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The Amazing Octopus
英 语
RJ
7年级下册
Unit 1 Animal Friends
(Reading Plus)
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1. recognize and understand new words and expressions in the text;
2. identify the characteristics and special abilities of the octopus;
3. sort out the amazing things about the octopus;
4. cultivate interest and love for ocean life and understand the
importance of protecting the ocean environment.
Learning goals
Warming up
What animals are there in the water?
If you are the head of the zoo, what other animals can be put in the water?
The Amazing Octopus
Why are Octopus amazing?
神奇的章鱼
Warming up
Warming up
Read the passage quickly.
Among the many amazing animals in the world, few are as strange and
unusual as the octopus. There are around 300 different kinds of octopuses, and they come in all sizes! The smallest is only around 2.5 centimetres long, but some octopuses can grow up to more than five metres long. There was even an octopus over nine metres long!
The octopus's body is very interesting. All octopuses have eight arms. Their brain is not just in their head, but also in their arms! This helps them to think about and do more than one thing at once. Octopuses can also fit into small places because they do not have any bones! And did you know that octopuses have three hearts? These hearts work with different parts of the body.
Octopuses can also do many amazing things. Most of them can change their colour and shape to look like plants or other sea animals, and they can also make ink. They keep it inside a very small bag in their body. When they produce ink, the ink makes it hard for other animals to see them. This helps octopuses to get away fast. What's more, when an octopus loses an arm, it can grow it back!
Studying amazing animals like the octopus is important because we can learn a lot from them. But they also show us how wonderful nature is and why it is important to protect it!
Read the passage quickly.
Match the main idea of each part.
Para. 1
Para. 2&3
Para. 4
The importance of studying octopus
The uique body of octopus
The variety of octopus
Read Para. 1 carefully and answer the following questions.
Among the many amazing animals in the world, few are as strange and
unusual as the octopus. There are around 300 different kinds of octopuses, and they come in all sizes! The smallest is only around 2.5 centimetres long, but some octopuses can grow up to more than five metres long. There was even an octopus over nine metres long!
Q1: Is octopus strange and unuaual?
Q2: How many kinds of octopuses are there?
Q3: How long is the smallest octopus?
Q4: How long is the longest octopus?
Yes, it is.
Around 300.
Around 2.5 centimetres long.
Over 9 metres long.
Read Para. 2 carefully and fill in the table.
The octopus's body is very interesting. All octopuses have eight arms. Their brain is not just in their head, but also in their arms! This helps them to think about and do more than one thing at once. Octopuses can also fit into small places because they do not have any bones! And did you know that octopuses have three hearts? These hearts work with different parts of the body.
Octopus features Details
8
Brain location
Not have
Hearts
Arms
In head and arms
Bones
3
Read Para. 3 carefully and find out the octopus’s ability.
Octopuses can also do many amazing things. Most of them can change their colour and shape to look like plants or other sea animals, and they can also make ink. They keep it inside a very small bag in their body. When they produce ink, the ink makes it hard for other animals to see them. This helps octopuses to get away fast. What's more, when an octopus loses an arm, it can grow it back!
What two amazing abilities does an octopus have?
(1) Change looks (colour and shape).
(2) Make ink.
(3) Grow arms back.
Read Para. 4 carefully and choose the right answers.
Studying amazing animals like the octopus is important because we can learn a lot from them. But they also show us how wonderful nature is and why it is important to protect it!
The importance of studying octopuses lies in .
A. learning a lot from them
B. learning wonderful nature
C. understanding the importance of protecting nature
D. all of the above
The octopus
Body
Ability
Eight
arms
Has no
bones
Three
hearts
Changes
looks
Makes
ink
Grows
the arm
back
1
Read the text. Choose six amazing things about octopuses to complete the mind map.
2
Think of some other amazing animals. Discuss them.
What are they like?
What can they do?
What is amazing about their bodies or abilities?
2
Think of some other amazing animals. Discuss them.
What are they like?
Among the many amazing animals in the world, few are as strange and
unusual as the octopus. There are around 300 different kinds of octopuses, and they come in all sizes! The smallest is only around 2.5 centimetres long, but some octopuses can grow up to more than five metres long. There was even an octopus over nine metres long!
2
Think of some other amazing animals. Discuss them.
What can they do?
Octopuses can also do many amazing things. Most of them can change their colour and shape to look like plants or other sea animals, and they can also make ink. They keep it inside a very small bag in their body. When they produce ink, the ink makes it hard for other animals to see them. This helps octopuses to get away fast. What's more, when an octopus loses an arm, it can grow it back!
2
Think of some other amazing animals. Discuss them.
What is amazing about their bodies or abilities?
The octopus's body is very interesting. All octopuses have eight arms. Their brain is not just in their head, but also in their arms! This helps them to think about and do more than one thing at once. Octopuses can also fit into small places because they do not have any bones! And did you know that octopuses have three hearts? These hearts work with different parts of the body.
Octopuses can also do many amazing things. Most of them can change their colour and shape to look like plants or other sea animals, and they can also make ink. They keep it inside a very small bag in their body. When they produce ink, the ink makes it hard for other animals to see them. This helps octopuses to get away fast. What's more, when an octopus loses an arm, it can grow it back!
Do you know other amazing animals?
What are they look like?
What can they do?
What is amazing about their bodies or abilities?
The camels have humps on their back. They can carry things in the desert. The humps can store
(储存) fat so the camels don’t need to drink water for a long time.
hump 驼峰
camel
Animals are our best friends.
基础作业
在英语本上抄写积
累生词和短语;大
声且正确朗读课文。
提升作业
制作关于神奇章鱼的手抄报,图文并茂,描述章鱼的形态特征、能力和特点。
拓展作业
查找学习更多其
他的神奇动物,了
解海洋生物正面临
的威胁。
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Homework
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