Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals Lesson 1 I. Teaching Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: 1. identify and listen for key information (names of plants/animals, superlatives) in conversations; 2. describe amazing plants and animals using adjectives and superlatives; 3. express personal preferences about plants/animals and explain why. II. Key Points & Difficulties Key Points: 1. Students will improve listening skills by extracting key details from dialogues. 2. Students will learn and practice using superlatives to describe plants and animals. Difficulties: 1. Some students may struggle with listening for key information. 2. Students might find it challenging to use superlatives naturally in spoken conversations. III. Teaching Methods 1. Task-Based Learning. 2. Communicative Approach. 3.Audio-Lingual Method. Teaching Aids: CAI V. Teaching Procedures Step 1: Warm-up Students look at the pictures in 1a and answer: What do you see Which one is the tallest/fastest Step 2: Pre-Listening Activity 1: Students finish 1a. Activity 2: Students match adjectives (big, old, fast) to the plants/animals in 1a. Example: The blue whale is the heaviest. The cheetah is the fastest. Step 3: While-Listening Task 1 (1b):Listen and number the plants/animals in order. Task 2 (1c):Listen again and match superlatives (A-F) to the plants/ animals. Step 4: Post-Listening Pair Work (1d): Ask/answer questions using superlatives. -What’s amazing about the cheetah -It’s the fastest animal. Extension: Students add their own examples The panda is the cutest. Step 5: Speaking Practice Role-Play: In pairs, students act as "tour guides" describing amazing plants/animals. -Welcome to the forest! This redwood tree is the tallest in the world! -Feedback: Teacher corrects pronunciation/grammar mistakes. VI. Summary VII. Homework 1. Read and recite the conversations in 1b and 1c. 2.Find one more "amazing" plant/animal and prepare a short presentation (3+ sentences).
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