《英语》（七年级下册）
Unit 5 Amazing things
Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. learn about some unusual things;
2. talk about amazing things with new sentence patterns.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: same, birth, earth, back, fat, fact, amazing, times, bone, the same size, from birth, stop doing sth, in the back of
2. New structures: Fish sleep with their eyes open.
Our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sun is about 1,300,000 times larger than the Earth.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. The usage of “with” as adverbial;
2. The usage of “times” in comparison;
3. The difference between “stop doing” and “stop to do”;
4. How to describe something amazing.
IV. Teaching procedures
Comic strip
Step 1 Presentation
1. Listen and answer
T: Eddie also sees something amazing. Can you guess what he sees?
T: Listen to the tape and check your answer. Is it a UFO? What do they see actually?
T: Read the dialogue after the tape and answer: Why does Eddie think it is a UFO?
2. Read in roles
3. Language points
T: Do you have any difficulties? I have a question.
What does “Come on” mean in this sentence? Does it have other meanings? Can you put the Chinese sentence into English?
Look at the word “saw”. Can you guess its meaning? (解释saw是see的过去式)
【设计意图：让学生通过上下文猜测词意，鼓励他们把字词放在句子或语篇中理解。come on 经常会用在口语中，因此可适当拓展该词组的含义。saw是see的过去式，本单元的语法是一般过去时，此课不需展开讲解，只要通过猜测词意的方式告知学生这是什么即可。】
Step 2 Practice
1. Act it out
T: Now work in pairs and try to act the dialogue out. You can use your own words if possible.
2. Retell the dialogue
T: Now let’s review the story and fill in the blanks to complete the passage.
【设计意图：通过视频引出Eddie和Hobo的对话，让学生明白本堂课的主要内容是关于amazing things。表演对话有助于学生练习口语并活跃课堂氛围。】
Welcome to the unit
Step 1 Lead-in
T: How lovely Eddie is. He thinks the plane is a UFO. How amazing! In fact, the world is full of amazing things. Do you know anything amazing?
Look at the pictures. What does the man use to make the bus move? What do you think of it?
Look at the shoe. How is it? Is it amazing?
Where is the girl standing? What do you think of the picture?
What is the car like? Is it funny?
What does the mountain look like? What do you think of it?
How much food do we eat during our lives? Can you guess? That’s the weight of about six elephants. We eat so much food in our lives. How cool！
【设计意图：通过图片介绍一些令人惊叹的事或物，激发学生的兴趣，引出描述感叹事物时可以运用的形容词，并为进入书本内容做铺垫。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Fun facts
T: Let’s talk about elephants. Are there any bones in the back of elephants’ feet?
Something about fish. How do fish sleep in water?
There is also something amazing about people’s eyes. Look at the baby’s and the old lady’s eyes. Are they the same size? Do our eyes grow as we grow up?
What about our Earth and the Sun. Are they the same size? Which one is bigger, the Earth or the Sun?
2. Match the pictures with the sentences
3. Read and complete
T: Read the sentences on the screen and complete them with your partner.
4. Language points
(1) Fish sleep with their eyes open.
with + 名词 + 形容词/介词短语（做伴随状态）
(2) Our nose and ears never stop growing.
stop doing sth stop to do sth
(3) The Sun is about 1,300, 000 times larger than the Earth.
time ( c.n 倍数) + adj. 比较级 + than
【设计意图：根据所学描述图片，引出三个语言点。】
5. Listen and answer
T: Kitty and Amy are talking about the fun facts about these pictures. Which pictures are they talking about? Let’s listen to their dialogue.
Read the dialogue and answer: What do they think of these fun facts?
Can you tell me other adjectives to describe amazing things?
【设计意图：通过听、读对话了解谈论令人惊叹的事物的对话模式，为学生自己编写对话做铺垫。】
Step 3 Production
1. Talk in pairs
T: Talk about the pictures in Part A in pairs. You can use Kitty and Amy’s dialogue as a model. You can also talk about other amazing things.
