1、英语（八年级上册） Unit 6 Birdwatching Comic strip 2. identify the basic characteristics of these birds;3. learn to talk about the birds in English.II. Teaching contents1. New words and phrases: birdwatching, market, hen, crane, sparrow, feather, swan, eagle, rare,at the market, long thin neck, broad wings,
2、15 types of cranes2. New structures: They have long legs and a long thin neck. How many types of cranes are there in the world?III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Remember the English names of different birds;2. Learn to describe and talk about the birds in English.IV. Teachi
3、ng procedures来源:学优高考网Comic stripStep 1 Lead-in1. Free talkShow some pictures.来源:gkstk.ComWhat can you see in the picture?What sound can you hear?Can you guess what we are going to talk about today? 2. Learn some new words(1) Explain the new words. T: Look at the picture. What are these people doing?
4、 S: They are watching the birds.T: Yeah, and we can also call the action “watch the birds”birdwatching. (Lead into the new word.) T: Do you like birdwatching? How do we call these people who are watching the birds?(Lead into the new word birdwatcher)(2) Read the new words after the teacher.来源:gkstk.
5、ComStep 2 Presentation来源 :gkstk.Com1. Listen and answer (1) Listen to the conversation and answer the questions T: Our friend Eddie also likes birds. What kind of birds does he like? Can you have a guess? Lets listen to the conversation between Eddie and Hobo and find out the answer to this question
6、, “What birds does Eddie like”?(2) Check the answer. Present the new words “hen”, “duck” and “yummy” through pictures.T: Who has got the answer? 来源:学优高考网 S: Hens and ducks.T: Look at these pictures. They must be yummy. Yummy means S: 2. Repeat and act(1) Repeat the comic stripT: Lets listen to their
7、 dialogue again and repeat after the recording, paying attention to their pronunciation and intonation.(2) Work in pairs and get the students to act out the dialogue according to the four pictures.3. More questions to know about EddieT: Do you think Eddie really like watching the birds at the market
8、? S: No, he doesnt. He just likes eating.Welcome to the unitStep 1 Presentation1. Present something interesting about birdsT: Let me show you something interesting about birds. Do you know what the biggest bird in the world is? How much do you know about them? How about the smallest one? 2. Watch an
9、d learn(1) Show the pictures of a crane to the students. Present the new words and learn something about its basic characteristics. Learn some new words to describe the birds from the colours of feathers, the body types and their characteristics.T: What is this in the picture? S: (Maybe in Chinese)T
10、: What do we call it in English?S: (Learn and read the new word)T: What does it look like? How do you know about it? (2) Use the same way to present the other three birds: swan, eagle and sparrow. Get the students to watch carefully and learn to describe their characteristics.3. Read and matchOpen y
11、our books and turn to page 69. Match the pictures with the correct ones. Write the letters in the boxes. Check the answers. 4. Watch and guessT: Now boys and girls, as we have learned much about the four birds. Lets have a guessing game. I will show half of the picture and some descriptions. Tell me
12、 what kind of bird it is. 5. Learn the dialogue (1) Listen and answer T: We have talked about many different kinds of birds. Annie and Simon are also interested in birds. Lets listen to the tape and find out what kind of bird they are talking about. S: Cranes.T: Can you still remember what cranes lo
13、ok like?S: They are tall. They have long legs and a long thin neck.T: How many kinds of cranes are there in the world? Lets listen again and check the answer.S: Only 15 types of cranes. (“Type” means “kind”.)T: So they are very rare. (Guess the meaning of the new word according to the context.)(2) R
14、epeat and act Listen to the recording again and repeat after it.T: Lets work in pairs and talk about your favourite birds. Make a similar dialogue.A: Which is your favourite bird?B: My favourite bird is A: Why do you like it best? B: Because they have and they are Step 2 Consolidation1. Ask more que
15、stions to know about the cranes.T: There are only 15 types of cranes in the world. Do you think they are in danger?S: Yes. T: What can we do for them?S: We should protect their homes. We shouldnt catch them any more 2. Show more pictures about the endangered birds and arouse the students consciousness of protecting them.V. Homework1. Try to remember the words, phrases and structures in this period;2. Read and recite the dialogues in Comic strip and Part B;3. Search the Internet for the information about Zhalong to preview Reading.
