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Unit 1 Animal Friends
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Many animals live on land, there are also many animals live under the sea. Do you know any of them
whale
shark
dolphin
jellyfish
starfish
seahorse
sea turtle
octopus
Pre reading
Free talk: What do you know about the octopus
The octopus can spray ink.
The octopus is very soft.
The octopus has eight arms.
The octopus is very smart.
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While reading
Match the main idea of each paragraph.
How to describe “amazing” octopus
The size of octopus
The importance of studying octopus
The ability of octopus
The body of octopus
Pay attention to the topic sentence of each paragraph.
While reading
Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.
Among the many amazing animals in the world, few are as strange and unusual as the octopus. There are around 300 different kinds of octopuses, and they come in all sizes! The smallest is only around 2.5 centimetres long, but some octopuses can grow up to more than five metres long. There was even an octopus over nine metres long!
What does the writer think of the octopus
How many kinds of octopuses are there in the world
How long is the smallest octopus in the world and how long is the biggest one
They are amazing, strange and unusual.
There are around 300 different kinds of octopuses.
The smallest is only 2.5 centimetres long and the biggest one can be 9 metres long.
While reading
Watch a video about the octopus’ size.
While reading
Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks.
The octopus’s body is very interesting. All octopuses have eight arms. Their brain is not just in their head, but also in their arms! This helps them to think about and do more than one thing at once. Octopuses can also fit into small places because they do not have any bones! And did you know that octopuses have three hearts These hearts work with different parts of the body.
arms
brains
bones
hearts
The octopus has _________ arms.
Their brains are in their ________ and their _______.
This helps them to _______________ and _____ more than one things at once.
They ______________ any bones.
They can _________ small places.
They have _________ hearts
These hearts work with _______________ of the body.
eight
head
arms
think about
do
don’t have
fit into
three
different parts
While reading
Read paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.
Octopuses can also do many amazing things. Most of them can change their colour and shape to look like plants or other sea animals, and they can also make ink. They keep it inside a very small bag in their body. When they produce ink, the ink makes it hard for other animals to see them. This helps the octopuses to get away fast. What’s more, when an octopus loses an arm, it can grow it back!
What amazing things can the octopus do
The octopus can ______________________________ to look like plants or other sea animals.
change their colour and shapes
The octopus can _____________ to help them get away fast.
make ink
The octopus can ___________________ when it lose an arm.
grow its arm back
While reading
Watch a video and learn more about the octopus.
While reading
Read paragraph 4 and answer the questions.
Studying amazing animals like the octopus is important because we can learn a lot from them. But they also show us how wonderful nature is and why it is important to protect it!
Why is it important to study amazing animals
Because we can learn a lot from them, they also show how wonderful nature is and why it is important to protect nature.
Post reading
Watch a video and think: What can we do to protect the ocean
Post reading
Discuss and share.
What can we do to protect the ocean
The government can make laws to protect the ocean.
Use less plastic products and use more recyclable ones.
Classify the garbage in our daily life.
Don’t throw garbage when we go to the beach.
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Post reading
1. Read the text. Choose six amazing things about octopuses to complete the mind map.
The octopus
Body
Ability
eight arms
no bones
three hearts
change how they look
produce ink to protect themselves
grow back their arms
Post reading
2. Think of some other amazing animals. Discuss them.
What are they
What can they do
What is amazing about their bodies or abilities
Post reading
2. Think of some other amazing animals. Discuss them.
hummingbird
Hummingbirds are special birds mostly found in Central and South America.They are very small; the smallest species is only 5 cm long.
Their name comes from the humming sound their wings make. They can beat their wings up to 80 times a second.
Post reading
2. Think of some other amazing animals. Discuss them.
camel
The camels have humps on their back.
They can carry things in the desert.
The humps can store fat so the camels don’t need to drink water for a long time.
Post reading
Language points.
Among the many amazing animals in the world, few are as strange and unusual as the octopus. There are around 300 different kinds of octopuses, and they come in all sizes! The smallest is only around 2.5 centimetres long, but some octopuses can grow up to more than five metres long. There was even an octopus over nine metres long!
The octopus’s body is very interesting. All octopuses have eight
在……之间：among (三者或以上）
between （两者之间）
as ... as 和……一样
different kinds of 不同种类的
all kinds of 各种各样的
Post reading
Language points.
arms. Their brain is not just in their head, but also in their arms!
This helps them to think about and do more than one thing
at once. Octopuses can also fit into small places because they do not have any bones! And did you know that octopuses have three hearts These hearts work with different parts of the body.
Octopuses can also do many amazing things. Most of them can change their colour and shape to look like plants or other sea
think about 思考
后接n./ pron./ v.ing
at once 同时，立刻
work with 对……有效，与……共事
look like 像（外在）
be like 像（内在）
Post reading
Language points.
animals, and they can also make ink. They keep it inside a very
small bag in their body. When they produce ink, the ink makes it
hard for other animals to see them. This helps the octopuses to
get away fast. What’s more, when an octopus loses an arm, it can grow it back!
Studying amazing animals like the octopus is important because we can learn a lot from them. But they also show us how wonderful nature is and why it is important to protect it!
ink 墨水
produce v. 生产
product n. 产品
productive adj. 多产的
What’s more 而且
learn ... from 从……中学习
protect v. 保护
protection n. 保护
形式宾语
真正的宾语

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