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Unit15Weretryingtosavethemanatees

Unit15We’retryingtosavethemanatees!

TheFirstPeriod

Ⅰ．TeachingAimsandDemands

1．KnowledgeObjects

（1）KeyVocabulary

manatee,cheetah,chimpanzee,kangaroo,polar-bear,gentle,furry,enormous,playful,noisy,aggressive,spotted

（2）TargetLanguage

IamlikethisanimalbecauseIamstrongandintelligent．Ilikewater,andIliketoeatvegetables．

You’relikeanelephant．

No．

You’relikeamanatee．

Yes．

2．AbilityObjects

（1）Trainstudents’listeningability．

（2）Trainstudents’communicativecompetence．

3．MoralObject

Loveallkindsofanimalsbecausetheyareourfriends．

Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPoint

TargetLanguage

Ⅲ．TeachingDifficultPoints

1．Howtotrainstudents’listeningability．

2．Howtotrainstudents’communicativecompetence．

Ⅳ．TeachingMethods

1．Didactictolearnthenewvocabulary．

2．Listening-and-answeringactivitytohelp

studentsgothroughwiththelisteningmaterial．

3．Groupworktomakeeverystudentworkinclass,

Ⅴ．TeachingAids

1．Ataperecorder

2．Theblackboard

3．Aprojector

Ⅵ．TeachingProcedures

StepIRevision

Nowlet’sreviewfivedifferentverbtenses．Canyounamethefivetenses?

Pleaselookatthescreen．

Showthenamesofthefivetensesonthescreenbyaprojectoralongwithasamplesentenceforeach．

presentprogressive:

You’rereadingthesesentences．

present:

Weuseourbookseveryday．

pastwithusedto:

Heusedtoliveinthecountryside．

passivevoice:

Ourclassroomisfoundattheendofthehall．

presentperfect:

WehavealreadyfinishedUnit14．Wehaven’tfinishedUnit15yet．

Inviteastudenttoreadtheverbsinthesesentences．Thengetotherstudentstobrieflyexplainwhateachtenseisusedfor．

Presentprogressivedescribesthingsthatarehappeningrightnow．

Presentdescribesthingsthathappenallthetimeorusuallyhappen．

Thepastwithusedtodescribesthingsthatwereacertainwayinthepast,buthavechangednow．

Thepassivevoicedescribesthingsthatwedon’tknowwhodid,orwedon’tcarewhoperformedtheaction．

Thepresentperfectdescribesrecentevents．

Getstudentstothinkoftwoorthreemoresamplesentencesusingeachtypeofverb．Haveseveralstudentsreadtheirsentences．

StepⅡ1a

Thisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabulary．

Lookatthesignsoneachanimal’spictureandreadthewordstotheclass．Getstudentstorepeatthenameofeachanimal．

Africanelephants,chimpanzees,kangaroos,manatees,cheetahs,polarbears．Ifnecessary,readthewordsandaskstudentstorepeatthemagain．Thenhavestudentsreadthewordsbythemselves．

Makesurestudentscanreadthewordscorrectlyandfluently．

Readthedirectionstotheclass．Pointtothelistofwordsinthebox．Readthewordsandletstudentsrepeatthem．Thengetdifferentstudentstoexplainwhattheythinkeachwordmeansintheirownwords．Forexample,Agentleanimalisquietandnotdangerous．Afuryanimaliscoveredwithsofthair．Asksomestudentstoexplainanywordsstudentsmaynotunderstand．

Anenormousanimalisverygreat．

Aplayfulanimalisfulloffun．

Anaggressiveanimalisfondofquarrelsandquick-tempered．

Aspottedanimalismarkedwithspots．

Letstudentsbeginfillingintheanswersontheirown．Whentheywork,walkaroundtheclassroomcheckingtheirprogressandansweringanyquestionstheymayhave．Afterstudentshavefinishedusingallthewordsfromthebox,letthestudentswritesomeotherwordsintheblanksbelowsomeofthepictures．

Checktheanswerswiththewholeclass．

Letstudentssaythewordstheywroteundereachheading．

Answers

Possibleanswers

manatee:

gentle,shy

chimpanzees:

noisy

elephants:

enormous,gray

kangaroos:

playful

cheetahs:

spotted,fast

polarbears:

aggressive,furry

StepⅢ1b

Thisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation．

Gothroughtheinstructionswiththeclass．LookbackatthelistofwordsinActivity1a．YouwillhearGinnyandVictortalkabouttheanimalsinthepictureinActivity1a．Nowpleaselistentotherecordingcarefullyandcirclethewordsonthelistthattheyusetodescribetheanimals．

Playtherecordingthefirsttime．Thistimestudentsonlylisten．Playtherecordingasecondtime．Nowlistentotherecordingagainandcirclethewordsyouhearontherecording．

Checktheanswers．

Answers

Thesewordsshouldbecircled:

aggressive,gentle,shy,furry,gray,fast,spotted

Tapeseript

Boy:

Hey,Ginny,What’sthatbig,furryanimalinthepond?

Girl:

It’sapolarbear,Victor．They’rekindofaggressive．

Boy:

Arethey?

Theylookslikereallylovewater．

Girl:

Uh-huh．

Boy:

Andwhatdoyoucallthosebig,graythingsinthewater?

Girl:

They’recalledmanatees．

Boy:

What?

Girl:

Manatees．They’reverygentleandveryshy．

Boy:

Oh．Andhowabouttheyellowandblackspottedanimalsinthatcage?

