【初中英语】八年级下全册教案 冀教版

Unt1：Spring Is Coming!
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
This unit is about spring, and what takes place during spring, so that students can learn vocabulary for the seasonal changes around them. The unit reviews vocabulary for weather, dates and seasons that the students learned before. Through stories, factual information and projects, the students extend their vocabulary for describing weather, and learn new words for outdoor recreation. The unit aims to help students compare outdoor recreation in China with that in Canada. This helps students connect their language learning to personal experiences and the expression of opinion.
通过本单元学生能够了解春天,以及春天所发生的事情并掌握一些表示季节变化的词汇。

通过本单元的学习学生将复习学过的有关天气、日期和季节的词汇，并通过故事和课题作业扩展描述天气的词汇，学习新的关于户外娱乐的词汇。

本单元的目的是通过比较中国和加拿大的户外娱乐活动，学生能够把语言学习和个人经验、观点表述联系起来。

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Language knowledge
﹡Master these words and phrases : rather, shower, rise, set
﹡know these words and phrases: thunder, storm, sunrise, sunset.
Class Opening
Welcome the students to come back to school. Introduce the new lesson and new students, Ask the students these questions : How is their winter holidays? Have they been anywhere? How did they spend the spring festival? what is the date today?
What day is it today? What season is it? What is the weather like today? What is the temperature? Who is on duty today?
Key Steps :
Step 1 Ask the students to discuss the questions in “ Think About” If it is possible to show some pictures about different seasons.
Step 2 . Let the students listen to the tape of the dialogue carefully with the following questions:
What’s the weather like today? What’s the degree?
Did Danny tell us what time the sun would rise and set?
Step 3. Ask the students to read the dialogue several times in groups of three.
Then ask them to act out the dialogue in groups,
Step 4. Class Activity – Weather Map In this activity, Students will listen to the tape and make a weather map. Before this draw a simple map includes a city,
a lake, the edge of the ocean, some mountains on the blackboard. Listen and draw.
Class Closing :
1) Ask the student to listen to the radio or watch TV for the next twenty-four
hours and write a weather report in English for at least eight cities.
2) The next reading
Lesson 2 It’s Getting warmer.
Language knowledge
﹡Master these words and phrases : become ,fact
﹡know these words and phrases: daylight , melt lightning, fascinating, go up, make a loud noise
Class Opening
Ask the student to read their weather report that they wrote according to the CCTV weather report. Then ask the same questions like yesterday.
Key steps:
Step1 Lead in such way : Ask How did they spend the spring festival? Was it cold during the Spring festival? Then say , “In today’s lesson, we will go on talking about the weather in spring. Can you name the four seasons in English? Ask the students to discuss and talk about the “Think About It” .
Step2 Ask the students to read the text silently with the questions of exercises1 on activity books .
Step3 Play the tape and ask the students to listen and read after the audiotape twice .
Answer the questions to see if they can understand the text .
Read the text one sentence by one sentence single. Then explain the problem they have. Pay attention to the phrases become warm , make a loud noise and so on.
Step 4 Divide the students into two groups to do “ let’s do it “
Step 5 Do some exercises on the activity books .
Class closing
read the text.
The next reading
Lesson 3 Postcards!
Language knowledge
﹡Master these words and phrases : road, history, kick
﹡know these words and phrases: outdoors, cycling, not…until…, have fun doing , in –line skating
Class Opening
Ask the students these questions : How is their winter holidays? Have they been anywhere? How did they spend the spring festival? what is the date today? What day is it today? What season is it? What is the weather like today? What is the temperature? Who is on duty today?
Then read the text of lesson two and check the words and phrases they learned before two days.
Lesson 4. Sun is rising.
LESSON PREPARATl0N
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
⊙掌握词汇及短语：climb，change，one by one
⊙识别词汇及短语：hillside，gently，blossom
LANGUAGE NOTES
1．Weather is warming，…天气变暖和了,warm在这里是动词“变暖”的意思。

它也可用作
形容词。

例如：
It’s warm in sprig．春天天气暖和。

It’s getting warmer day by day．天气一天天暖和起来了。

2．one by one一个接一个地。

year by year“一年又一年”day by day“一天又一天”3．See it brings，The season's change看它带来了，季节的变化.
change在本句中是名词“变化”的意思。

