Module 9 A trip to the zoo Unit 2 Is it an African elephant

Module 9 A trip to the zoo
Unit 2 Is it an African elephant
【Learning Objects学习目标】
1、知识目标：
（1）会读、会写本课的新词汇和短语；能理解并流利朗读本课的对话。
（2）能在日常交际中应用粗体的单词以及加＊的单词。
2、能力目标：
（1）能读懂有关介绍动物的篇章，并能找出文中相关细节信息。
（2）能介绍并写出自己喜欢的动物的生长地方及食物习性。
3、情感目标：
热爱动物，关爱动物。
4、学习策略：
积极与他人合作，共同完成本单元的学习任务；
阅读中注意使用有关获取细节信息的学习策略。
5、文化意识：
了解常见动物来自世界上哪些洲、哪些国家。
【Learning Important Points学习重点】
1、新单词：African, America, American, Oceania, Oceanian, desert, forest, grass, grassland, jungle, India
2、重要句型：Does the monkey live in the desert
No, it doesn’t.
Is the kangaroo Australian
Yes, it is.
【Learning Difficult Points学习难点】
1、能读懂有关介绍动物的篇章，并能找出文中相关细节信息。
2、能介绍并写出自己喜欢的动物。
【Learning Procedures学习过程】
Preview（预习·导学）：
1、预习课本131-132页标有（56）（57）的单词，试着拼读并掌握拼写和中文意思。
2、自主探究：（在文章中找出下列短语的英文表达方式及汉语的对应英语）
一只象__________________一只欧洲狼 ______________
居住在沙漠_______________在草地上生活 ______________
吃草和树叶_______________在亚洲旅行___________________
all around the world__________It doesn’t often drink.___________
eat vegetable __________________ 来自北美_________________
【Class Activities 课堂活动】
Step 1 Feedback on the preview
讨论解决预习中存在的问题（师生互问探讨）。
Step 2 Warm up
Look at the pictures and talk about them like this :
--- Does the tiger eat meat
--- Yes, it does.
Step 3 Vocabulary
1. Show slides and learn new words, and then do Activity 1.
2. Read the words in the box in Activity 2 and then match the places with the words.
3. Work in pairs and make a short dialogue like this :
---Betty is American, so where does she come from
---She comes from America.
---His father comes from Africa, so…
---So he is African.
4. Do Activity 3 and then check them with your partner.
4. Addition:
Antarctic 南极洲
Step 4 Listening & Reading
1. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions :
How many animals are mentioned in the passage
________________________________________
2. Listen and read the passage quickly, and do the following exercises:
1) Where are the camels from _______________________________
2) This is an __________ elephant.
3) Where does the kangaroo live
A. In the grassland. B. In the jungle. C. In the forest.
4) Where does the monkey live
A. In the grassland. B. In the jungle. C. In the forest.
5) Where does this snake come from
A. Asia. B. Europe. C. America. D. Africa.
6) This is a ___________ wolf.
3. Read the passage quickly and complete the following passage.
1) Camels are from _______ and _______. This is _____ ________ camel.
It lives in the _______ and eats _______. It _______ often drink.
2) Elephants are from ______ and ______. This is ___ ______ elephant.
It lives in ______. Some of them work in the _____. They like _____.
3) Kangaroos are from _________ and they’re _________. They live in _________. They eat ______ and _____. They don’t eat ______.
4) Monkeys come from _____________. It’s South American. They live in the _______ and eat ______.
5) There are snakes in Asia, America, Africa, Australia and Europe. This snake comes from ________. It eats meat. It doesn’t like ______.
6) This is a _________ wolf. It lives in the ______. It eats meat. It doesn’t eat _________.
4. Do Activity 4, and then read the dialogue in your group.
Step 5 Language points
1. Read the dialogue by yourself and then underline the phrases and sentences you
can’t understand.
2. Learn some language points and make notes.
Step 6 Writing
Learn “ Learning to learn ” and understand how to use capital letters.
Do Activity 5 and then check with your partner.
Step 7 Work in pairs ---Talk about your favourite animal
Talk about the following questions with your partners.
What’s your favourite animal
Where does it come from
Where does it live ( in the forest, water, at home … )
What does it often eat
It often eats …
What does it like doing
It likes … ( climbing trees, jumping, swimming, runing, sleeping, eating food …)
Step 8 Exercises
1、写出下列短语的英语:
1) 在森林里 ____________________2) 在草原 _____________
3) 在丛林里 ____________________4) 在沙漠里________________
5) 在亚洲 _________________6) 在美洲 ____________________
7) 一只非洲狮子_______________8) 一只非洲狼________________
2、用所给动词适当形式填空
1）The zoo ________ (have) 5,000 animals.
2）Polar bears ____________ (not have) very long necks.
3）A camel _______________ (not often drink) in the desert.
4）A wolf __________ (live) in the forest in Europe.
3、选择填空:
( ) 1) There is ______________ Asian elephant in Foshan Zoo.
A. a B. an C. the
( ) 2) Camels live in the _______________.
A. desert B. forest C. jungle
( ) 3) There are many trees in the _______________.
A. grassland B. desert C. forest
( ) 4) Does the camel eat _______________
A. grass and leaf B. grass and leaves C. grasses and leafs
( ) 5) This snake is _______________.
A. Africa B. Australia C. American
4、根据要求改写句子
1）The polar bears lives in the Arctic. (划线提问)
___________________________________________________________
2) The tiger likes to eat grass. (改为否定句)
___________________________________________________________
3) The elephant comes from Africa. (改为一般疑问句)
___________________________________________________________
4) Lucy is from Australia. (同义句)
___________________________________________________________
5、根据首字母,在每个空格里填上一个单词,使短文完整,意思通顺:
Beijing Zoo h_________ many animals. Every day many people come to v__________ the zoo because i_______ animals come from all a__________ the world. The panda l___________ in China and it e_________ bamboo. The tiger comes from A_________. It lives in the f__________. The kangaroo is A____________. It eats grass and l_____________.
【Homework】
1、Finish the exercise 1, 2, 3 & 10 in Workbook P104-106.
2、Finish the exercises in this paper.
【Check after class】（本节课不懂之处）
【Reflection】