外研社八年级英语Module 9 Animals in danger Unit 4.doc

Module 9 Animals in danger Unit 4
Language goals 语言目标
1. Key vocabulary 重点词汇
design, jewellery, for example, provide, difficulty, clean, pollute
2. Key structures 重点句式
It is + adj. + to do sth.
The surprising thing was to …
Ability goals 能力目标
Enable students to use infinitive correctly.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Cooperative learning.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A tape recorder.
Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式

Step I Revision (1, 4-9: P76-78)
Review the infinitive and the text. And then do some exercises.
Get students to finish the exercises about infinitive and check the answers. Ask students to read the sentences together or in groups after checking.

Step II Listening and speaking (2: P76; 8: P78)
Listening
Ask students to choose the correct words and then listen and check and pay attention to the different usages of set phrases. Then read the conversation together.
Show the following.
1. want to do sth.
2. It’s + adj. of sb. to do sth.
3. Let’s do sth.
Then check the answers.
Speaking
T: Work in pairs and role-play the conversation between Katy and Samantha in Activity 2. Then try to make a similar one by yourselves.
Sample conversation:
S1: Hi, Bob speaking.
S2: Hi, Bob. It’s Jim. Do you want to see a football match tonight?
S1: Oh, it’s very nice of you to invite me. What are the two teams?
S2: England and France. The exciting thing is to guess who will be the winner.
S1: Oh, that sounds good. What time does it start?
S2: At four o’clock. Let’s meet at half past three.
S1: OK. See you then.
S2: OK.
Listening
Then go on with activity 8. First ask students to guess what will be talked about. Then play the tape and get the students to listen and answer the questions.
Check the answers with the class.

Step III Reading and writing (Around the world: P76; 10-12: P79)
Around the world
Ask students to read the passages by themselves, and then finish the following exercises.
Show the following.
Fill in the blanks.
1. The largest animal in the world is ________. It lives in ________ and eats ________ for food.
2. The wild Bactrian camel lives in _________ and ________. It is the _________ in the world with two humps.
3. Many ________ live in India but you can find them in other counties as well. There are many elephants which ________ for people.
Writing
First ask students to discuss in small groups to decide which animal they want to write about. Find out about the animal. Then write one or two short paragraphs about it.
Sample version:
Gray bats
Gray bats only weigh up to half an ounce. Their wings measure about 1.5 inches across. Gray bats live in groups in caves. Most gray bats live in caves in Alabama, northern Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. The caves are usually found near a river or lake. During the day, gray bats sleep. At night, they eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes or other pests in one hour. There are about 2 million bats, but their numbers become smaller because their living place are becoming smaller and some died from eating insects which is killed by pesticides.

Step VI Homework
Ask students to
1. finish activities 11—12 in Workbook on page 147.
2. summarize what they have learned in the module.