教学设计 课程基本信息 学科 英语 年级 八年级 学期 秋季 课题 Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals-Section A（2a-2e） 教学目标 Students can master the key vocabulary: amazing, creature, survive, adapt, environment, rare, species, feature, habitat, depend on, in danger, etc. Students can understand and use the key sentence structures: "What makes this plant/animal amazing " "It can... to survive in..." "This species is in danger because of..." Students can comprehend the main ideas and key details of the listening materials (2a, 2b) and the reading passage (2c-2e), including the amazing features of certain plants and animals and the threats they face. 重难点 Mastery of key vocabulary and sentence structures related to amazing plants and animals. Development of listening ability to catch specific information and reading ability to use skimming and scanning strategies. Ability to describe the features of plants and animals in simple English. 教学过程 教学环节 学习活动（包含设计意图） Step 1: Warming-up & Lead-in (5 minutes) Video Appreciation: Play a 2-minute short video about amazing plants and animals (e.g., the Venus flytrap that catches insects, the camel that can live without water for a long time, the giant sequoia that lives for thousands of years). The video is with vivid pictures but no narration. Question Discussion: After playing the video, the teacher asks two questions: "What did you see in the video " "Which plant or animal impresses you most Why " Vocabulary Introduction: According to students' answers, the teacher presents the key vocabulary (e.g., amazing, creature, survive) on the PPT with pictures and English explanations, and guides students to read them aloud twice. Design Intent The short video with vivid visual effects can quickly attract students' attention and arouse their interest in the topic of "amazing plants and animals". The follow-up questions can activate students' prior knowledge and let them express their initial feelings, laying a foundation for the subsequent learning. Introducing key vocabulary in the context of students' answers can help them understand and remember the words more easily than rote memorization. Step 2: Presentation of Grammar Rules (10 minutes) Pre-listening (2 minutes) Task Introduction: The teacher tells students that they will listen to a conversation between two students talking about amazing plants and animals. Then, show the tasks of 2a and 2b on the PPT. Prediction: For 2a (matching the pictures with the names), the teacher shows the three pictures (Venus flytrap, cactus, penguin) and their names, and asks students to predict which one the speakers will talk about. For 2b (filling in the blanks with key words), the teacher guides students to look at the blanks and predict the possible parts of speech (nouns, verbs) of the missing words. While-listening (5 minutes) First Listening: Play the listening material once. Ask students to finish 2a (matching the pictures with the names they hear). Afte ... ...
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