1、Unit 6 Bird watchingStudy skillsI. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. master the usage of the suffixes -er, -or, -ist;2. guess the meanings of the new words in contexts.II. Teaching contentsNew words and phrases: speaker, tour, make beautifu
2、l sounds, at bird shows, include birds in poemsIII. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficultyLearn to use the suffixes -er, -or, -ist.Learn how to use some useful expressions.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-inShow some pictures and fill in the blanks.I love teaching English. I am an En
3、glish _. (teacher)He wrote many articles all his life. He was a famous _. (writer)She is good at dancing. She is a _. (dancer)Singing is their hobby. They are _. (singers)He is playing the piano. He is a _. (pianist)He has acted in many films. He is an _. (actor)【设计意图】利用自我介绍、展示图片导入新课。Step 2 Presenta
4、tion1. Explain the rulesT: Suffixes (-er, -or, -ist) can form nouns for people. We can add -er, -or and -ist to some words (n./v.) to form nouns for people. Verb/Noun + Suffix Nounspeak + er speakervisit + or visitortour + ist tourist2. Offer a tipSometimes we need to change the ending of the verb/n
5、oun when we add the suffix.dance dancer win winnerpiano pianist science scientist3. Finish Part AChange the following words into nouns for people by adding the correct suffixes.4. Offer another tip 加-er, -or, -ist无明显规律可以利用,不过有几个小tips: er远比or多,如果你实在要猜时,选er吧。 动作的执行者用er,比如reporter,fighter,cleaner。 结尾单个
6、e的单词用er,比如writer,diver。 ate,it,ct结尾的单词通常用or,比如creator,editor,conductor。 5. Change the words in the box into words and categorize them【设计意图】了解基本规律后,对所学的后缀做巩固练习,这样能更深刻的记忆所学的词的后缀。Step 3 Practice1. Finish Part B on P77Complete the following sentences with the correct nouns of the words in brackets. Use
7、the plural form if necessary.Birds are _ (sing). They can make beautiful sounds. Some _ (act) can make different bird sounds. It is very interesting.A lot of _ (tour) go to the wetlands to watch birds every year. There are many _ (visit) at bird shows too. Some _ (art) like to paint birds. The birds
8、 in their pictures are really beautiful. Some _ (write) like to include birds in their poems too. Birds are part of out lives. They are our friends.2. Guess the meaning of some unfamiliar wordsT: We can use this kind of skill to solve some problems. Try to guess the meanings when we come across new
9、words.3. Write an articleT: All in all, we should use some study skills when studying English. If we do like that, we can learn English more easily.【设计意图】通过不同类型的练习来巩固所学知识。指导学生利用所学技能解决实际问题,引导学生在阅读中猜测词义,初步培养学生根据词的构成猜测词义的意识。V. Homework1. Finish the exercises.2. Revise how to form nouns for people by adding -er, -or and -ist.