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　　8A Unit 5 Birdwatchers 学案
　　课题 8A Unit 5 Birdwatchers  Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
　　学习目标 知识目标 了解几种鸟类的英文名称和基本特点。
　　能力目标 能用所学的知识谈论鸟类的外形特征及性格特征。
　　情感目标 对野生鸟类产生兴趣。 
　　学习重点 了解几种鸟类的英文名称和基本特点。
　　学习难点 能用所学的相关鸟类的知识进行对话。
　　课前自学
　　一、通过学习课本和用你手中的工具书，翻译下列词组并熟读这些词组。
　　1.去观鸟                            2.在市场上                  
　　3.鼓励某人做某事                    4.参加观鸟俱乐部                
　　5.飞往北方的国家                    6.在夏天                  
　　7.彩色的尾巴                       
　　二、熟读本课中的新学词汇。尤其下列几种鸟你会拼读吗？
　　麻雀      鹤_______ 海鸥________燕子        天鹅____    金雕         
　　三、 请同学们阅读漫画部分，回答下列问题。（要求注意语音语调）
　　1.)What is Eddie going to do?                                              
　　2.)Does he really love birds?                                              
　　3.)What kind of birds does he like best?                                    
　　四、 Talt some birds you know (收集鸟类图片或画一些你知道的鸟。个人或小组都可以。)谈论你们组内收集的鸟类图片。
　　A : What bird is this ?
　　B :
　　A : What do we call it in Chinese ?
　　B :
　　A : What’s this? (指鸟的各个部位进行描述。)
　　B : It’s a beak .(neck, wing , tail , leg , foot )
　　A : Is it long ?
　　B :
　　…
　　五、根据图片，个人描述图片中的鸟。以下几个问题可以帮助你描述（由总体感觉到细节描述。）以麻雀为例。
　　What does a sparrow look like? Is it big or small? Does it have beautiful feathers? What colour are the feathers?What about the beak? Is it short or long?
　　A sparrow is small, it doesn’t have colourful feathers,                  
　　A crane is a tall bird.                                                
　　A seagull                                                        
　　A swallow                                                      
　　A swan                                                                  
　　A golden eagle                                                 
(有用的词组black feathers ，fly to northern countries ，long thin neck          broad wings，long beak , long-winged , web-footed , long-pointed ,forked tail
　　Brownish feathers , hooked beak , colourful feathers )
　　注：有能力的同学可以直接口头表述。　　　　　　　
　　六、Now you know some birds very well, please talt your favourite birds.Work in pairs.
　　A : Which bird do you like best/least ?
　　B : I like the … best /least.
　　A : Why ?
　　B :
　　… 
　　课堂交流展示
　　1. 请各组长课前检查课前学习的前三项作业。组内互相听读新学词汇的发音。
　　2. PresentWarm- 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.
　　3.  Talking about birds（请多组同学展示其学习成果）
　　Show the pictures of different kinds of birds and talt them focusing on what’s special about the birds.