外研版七年级上册教案:M6 Unit 1 Does it eat meat?
Objectives:
To introduce and practice vocabulary related to animal diets.
To learn and use the question structure “Does it eat… ” to ask about animal diets.
To develop listening, speaking, and critical thinking skills.
Materials:
Textbook: FLTRP 7th Grade, Module 6 Unit 1
Flashcards or pictures of different animals
Chart or whiteboard to record students’ responses
Handouts with comprehension questions or a worksheet
Procedure:
Warm-up :
Begin the lesson by asking students about their favorite animals and what they think those animals eat.
Engage the students in a brief discussion about different animal diets and their reasons for their answers.
Vocabulary Introduction :
Introduce new vocabulary related to animal diets, such as “carnivore,” “herbivore,” “omnivore,” etc.
Show flashcards or pictures of different animals and ask the students to identify each animal’s diet.
Practice the pronunciation of each vocabulary word together as a class, and have students repeat the words after you.
Vocabulary Practice:
Distribute vocabulary handouts or display them on the board.
Ask students to fill in the blanks with the correct animal diet vocabulary word.
Review the answers as a class, discussing the meaning and characteristics of each diet type.
Question Structure Introduction:
Introduce the question structure “Does it eat… ” to ask about animal diets.
Build sentences using the new vocabulary and the question structure, e.g., “Does a lion eat plants ”
Explain the use of the auxiliary verb “does” for the third person singular (he, she, it) and the base form of the verb.
Provide examples and discuss the importance of subject-verb agreement in questions.
Listening Comprehension :
Play an audio recording or read aloud a passage describing different animals.
Ask students to listen carefully and identify the animals’ diets.
Provide handouts with comprehension questions or use a worksheet to assess their understanding of the passage.
Group Activity :
Divide the class into small groups.
Assign each group a few different animal pictures or flashcards.
In their groups, students discuss and ask each other questions using the question structure “Does it eat… ” to guess the animals’ diets.
Encourage them to use the vocabulary and sentence structure they have learned.
Group Presentation:
Ask each group to present their animals and their guesses about their diets.
Record the responses on a chart or whiteboard to create a visual representation of different animal diets.
Wrap-up and Reflection :
Summarize the main points discussed during the lesson, focusing on animal diets and the question structure “Does it eat… ”
Allow students to share their thoughts and reflections on the lesson.
Provide feedback and encouragement, highlighting their engagement and creativity in using the vocabulary and question structure.
Homewrk (optional):
Assign a homework task, such as writing a short paragraph describing an animal’s diet using the question structure “Does it eat… ”
Encourage students to research and discover more examples of animals with different diets and share their findings in the next class.