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(共14张PPT)
Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals
第4课时
Section B 1a—1f
What’s the video about
What do you know about bees Share your ideas with your partner.
What else do you want to know about bees
Activity 1: Watch and talk
Watch a short video and talk about the questions.
Activity 2: Look, guess and talk
Look at the title and the pictures in 1b to guess what the text is about.
Activity 2: Look, guess and talk
Talk about the type of the text in groups.
What’s the type of the text Please talk about it with your group members.
Activity 3: Read and answer
Look at the problem chain of each Paragraph to learn the whole text.
Paragraph 1:
What will you see in the supermarket if there are no bees in the world
How would you feel if there aren’t any fruits, vegetables, honey, milk, eggs, or chocolate
Paragraph 2:
What’s bees’ greatest work
Why do many scientists believe that bees are the most important animals on this planet
Paragraph 3:
Why are bees one of the most interesting animals in the world
Paragraph 4:
What problem are the bees facing
Activity 4: Read, underline and find
Read the text and underline the adjectives the writer uses to describe bees. Then find the similarities of these words.
What do these adjectives have in common
Activity 5: Read, complete and discuss
Read the text again and complete the mind map in 1c with the information from the text.
pollination
flowers
(about 80 percent of plants) plants grow
They live in a group and build honeycombs
They communicate with each other by dancing.
dropping
Activity 5: Read, complete and discuss
Discuss the writer’s purpose in writing the text.
Why does the writer write the text
Activity 6: Discuss and write
Discuss the questions in 1d in groups, talk about how to protect bees and discuss the question.
What can you do to protect them
Activity 6: Discuss and write
Imagine you are the writer, write one more paragraph about bees and add it to the text.
Activity 7: Think and share
Work in groups to think and discuss the connection between people, plants and animals.
How do you understand the connection between people, plants and animals
Activity 7: Think and share
Work in groups.
Work in pairs to share examples of such connection, using the conversation in 1f as an example.
Homework
1. Finish the self-check on the learning sheet. (Required)
2. Think more examples of the connection between people, plants and animals, and then share them with your partners. Write a paragraph about the connection. (Required)
3. Use your dictionary to learn more about the rules of word formation. (Optional)
thanks(共16张PPT)
Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals
第5课时
Section B 2a—3c
Let’s play a guessing game.
Please guess what animal it is according to the descriptions below.
Activity 1: Lead in
Play a guessing game.
It lives in the ocean.
It eats some of the tiniest animals in the ocean.
It is blue.
It is the largest and heaviest animal on earth.
the blue whale
What else do you know about the blue whale
Activity 1: Lead in
Answer the question.
Activity 2: Brainstorm and practise
Circle the odd words in 2a and give your reasons.
Activity 2: Brainstorm and practise
Use your dictionary to add the endings -ance，-(t)ion，-ness，and -ity to form nouns in 2b.
action
goodness
kindness
appearance
reality
imagination
connection
popularity
communication
importance
Activity 2: Brainstorm and practise
Complete the sentences in 2c with the correct forms of the word in the box.
disappointed
appear
store
weighs
imagine
Activity 2: Brainstorm and practise
Complete the passage in 2d with the correct forms of the words in the box.
planet’s
protect
However
importance
land
Activity 3: Read and complete
Read the text in 3a and complete the table.
200 tons
in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean
Some of the tiniest animals in the ocean
live up to 90 years
helps to create a lively and healthy ecosystem
Activity 4: Read, underline and talk
Underline the adjectives the writer uses to describe the blue whale in the text.
What do these adjectives have in common
Activity 4: Read, underline and talk
Talk about the question and understand the importance of blue whales.
Why does the writer say blue whales play an important role in our world
Activity 5: Introduce and write
Imagine you are blue whales and introduce yourself to a partner.
Imagine you are a blue whale, how will you introduce yourself to a partner
Activity 5: Introduce and write
Use the first person to rewrite the first paragraph in 3a with the help of 3b.
Then complete their passage about the blue whale based on the text in 3a.
Example:
the largest and heaviest animal on earth
can swim well
all oceans except the Arctic Ocean
four tons of the tiniest animals a day
Activity 6: Assess and revise
Revise your first draft with the help of self-check list.
Activity 6: Assess and revise
Use the peer-review to help each other revise the second draft, then share the work in front of the class.
Homework
1. Finish the self-check on the learning sheet. (Required)
2. Polish your passage about the blue whale based on the text in 3a. (Required)
3. Write a passage to introduce your favourite animal. (Optional)
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