高一上学期英语导学案Unit 5 Period 8
Unit5 Period 8 Writing
Learning aims:
Students are able to understand the passage at page 59.
Students are able to describe an animal they are familiar with.
Important point and difficult point:
Students are able to describe an animal they are familiar with with the help of the table in PPT.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1:了解感知
What’s your favourite animal Can you describe it from the following aspects
appearance(外表) 2.habitat（栖息地） 3.migration(迁徙) 4. diet（饮食）
other information
Step 2 深入学习
Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane(丹顶鹤) and answer the questions.
(见课本59页左侧，答案请写在下方横线处)
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Step3 迁移运用
Write a short description of an animal you are familiar with. You can refer to the information in the
following table to help you.
Appearance a huge/large/small /strong/weak animal It is about 150cm tall / 150cm in height Its feathers are as white as snow雪白/glossy black亮黑色 Its unique feature is...
Habitat It can be found in... It lives in... Its natural habitat is the bamboo forest竹林.
Migration It spends the warmer months in the... .When the weather gets cold, it migrates to ... to find food or seeka partner.
Diet Its food includes fish,snails and so on. Its favourite food is...It likes ...very much. It feeds on...It has a good and diverse appetite, including...
Other information It is a symbol of long life and good luck in Chinese culture. It is a symbol of elegance and purity...
范文
The Siberian crane 西伯利亚鹤is also known as the snow crane. It is about 140 cm in height, generally shorter than the red-crowned crane. Its feathers are nearly all snowy white except for some black ones that are only visible in flight. Its featherless face is reddish微红的 in colour. The Siberian crane is usually found in East Asia, where its numbers are known as the eastern populations. These migrate to China in winter. Other much smaller populations migrate to Iran in winter. The snow crane has a good and diverse appetite, including fish, insects, the roots and tubers块茎 of water plants and so on. In Chinese culture, the snow crane is a symbol of elegance优雅, purity纯洁, good fortune and long life.
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Unit 5 Writing
red-crowned crane
丹顶鹤
/kra n/ 王冠
/kre n/鹤
Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane
and answer the questions.(见课本59页左侧)
Have a heated discussion about the answers in groups.
Show your answers and confusions.
我展示，我骄傲，我自豪
Answer !
Doubt!
Add!
Correct!
1. What does the red-crowned crane look like
It has white feathers except for some black ones
on its face, neck and wings. It also has bright red
skin on the top of its head.
2. Where can you find it
It can be found in China, Russia, Mongolia, Japan
and the Korean Peninsula.
3. Where does it migrate to
It migrates to east-central China when the
weather gets cold.
4. What does it eat
It eats fish, snails and water plants.
5. What symbolic meaning does the red-crowned crane have in Chinese culture
It has a symbolic meaning of long life and good luck in Chinese culture.
Appearance a huge/large/small /strong/weak animal It is about 150cm tall / 150cm in height
Its feathers are as white as snow/glossy black亮黑色 Its unique feature is...
Habitat It can be found in...
It lives in... Its natural habitat is the bamboo forest竹林.
Migration It spends the warmer months in the... .When the weather gets cold, it migrates to ... to find food or seek a partner.
Diet Its food includes fish,snails and so on. Its favourite food is...
It likes ...very much. It feeds on...
It has a good and diverse appetite, including...
Other information It is a symbol of long life and good luck in Chinese culture. a symbal of elegance and purity
The Siberian crane 西伯利亚鹤is also known as the snow crane. It is about 140 cm in height, generally shorter than the red-crowned crane. Its feathers are nearly all snowy white except for some black ones that are only visible in flight. Its featherless face is reddish微红的 in colour. The Siberian crane is usually found in East Asia, where its numbers are known as the eastern populations. These migrate to China in winter. Other much smaller populations migrate to Iran in winter. The snow crane has a good and diverse appetite, including fish, insects, the roots and tubers块茎 of water plants and so on. In Chinese culture, the snow crane is a symbol of elegance优雅, purity纯洁, good fortune and long life.
Write a short description of an animal you are familiar with.
