内容正文:
Unit 2 Meet My Family!
Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies
Exploring
学习目标
能运用组织观点的思维技能,介绍家庭时光;
能运用 “略读(skimming)” 这一阅读策略, 快速获取文章的主题句和关键要点。
Organizing ideas
Thinking Skills
A writer needs to think of some ideas first, and then organize them in a good way.
play basketball
in the morning
Look and describe
Look at the pictures, put them in the right order and then describe the pictures.
visit my grandparents
help my mother cook
in the afternoon
at noon
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Look at the pictures and read the text. Learn how to organize ideas.
Activity 1
I'm busy on Saturdays. I play basketball with my father in the morning and help my mother cook at noon. In the afternoon, my parents and I visit my grandparents.
I'm busy on
Saturdays.
I help my mother cook.
I play basketball
with my father.
I visit my grandparents.
Tip:
First, underline the ideas.
Second, draw a thinking map.
help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事
e.g. Li Lei helps me __________ (learn) my English.
(to) learn
在每周六
打篮球
在上午
在下午
在中午
Read the text and complete the thinking map.
I enjoy my time with my family. We eat and talk together. We read and watch TV together. We do chores together, too.
Tip:
First, underline the ideas.
Second, draw a thinking map.
I enjoy my time
with my family.
We read and
watch TV.
We eat and talk.
We do chores.
Activity 2
看电视
做家务
Activity 3 Pair work. Draw a thinking map about your family time and
then talk about it. The following phrases may help you.
play football read books go to the park go shopping walk the dog
I enjoy my time with my family.
We read books together.
I go shopping with my mother.
I walk the dog with my brother.
遛狗
去公园
去购物
I enjoy my time with my family. We read books together in the morning. In the afternoon, I go shopping with my mother. In the evening, I walk the dog with my brother.
What is skimming?
Skimming
When you are reading, you can just focus on the main idea and key points to get the important information quickly.
Reading Strategies
the main idea
主题思想
key points
重点,要点,关键点
Maria is from a big family. She lives with her grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters and cousins.
Li Xiang's family is small. There are three people in his family: his parents and him.
Maria's family is ________, and Li Xiang's family is ________.
big
small
Activity 1
Read the underlined sentences only and then fill in the blanks.
“某处有某人或某物”。
There be... 句型
There is a student in the classroom.
There is some milk in the bottle.
There are two cats on the picture.
There are three boys on the ground.
There be +主语(人或物)+地点状语
be的确定
“某处有某人或某物”
There is +
There are +
不可数名词
可数名词单数形式
可数名词复数形式
结构
There be... 句型 表示“某处存在某物或某人”。
结构:
There is + 可数名词单数/不可数名词+地点状语。
There are + 可数名词复数 + 地点状语。
注意:
1.谓语动词be要与主语的数保持一致。
2.当主语是两个或两个以上的名词时,be动词要与离它最近的那个名词保持一致(“就近原则”)。
e.g. There _____ a bird in the tree.
There _____ two girls and one boy in the classroom.
3.否定句为:There be+not...
4. There be 不能与 have/has同时使用!
is
are
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There _____ a doll in the toy box.
A. is B. are
There _____ some bread on the plate.
A. is B. are
练一练
There _____ a lot of green trees in the park.
A. is B. are
1.There is a radio on the desk.
Is there a radio on the desk ?
Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
2.There are some shoes under the bed.
Are there any shoes under the bed?
Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
规则:
is/are要提前, some 变any,其他都不变.
拓展:There be--- 的一般疑问句
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Read the text and underline sentences about the main idea and key points.
All families are different. Some families are big. Grandparents, parents and children live together. Most families are small. The parents live with their children.
Activity 2
different adj.不同的 修饰可数名词的复数形式。
the same+可数名词单数形式 “相同的”
We are in the same grade, but in different______.(class)
child n. 儿童, 小孩
复数形式为children
classes
① n.家庭 单数为family,复数为families
family
② n.家人 是集合名词,无单数。
My family ______small. (be)
My family ______watching TV. (be)
is
are
live with sb. 和某人一起住
1. What is the text about?
A. Big and small families. B. Happy family time. C. Family tree.
2. Which photo shows a small family?
A. B.
Skim the text in Activity 2 again and choose the correct answers.
Activity 3
Summary
We learn:
1. how to organize ideas.
2. the reading strategy of skimming.
We can:
understand family differences.
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I. 选择题。
1. Let’s play ______ football.
A. the B. a C. an D. /
2. I play basketball ______ my father ______ Saturdays.
A. and; in B. and; on
C. with; in D. with; on
3. Look! There________ many people in the park.
A. have B. is C. has D. are
4. My mother_______ at weekends.
A.enjoys go shopping B.enjoy going shopping
C.enjoys to go shopping D.enjoys going shopping
5. My mother sometimes ________ me ________ my homework.
A.helps, doing B.help, do
C.helps, with D.help, to do
D
Exercises
D
D
D
C
(1) You should: draw another thinking map
with the phrases in Activity 3.
(2) You may: write down a short text according
to your thinking map.
Homework
Thank you!
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