2.Show Ss some pictures and ask : Which picture do you think is interesting?

　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ss: I think______ is interesting.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 I find _______ is funny.

Step4

1.How did Millie and Amy feel when they heard the noise!

Encourage Ss to say : amazing　　 frightened　　 surprised

3.Review “with and without”

　 (课件)Which animal can sleep with their eyes open?

Ss: Fish

T: Can fish live without water?

Ss: No

T: Yes. Fish cannot live without water

T: Look at the water. How clean the water in! what clean water!

Step2.

Show Ss some pictures and ask them to make sounds like the animals

T: Which animal is the most dangerous animal? Can you make sounds like them? (课件)

What terrible noise it is !　 How terrible the noise is!

Step3

2.Ask Ss to make sentences:　 What a big elephant!　　 How big the elephant is!

What a tall giraffe !　 How tall the giraffe is!

What a long neck!　　　 How long the neck is!

1.T: What is the biggest animals on land?

S: Elephant

T: Do you believe elephants walk on tiptoe? I can’t believe. They are too heavy.

Ask Ss to say : I can’t believe…. at the same time .ask Ss to review “what and how”感叹句　

2.　　　 to assess appropriate choice of vocabulary to complete a conversation describing feelings of surprise, likes, amazement and fear

Teaching Procedures

Step1. Presentation

1.　　　 to assess student’s use of possessive adjectives and pronouns

本课是7B Unit4的Main task。教学内容是结合本单元所学的词汇和例句写一篇amazing things的文章。在本课中我们应指导学生收集amazing things的信息，列出提纲，并根据提纲整理成文，完成写作任务。

2.72m tall 　　　　　　　　　　　　height

weighed 222.71kg when he was 21and 199kg when he died 　weight

hands 32.4cm long 　　　　　　　　　the length of hands

Task 4 　Making notes

T:The notes are made up of two parts: general information and amazing facts. Nationality，birthday，the time of death belong to general information. Height, weight, the length of hands belong are amazing facts. When we make notes ,we should emphasize amazing facts.

(Show the following chart)

The tallest man　

nationality

birthday　　　　　 general information

the time of death

height　　　　 　　　

weight　　　　　　　 amazing facts

the length of hands

T: Now let’s read the notes in the other two parts.Try to understand the notes and learn how to make notes.

Task 5 Activities

T: After reading the notes, please finish the blanks in Part B on page 74.

Task 6 Writing tips

T: After reading the text, do you know how to write about amazing things? Now I’ll give you some writing tips. An article is usually divided into three parts: beginning，explanation and ending. Usually beginnig is general statements or a question. Beginning should be interesting.

What are beginning sentences of three passages in the text? Lets have a look.

(Help students to answer)

The tallest man:

Do you know the tallest man in the world?

Sandwiches:

Most people like eating sandwiches, but few of them know the history of them.

Amazing TV:

Do you know anything about the first TV star?

T:这些句子都能引发我们强烈的好奇心。引人入胜。接着进行描述解释。在描述过程中我们要突出amazing facts，并且用because, so, after, but 等连词增强文章的连贯性。结尾部分给出结论或再次强调。

(Show the following chart)

beginning(开头)---general statements or a question 总述或问题 (It should be interesting)

explanation(说明)---facts　 (It should be amazing)

ending (结尾)---conclusion or stress 结论或强调　　　　　　　　　　　

Step 2: While-writing

Task 1 Making notes

T: I think you have known how to write about amazing things now. I’d like you to make notes about a strange man . Can you do it? Don’t forget to collect amazing facts. It's your turn to make notes.(Give them five minutes to make notes.)

Now please exchange your notes and discuss if the note is a good one.

(Show a good example of a note made by a student.)

A man in Henan ，

was healthy when he was very young

was ill at ten

loved eating glass as snacks

his family wanted to stop him

kept on doing that for many years

died at 75

Task 2 Writing.

T: When you write your article, don’t forget the writing tips we’ve just mentioned. It’s your turn to write now. Have a try,please. (Give them five to ten minutes to finish their writing.) Then show some sample writings to the students.

Sample writing

Most people like eating delicious food, but one strange person liked eating glass. The man lived in Henan. He was healthy when he was very young. But after he was ill at ten, he began to love eating glass as snacks. His family wanted to stop him. But he didn’t listen. He kept on doing that for many years. He died at the age of 75. Isn’t it amazing?

Step 3: Post-writing

T: After writing, you should check your writing and make some necessary changes. Make sure there’re no spelling or grammatical mistakes. Use some cohesive words to make your article coherent.请检查你的文章并作必要的修改。确保没有拼写和语法错误，用一些连词使你的文章有连贯性。

Step 4:Homework

Collect some information about amazing things and then write an article about them.

2. 难点：正确使用一般过去时来描述过去发生的事情。　

Step 1: Pre-writing

Task 1　 Lead-in

T: Hello, girls and boys! Today we’re going to learn main task of unit4. Do you often go to the zoo? Do you love animals? Animals are amazing. Do you know anything amazing about them?　 　Look at the pictures and say something about them.

S: Ants can smell things as well as dogs can.

Each of camels ’eyes has 3 eyelids.

A tortoise can live up to 150 years old.

A giraffe has only seven bones in its long neck.

Task 2　 Presentation

T:Are you interested in amazing things? Where can we get information about amazing things? 　

S:We can get information from books, the Internet, TV programs, radio programs and so on.

T:How can we write about amazing things?

(Help students answer) First, we should make notes about the information.

Then, we should organize the information well. (首先，我们要列出事实性信息。然后，我们要有条理地组织信息，整理成文。)

Task 3　 Reading

T: How can we make notes about amazing things or persons? Let’s take “the tallest man” for example.让我们以最高的人的提纲为例，谈谈如何围绕题目列出要点吧！本段信息的主题是the tallest man, 所以作者围绕主题列举了以下信息。

a man in the USA　 　　　　　　　　　nationality

born on 22nd February 1918 　　　　　birthday

died on 15th July 1940 　　　　　　　the time of death