LESSON STRUCTURE
CLASS OPENING
Check up the words and phrases of lesson1-lesson3.
KEY STEPS
Stepl：Teach the new words of this lesson．
Step2：Read the lylics for the song in the student book．
Choose three students to read the song aloud as a poem．
Ask each of these students to read one stanza． If you wish，you could ask three other students to perform the
sctions in the song as it is being read．This will indicate how well the students understand the song and how well they have learned to appreciate it．
Step3：Explain the common English expressions．
Step4：P1ay the audiotape．For the fist time， ask the students to just listen．For the second time have the class follow audiotape and sing along．
Step5：Teach the first verse lf the song line by line．After the students know the first verse，they should be able to follow along with the other verses．
Step6：Practise the song a few times，with and without the audiotape．
Step7：Divide the students into groups of three．Each of the students should read one part of the lyrics．Then ask them to talk in groups about things like air，flowers and birds．
Step8：If I have time，I may ask a volunteer who is willing to sing the song alone to the class．Then play the audiotape again．Have the class sing together along with the audiotape．
ClASS CLOSING
·the remaining exertises in the activity book
·the nest reading in the student book
Lesson 5. Fun in the sun.
LESSON PREPARATION
LANGUAOE KNOWLEDGE
⊙掌握词汇及短语：shall
⊙识别词汇及短语：go bike riding, hit sb. on the head，How/What about…?，Shall we…? LANGUAOE NOTES
1．Let’s g o bike riding．让我们去骑自行车吧。

go bike riding:go to ride a bike，“去骑车”。

2.How about baseball?棒球怎么样? How about…?与What about…?意思相同，……怎么样?”。

注意其后接名词、代词或v-ing形式。

I like spring．How /What about you?我喜欢春天，你呢?
How／What about opening the wondow?打开窗户怎么样?
3．Shall we play soccer?我们踢足球好吗?shall多用于第一人称的疑问句，表示征求对方意见，意思是“可以……吗，……好吗”。

Shall I sit here?我可以坐在这里吗?
4．The ball always hits me in the head．球总是打我的头。

hit sb．on the head表示“打某人的头”打某人的脸”要用hit sb．in the face。

He hit me on the head．他打我的头。

He was so angry that he hit Mary in the face．他很生气，打了玛丽一耳光。

LESSONSIRUCTURE
CLASS OPENlNG
Make a duty report and then do pair work obout the weather and the date.
KEY STEPS
Stepl：Have the class sing the song “Sun Is Rising”．
Step2：Ask the students to think about and discuss in pairs the questions in “Think About It”．
Step3：Play the audiotape．Have the class follow the audiotape and do the exercises of the activity book.
Step5：Ask the students to demonstrate the text in roles．
Step6： Explain the following sentesces：How about basketlall?And then ask the class to think of other ways to show the same neaning．（What about…? Shall we…？Let’s）Step7：Come to “Project 2”．Divide the class into small groups．Each group will work independently．The students may refer to this unit of the student book for information．Instruct the students to make lists of what is the same and what is different about outdoor recreation in China and Canada．Have the class discuss their findings either in groups or as a class.
Explain to the class what a Venn diagram is ．
Students each make a Venn diagram of similarities and differences between outdoor recreation in China and Canada．Students may use their notes from the previous lesson． After students have completed their own Venn diagrams，draw a big Venn diagram on the blackboard．Ask students for suggestions in what information could be used to fill in the diagram．They may refer to their own Venn diagrams．
If the project cannot be finished in one lesson，it can be continued in the next lesson．
CLASS CLOSING
· the fourth reading in the reader
· the remaining exercises in the activity book
· the next reading in the student book
Lesson 6.Danny, the babysitter.
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
⊙掌握词汇及短语：playground，hold，hold on，come down，push
⊙识别词汇及短语：babysitter，babysit，bar，swing，turn around，fall off，get off LESSON STRUCTURE
CLASS OPENING
Make a duty report and then do pair work obout the weather and the date and sing the song.
KEY STEPS
Step 1. Ask the student to come to “Think about it” , answer more questions that teacher asks.
Step 2. Listen to the tape once quietly and answer one question according to the text, see if they can understand the meaning of the text.
Step3. Listen to the tape and read after it one sentence by one sentence together loudly, then do the exercises of the activity book, have more discuss about the text, make sure that the students can understand the text correctly.
Step4. Explain the word-building chart. Write some examples on the blackboard, such as
teach，teacher playground(play十ground)
work，worker outdoor(s)(out+door(s))
Sing，Singer blackboard(blacck+board)
play，player sunriSe(sun+rise)
write，writer football(foot+ball)
build，builder daylight(day+1ight)
Step 5. Review imperative sentences as follow: Stand up! Turn right! Touch your head! Play a game with the students, say more imperative sentences like the text. Come down! Don’t fall off! Push me! Give me a push! Hold on! Push me high!
Step 6. Play the tape again and ask the students to read after it once again, do some exercises on the activity book. At last ask them to deal with “Let’s Do It”CLASS C LOSING
． the fifth readingin the reader
． the remaining exercises in the activity book
． the next lesson in the student book
LANGUAGE NOTES
1.Danny is babysitting his cousin Debbie at the playground．丹尼正在操场上照看他的表妹戴比。

