. 拥抱 4.2 Key Sentence Patterns They bought him, took him home and called him Christian. John and Anthony looked after Christian very well. Christian was too big to live in their house, so John and Anthony decided to take him to Africa. It took a long time, but they finally found Christian with a few other lions. He ran over and jumped up on them. He hugged them warmly. 4.3 Grammar Focus The past simple tense is used to describe actions that happened in the past. For example, “In 1969, John Rendall and his friend Anthony Bourke saw a cute baby lion in a shop in London.” “They bought him, took him home and called him Christian.” 教学过程 5.1 Lead - in (5 minutes) Show some pictures of different pets on the PPT, such as dogs, cats, rabbits. Ask students: “Do you like pets? Why do people keep pets?” Let students discuss in pairs and then share their ideas. Then show a picture of a lion and ask: “Can we keep a lion as a pet? Why or why not?” Guide students to think about the differences between pets and wild animals. 5.2 Pre - reading (8 minutes) Present the title “An Animal Story” and the picture of John, Anthony and Christian on the PPT. Let students predict what the story might be about. Encourage them to ask questions like “Who are these people?”, “What is the relationship between them and the lion?” etc. Teach some new words and phrases that may be difficult for students to understand while predicting, such as “cute, take care of, grow” etc. Use pictures or simple actions to help students understand the meaning. 5.3 While - reading (18 minutes) Skimming: Let students read the story quickly without paying attention to the details. Then ask them to answer the question: “What is the main idea of the story?” Guide students to find out that the story is about the relationship between two people and a lion. Scanning: Ask students to read the story again carefully and answer some detailed questions on the PPT, such as “When and where did they see the baby lion?”, “Why did they take the lion to Africa?”, “What happened when they visited Christian again?” etc. Check the answers together. Language Points: Explain some important sentence patterns and new words in the story. For example, for “Christian was too big to live in their house”, explain the structure “too... to...” means “so... that one can't...”. For the word “recognise”, let students find sentences in the story to understand its meaning in context. Group Discussion: Divide students into groups of four. Ask them to discuss the following question: “How do you feel about the relationship between John, Anthony and Christian? Do you think it is right to keep a wild animal as a pet at first?” Let each group choose a representative to share their opinions with the class. 5.4 Post - reading (10 minutes) Retelling: Ask students to retell the story in their own words. They can look at the key words and sentence patterns on the PPT for help. First, let them practice retelling in pairs, and then invite some students to retell it in front of the class. Writing: Ask students to write a short summary of the story. They should include the main events and their feelings about the story. Walk around the classroom to offer help and guidance. After they finish writing, ask some students to read their summaries aloud. 5.5 Summary and Homework (4 minutes) Summary: Summarize the key points of this lesson, including new words, phrases, sentence patterns and the main idea of the story. Emphasize the importance of loving and protecting animals. Homework: Ask students to write a more detailed composition about their favorite animal, including its appearance, habits and the reasons why they like it. Let students watch an animal - related movie or documentary and share their feelings about it in the next class. 教学反思 After this class, most students showed great interest in the animal story. The lead - in part successfully aroused their enthusiasm and made them actively participate in the discussion. During the reading process, through skimming, scanning and group discussion, students were able to understand the story well and master the key language points. However, there are still some problems. For example, in the group discussion, some students were a little shy to express their opinions in English. In the future, more opportunities should be provided for them to practice speaking. Also, when teaching new words and sentence patterns, more examples can be given to help students better understand and use them. In addition, for the writing part, some students still made some grammar mistakes. It is necessary to strengthen grammar teaching and writing practice in the following classes. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $