Unit 5 Welcome to the unit
I Teaching objectives:
Aim of language knowledge: (1)Students are able to understand and use the words and phrases concerned, such as bright, UFO, come on, and so on.
(2)Students are able to know more about amazing things.
Aim of emotion and attitude: (1) Students should realize that the world is full of amazing things.
(2) Students should be brave to express their feelings of surprise according to the information learned this class.
II Key and difficult points:
Students can know that the world is full of amazing things and should observe the world around them in the daily life.
Students are able to express their feelings of surprise.
III Teaching process:
Step 1 Warm-up
Talking about what happened to Eddie and Hobo.
Do you still remember the two lovely dogs
What are their names
Step 2 Listen and discuss.
Today, Eddie and Hobo met an amazing thing. What is it Please listen to the tape carefully and answer the following questions.
What are Eddie and Hobo doing
What did Hobo see
Did Eddie think it is a plane Why not
Do you think Eddie is a clever dog
Retell the dialogue.
One day, Eddie and Hobo looked at the … Eddie thought he saw a …, but Hobo thought it was a … Eddie thought there were many bright … and it was too …, so it coulfn’t be a plane.
(Justification: Students can understand the conservation better according to these questions.)
Step 3 Act it out
Act a short play with your partner. ( Ask two or three groups of students to do it.)
Would you like to see a UFO Why
Step 4 Welcome to the unit
Some questions
Do you know if the plants can grow without the light
Do you know how the snacks walk
Do you know if the fish close eyes when it is sleeping
Talking about amazing animals
I think everyone of you all love animals. Some of you have pets in your family, like cats, dogs, rabbits, and so on. There are also something amazing about animals. Listen to the sentence carefully and find out what animal you have heard.
Fish sleep with their eyes open.
Our eyes are the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sun is about 1,300,000 times larger.
There are no bones in the black of the elephants’ feet-- only fat.
( Justification: Students are able to learn some scientific knowledge and language knowledge.)
Step 5 Role play
Now let’s talk about amazing things with the following pattern.
Do you know that …
Isn’t that interesting/ amazing/ funny/ great/ strange/ wonderful/ surprising/ cool/ …
Yes, it is. Do you know …
Role play the conservation with your partner.
( Justification: Students are able to contribute to the consolidation and transfer of language knowledge.)
Step 6 Homework
Try to remember what we learned today.
Search more information on UFOs and prepare a report next period.
Search more amazing or interesting things on the Internet, and try to write them on your notebooks.