冀教版八年级下册英语《Lesson 23: Famous Zoos》精品教案

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Lesson 23: Famous Zoos
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: giraffe, Asian
Oral words and expressions: Egypt, Africa, pyramid, Italy, wedding, Siberian, be famous for
Teaching Aims:
1.       Know about the history of the zoo.
2.       Call on people all over the world to create a more life for the animals.
Teaching Important Points:
1.       Learn about the growth of the zoo.
2.       Improve the students’ reading ability.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Some words and expressions: Egypt, Africa, Italy, Siberian, be famous for
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Deal with the words first because the words in this lesson are a little difficult. Let some students read the words. Then read after the teacher. After several times, let some students read the words and the others read after it. Now close the cooks, let some students read the words in class, at the same time, the others read after it.
Step2. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks:
1.       One of the world’s first zoos was in ______, about ________ years ago.
2.       Egypt is a country in _______.
3.       China built its zoo about _______ years ago.
4.       ________ years ago, a king kept many wild animals in his zoo.
5.       When he got married, he took _______, _______, ________ and ________ to his wedding.
6.       One hundred years ago, a new kind of zoo opened in _______.
Step3. Read the text and briefly discuss the reading. To determine students’ level of understanding, ask questions like this:
1.       When the first zoos built in Egypt?
2.       What people can go to the zoo?
3.       Where is Egypt? What is it famous for?
4.       When did China build its first zoo?
5.       Were there animals in wedding clothes eight hundred years ago? What did they do?
6.       Where did a new kind of zoo open one hundred years ago?
Step4.Listen to the tape again and repeat after it until they can repeat it correctly and fluently. Let some students read the text in class. Choose the best one to encourage from the students’ pronunciation and intonation.
Step5. Ask the students what they know about the history of the zoo. Encourage them to search on the Internet and report to the class in next class.
Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Divide the class into several groups and discuss the task. What are the good ways for animals living in the zoos? What are the bad ways? Let the students give them advice freely.
Animals should have a better life. But what can we do? Can the students give more good advice? Report to the class and discuss together.
Step7. Homework
1.         Finish off the activity book.
2.         Go on the next reading in the students’ book.

Summary
Everyone does not know the history of zoos. In order to get more information, we can use the Internet and the time after class to enlarge the knowledge. Then the teacher give them chance to show their performance to the class.