2．Hold on，Debbie!抓紧，戴比! Hold on有两个意思：一是“(电话)不挂断”；二是“抓紧”。

Ho1d on a minute．稍侯片刻，不要挂断。

He held on to the rope．他抓紧绳子。

3．Danny will push you．丹尼将会推你。

Push: V., “推”“give sb. a push”表示“推某人一下”。

I pushed the car，but it didn’t move．我推了车，但它没有动。

(动词)
Danny will give you a pusn．丹尼将推你一下。

(名词)
4．It’s time to stop swinging, Debb正戴比，该停止打秋千了。

Stop doing sth.“停止做某事”，而stop to do sth.表示“停止或中断做某事后去做另一件事”。

They stopped to smoke a cigarette．他们停下来，抽了根烟。

I must stop smoking.我必须戒烟了。

5．Deb比getsoff出esw血g．戴比从秋千上下来。

get off:“从……下来”，通常指下火车、巴士、轮船、飞机等，反义词组是get on Don't get off the bus until it stops，直到车停了才可以下车。

Lesson7. Danny’s “Debbie” Day.
LESSON PREPARATI0N
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
⊙掌握词汇及短浯：herself
⊙识别词汇及短语：partly，a11 day
LESSON STRUCTURE
ClASS OPENING
Make a duty report and then do pair work obout the weather and the date and sing the song.
KEY STEPS
Stepl：Sincethis reading is basically are view of what the class has learned，there are not many new things to
be elaborate upon．Ask some questions according to the last lesson such as：
What did Danny do? Who did he babysit?
Step 2：Discuss the answers and then revise something about the diary in English, come to :Danny’s diary.”
Step 3：Play the audiotape have the class follow along in their books.
Step 4：Ask some questions to make it easier for the students to participate. Step 5：Explain some difficult sentences．
St印6：Ask some students to retell Danny’s“Debbie’’day but do not word for word. Step 7：Divide the class into small groups and have each group discuss, in English, what outdoor activities they would like to write about in their diary. Ask the students to decide on their topics and begin outlining their diarues following the examples in the text.
CLASSCLOSING
. the remaining activities in the activity book
.the next reading in the students book
LANGUAGE NOTES
1．Partlycloudy，but warm．部分多云，但是很暖和。

Partly:adv.，“部分地”。

It was partly her fault．有一部分是她的错。

2．I thought about it a11 day at schoo1．我在学校里想了一整天。

think about:“思考，想起，想到
Have you thought about what job you are going to do?你考虑过要做什么工作了吗? 3．I thought that it would be easy to babysit there．我原以为在那里照看婴儿很容易。

in在此代替后面的不定式to babysit there，作形式主语。

It is interesting to climb the hill．爬山很有趣。

4．I was scared that she would hurt herself，but．．．我害怕她会伤到她自己，但是…… herself:“她自己”。

当主语和宾语指同一个人时，宾语应用反身代词。

She can look after herself．她能够照顾她自己。

5．My aunt and uncle had made sandwiches for us to eat at the playground．我的叔叔和婶婶做三明治让我
们在操场上吃。

make sth．for sh:make sb．sth.，:“为某人做某物”。

I will make a birthday cake for her．：1 will make her a birthday cake．我将给她做个生日蛋糕。

6．So was I!我也是! 这是一个倒装句。

He is tall．So am I他高，我也高。

They like Chinese food．So do the two Englishmen．他们喜欢中国食物，那两个英国人也喜欢。

Lesson 8: What Do you know?
LESSON STRUCTURE
CLASSOPENING
Have a diction with the main words and expressions in unit1
KEY STEPS
Step 1: Give the students some time to go over what they have mainly learned in the unit, which is summarized on page 60.
Step 2: Have the students do some exercises I have prepared before class. On the activity book.
Step 3: Ask the students to do the "Vocabulary Exercise" on page10. Then let them have a discussion about the problem or trouble they each still have in this unit.
Step 4: Project some pictures about some plants and ask the students to make up dialogues in pairs.
Step 5: Come to "Review Exercise".
CLASS CLOSING
Ask the class to preview Lesson 9 in the next unit.
Unit2. Plant a Plant.
This unit takes place during spring，when plants begin to sprout and grow．In keeping with the season，this unit presents stories，facts and an engaging hands-on project．It reviews words for plants that the students leamed before．It extends students’vocabulary to include new concepts about plants and gardening，and new phrases for sharing resources．
TEACHING RESOURCES
多媒体教学工具；录音机；磁带；投影仪；幻灯片；词汇卡片；挂图等。

Lesson9. How does a plant grow.
LESSONPREPARATl0N
LANGUAGE KNOWLEOGE
O掌握词汇及短语：plant，water，grow，leaf，cover itself
O识别词汇及短语：seed sunshine，pot，soil，root ,poster，bud，stem
LANGUAGE NOTES
]．Wouldyoulikesomemarkers?你想要水彩笔吗?like与should，would连用，表示“希望，想要”
I'd like a cup of tea．我想要一杯茶。

2．Wouldyoupleasepassmethegreenmarker?请你把那个绿色水彩笔递给我好吗7 pass sb．sth。

: pass sth．to sb “递给某人某物”，
Would you please pass me a piece Of paper?：Would you pass apieceof paper to me?请你递给我一张纸好吗?
3．Don't forget to draw thesun．别忘了画太阳。

forget to do sth．忘记做某事”因为忘了所以没有做。

forget doing sth.把做过的事情给忘了.
Don't forget to close the window before you leave．离开之前别忘了关窗户。

He forgot closing the window，so he went back to closeit again．他忘了他已经把窗户关上了，所以又回去关了。

4. After you plant a plant in apot，what do you do next?在花盆上种了植物以后，你接下来做什么?
plant是一个兼类词，既可以用作动词(种植)，也可用作名词(植物)。

Plant aplant表示“种植物”。

LESSONSTRUCTURE
CLASSOPENING
Sing the song of lesson 4. Then make a duty report. Lead in with the topic about plants．First have atree talk fromtheweathertOtheplants．Forexample：What's theweatherliketoday?Isit warm?What can you doin such warm weather?Does everything begin to grow'!
Have you ever planted a seed?What doyou do when youplant a seed? etc，
KEYSTEPS
Step 1：Come to“Think About”．
Step 2：Now LiMing and Wang Mei haveplanted their seeds．Listen and answer some questions about the dialogue：
HasWangMei watered her seed? What is shedoing now?
Step 3：Play the audiotape again and have the class follow the audiotapewhilereadingthetext．Do the exercises on the activity book.
Step4：Havethe students：read the dialogue in roles
Step5, Ask if anyone has ever plantes a seed. Give tham more words in the text and gat them say as much as possible.
Step6：Explain and practicethemain sentences
Step7：Cometo“Project 1．Dividethe class into small groups，Ask each group to work together and disscuss how to plant a seedin apOt．
CLASSCLOSING
． the first reading in the reader
． theremaining activities in the activity book.
． thenext reading in the student book
LANGUAGE NOTES
]．Wouldyoulikesomemarkers?你想要水彩笔吗?like与should，would连用，表示“希望，想要”
I'd like a cup of tea．我想要一杯茶。

2．Wouldyoupleasepassmethegreenmarker?请你把那个绿色水彩笔递给我好吗7 pass sb．sth。

: pass sth．to sb “递给某人某物”，
Would you please pass me a piece Of paper?：Would you pass apieceof paper to me?请你递给我一张纸好吗?
3．Don't forget to draw thesun．别忘了画太阳。

forget to do sth．忘记做某事”因为忘了所以没有做。

forget doing sth.把做过的事情给忘了.
Don't forget to close the window before you leave．离开之前别忘了关窗户。

He forgot closing the window，so he went back to closeit again．他忘了他已经把窗户关上了，所以又回去关了。

