初中英语人教版七年级下册U5 Period4.docVIP

英语七年级（下）人教版Go for it Unit5 Why do you like pandas? Section B（2a 教学设计 西工大附中分校 孙妮娜 Analysis of the teaching material: The topic of this unit is Why do You Like Pandas? This unit is designed to teach students describing animals and expressing preferences. This lesson is close to our real lives. And it makes students know the situation of the elephants in Thailand and it arouses students to know the importance of protecting elephants and other animals, meanwhile students should know how to protect them and what we can do in daily life. In the process of learning, students are encouraged to improve their reading skills and speaking silks. Students are expected to go on learning the key words and target language learnt in the first three periods of this unit. Analysis of the students: Students in Grade 7 are eager to learn more new language expression and they are willing to improve their English abilities. They have known animals are human’s friends when they were younger kids, and now they may want to know more about the situation of animals and what could they do to protect them. So they must be interested in the topic of this class. They are supposed to practice scanning, conclude the main idea of a passage and remember much information by a mind map. Maybe it’s a little difficult for some students to know how to use a mind map for the first time. Teaching aims: Knowledge Objectives: By the end of this class, Ss will be able to use the following phrases. 1. students from Thailand 2. save the elephants 3. one of Thailand’s symbols 4. a symbol of good luck 5. get lost 6. be in great danger 7. cut down 8. things made of ivory Ability Objectives: a) Students practice reading skill, scanning. b) Students can conclude the main idea of a passage. c) Students learn to remember much information by a mind map. Moral Objectives: Students know the importance of protecting animals and what they can do to save them. Type of lesson: Reading Class per