冀教版八年级下册 Unit 2 Plant a Plant!Lesson 7 Planting Trees 教案

Unit 2 Plant a Plant! Lesson 7 Planting Trees LESSON PREPARATION LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE 掌握词汇：hole,large,cover, fil, storm,dirty, northern,bottom 接触词汇：root,seedling,dirt, pack,dust 短语和句型：fill. with.,by the way, dust storm, turn into, for sure, in the bottom of... RESOURCES audiotape. pictures of how to plant a tree seedling LESSON STRUCTURE CLASS OPENING Greeting 1)Greet the class. Say: Good morning/afternoon, class. How are you today How's the weather today Ask four or five students to respond. 2)Introduce the new unit. Explain the two meanings for the word "plant". Teacher: Today we will start a new unit. Who can tell me the title of Unit 2 Student: I can. It's "Plant a Plant!" Teacher: Very good. The word plant has two meanings. It can be used as a verb and a noun. As a verb, to plant something (like a tree or a flower)means you put it in the ground so it can grow. You can also call this "gardening". As a noun, a plant refers to any living thing that needs water and sunlight to grow. For example, a flower is a plant. Can you give more examples of plants Write the students' answers on the board or ask them to come to the board one by one to write or draw their own answers. Sample List of Plants Trees Vegetables Grass Fruit Bushes Herbs Teacher: Good work, everyone. In this unit, we will learn about different plants and gardening. Plants and gardening are very important for us to live. Plants give us food, shelter and make our environment liveable. Review 1) Review the theme from Unit 1. Teacher: In the last unit we learned about the spring season and outdoor activities. What kinds of things did we talk about Ask several students to respond. Students: We talked about... the signs of spring/ playing in the park/blooming flowers/fresh air/ weather/rain/thunderstorms/green trees and grass/ poems/etc. Teacher: Yes. Well done. Spring is a time of rebirth for plants after the cold winter. The change in weather affects the lives of animals and plants, and allfsfcourse. Teacher: We also talked about compound words in the last unit. Who can give me an example of a compound word Students: Sunrise/Sunset/Hometown/Weekend/etc. Teacher: Good work. KEY CONCEPTS FOCUS STRUCTURES: Now, put the seedling inside, cover the roots and fill the hole with dirt. By the way, there is another group of people down the hill. When there is a dust storm in spring, it gets windy and dirty everywhere. A lot of rich lands in the northern area have turned into desert. Oh, and please remember to put a little water in the bottom of the hole. STEP 1: Present CLASS WORK: Think About It 1) Explain briefly why trees and forests are important. Teacher: Trees provide us with so many things. They give us oxygen, shelter and food. Oxygen is the air we breathe. Shelter includes things like the wood that we use to build houses and the shade that the leaves provide. And of course the different fruits that we eat grow on trees like apples, oranges, bananas and so on. Do you know wh ... ...