4. After you plant a plant in apot，what do you do next?在花盆上种了植物以后，你接下来做什么?
plant是一个兼类词，既可以用作动词(种植)，也可用作名词(植物)。

Plant aplant表示“种植物”。

Lesson 10: Plant parts.
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
O掌握词汇及短语：feed
O识别词汇及短语：sunlight, billion, billions of
LESSONSTRUCTURE
CLASS 0PENING
Sing the song of lesson 4. Then make a duty report about how to plant a plant. KEYSTEPS
Stepl：Askthe students：
How many plants do you think there arein theworld? How many plants can you name? How many parts do plants have?
Step 2：Sketch a plant on the blackboard with roots，a stem，leaves and flowers．Ask what these parts of theplant are called in English．·
Step 3：Ask“What do they do?”or“What is it for?'’ Havethestudentsread the text silently and then answer thequestions．
Step4：Havea further rstudy about thetext．Discuss the readingwiththeclass as awhole．Use as much Englis as possible．Encourage discussion，ask the students questions in activity book exercises 2, and get them to do them on it.
Step 5：What parts of plants do we eat? We can eat each part of plants. Work in pairs and fill
．
Step 7：Ask the students to talk about plants with their partners and fill in the form in “Let's Do it”．
CLASSCLOSING
．the secondreadingin thereader
．theremaining activitiesin theactivity book
．the nextreading in the studentbook
LANGUAGE NOTES
1．Flowers，leaves andstems grow above ground．Roots grow below ground．花、叶子和茎长在地面之上。

根长在地面之下。

，
above是介词，“在……上方，与below相反。

Over:“在……上方”但是它着重指正上方，或盖在上面的含义；而above并不强调在正上方。

Thereis alampabovethedesk．桌上吊着一盏灯。

Thereis abridgeovertheriver．河上有一座桥。

2．Plantshaveflowers becausethe flowers make seeds．植物有花，因为花产生种子。

3．The seeds of thericeplan tfeed billions ofpeople．稻米是数十亿人的粮食。

hundred，thousand，million，billion等词前面有具体数字时，其本身用单数形式，直接修饰名词；表示一个笼统的概念时，这些词用复数形式，而且常与介词of连用修饰名词。

billions of的意思是“数十亿的”。

Hehas read hundreds of books．他已读过数百本书。

Thousands of visitors cameherelast year．去年有数千名客人来到这里。

Weneed toplant millions of trees．我们需要种数百万棵树。

Lesson 11:Look after your plant!
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
O掌握词汇及短语：over，glass，energy nothing，bamboo，kilogram，look after heat
O识别词汇及短语：sprout，desert，in different ways , use．．．to．．，LESSONSTRUCTURE
CLASSOPENING
Sing the song of lesson 4. Then make a duty report about the parts of a plant. KEYSTEPS
Step 1：Ask the students：
How doyou usually look after your plants? Do you water your plants every day?
Where do you put yourplants? What doyou thinkyour plants need?
Step 2：To get some more information，askthe class to read the text silently． And get the answers to thequestions：
Why d0 plants need sunlight?
Why d0 plants need watery
Why d0 plants need glass?
Step 3：Play the audiotape and havethe class follow the audiotapewhilereadingthe text．Step 4：Students read the text aloud together and individually．
Step 5：Ask if the students have any questions．Explain the difficult words， phrases and sentences． Ask questions to make讧easier for students to participate． Ask questions such as：
Why do people sometimes cover plants?
What do they usefor covers?
What does look after mean?
Step6：：Cometo"Let'，sDolt"．
Class Closing
· the third reading in the reader
· the remaining activities in the activity book
· the next reading in the student book
LANGUAGE NOTES
l‘You need tolook after it.你需要照看它。

Look after: take careof “照看，照顾”。

2．You give it what it needs．你给它它所需要的东西。

3．Gardens arefullof plants／花园里长满了植物。

befullof表示“满·，充满”的意思。

The room is full of people．房间里挤满了人。

4．In spring，peopleput covers overplants tokeep them warm at night．春天，人们晚上在植物上放置一些覆盖物来保持它们的温度。

