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Developing ideas
Unit 6 The power of plants
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:
1. get some facts about the corn in Mexico;
2. retell the usage and cultural values of the corn;
3. make a conversation about the usage of a plant.
What plants can you see in the pictures
Lead in
rice
wheat
corn
How do you usually eat them
rice noodles
bread
boiled corn
Brainstorm
What food are made from corns
popcorn
taco
corn soup
corn flour buns
While-listening
Jason is filming a vlog about corn.
Listen to the opening of the vlog and choose the main idea.
a.It explains the importance of corn in Mexico.
b.It compares corn in different countries.
c.It describes a famous Mexican corn dish.
Here are Jason’s notes for the vlog. Read and guess what may be filled in the blanks.
数词
数词
名词
数词
名词
Listen again and complete Jason’s notes for the vlog.
40
9,000
cooking
600
culture
Learning to learn
Listening for numbers When listening for numbers, pay
attention to words and expressions like nearly, about, over, and more / less than. They usually come before numbers.
What do you know about corn as a food plant now
The biggest one was nearly 40 centimeters long.
People started growing corn in Mexico about 9,000 years ago.
There are over 600 corn dishes now!
huge size
long history
rich dishes
important
amazing
&
Listen to the conversation and complete the sentences.
From corn 1. , we can make foods such as tacos and 2. .
Corn silk is used to make 3. . It is good for your 4. .
Using corn husks, we can make traditional 5. .
seeds
chips
tea
health
dolls
Listen again. Then talk about how people ask for and give
permission.
Asking for permission:
Giving permission:
Can I try the taco
May I take a video of them
Certainly.
Sure.
Learning to learn
Asking for and giving permission
Asking for permission helps us get something in a polite way.
We can use the questions May I... or Could / Can I... People can reply Certainly, Sure or Go ahead.
Summary
Try to talk about the uses of corn with the mind map.
history
corn silk
corn husks
corn seeds
Mexican Sweet Corn Festival
Further Thinking
How do you understand the Mexican saying:
Without corn, there is no country
huge size
long history
rich dishes
corn seeds—traditional food
corn silk—healthy drinks
corn husks—traditional dolls
traditions diets
a special festival
an amazing plant
a useful plant
a part of culture
As the vlogger of Amazing Plants, Jason is going to post his latest vlog: Chinese Amazing Plants, so he is coming to China soon! He will visit Yunnan, Xinjiang and Sichuan to learn about some plants.
What are these plants
rose
cotton
bamboo
Brainstorm
What are their uses
food, flower cakes, tea, present,beauty ...
clothes, warm,
medical products, oil, cook...
medicine, furniture, table ware, chopsticks
Role-play
Work in pairs. Act out a conversation about the uses of a plant.
Could you tell me about...
Of course. Chinese people make... with...
May I know its other uses
Sure, we also use... to make...
What do you think the importance of...
... is important for...
Free Talk
Talk about what you have learnt about the different uses of plants in this section.
Pronunciation
Can you read these words
amazing
play
make
/ me z /
/ple /
/te st/
great
taste
/ɡre t/
/me k/
Do these words have the same sound
/e /
_______________ make the sound /e /.
a, ay, ea
size
like
buy
/sa z/
/la k/
/la t/
try
light
/tra /
/ba /
Do these words have the same sound
/a /
_______________ make the sound /a /.
i, uy, y, igh
toy
boy
enjoy
/t /
/b /
/k n/
oil
coin
/ l/
/ n d /
Do these words have the same sound
/ /
_______________ make the sound / /.
oy, oi
Listen and repeat.
/e /
/a /
/ /
cake face day break
price high fly my night
choice noise boy

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