单元（章）主题Unit 15 Were trying to save the manatees!任课教师与班级本课（节）课题Section A(1a-1c)第 1 课时 / 共6课时教学目标（含重点、难点）及设置依据来源:学优中考网1. Knowledge Objects(1) Key Vocabularymanatee, cheetah, chimpanzee, kangaroo, polar-bear, gentle, furry, enormous, playful, noisy, aggressive, spotted(2) Target LanguageI am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I like to eat vegetables.Youre like an elephant.No.Youre like a manatee.Yes.2. Ability Objects(1) Train students listening ability.(2) Train students communicative competence.3. Moral ObjectLove all kinds of animals because they are our friends. Teaching Key PointTarget Language. Teaching Difficult Points1. How to train students listening ability.2. How to train students communicative competence. Teaching Methods1. Didactic to learn the new vocabulary.2. Listening-and-answering activity to helpstudents go through with the listening material.3. Groupwork to make every student work in class,教学准备来源:学优中考网xYzKw1. A tape recorder2. The blackboard3. A projector来源:学优中考网xYzKw教 学 过 程Step I RevisionNow lets review five different verb tenses. Can you name the five tenses? Please look at the screen.Show the names of the five tenses on the screen by a projector along with a sample sentence for each.present progressive: Youre reading these sentences.present: We use our books every day.past with used to: He used to live in the countryside.passive voice: Our classroom is found at the end of the hall.present perfect: We have already finished Unit 14. We havent finished Unit15 yet.Invite a student to read the verbs in these sentences. Then get other students to briefly explain what each tense is used for.Present progressive describes things that are happening right now.Present describes things that happen all the time or usually happen.The past with used to describes things that were a certain way in the past, but have changed now.The passive voice describes things that we dont know who did, or we dont care who performed the action.The present perfect describes recent events.Get students to think of two or three more sample sentences using each type of verb. Have several students read their sentences.Step 1aThis activity introduces the key vocabulary.Look at the signs on each animals picture and read the words to the class. Get students to repeat the name of each animal.African elephants, chimpanzees, kangaroos, manatees, cheetahs, polar bears. If necessary, read the words and ask students to repeat them again. Then have students read the words by themselves.Make sure students can read the words correctly and fluently.Read the directions to the class. Point to the list of words in the box. Read the words and let students repeat them. Then get different students to explain what they think each word个人二度备课（反思与纠正）means in their own words. For example, A gentle animal is quiet and not dangerous. A fury animal is covered with soft hair. Ask some students to explain any words students may not understand.An enormous animal is very great.A playful animal is full of fun.An aggressive animal is fond of quarrels and quick-tempered.A spotted animal is marked with spots.Let students begin filling in the answers on their own. When they work, walk around the classroom checking their progress and answering any questions they may have. After students have finished using all the words from the box, let the students write some other words in the blanks below some of the pictures.Check the answers with the whole class.Let students say the words they wrote under each heading.AnswersPossible answersmanatee: gentle, shychimpanzees: noisyelephants: enormous, graykangaroos: playfulcheetahs: spotted, fastpolar bears: aggressive, furryStep 1bThis activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.Go through the instructions with the class. Look back at the list of words in Activity 1a. You will hear Ginny and Victor talk about the animals in the picture in Activity 1a. Now please listen to the recording carefully and circle the words on the list that they use to describe the animals.Play the recording the first time. This time students only listen. Play the recording a second time. Now listen to the recording again and circle the words you hear on the recording.Check the answers.AnswersThese words should be circled:aggressive, gentle, shy, furry, gray, fast, spottedTapeseriptBoy: Hey, Ginny, Whats that big, furry animal in the pond?Girl: Its a polar bear, Victor. Theyre kind of aggressive.来源:学优中考网Boy: Are they? They looks like really love water.Girl: Uh-huh.Boy: And what do you call those big, gray things in the water?Girl: Theyre called manatees.Boy: What?Girl: Manatees. Theyre very gentle and very sh