(
课件网) Unit 5 Fantastic friends Understanding ideas 学习目标 1 2 To read Henry’s blogs to know his views about pigeons. To summarise the grammar rules of the present continuous tense and practice using it. Look at the animals eagle travel record horse rabbit bee cow hummingbird 新课讲授 boring fast scary strange clever dirty amazing surprising Choose the words to describe the animals What do you know about pigeons Task 1 Read quickly and answer the questions. Q1: What order is this blog written in Henry’s View We're studying birds for Bird Week at school. Some lucky kids got penguins. But I have to write about... pigeons! I'm watching pigeons in the park now. They just knock around -for the whole morning! They leave droppings here Pigeons are BORING and DIRTY! A girl is feeding them. Argh! The birds are flying madly to her. They're SCARY! Day 1 （21 Sep 2023 ） Day 2 （22 Sep 2023 ） Pigeon surprise Henry wrote his blogs in a time order. I'm doing some online research. Pigeons can recognise themselves in mirrors. How surprising! Are they so clever I'd better go and watch them again... Day 3 （23 Sep 2023 ） Day 4 （24 Sep 2023 ） I'm back at the park again, Oh! That pigeon is looking at itself in the water! Maybe l was wrong about pigeons. Q2: How can you tell that Henry didn't like pigeons at first Day 5 （25 Sep 2023 ） I'm reading in the library now, Oh, there are over 200 kinds of pigeons, Some can fly several thousand kilometres and don't get lost. They can also fly at speeds of over 100 km per hour. That's as fast as my dad's car! Well, pigeons aren't boring or scary, They are AMAZING — I just didn't know enough about them! Task 2 Choose another suitable title. A. Clever Pigeons B. Pigeons in the park C. Amazing Pigeons D. People and Pigeons Task 3 Complete the flow chart with the words and expressions. Henry's change of views towards pigeons Boring, 1._____&Scary They knock around for the whole morning. They 2._____here and there. A girl is feeding them. They 3._____madly to her. dirty leave droppings are flying Surprising They can recognise themselves in mirrors. There are 4._____kinds of pigeons..Some can fly a long way and don't 5._____. They can fly at speeds of over 100 km per hour. 200 get lost Henry's change of views towards pigeons 6._____ I just didn't know enough about them. Amazing Post reading 1. What other facts do you know about pigeons Pigeons can send messages. Well-trained pigeons can help to search for missing people in the sea. Pigeons are a symbol of peace. 2. What do you think of pigeons after reading Henry's blogs views support behaviours(行为) abilities(能力) kinds(特征) ... Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules. (a) We're studying birds for Bird Week at school. (b) I'm watching pigeons in the park now. (c)That pigeon is looking at itself in the water! Now find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage ... ...