(1)cover,v.“覆盖，遮盖” cover…with…表示“用……把……盖上”。

He covered his facewith a scarf．他用围巾盖着脸。

becoveredwith…“被……覆盖着”。

Theroad is usually covered with snow．公路常常被雪覆盖。

cover用作名词，指“覆盖物，封面”。

Thebookneedsanewcover．这本书需要一个新封面。

(2)keep sh／sth．+adj.表示“使某人或某物处于某种状态”。

Weshouldkeep our classroom clean．我们应该使教室保持干净。

5，Windows aremadeof glass．窗户是由玻璃制成的。

bemadeof意思是“由……制成”。

My desk is madeof wood，我的课桌是由木头制成的。

6．Without away to get energy，they would die．如果没有获得能量的途径，他们就会死去。

without 是介词，“没有’’的意思。

例如：
Hewent to school without breakfast．他没有吃早饭就去上学了。

7.Plants and animals get their food in different ways．植物和动物用不同的方式得到他们的食物。

way在本句中是“方式，方法”的意思，in…
way表示“用……的方法，用……的方式”。

Do it in this way．照这种方法去做。

Lesson 12: Pretty little plant.
LESSONPREPARATI0N
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
⊙掌握词汇及短语：pretty，hole，its
⊙识别词汇及短词：all around
LESSONSTRUCTURE
CLASSOPENING
Sing the song of lesson 4. Then make a duty report about the usage of parts of a plant. KEYSTEPS
Stepl：Check to seeif the studentshave prevlewed the song．If they have，ask if they have any questions about themeaningof the song.Encourageother students try to answer the questions．Sincethe 1ines are quite easy，I probably do not need to spend much timeon words or structure，except for the repeated line：that you ever did see．
Step 2：Havethe C1ass look at the speech bubble at the end ofthe text. Ask the students to read it carefullly，
Step 3：HavetheClass readthe song lyrics a1oud as a poem．DividetheClass into two groups accordlngto therows in出theClassroom． Ask onegroup to read the purple words and the other group to read the black words．Have the who1e Class read the brown words together. Listen carefully as students read．If there are any problems with sense groups，linking sound or loss of explosion, pause to correct them
Step4：play the audiotape. Ask the students tyo follow the rhyme, rhythm, and tune of the song while looking at the text.
Step 5. Divide theclass into two groups accoraing to the1ines in the c1assroom．Have one group singthe purplewords and the other group sing the black words．Have thewho1e class singthebrown words together．
Ask the students to follow the tape and sing different lions several times , till they can sing without the tape.
ClASSCLOSING
The remain activityes in the activity books.
Sing the song by themselves.
Prepare the next reading.
LANGUASE NOTES
1. One group singsthepurplewords and theother group sing the black owords.one… theother:“—个……，另—个
2. Theprettiest plant.
3．That you ever did see．那是你确实曾看见过的‘
4．As the stem grows，it makes leaves，随着茎的生长，它会长出叶子。

as在本句中的意思是时间状语从句。

Lesson 13: Why Are Plants Importants?
LESSONPREPARATⅡ0N
LANGUA9EKNOWLEDGE
0掌握词汇及短语：air
0识别词汇及短语：shade，carry away ,make…into
LESSONSTRUCTURE
CLASSOPENING
Sing the song of lesson 12. Then make a duty report about the usage of parts of a plant KEYSTEPS
St叩l：Introduce thetext to the class by asking:
Arethere a lot of plants around us?
Areplants imponant to us?
What kind of things can plants do?
Step 2：Maybe the students can say fewerthings trees can do than the text says. Then ask them to complete the sentences such as:
Trees can help…．
We can…things with trees.
Step 3：Play the audiotape and ask the students to follow it while it read the text. Then get the students to read the text one sentences by one sentences loudly and carefully. Now ask them to talk the usage of grass, trees, flowers, vegetables and why we need them.
Step 4： Read the text together loudly and do the exercises on the activity books.
Step5: Ask the students to divide themselves into groups and read the dialogue in different parts.
Step6：Cometo“Proiect2”．
CLASSCLOSING
． thefourth readingin thereader
· theremaining activitiesin the activity book
· the nextreadin in the student book
LANGUAGE NOTES
l，Trees help clean the air．树有助于净化空气。

2．Donuts don't grow on trees!面包圈不长在树上.on the trees:“在树上”，指的是树上本身的东西，即长在树上；in the trees:“在树上”，但它所指的是外来的东西，不是树本身的东西。

