英语教学设计－Unit 12 Mainly revision
NOT DANGEROUS VERY DANGEROUS
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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:
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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 frightened that she did not know what to ______ . Suddenly she had an idea. She quickly took out a leg of pork from the fridge and ______ it in her hand so as to ________ the lion’s attention. Then she threw it as far as she could. The lion ______ off the table and _____ to the meat. Mrs Cousins ______ her baby buck inside the house and closed the door.
Answers: fell escaped telephone/call saw/found took put went cook finished went saw standing do swung attract jumped ran carried
Step VIII Exercises
Part 3. Go over the instructions with the whole class. Let the students do this exercise individually. Check the answers in pairs. Then check with the whole class. Focus on the structure: The Past Participle as Attribute. Ask the class to give more phrases with the same pattern. For example, a weather-beaten lace, a bent branch, sliced meat, dried food, etc.
Part 4. Read the instruction and go over the example with the class. Make sure the students understand what to do. Try the first two with the whole class, then let the students work through the exercise. Check the answers at the end.