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　　8A Unit 5 Birdwatchers
　　Content: Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
　　Period：10－1
　　Teaching aims and demands:
　　1. To learn the common names of birds
　　2. To talt birds on two aspects: characteristics and appearance.
　　3. To arouse the students’ interest in birds in the wild.
　　Key points:
　　To learn the common names of birds
　　Difficult points:
　　To talt birds on two aspects: characteristics and appearance.
　　Teaching aids:
　　recorder and pictures
　　Teaching methods:
　　Communication and description
　　Teaching procedures:
　　Step 1 Presentation
　　1.Warm- activities up
　　Play a piece of music called ‘ the seaside voice’(There is sound by birds), then get the students to talt it.
　　e.g. Is it nice? (Yes)
　　Where is the man playing the piano? (Near the sea)
　　What’s near the sea? (Birds)
　　Would you like to go and watch the birds near the sea? (Yes)
　　Let’s go birdwatching. Let’s be birdwatchers.
　　( Teach go birdwatching / birdwatcher)
　　Ask the students to say the English names of some birds.
　　2. Talking about birds
　　Show the pictures of different kinds of birds and talt them focusing on what’s special about the birds.
　　Learn the new words (Revise some old words at the same time, like  wing/ feather/ beak)
　　Do Part A on Page75
　　Step 2. Practice
　　1.Show the pictures together and then get the students to give their names. Mare all the students can read the names correctly.
　　2. Play a game : reading and guessing (guess what bird it is.)
　　E.g. I live in wetland. I am very tall. I have long beak, long neck and long legs. I have black and white feathers. Who am I? (a crane)
　　3.Ask the students ‘Which is your favorite bird? Why?
　　Practice Part B on Page75 in pairs
　　Step 3. Production
　　Map new conversations using Part B as a model and act them out.
　　Step 4. Presentation
　　1.Say: We love birds. Eddie loves birds, too. Listen to the tape and find the answers to the following questions.(问题见达标检测)
　　1.)What is Eddie going to do?
　　2.)Does he really love birds?
　　3.)What kind of birds does he like best?
　　2.Practice reading in pairs and try to act it out
　　Step 5. Production
　　1. Choose a kind of birds and describe its appearance using the new words.
　　2. Complete the conversation（见达标检测）
　　3. Translate into English. （见达标检测）
　　Homework:
　　1. Copy the new words three times and recite them.
　　2. Look for more information about birds.
　　3. Write a short article about your favorite bird (characteristics and appearance)
　　4. Preview the new words in Reading (reading and reciting)
　　5. Read ‘ Birds in Zhalong’ twice and try to do Part C1 on Page 79.
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