Unit5 Fantastic Friends
Understanding ideas: Pigeon
课型：Reading
整体设计思路：通过观看视屏、阅读文本等活动让学生了解动物的神奇之处，并能够用英语描述动物的习性和行为，分享自己的观点，提升语言表达能力。
语篇分析：
What: 本课时介绍鸽子的生活习性和特征。
Why：激发学生学习的兴趣和好奇心，让学生了解动物的特征和生活习性等知识，并能加强学生对文本信息的获取和处理能力。
How: 本课时通过学习Henry的博客深入了解鸽子的特征和习性，培养学生语言综合运用能力。
教学步骤：
Lead-in
Free talk about pigeons: Do you like Pigeons What do you think of them
Pre-reading
Activity1:Listen to different students’ views on pigeons and complete the sentences.
Pigeons are _______ because they ____________ everywhere.
Pigeons are clever because they can ___________ themselves in ______.
Pigeons are ______ because they always leave ___________.
Pigeons are ______. They fly ______ when people _____ them.
Pigeons are ________. They fly really _____________.
Pigeons are _______ because they can work as _________ .
Teach the new words in the process.
Activity2:look at Henry’s facial expressions and guess: What does Henry think of pigeons
While-reading
Activity1: Read Henry’s blogs on Day1 and answer 2 questions: Did Henry know pigeons How do you know that
Activity2: Read Henry’s blogs on Day2-Day5, and complete the table:
Facts (What does Henry know about pigeons ) Views(What does Henry think of pigeons )
Day2: ● They _________________ for the whole morning. ● They _______________________________________. ● A girl ___________________ them. They __________ __________________________________ to her. ●_______________ ●_______________ ●_______________
Day3&4: ● They can ____________ themselves ___________ . ●_______________ ●_______________
Day5: ● There are __________________ of pigeons. ● They can ___________________________ and don’t ____________________. ● They can fly at ______________________________. ●_______________
Activity3: Further thinking:
Why does Henry change his views
How does Henry study pigeons
Post-reading
Henry wants to post a video on the Internet to tell the story of pigeons. Work in groups of four to help him to wrote the story according to the table information.
Then each group chooses one member to tell the story, and check their performance according to the checklist.
Aspects Yes No
Have we described the facts of pigeons
Have we expressed Henry’s views towards pigeons
Have we used proper words or phrases
Have we told the story fluently or vividly
Homework:
1. Search for more information about pigeons and write it down in your notebooks.
2. Record a video to tell the story with pigeons.Facts (What does Henry know about pigeons ) Views(What does Henry think of pigeons )
Day2: ● They _________________ for the whole morning. ● They _______________________________________. ● A girl ___________________ them. They __________ __________________________________ to her. ●_______________ ●_______________ ●_______________
Day3&4: ● They can ____________ themselves ___________ . ●_______________ ●_______________
Day5: ● There are __________________ of pigeons. ● They can ___________________________ and don’t ____________________. ● They can fly at ______________________________. ●_______________
Unit 5 Fantastic friends Understanding ideas Worksheet
Read Henry’s blogs and complete the table
Writing
My story with pigeons
Hello, everyone! I am Henry. Today I want to tell you my story with pigeons.
At first, I didn’t like pigeons and I thought pigeons were ________________________________because______________________________
Then, I did some online research. I found pigeons were ____________________.
Because they can _____________________________________________________
Later ,I read some books in the library. I learned __________________________
That’s my story with pigeons. Thank you!(共20张PPT)
Do you like pigeons
What do you think of them
boring fast
scary clever
dirty amazing
others: _______
views on
pigeons
Pigeons are _______ because they ____________ everywhere.
boring
knock around
Pigeons are ______because they can ___________ themselves in ______.
recognise(认出)
mirrors
clever
Do you like pigeons
What do you think of them
boring fast
scary clever
dirty amazing
others: _______
views on
pigeons
Pigeons are ______ because they always leave ___________.
dirty
droppings
Pigeons are ______.
They fly ______ when people _____ them.
scary
madly
feed
feed-fed
Do you like pigeons
What do you think of them
boring fast
scary clever
dirty amazing
others: _______
views on
pigeons
Pigeons are ________. They fly really _____________.
amazing
far and fast
Pigeons are _______ because they can work as _________ .
helpful
postmen
What does Henry think of pigeons
Henry’s blogs:
Read Henry’s blog on Day 1 and answer:
No, he didn’t.
Did Henry like pigeons
We’re studying birds for Bird Week at school. Some lucky kids got penguins. But I have to write about... pigeons!
How did he feel
lucky
have to
He felt sad.
Read Henry’s blog from Day 2 to 5 and answer:
What does he think of them
What does Henry know about pigeons
Henry’s views
Facts about pigeons
Facts
Views
They just knock around for the whole morning.
Read Henry’s blog and complete the table.
BORING
whole
Facts
Views
BORING
DIRTY
They just knock around for the whole morning.
They leave droppings here and there.
Read Henry’s blog and complete the table.
whole
here and there
Facts about pigeons:
They leave droppings here and there.
Facts
Views
BORING
DIRTY
SCARY
They just knock around for the whole morning.
They leave droppings here and there.
They fly to people madly.
Read Henry’s blog and complete the table.
whole
here and there
madly
BORING
DIRTY
SCARY
Facts
Views
BORING
DIRTY
SCARY
They just knock around for the whole morning.
They leave droppings here and there.
They fly to people madly.
Read Henry’s blog and complete the table.
Surprising
They can recognise themselves in mirrors.
Facts about pigeons:
They can recognise themselves in mirrors.
A pigeon is looking at itself in the water.
Facts
Views
BORING
DIRTY
SCARY
They just knock around for the whole morning.
They leave droppings here and there.
They fly to people madly.
Read Henry’s blog and complete the table.
Surprising
They can recognise themselves in mirrors.
AMAZING
clever
There are over 200 kinds of pigeons.
They can fly several thousand kilometres and don’t get lost.
They can fly at speeds of over 100 km per hour.
They can fly several thousand kilometres and don’t get lost.
They can fly at speeds of over 100km/h.
JX
HN
Why does Henry change his views
Because at first, he didn’t know enough about pigeons.
We can’t judge anything before we figure it out.
未知全貌，不予置评。
“My story with pigeons”
Group Work
you need to:
1. discuss together.
2. choose one member to write down the story on the worksheet
3. choose one member to tell the story.
My story with pigeons
Aspects Yes No
Have we described the facts of pigeons
Have we expressed Henry’s views towards pigeons
Have we used proper words or phrases
Have we told the story fluently or vividly
Checklist:
Homework:
1. Search for more information about pigeons and write it down in your notebooks.
2. Record a video to tell the story with pigeons.
