Lesson 10 Make your garden grow
Teaching aims Knowledge aim Let students master and use the words and phrases correctly.
Ability aim Let students know how to make their garden grow quicker and better.
Emotional aim By making students learn how to make a garden grow, cultivate the love of the nature and life, and communicate fluently and happily in daily life.
Key points To master the words and phrases.
Difficult points To learn how to make a garden grow much quicker.
Teaching method (Learning method) Student-centered teaching method, audio-visual method
Teaching props English book, blackboard, PPT
Lead-in -Do you like gardening -What is fun about growing a garden
Teaching procedures Step1: Words consider /k n s d / v.仔细考虑;认为;觉得 sunlight / s nla t/ n.阳光;日光 test /test/ v. & n.测验;考查 compost / k mp st/ n.混合肥料 dry /dra / adj.干的 v.使变干 nearby / n ba / adv.在附近;不远 squirrel / skw r l/ n.松鼠 fence /fens/ n. 栅栏;篱笆;围墙 purpose / p p s/ n.目的;目标;意图
Step2: Listening Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. Soil can offer best for plants. To grow well, plants need enough and water. Fences can keep animals from your garden. Having fun is the whole of growing a garden.
Step3: Reading Do you wanna grow your garden Let’s go. Language points 1.consider “仔细考虑;认为;觉得”+n./pron./v-ing/从句/带疑问词的不定式 E.g.: The Greens is considering a new house. 格林一家正在考虑一所新房子。n. The Greens is considering changing their house.格林一家正在考虑换一所新房子。v-ing I consider nothing is more important than songwriting in my life. 从句 我认为我的生活中没有什么比歌曲创作更重要。 We must consider what to do next. 疑问词+to do不定式 我们必须考虑下一步要做什么。 拓展:consider常用于短语 consider…as…,“把……看作……”; Teachers consider their students as their children. 老师们把学生当成自己的孩子。 2. make sure “确保;确信”,后常跟that引导的宾语从句,that 可省 E.g.: Make sure(that) no one miss the bus. 确保没人错过公交车。 Make sure (that) everyone is here. 确保每个人都在这儿。 keep…away from “使……远离”, 与stay away from…意思相近,“不接近……;离开……” E.g.: Summer is coming, keep the students away from rivers. 夏天马上来了,让学生远离河流。 You’d better stay away from the big dog. =You’d better keep yourself away from the big dog. 你最好离那只大狗远一点。 拓展:与keep相关的短语有: ①keep sb from(doing) sth. 阻止某人(做)某事。 I keep him from cutting trees. 我阻止他砍树。 ②keep/stay in touch with… 和…保持联系。 Never forget to keep/stay in touch with your family. 永远不要忘记和你的家人保持联系。 best of all“更好的是;更重要的是” Best of all, bananas provide different things that the human body needs!最重要的是,香蕉能提供人体所需的不同东西! best of all 不做固定搭配时,“…中最好的” They're all good players, but she's the best of all. 他们都是优秀运动员,而她更是其中的佼佼者。
Step4: Speaking Suppose you have a garden. What do you want to plant How will you take care of your plants Talk with your partner.
Step5: Writing Suppose you have a garden. What do you want to plant How will you take care of your plants Write a passage.(About 40 words.) E.g.: I want to plant vegetables in my garden. I’d like to plant tomatoes and eggplants. I will water them on time. My grandpa is good at farming. I will ask him for advice. I will have fresh vegetables. Gardening is fun.
Summary Words: consider; sunlight; test; compost; dry; nearby; squirrel; fence; purpose Phrases: make sure; think about; keep…away from; best of all Sentences: To make the soil rich enough, you can put compost in your garden. It can help keep these small animals away from your garden. Best of all, you have fun eating all the great food from it.
Homework Copy the words, phrases and sentences on the exercise book. Finish workbook 《轻松学英语》 Review this lesson and preview next lesson.