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Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals
Lesson 1
I. Teaching Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. identify and listen for key information (names of plants/animals,
superlatives) in conversations;
2. describe amazing plants and animals using adjectives and
superlatives;
3. express personal preferences about plants/animals and explain why.
II. Key Points & Difficulties
Key Points:
1. Students will improve listening skills by extracting key details from
dialogues.
2. Students will learn and practice using superlatives to describe plants
and animals.
Difficulties:
1. Some students may struggle with listening for key information.
2. Students might find it challenging to use superlatives naturally in
spoken conversations.
III. Teaching Methods
1. Task-Based Learning.
2. Communicative Approach.
3.Audio-Lingual Method.
I. Teaching Aids: CAI
V. Teaching Procedures
Step 1: Warm-up
Students look at the pictures in 1a and answer:
What do you see? Which one is the tallest/fastest?
Step 2: Pre-Listening
Activity 1: Students finish 1a.
Activity 2: Students match adjectives (big, old, fast) to the plants/animals in 1a.
Example:
The blue whale is the heaviest. The cheetah is the fastest.
Step 3: While-Listening
Task 1 (1b):Listen and number the plants/animals in order.
Task 2 (1c):Listen again and match superlatives (A-F) to the plants/
animals.
Step 4: Post-Listening
Pair Work (1d): Ask/answer questions using superlatives.
-What’s amazing about the cheetah?
-It’s the fastest animal.
Extension: Students add their own examples
The panda is the cutest.
Step 5: Speaking Practice
Role-Play: In pairs, students act as "tour guides" describing amazing
plants/animals.
-Welcome to the forest! This redwood tree is the tallest in the world!
-Feedback: Teacher corrects pronunciation/grammar mistakes.
VI. Summary
VII. Homework
1. Read and recite the conversations in 1b and 1c.
2.Find one more "amazing" plant/animal and prepare a short
presentation (3+ sentences).
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