Girl:

They’recheetahs．Thecheetahisthefastestanimalonearth．

StepⅣ1c

Thisactivityprovidesoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage．

Gothroughtheinstructionswiththewholeclass．

Lookatthesampleconversationintheboxandgetthreestudentstoreaditaloudtotheclass．

SA:

IamlikethisanimalbecauseIamstrongandintelligent．Ilikewater,andIliketoeatvegetables．

SB:

You’relikeanelephant．

SA:

No．

SC:

You’relikeamanatee．

SA:

Yes!

Tellstudentstothinkofananimalthatisthesameastheminsomeways．Takeafewminutestowritedownastatement．

Say,Youcanwriteasentenceortwothatdescribeshowyouaresimilartotheanimalyouchoose．Don’tsaythenameoftheanimal．

Afewminuteslater,letstudentreadtheirstatementstotheclassandseehowquicklytheotherstudentscanguesswhatanimalthestudentsistalkingabout．

Statement1

S1:

IamlikethisanimalbecauseIamplayfulandfunny．

Ss:

You’relikeapolarbear．

S1:

No．

Ss:

You’relikeakangaroo．

S1:

Yes!

Statement2

S2:

IamlikethisanimalbecauseIrunveryfast．Iliketowearcolorfulclothes．

Ss:

You’reakangaroo．

S2:

No．

Ss:

You’relikeacheetah．

S2:

Yes!

Note

like—（hereprep．）inthemannerof

StepⅤSummary

Inthisclass,we’velearnedsomeimportantwordssuchasmanatee,kangaroo,Po;;arbear,gentle,furry,enormous,playful,noisy,aggressive,spotted．We’vealsolearnedthetargetlanguageIamlikethisanimalbecauseIamstrongandintelligent．Ilikewater,andIliketoeatvegetables．Youarelikeanelephant．No．You’relikeamanatee．Yes!

StepⅥHomework

1．Getstudentstowritedownsomestatementsandreadthemtotheirpartners．

Letthepartnersguesswhatanimalstheyaretalkingabout．

2．Reviewthenewwordsintheboxin

Activity1a．

StepⅦBlackboardDesign

Unit15We’retryingtosavethemanatees!

SectionA

TheFirstPeriod

Targetlanguage:

IamlikethisanimalbecauseIamstrongandintelligent．Ilikewater,andIliketoeatvegetables．

You’relikeanelephant．

No．

You’relikeamanatee．

Yes．

Unit15We’retryingtosavethemanatees!

TheSecondPeriod

Ⅰ．TeachingAimsandDemands

1．KnowledgeObjects

（1）KeyVocabulary

endangered,mangrove,swamp,habitat,aquaticfeed,underwater,vegetation,

foot,weigh,pound

（2）TargetLanguage

Howbigaremanatees?

They’reabout10feetlongandtheyweighabout1000pounds．

2．AbilityObjects

（1）Trainstudents’listeningability．

（2）Trainstudents’speakingability．

（3）Trainstudents’theabilityofusinggrammarfocus．

3．MoralObject

Wemustbefullyawareoftheimportanceofreducingpollutionandprotectinganimals．

Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPoints

1．KeyVocabulary

endangered,mangrove,swamps,habitat,aquaticfeed

2．TargetLanguage

Howbigaremanatees?

They’reabout10feetlongandtheyweighabout1000pounds．

3．Structures

Presentprogressive

We’retryingtosavethemanatees．

Present

Manateeseatabout100poundsoffoodaday．

Pastwith"usedto"

Thereusedtobealotofmanatees．

Passivevoice

In1972,itwasdiscoveredthattheywereendangered．

Presentperfect

Someoftheswampshavebecomepolluted．

Ⅲ．TeachingDifficultPoints

1．thetargetlanguage

2．Howtotrainstudents’listeningability．

Ⅳ．TeachingMethods

1．Listeningmethodtoimprovestudents’listeningability．

2．Pairworktomakeeverystudentworkinclass．

3．Review,explanation,inductivemethods

Ⅴ．TeachingAids

1．Ataperecorder

2．Theblackboard

Ⅵ．TeachingProcedures

StepⅠRevision

Checkhomework．Getsomepairstoactouttheirconversations．Whentheywork,therestofstudentsalsoguesswhatanimalstheyaretalkingabout．

StepⅡ2a

Thisactivityprovidesguidedlisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage．Lookatthepicture．Ask,Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?

（Amanateeisinthewater．）

Gothroughtheinstructionswiththeclass．Youwillheartwopeopletalkingaboutmanatees．Listenanddrawalinebetweeneachwordanditsdefinition．

Readthesampleanswer．Thensay,Thewordendangeredmeanstherearen’tverymanyofthisanimalleftintheworld．Themanateeisendangeredbecausetherearen’tverymanyoftheseanimals．

Playtherecordingforstudentsthefirsttime．Thistimestudentsonlylistentotherecordingcarefully．Playtherecordingasecondtime．Thistimestudentsdrawlinesbetweeneachwordanditsdefinition．

Checktheanswerswiththeclass．

Answers

1．b2．d3．a4．c

Tapescript

Boy:

Canyoutellusaboutthemanatees,please?

Man:

Sure．We’retryingtosavethem．

Boy:

Why?

Aretheyendangered?

Man:

Yes．Thereusedtobealotofmanatees,butnowtherearen’tverymanyofthem．

Boy:

Doyouknowhowmanythereare?

Man:

Atthispoint,thereareonlyabout2500intheU．S．In1972,itwasdiscoveredthattheywereendangered．Sincethen,thegovernmenthaspassedlawstoprote