Unit7 AbilitiesThe First PeriodContent:Comic strip and Welcome to this unitTeaching aims:1.To learn the comic strip about the two dogs to present the use of “can” and “can’t”.2.To revise vocabulary about helping people in community.3.To generate ideas about ways to care for and help others.4.To educate the students to be polite and helpful to others. Language focus: helping Hands Club/give seats to someone on the busplant trees/clean up/a home for the elderlycollect things for Project Hope/give awards to peoplerecommend sb for an award/ write a recommendation letterVocabulary:ability /Superdog /fly /careful/ collect /elderly. Teaching procedures:Step 1 Warming upPlay a game called: I can …Step 2 PresentationWatch a video about “Superman”.Talk about the things what Superman can do in groups and report .Talk about dogs can do and can’t do.Step 3 Comic stripFirst get some information from the pictures and then ask questions:1. What does Eddie want to do?2. Can dogs fly?3. What happened to Eddie?4. What do you think of Eddie?Listen to the tape and guess the meaning of “Superdog, hurt, be carefulAsk students to think about the consequences of their daily actions Guide students to understand what they can do and can’t do.Read and act. Step 4 Learning “Helping Hands Club”.Free talk: How to be a helpful person?Present pictures about Daniel and his friends.Ask questions about the pictures:1. What is Daniel doing ?Do you often help the old or the blind cross the road?2. What is Sandy doing? Why should we plant more trees?3. Where are Daniel and the woman with a baby? What is happening? Have you ever given seats to others? 4. Which place is it? What are the children doing now? Have you ever...
