Unit 3 Animals Are Our Friends.Lesson14 教学设计 翼教版（2024）八年级下册

Unit 3 Animals Are Our Friends Lesson 14 Amazing Animals LESSON PREPARATION LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE 掌握词汇：mouse, lay(laid, laid),shake(shook, shaken), avoid 接触词汇：long-eared,jerboa,kiwi,long-nosed, eggplant, flap 短语和句型：up to, instead of RESOURCES audiotape a family photo. a Chinese- English Dictionary (see Extension) LESSON STRUCTURE CLASS OPENING Greeting Greet the class with some jokes. Write the jokes on the board. Teacher: Good morning/afternoon, class. I have some jokes for you. 1. What do you call a fish with no eyes A fsh. 2. Where do cows go with their friends The moooovies! Review 1)Homework check. 2)Choose some students to present their passage "My Pet". 3)Review the indefinite pronouns "some"and "any". Split the class into several groups. Instruct each group to work together to write two sentences for each pronoun. The sentences must be grammatical and coherent; the first group to accomplish this wins. KEY CONCEPTS FOCUS STRUCTURES: With their long ears, they also remind people of rabbits. They are famous for their large noses. It can jump out of the water and flap its wings up to 70 times a second. STEP 1: Present CLASS/GROUP WORK: Discussion and Think About It 1)Instruct the students to look at the pictures in this lesson and ask them if they notice anything interesting or special about the animals in the pictures. Discuss. 2)Divide the class into groups to discuss the Think About It questions, and then discuss as a class. Teaching Point Social skills such as self-expression, decision- making, responsibility, accountability, sharing, listening, and conflict management are naturally practiced and developed during group work exercises. Try to form groups in different ways. Groups can be formed randomly, strategically or sometimes you can give students the opportunity to pick their own groups. This latter option works well as a reward and allows the students to feel trustworthy and responsible. STEP 2: Read CLASS WORK: Reading aloud Read Lesson 14 as a class. Monitor students' pronunciation and comprehension. STEP 3: Listen CLASS WORK: Let's Do It! No. 1 1) Play the listening material for Lesson 14 (Amazing Animals). Play it once and ask the students just to listen. 2) Play the audiotape a second time and ask the students to complete the exercise. 3) Check the answers as a class and correct any false statements. Question 1: Explain that "mouse" is singular and “mice” is plural. Students should master the word mouse. STEP 4: Break It Down CLASS WORK: Discussion Discuss the following questions as a class. Jerboas What do jerboas remind people of Write the phrase remind... of.. on the board. What do jerboas do on the sand Kiwis What kind of animal is a Kiwi How big are Kiwis What do they do, which all birds do Write the word lay on the board. Differentiate between "lay eggs" and "lay down". Students should master this word. Long-nosed monkey What are long-nosed monkeys famous for Write the phrase famous for on the board. Ask the ... ...