Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Teaching aims:
Language object:
Key vocabulary: cm(centimeter), weigh, birth, adult, at birth, live up to, weigh 5,000 kilos, standing on two legs, weigh many times more than, a baby panda, an adult panda
Target language:
1）A baby panda cannot see .
2）At birth, a baby panda is about 20 cm long.
3) An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.
Ability object:
1. Enable Ss to grasp the key sentences about comparatives in the text.
2. Learn to express the multiple relationships between things.
3. Train Ss’ listening and speaking skills.
Moral object:
Cultivate Ss’ love of nature and awareness of environmental protection. Teaching important points:
1.Learn and master the key words and sentences.
2.Learn to talk about pandas using the target language through the
listening and speaking activities.
Teaching difficult points:
Learn to talk about animals using the target language through the listening and speaking activities.
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Warming-up and lead in
1.Greet the class as usual.
2.Free talk. Make the students talk about their height. Then the teacher
compares theirs.
3.Talk about their favorite animals and lead into the topic.
Step 2 Presentation
1a Show the pictures in1a and let students talk about them. Then compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.
Height: The elephant is than the panda.
The elephant is than the panda.
The panda is than the elephant.
The panda is than the panda. Weight: The elephant weighs than the panda.
The elephant weighs more than the panda.
The panda weighs than the elephant.
Food: The elephant eats than the panda.
The elephant eats more than the panda.
The panda eats than the elephant.
Step 3 Listening
1b Listen and check(√) the numbers you hear. Check the answers.
1c Listen again and complete the sentences. After playing it, check the answers with the students.
1. At birth, a baby panda is about _______ to ________ kilos.
2. At birth, a baby panda is about _______ cm long.
3. A baby panda is not black. It is _______ and it has no _______.
4. A panda can live up to ________ to ________ years.
Step 4 Summary
Fill in the blankets.
A baby panda is lovely. When it is born, it is much ________than an adult panda. It _______ about 0.1 to 0.2 kilos, but an adult panda weighs about 100 kilos. At ______, it’s only around ______ long, but an adult panda is around 150 cm long. A baby panda is pink and it _____ see. It also doesn’t have any ______. A baby panda can _____ ____ to 20 to 30 years.
Step 5 Speaking
1.1d Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.
A: A baby panda cannot see.
B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.
2.Remember: No buying, no killing. Let’s protect these endangered
animals from now on!
Homework
1.Read the listening material after school.
2.Chose two other animals and compare them.
Blackboard design
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
cm(centimeter), weigh, birth, adult, at birth, live up to, weigh 5,000 kilos, standing on two legs, weigh many times more than, a baby panda, an adult panda
1）A baby panda cannot see .
2）At birth, a baby panda is about 20 cm long.
3) An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.
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