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Topic Unit 1 Animal Friends
Period Section A Why do you like animals (grammar focus)
Teaching Aims 1.Students will master the use of “because” to express reasons. 2.Students will understand and apply rules for plural nouns. 3.Students will improve listening, speaking, and reading skills through animal-themed activities. 4.Students will develop respect for animals and life through discussions.
Important points 1.Mastering the use of "because" to express cause-effect relationships. 2.Learning plural noun formation rules (regular/irregular) and pronunciation. 3.Practicing animal-themed dialogues (traits, habitats, diets) using target vocabulary.
Difficult Points 1.Distinguishing "because" (clause) from "because of" (noun phrase). 2.Memorizing irregular plural forms (e.g., children, mice) and accurate pronunciation (e.g., / z/, /z/).
Teaching procedures
Activities Justification
Step 1. Warm-up (5 mins) Activity1:Show animal pictures (penguin, giraffe, elephant, koala). Questions: “What’s your favorite animal Why ” Goal: Activate prior knowledge and introduce the topic. Step 2. Animal Card Activity (10 mins) Task1: Students create animal cards using the template: Task 2:Students share their cards in pairs . 3. Dialogue Practice (10 mins) Model Dialogue: A: What’s your favorite animal B: I like penguins. A: Why do you like them B: Because they’re cute! Pair Work:Students use their animal cards to create similar dialogues. 4. Grammar Focus: “Because” (10 mins) 1）表示因果关系 because 用于引导原因状语从句，表示直接的原因或理由。它强调因果关系，通常放在主句之后，有时也可以放在主句之前以加强语气。 例如： I didn’t go to the party because I was sick.（我没有去聚会，因为我生病了。） Because it rained, the match was postponed.（因为下雨，比赛被推迟了。） 3）Fill in the blanks and pay attention to the Wh-questions 1. —_____________ grade are you in, Millie —I'm in Grade 7. 2. —________ are they good at —They are good at English and History. 3. —________ do Daniel and David come from —They come from the USA. 4. —________ do people in China celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival —They enjoy the bright moon and eat moon cakes. 5. —_______ is your birthday, Sandy —It's on October 5. 6. —________ pumpkin lantern is this —It's Amy's. 7. —_________________ do you often have breakfast —At 6:30 a. m. 8. —Tom, _______ are you late for school —Because I get up late. 9. —______ often helps you with your homework —My mother. 5. Plural Nouns (15 mins) 1）Can you write the plural forms of nouns 2） 6. Group Activity (10 mins) Task: Create dialogues about favorite animals using target grammar and vocabulary. Include: Why do you like… / Where are they from / What do they eat Presentation: Groups perform dialogues. 7. Consolidation & Homework Exercise: Complete sentences (e.g. Does the panda eat leaves ). Homework: Write 5 sentences about animals using “because” and plural nouns.
Blackboard Design Grammar: Because Structure: Reason + because + clause. Example: I like penguins because they’re cute. Don’t use “so” and “because” together! 2.Plural Nouns Rules： -s / -es / -ies / -ves / irregular Example Sentences Penguins eat fish. → Penguins are from Antarctica. Wolves eat small animals. → Wolves live in forests.

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