张丽华老师预备班学案

The Oceans

(Material for group work)

Text:

1. Almost three quarters of the Earth is water. Many fish and sea animals live in the streams, rivers, lakes, seas and oceans on the Earth.

2. Whales, dolphins and sharks are sea animals. Whales are the largest animals on the Earth. Dolphins are one of the most intelligent animals. Sharks are one of the most dangerous animals. In the oceans, you can find starfish and sea horses. They are interesting and beautiful sea animals.

3. People also get food from the oceans. The seafood we eat is from the oceans. Fishermen use nets to catch fish and prawns in the deep sea.

4. The oceans are important to all animals on the Earth. We must keep them clean. We must stop polluting them.

More Riddles:

( ) It has smooth fur. The fur can be made into coats and handbags.

( ) They’re smaller than lobsters. They live in groups.

( ) It lives at the South Pole. It walks in a funny way.

( ) It has a soft body. It can hurt or kill other sea animals. But when it’s dried, it becomes a delicious dish.

( ) It has beautiful colour. It can walk or climb. It likes the meat of shells. It looks like a star. ( ) It looks like a beautiful tree. It’s usually white, but sometimes blue, black or red. It’s made of CaCO3.

( ) It has shells and can make pearls.

( ) It has eight legs and can spray ink. It has a big head and a super brain. Our questions:

1. __________________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________________________________ Answers to the above questions:

1. __________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________________

Matching(联线题):

Whale dangerous Dolphin large Shark intelligent

Starfish delicious

Sea horse interesting & beautiful

Prawn

Dialogue between Haibao and his friends:

Haibao: The sea water is dirty and you ’re all sick. I ’m sorry to see this.

I want to build an Ocean World far away in the Pacific. Who will go with me? Sea animal A: I ’m the _________. I will go with you because__________________________ Sea animal B: I ’m the __________. I will also join you because________________________ Sea animal C: I ’m the __________. You must take me with you because___________________ Haibao: What can we do to keep the new home clean?

Sea animal A: We can ask people __________________________________________

Sea animal B: We can tell people___________________________________________

My favourite sea animal is … because it ’s (one of)…