外研版(衔接版)七年级英语上册Unit 2 Is it an African elephant.doc

Module 9
Unit 2 Is it an African elephant?
Type of Lesson: Reading and writing
Teaching period: One
Teaching aims and demands:
 To get information² about animals from the reading material
 To learn to find specific² information in the reading
 To learn to look after the animals²
Important points:
Key vocabulary: African, America, American, Oceania, Oceanian, India, desert, forest, grass, grassland, jungle,
Key structures: Where does the monkey live?
It lives in the jungle.
Does the monkey live in the desert?
No, it doesn’t.
Is the Kangaroo from Australian?
Yes, it is.
Difficult points: To get information about animals
Teaching Strategies: Task-based & communicative approach
Teaching aids: Multi-media
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warming-up
Sing a song – Two Little Black Birds
Step 2 Pre-reading
1) Present pictures to learn new words and new structures
2) Play a guessing game
3) Match the words
4) Pair-work
Talk about the habitats with the continents
Step3 While-reading pair-work
1) Find answers for the questions about the passage
2) Group-work
Read it again and fill in the table, do a report
3) Find out the language points
Step4 Post-reading Task 1 pair-work
Read the table and write about the animal students like.
Step5 Post-reading Task 2 Group-work
Make a survey about students’ favourite animals and how to keep them.
Step6 Sum-up
Key Words: Africa—African America—American Oceania—Oceanian Asia—Asian
Australia—Australian India—Indian
desert, forest, grass, jungle, grassland
Key Grammar: 一般现在时里，一些动词的第三人称变化：
do—does live—lives come—comes
eat—eats have—has
get—gets speak—speaks
Step7 Assignment
Write something about your favourite animals