Unit 4  Amazing things 單元教案

課    題unit 4  amazing thingscomic strip and welcome to the unit課時(shí)分配本課（需  10 課時(shí)) 本課為 第  1  課時(shí) 總第  1  課時(shí)重    點(diǎn) to introduce students to unusual phenomena and events難    點(diǎn)to use adjectives to describe feelings and opinions教學(xué)方法listen and say教具powerpoint 課型教學(xué)活動(dòng)備注step 1 presentation(the teacher can present a picture which can make the students feel amazed, such as an advertisement about a pair of very huge shoes.) ask: look at this picture. how do you feel when you see such big shoes?the world around us is full of amazing things. (on the blackboard)what do you usually see in museum? what do you think you will see in the funny world museum? (ask the students to use their heads and answer the questions.)(the teacher shows the pictures on p61 part a to the students one by one. teach the new words and phrases according to the pictures.)what can you see in the picture 1? i can see… (present the new words and phrases: lightning, plant life, rocket, from earth to the moon, at the same time, elephants, walk on tiptoe, with eyes open)step 2 consolidationask the students to fill in the blanks. 1. it takes about three days to ________ from ________ to the ________ by rocket.2. a man in the ________ was 2.72 meters tall.3. fish sleep with their eyes ________.4. you cannot ________ and keep your eyes open at the same time.5. ________ walk on tiptoe.6. there is no ________ life ________ lightning.step 3 practicing divide the class into pairs.a: what can you see in the picture? b: i can see…a: do you know that …?         b: oh, really? a: isn’t that interesting?          b: yes, it is. (let the students read the words, expressions and sentences correctly by practicing the dialogue.)step 4 presentationone day, eddie and hobo both saw a strange thing, what is it? let’s look at the picture. (the teacher presents the pictures to the students.) eddie and hobo are talking about something strange in the sky. let’s look at he pictures and try to talk about these pictures.step 5 listeningplay the tape of comic strip. before listening, ask a question: what are eddie and hobo talking about? (a strange thing.) listen again. try to answer the following questions:1. where’s eddie? what does he see? 2. what does eddie think of the strange thing? what’s hobo’s idea?