1、课时安排4课时第一课时：Section A 1a2c 第二课时：Section A 3a4第三课时：Section B 1a2c 第四课时：Section B 3aSelf check Unit 15 Were trying to save the manatees!路桥九鼎外国语中学 张曦, 林丽, 吴丹萍, 施娅颖 单元目标与要求教学目标：1. 能够使用初中英语常见的时态和语态（Present progressive tense, Present tense, Passive voice, Present perfect tense）来表达自己的观点，如：We are trying to
2、save the manatees. I disagree with you.2. 能够使用有关环境保护的语言，如：I think animals should not live in zoos. Recycling paper is really easy.3. 能够用简单的英语语言制作环保宣传海报；4. 能够利用废旧物品制作成有用的物品，并用英语向大家做简单的介绍。语言功能： debate and issue语言结构：review of structures语言目标：I agree with you. /I disagree with you. I feel that zoos provi
3、de clean and safe place for endangered animals to live. I think that/ I believe that/ I feel that/ I agree that重点词汇及短语：weigh, pound, tiny, expression, built, pull, planet, society, spare, model, I think that animals should not live in zoos. 学习策略与思维技巧：1. 通过小组讨论，开展调查和研究，明确在用中学，在交流中学习；通过归类法，简化学习过程，帮助记忆
4、；2. 过限时阅读，提高阅读能力；通过录音跟读，提高语音，语调的正确率以及听的能力。教学重难点:1. 用简单的英语制作环保宣传海报；2. 用得体的英语向大家介绍自己利用废品作成的有用物品。情感目标：通过了解濒危和珍稀动物的生存状况，探讨生活中的环境问题，培养保护动物，保护环境的公德意识，并能用自己的言行去影响周围的人，倡导大家一起保护动物，保护环境Unit 15 Were trying to save the manatees!The 1st period Section A 1a-2cBy Zhang XiTeaching aims:1. To learn some names of ani
5、mals.2. To learn how to describe the animals.3. To know something about the manatees.4. To revise some tense like: present progressive, present simple, “used to+ infinitive, passive voice, present perfect.Difficult points:1. The names of animals2. The adjectivesTeaching aids: CAI, tape. 教学步骤 建议和说明 S
6、tep 1 Warming up Enjoy a song about animalsStep 2 Lead in After the song, T can ask Ss, Do you like animals Whats your favorite animal Why According to these questions, Ss can revise animals and adjectives they learned before. T can write these words on the blackboard to help them remember better.St
7、ep 3 Presentation After revision T can show some pictures with the animals, then teach the names and some adjectives which describe them. T: What are these S: Theyre African elephants. T: What do you think of them S: Theyre enormous.Then T can finish teaching the words by using this way. T can show
8、the pictures and words. Also Ss can express their own description to the animals.Step 4 Read and matchSection A1. Ask Ss to write the adjectives in the boxes below. Then write other words they know.2. Ss show their views.Step 5 Group workA: I like , because theyre B: But I like, because theyre so Wh
9、at about you, CC: I think are , so they are my favorite animalsStep 6 Listening1. 1b. Listen and circle the words in 1a that victor and Anny use to describe the animals.2. Read the listening materials after the tape.Then read then together.Step 7 Group work Think of an animal that is the same as you
10、 in some ways write a statement about you and the animal. Read your statement without saying the name of the animal. Your classmates guess what kind of animal you are like. Ask Ss do group work according to the model below.A: I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, a
11、nd I like to eat vegetables.B: Youre like an elephant.A: No.C: Youre like a manatee.A: Yes.Step 8 ListeningT: Do you know a lot about the manateesS: No.T: OK, if you want to know more about them, please listen to the tape very carefully, then youll get the answers you want.1. Do 2a. Listen and match
12、 the words with definitions.Answer: 1b. 2d. 3a. 4c.2. Do 2b. Listen again. Complete the chart kind of animalmanateeNumbers2500Habitatthe water under the trees in mangrove swampsReason why theyare endangeredsome of the swamps have become pollutedthere sometimes isnt enough foodDescriptionLarge, ten f
13、eet long and about 1000 poundsNeed about 100 pounds of aquatic feed a day3. Read after the tape, then read together this listening material.4. Explain some important and grammar focus.Step 9 Pair work Use the facts in the chart in 2b to role play a conversation between a student and a zoo attendant.
14、A. How big are manateesB. Theyre about 10 feet long and they weigh about 1000 pounds.Homework: 1. Copy the new words and remember them.2. Read the reading materials of 1b, 2a3. Read Grammar Focus.Bb designUnit 15 Were trying to save the manatees! -How big are manatees kangaroos gentle -Theyre about 10 feet long and they cheetahs furryw