2. Make up your own amazing story
(1) Work in groups of four or five;
(2) Take turns to say one or two sentences;
(3) One of the group members write down what all the members say to make up a complete story;
(4) Be amazing and interesting!
3. Show your amazing story to us
【设计意图：从两人对话到小组活动，由易到难，在巩固课本所学的前提下，发挥学生想象力，编一个令人惊叹的故事。】
V. Homework
1. Try to find more amazing things in the world.
2. Recite the sentences and the dialogue.
课件25张PPT。Unit 5 Amazing things Comic strip and Welcome to the unitA UFO. What amazing thing does Eddie see? What do they see actually?They see a plane. Why does Eddie think it is a UFO?Because it’s too small and a place should be very big. Come on, Eddie. It’s just a plane. I saw one yesterday.
come on
得了吧
快点，加油
琼，快点儿！否则我们要迟到了。
_______ _______, Joan, ______ we are going to ______ ________.
Come onorbe latesee 过去式 DifficultiesAct it out
You can use your own words One day Eddie and Hobo looked at the ____. Eddie thought he saw a _____ but Hobo thought it was a _____. Because Hobo saw one _________. Eddie thought there were many bright _____ and it was too _____, so it couldn’t be a plane.skyUFOplanelightssmallyesterdayRetell the dialogue.seeamazingThis man can make the bus move with his ears.The shoe is so large.greatinterestingThe girl is standing on a plate.The man is driving a banana car.funnyThe mountain looks like a monkey.wonderfulHow much food do we eat during our lives? 2,700 kilos.
27,000 kilos.
270 kilos.= the weight of about six
elephantsUnbelievableThere are no bones in the back of elephants' feet—only fat. not anyAre there any bones in the back of elephants' feet?Fish sleep with their eyes open. How do fish sleep in water?Our eyes are the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. Do our eyes grow as we grow up? as big asThe Sun is about 1,300,000 times larger than the Earth. Which one is bigger, the Earth or the Sun?MatchThe Sun is about 1,300,000 times
larger than the Earth.There are no bones in the back of elephant's feet—only fat. Our nose and ears never stop growing ,
but our eyes are the same size from birth.Fish sleep with their eyes open. Read & CompleteThe Sun is about 1,300,000 ______
larger than the _______.timesEarthThere are no ______ in the back of elephant's feet—only ____. bonesfatOur nose and ears never ____________ ,
but our_______ are the same size from _____.stop growingeyesbirthFish sleep with their eyes ______. openFish sleep with their eyes open. with + 名词 + 形容词/介词短语（做伴随状态）1. Tom 闭着眼睛思考。
Tom thinks _______________________.
2. 我们的英语老师手里拿着一本书走进了教室。
Our English teacher came into the
classroom ________________________. with his eyes closed with a book in her handOur nose and ears never stop growing. stop doing sth 停止做某事
stop to do sth 停下来去做另一件事情1.Stop ________ (sing). Your father is sleeping.
2.I’m hungry. Let’s stop ________ (have) a meal. singing to have The sun is about 1,300, 000 times larger than the earth.1. 我们的学校比他们的学校大三倍。
Our school is _______ ________ _______ than theirs.
2. 这座桥是那座桥的两倍长。
This bridge is _________________ that one. three times larger time ( c.n 倍数) + adj. 比较级 + than twice longer thanListen and answerWhich pictures are Kitty and Amy talking about?1234interestingamazingA: Do you know any fun facts about the world, …?
B: Yes. …
A: That’s … ! What about …?
B: …
A: Oh, really?
B: Yes. Isn’t that …?amazing funny great interesting unbelievable wonderful …Task: Talk in pairs Work in groups of four or five.
Take turns to say one or two sentences.
One of the group members writes down what all the members say to make up a complete story.
Make sure your story is amazing and interesting!Make up your own amazing storyYou can begin like this: One day, …Homework:
Try to find more amazing things in the world.
Recite the sentences and the dialogue.
Thank you!
