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Wild animals
Unit 5
初中英语沪教版(五四学制)七年级下册
通过本课时学习,学生能够:
1. 听懂关于野生动物特征、习性等相关描述,准确捕捉关键信息;
2. 运用所学词汇和句型,在问答和交流中谈论关于野生动物的信息;
3. 掌握在名词后加后缀构成形容词的构词法,并能正确运用;
4. 能够准确朗读包含 /m/、/n/、/ŋ/ 发音的单词,掌握相关发音规则;
5. 培养保护野生动物的意识,树立人与自然和谐共生的理念。
重点
重点
Learning objectives
Panda, parrot, tiger and dolphin.
What animals appeared in the game?
Watch the video, play a guessing game and then answer the question.
Watch and answer
Look and fill
Can you describe these animals?
It is black and white and good at
1. _______ trees. It lives in forests and likes to eat
2. _______.
It has bright feathers and a
3. ______ beak. It lives in the trees and lays white
4. ______.
Its fur is 5. ______ with black stripes.
It has big teeth and a long 6. ______. It lives in the jungle.
Its skin is smooth and 7. ______. It lives in the
8. ______ and likes to jump out of the water.
climbing
bamboo
large
eggs
orange
tail
silvery
ocean
What are these wild animals?
Look and answer
Giant panda
African elephant
Blue whale
Kangaroo
Can you describe these wild animals?
Read the descriptions and match them with the pictures.
Read and match
Wang Yiming saw some wild animals on TV. Now he is using an audiobook app to learn more about wildlife.
large, black and white bears
live in the bamboo forests of central and western China
the biggest land animal
have a long trunk
live in Africa
the largest living animal on the Earth
live in almost every ocean
travel by jumping, use their big tails to keep balance
live in Australia
large, black and white bears
live in the bamboo forests of central and western China
the biggest land animal
have a long trunk
live in Africa
the largest living animal on the Earth
live in almost every ocean
travel by jumping, use their big tails to keep balance
live in Australia
Read and answer
What does the app tell about these wild animals?
appearance
size
habitat
bahavior
Can you think of some adjectives to describe these animals’ characteristics?
Look and say
Look at the buttons and talk about the animals with the words from the box.
smart lovely lazy strong dangerous friendly gentle
What is the largest living
animal on the Earth?
How does it look?
The blue whale.
It looks strong.
Listen and guess
Listen to the first animal and take notes. Guess the animal and check your answer with your partner.
Yiming and Li Bailing are playing animal guessing games.
I have __________, and
__________________________.
I can ________________________.
I am ___________________________.
I live ________.
the world’s biggest land animal
in Africa
a huge head with two large ears
a long trunk
carry heavy things for people
Listen and guess
Listen to the second animal and take notes. Guess the animal and check your answer with your partner.
I have _________________.
I eat _________________________________.
I live __________.
in Australia
strong and long legs
grass, flowers, leaves and even insects
I can _________________
and ______________________
__________________.
jump here and there
carry my baby in a kind
of pocket on me
Listen and guess
Listen to the third animal and take notes. Guess the animal and check your answer with your partner.
I have __________ and
____________.
I eat ___________________.
I am _______________________________.
the largest living animal on the Earth
I live _________________
_______________.
in almost all the
a long body
a wide head
small shrimps and fish
I look ____ on the water, but more __________ on the surface.
blue grey
blue
world’s oceans
Listen and guess
Listen to the fourth animal and take notes. Guess the animal and check your answer with your partner.
I eat _______.
I live ________.
I can ______.
I am __________________.
in China
bamboo
swim
good at climbing trees
Listen again and repeat the text.
Listen and repeat
I am the world’s biggest land animal. You can find me in Africa. I have a long trunk and a huge head with two large ears. Sometimes I carry heavy things for people.
I live in Australia. I eat grass, flowers, leaves and even insects. I have strong long legs. Instead of walking, I jump here and there. I carry my baby in a kind of pocket on me.
I am the largest living animal on the Earth. I have a wide head and a long body.
I live in almost all the world’s oceans. I mainly eat small shrimps and sometimes small fish. I look blue on the water, but more blue grey on the surface.
I live in China. I’m good at climbing trees and I can swim. People like to visit me at the zoo. I love bamboo and I am a big eater. I can eat for up to twelve hours a day.
Talk and show
Work in pairs and talk about which animal is the most dangerous/the cleverest/the strongest/...
A: Which animal do you think is the cleverest?
B: I think it’s the elephant. Elephants can help people carry things. That shows they’re smart.
A: But pandas are good at climbing trees and swimming. Aren’t they clever, too?
B: It’s true, but elephants can use their trunks in so many ways. I still think they’re the cleverest.
A: Which animal do you believe is the strongest?
B: I’d say the blue whale. It’s the largest living animal on the Earth. It must be very strong.
A: What about the elephant? It’s the biggest land animal. Its long trunk can carry heavy things.
B: Elephants are strong, but blue whales are huge. They swim in the ocean and are so massive.
sample
Read and fill
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words in the brackets.
1. After a _______ (care) search, they found another swan with an injured wing.
2. Some animals look _______ (love), while others look dangerous.
3. A ________ (home) dog followed a team of cyclists for 24 days along the highway.
4. Some birds would rather go _______ (hunger) when people put them in cages.
5. In the Antarctic, penguins stay together to protect themselves against the cold and
______ (wind) weather.
careful
lovely
homeless
hungry
windy
We can turn a noun into an adjective by adding -ly, -ful, -less or -y to it.
care n. + ful = careful adj.
love n. + ly = lovely adj.
home n. + less = homeless adj.
hunger n. + y = hungry adj.
wind n. + y = windy adj.
Suffix
Listen to the poem and answer the questions.
Listen and answer
1. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the poem?
2. What are they?
Four.
The lion, the ant, the elephant and the dolphin.
Listen and read the poem. Pay attention to the letters in red.
Listen and read
In forests deep and grasslands wide,
Animals walk with joy and pride.
From big lions to tiny ants,
Nature’s creatures, in their charming dance.
The mighty elephant, strong and grand ,
With a trunk that reaches, like a helping hand.
The graceful dolphin, playful and free,
Dancing in waves, in the deep blue sea.
Read the words and summarize the sounds of the letter(s).
Read and summarize
Letter(s) m n ng
Sound /m/ /n/ /ŋ/
Word animal
from
mighty in
and
dolphin charming
helping
dancing
Complete the chart
Work in groups and think of some other animals. Draw the picture of one animal and collect the information. Then, complete the chart.
Questions Answers
What does it look like?
Where does it live?
What does it eat?
How many legs does it have?
...
Ask and guess
Ask the other groups questions and guess what animals they’ve drawn.
What does it look like?
What does it eat?
Where does it live?
...
Is it a/an ...?
It has ...
It eats ...
It lives ...
...
Yes, it is .../No, it isn’t. You can ask more questions.
turn a noun into an adjective by adding a suffix.
pronounce the letter m, n and letter groups ng correctly.
know how to describe an animal.
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After learning this lesson,
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Summary
Homework
1. Write a short article about your favorite wild animal.
2. Preview Speaking.
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