3. Then we can sit under thetreein the shade．那时我可以坐在树底下的阴凉里。

4. Also，many animals livein the trees．而且，许多动物以树为巢。

5. A11plants takeenergy fromthesun and makeit into food．所有的植物都从太阳那里得到能量，然后把它转化为食物。

make…into．．，:“把…制成…”
We can makethetree into paper。

我们可以把树制成纸
bemadefrom由(原料)制成 bemadeof由(原料)制成 bemadeby被(某人)制造 bemadein在(某地)制造
Lesson 14: People and plants.
LESSONPREPARATI0N
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
O识别词汇及短语：shelter，straw，bemadeof／from
LESSONSTRUCTURE
CLASSOPENING
Sing the song of lesson 12. Then make a duty report about theimportance of the plants. KEYSTEPS
Step 1：Cometo“ThinkAbout it”．Check to see if the students havepreviewed thereading asrequired．Step 2：Ask the class to name five uses of plants in our life．It’s fine for students to refer to the text for answers．But the students are not allowed to look at thetext．They can only answer thequestion according to their expenence．
Step 3：Have the students listen and make sure the five uses ofplants which appear in bo1dface type at the beginnmg ofeach paragrh．According to the text，
Plants havethefollowing uses：
food，Shelter，medicine，clothing， things we use to work，to make food taste better Step4：Play the audiotape and ask the students to follow it while it read the text.Then do the exercises on the activity books.
Step 5：Write the main words and phrases on the blackboard, ask the students to retell the text. Step 6：Finish the rxercises on the activity books after they read and discuss the text again. Step 7：Come to“Let's Do it”．
CLASSCLOSING
· thefifth reading in the reader
， thenext readinginthestudent book
LANGUAGE NOTES
1．There are about eighty thousand different plants in the world that peoplecan eat．世界上有大约八千种不同的可以吃的植物。

2．But half of the world's food comes from only three plants：rice，corn and wheat．但是全世界的食物中，有一半只来自于三种植物：大米、玉米和小麦。

Half of:“……中的一半”，当它所代指的是不可数名词时，代表单数。

如果half of后边所接的是可数名词的复数，那么它所代表的也复数概念。

Half of his money was spent on books．他的一半的钱花在了书上。

Half of thebookshere arein English．这里有一半的书是用英语写的。

allof…“全部的……”；a quarter of :1/4．
3. Doctors use medicinetohelp sickpeople医生用药来帮助病人。

(1)use…to do sth．:“用……来做……”，其中to do sth．表示目的和用途
Weuseour feet and legs towalk．我们用腿脚走路。

(2)sick:“有病的，患病的”，是形容词，与另一个形容词ill意思相同，只是i11通常只作表语，不作定语，sick既可以作表语，也可以作定语。

His mother was sick／ill in bed，他的妈妈生病在床。

The weather was very cold．There were many sick peoplein thedoctor's waiting room。

天气很冷，医生的候诊室里有很多病人。

4.Do you have ahat madeof straw?你有草帽吗?
Lesson 15. Danny grows Grain!
LESSONPREPARATl0N
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
O识别词汇及短语：agnculture，grain, flour, in the sun.
LESSONSTRUCTURE
CLASSOPENING
Sing the song of lesson 12. Then make a duty report about people and plants.
KEYSTEPS
Step l：Lead in：Ask the students to say something about themselves such as：
What did you do this week? What about last week? How didyou feel? Why? Didyou plant a seed?
Did you water it well…
Step 2：Play the audiotape and ask the students to follow it while it read the text. Then discuss the text again
Step 3：Then get the students to read the text one sentences by one sentences loudly and carefully. Step4：Do the exercises on the activity books. See if they can understands the text.
Step 5：Divide the students into groups and try to write a short English diary.
Step6：Cometo“Let’s Do it”．
CLASSCLOSING
． theremaining activities in theactivity books.
． thenext reading in thestudent book
Lesson 16: What do you know.?
LESSON STRUCTURE
CLASSOPENING
Have a diction with the main words and expressions in unit2
KEY STEPS
Step 1: Give the students some time to go over what they have mainly learned in the unit, which is summarized on page 60.
Step 2: Have the students do some exercises I have prepared before class. On the activity book.
Step 3: Ask the students to do the "Vocabulary Exercise" on page20. Then let them have a discussion about the problem or trouble they each still have in this unit.
Step 4: Project some pictures about some plants and ask the students to make up dialogues in pairs.
Step 5: Come to "Review Exercise".
CLASS CLOSING
Ask the class to preview Lesson 17in the next unit.
Unit 3. Amazing Animals.。