Unit 3 Look at the shadow!Learning AimsKnowledge objectives:1To learn the words and expressions:hill, lawn, path, bench, rise, go down, grow short, at noon2To learn the sentences, e.g.1) The sun goes down in the evening2) It is on the lawn.3To learn the new text: Look and learn& Look and say &Make and saySkill objectives:1Be able to master the words.2Be able to use prepositions to indicate positions.3Be able to make a shadow and say.Emotion objectives:Explore the mystery around(探索大自然的奥秘。)Learning key and difficult points1Be able to master the words.2Help students use prepositions to indicate positions.3Help students make a shadow and say.Learning procedureIPre-task preparations1Say a rhymeI see green.I see yellow.I see blue.I see purple.I see the beautiful rainbow, shining over there, outside the window.2Free talk:1) Put one thing on the desk. 2) Put a pencil in my bag.3) Put your hand in the bag. Touch one thing. How does it feel? What is it? 4) Whose 3Show Time: The blind brothers and the elephantII. While-task preparationsAThe text IThe sun is shining. Alice and Danny are in the park. What do they see in the park? Lets have a look.Alice: Wow! What a nice park! I can see a hill. Its small. I can fly a kite on the hill. I can see a lawn beside the hill. Its green. I can have a picnic on the lawn. I can see a bench. Its beside the path. I can sit on it. How beautiful!1. Show the picture of the park and ask the students some questionse.g. Whats in the picture?What can we see in the park?2Try to learn the word: awn, hill, bench, path3Look at the picture of the park and say about ite.g. Wheres the bench?How is the bench?4Guessing game: e.g. Its hard and smooth. You can see it in a park. You can see it in a park. You can sit on it. What is it?BThe text IIDanny: Look, whats this? Its black. Its so big. Is it a tree?Alice: No! Its the trees shadow.1Elicit the word: shadow2Read the word and say about ite.g. What colour is the shadow?Where can you see it?When can we see the shadow?3Try to say _s shadowCThe text IIILook at the sun. In the morning, it rises behind the hill. The trees shadow is long. At noon, the sun is high in the sky. The trees shadow grows short. It is on the bench. The sun goes down in the evening. The trees shadow grows long again.1. Read the new phrases: grow short/ grow long/rise/go down2. Read the text III3. Answer the questions:1) How is the sun in the morning?2) How is the trees shadow?3) Where is the shadow?4. Try to describe the sun5Read the text again and complete the table:TimeThe sunThe shadowin the morningon the benchin the eveningIII. Post- task preparations1Try to complete the sentence1) The sun _ behind the _ in the morning. The buildings shadow is _. It is _ the building.2) The sun is _ in the sky at noon. The buildings shadow grows _. It is _ the building.3) The sun _ _ in the evening. The buildings shadow _ long again. It is _ _ _ the building.2Fill in the blanks:1) The sun _ (rise) in the morning.2) The shadow _ (grow) long in the evening.3) The tree _ (grow and grow) in spring.4) The moon _ (go) up in the morning.5) The trees shadow _ (grow) short and small at noon.6) The cat _ (like) the bench.3Try to make a trees shadow1st: Paint a tree and a hill.2nd: Cut them out.3rd: Stick a pencil.A. Introduce the trees shadow.in the morning, at noon, in the eveningBWord: torch, torches (short, or, morning, tortoise)shine the torchShine the torch and make a shadow.e.g. in the morning, at noon, in the evening 5 / 5