Unit3We’retryingtosavethemanatees!TheFirstPeriodⅠ．TeachingAimsandDemands1．KnowledgeObjects（1）KeyVocabularymanatee,cheetah,chimpanzee,kangaroo,polar-bear,gentle,furry,enormous,playful,noisy,aggressive,spotted（2）TargetLanguageIamlikethisanimalbecauseIamstrongandintelligent．Ilikewater,andIliketoeatvegetables．You’relikeanelephant．No．You’relikeamanatee．Yes．2．AbilityObjects（1）Trainstudents’listeningability．（2）Trainstudents’communicativecompetence．3．MoralObjectLoveallkindsofanimalsbecausetheyareourfriends．Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPointTargetLanguageⅢ．TeachingDifficultPoints1．Howtotrainstudents’listeningability．2．Howtotrainstudents’communicativecompetence．Ⅳ．TeachingMethods1．Didactictolearnthenewvocabulary．2．Listening-and-answeringactivitytohelpstudentsgothroughwiththelisteningmaterial．3．Groupworktomakeeverystudentworkinclass,Ⅴ．TeachingAids1．Ataperecorder2．Theblackboard3．AprojectorⅥ．TeachingProceduresStepIRevisionNowlet’sreviewfivedifferentverbtenses．Canyounamethefivetenses?Pleaselookatthescreen．Showthenamesofthefivetensesonthescreenbyaprojectoralongwithasamplesentenceforeach．presentprogressive:You’rereadingthesesentences．present:Weuseourbookseveryday．pastwithusedto:Heusedtoliveinthecountryside．passivevoice:Ourclassroomisfoundattheendofthehall．presentperfect:WehavealreadyfinishedUnit14．Wehaven’tfinishedUnit15yet．Inviteastudenttoreadtheverbsinthesesentences．Thengetotherstudentstobrieflyexplainwhateachtenseisusedfor．Presentprogressivedescribesthingsthatarehappeningrightnow．Presentdescribesthingsthathappenallthetimeorusuallyhappen．Thepastwithusedtodescribesthingsthatwereacertainwayinthepast,buthavechangednow．Thepassivevoicedescribesthingsthatwedon’tknowwhodid,orwedon’tcarewhoperformedtheaction．Thepresentperfectdescribesrecentevents．Getstudentstothinkoftwoorthreemoresamplesentencesusingeachtypeofverb．Haveseveralstudentsreadtheirsentences．StepⅡ1aThisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabulary．Lookatthesignsoneachanimal’spictureandreadthewordstotheclass．Getstudentstorepeatthenameofeachanimal．Africanelephants,chimpanzees,kangaroos,manatees,cheetahs,polarbears．Ifnecessary,readthewordsandaskstudentstorepeatthemagain．Thenhavestudentsreadthewordsbythemselves．Makesurestudentscanreadthewordscorrectlyandfluently．Readthedirectionstotheclass．Pointtothelistofwordsinthebox．Readthewordsandletstudentsrepeatthem．Thengetdifferentstudentstoexplainwhattheythinkeachwordmeansintheirownwords．Forexample,Agentleanimalisquietandnotdangerous．Afuryanimaliscoveredwithsofthair．Asksomestudentstoexplainanywordsstudentsmaynotunderstand．Anenormousanimalisverygreat．Aplayfulanimalisfulloffun．Anaggressiveanimalisfondofquarrelsandquick-tempered．Aspottedanimalismarkedwithspots．Letstudentsbeginfillingintheanswersontheirown．Whentheywork,walkaroundtheclassroomcheckingtheirprogressandansweringanyquestionstheymayhave．Afterstudentshavefinishedusingallthewordsfromthebox,letthestudentswritesomeotherwordsintheblanksbelowsomeofthepictures．Checktheanswerswiththewholeclass．Letstudentssaythewordstheywroteundereachheading．AnswersPossibleanswersmanatee:gentle,shychimpanzees:noisyelephants:enormous,graykangaroos:playfulcheetahs:spotted,fastpolarbears:aggressive,furryStepⅢ1bThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation．...
