Unit 12 Mainly revision

water is in contact with the air. So the water does not receive any oxygen.

　　D.30 cm by 30 cm by 50 cm:

　　We describe two - dimensional and three - dimensional measurements using the word by. So the length of the tank is 50 cm, and the width and height both 30 cm.

　　E. underwater plants: These plants oxygenate the water and keep it clear.

　　F. for one thing = one reason (for putting plants in the tank)

Step V Practice

Page 67. Part 2. Write the question on the Bb:

　　What should I do to keep a dog / a cat, etc.?

　　Ask the Students to choose a specific kind of animal, and offer their suggestions by using the following expressions:

　　I suggest (that) …

　　You should …

　　You ought to…

　　You need to…

　　First the teacher practises the dialogue with a good student as an example. Then the class do it in pairs. Get 2 pairs of students to come to the front and demonstrate their dialogues.

　　Do similar practice using the words and phrases in part 2. This time get the students to change roles.

Step VI Exercises

Ex.1 Call the students’ attention to the changes of the verb tenses, personal pronouns and word older. After doing the exercise orally, ask them to do it as written work.

Ex. 2 Let’s the students work in pairs and then check with the whole class.

Ex. 3 Get the students to read aloud the words and tell what each of them means.

Step VII Homework

　　1. Finish the Workbook exercises.

　　2. Read the dialogue

　　3.Preview Lesson 46.

教学设计方案Lesson 46

Teaching Aims
　　1.Review the language points and sentence patterns through the study of the text.

　　2.Grammar- The Past Participle as Attribute and Object Compliment.

Step I Revision

　　1. Check the homework exercises.

　　2. Get the students to act out their dialogue about the bird or fish.

Step II Warming-up

The teacher may ask the questions:

　　How many animals do you know? Give out their names.

　　…Dog, cat, tiger, lion, pig, rat, rabbit, cow, elephant, crocodile, monkey, ape, kangaroo, wolf, parrot, …

　　What animals are dangerous? How dangerous are they?

Present a diagram on the Bb to help the students:

　　NOT DANGEROUS VERY DANGEROUS

　　1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

　　Ask the students to put the names in the right order to show how dangerous the animal is. For example, a parrot might be 2 on the scale, for it can bite your finger. Then put the students into groups of four to carry out the task. The teacher goes around and helps them with spelling if necessary. Get one student from each group to report their discussion. Collect some names of animals on the Bb.

Step III Watching

Page 68. Read the picture on top of the page. Answering the following questions:

　　What can you see in the picture?

　　…House, garden, a big tree, a woman, a sleeping baby, a lion bending over the baby.

　　Imagine what will be the story. Appoint a bunch of students to make up a simple story according to the picture. There stories may be different from the text.

Step IV Listening

　　Tell the students “we are going to read a story called Escape from the zoo”. Give them to read the text quickly to work out the question:

　　How did the lion escape?

　　…A tree fell onto its cage in the hurricane.

Step V Reading

Show a list of comprehension questions :

　　1. What did the radio ask people to do if they saw the lion?

　　2. What happened to the baby when she was cooking in the kitchen?

　　3. How did Mrs. Cousins feel at the moment when she saw the animal bending over the baby?

　　4. How did Mrs. Cousins manage to get the lion away from her baby?

　　5. What did Mrs. Cousins do after the lion went into the bush with the meat?

Answer:

　　1. asked the people to telephone the zoo and the police

　　2.A lion had got into her garden, jumped onto the table and was looking at her baby.

　　3.She held her breath, and her whole body went cold.

　　4.She picked up the leg of pork, went to the back door and opened it .

　　5.Mrs. Cousins ran to the table, picked up her baby in her arms, ran inside and shut the door.

Step VI Language points

　　Go over the questions with the whole class. Make sure the students understand and what to do. Ask them to read the text carefully to figure out the answers. Check the answers with the students. Deal with language points briefly.

　　A.the surprise of her life: a very great surprise

　　B.stood quite still: stood without moving

　　C.stared = looked in a fixed way

　　D.held her breath: stopped breathing

　　E.at that very moment: note the use of very to add emphasis

　　F.her whole body went cold: her whole body became cold with fear

　　G.worse still: what would be even worse

　　H.There was not a moment to lose: she had to act quickly

Step VII Practice

　　One night a hurricane struck Green Park Zoo. A big tree _____ onto the lion’s cage, and a young lion______ from the zoo. It might be dangerous to people and animals. The radio asked people to ______ the zoo and police when they ______ it.

　　The next day it was sunny. Mrs Cousins _______ her baby out into the garden. She ______ the baby in a basket on the table under a tree and ______ into the kitchen to ______ vegetables for lunch. When she had almost ______ the cooking, she ______ to the window to see. The everything was all right. She______ the young lion ______ beside her baby. She was so

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