八年级英语上册Unit6BirdwatchingPeriod1ComicstripsandWelcometotheunit学案无答案新版牛津版

1 Unit 6 Birdwatching Period 1 Comic strips and Welcome to the unit Learning aims 1. To learn the common names of birds. 2. To talk about birds on two aspects: characteristics and appearance. Learning activities Activity one Preview 一、写出下列单词划线部分音标、词性和词义。 1. roast _________________________ 2. seagull ________________________ 3. sparrow ______________________ 4. swallow ______________________ 5. broad ________________________ 6. northern _________________ 二、了解下列生词的用法。 1. northern：词性__________；词义：__________。 归纳：方位名词有：东__________西__________南_________北 _________ 东南___________ 东北_________ 西南 _________ 西北_____________ 在方位名词后加ern, 构成形容词： 东部的________ 西部的__________南部的____________ 北部的____________ 三、翻译下列短语。 1. 在市场上_________________________ 2. 烤鸡___________________ 3. 飞到北方国家_____________________ 4. 长着棕色的羽毛________ 四、理解下列句子。 I am going birdwatching at the market. 句意：________________________________ 此句是用be + V-ing 形式表示将来。在英语中, 表示位置转移的动词, 如 :come, go, fly, drive, leave, stay, 等 ,可用be + V-ing表示按计划或安排即将发生的事。 如：She _____________to Nanjing herself tomorrow. (fly) 明天她一个人飞往南京 Activity two Lead-in Look at the picture of a sparrow and have a free talk. 1. What does it look like? 2. Is it big or small? 3. Does it have beautiful feathers? 4. What colour are the feathers? 5. What about the beak? Is it short or long? Activity three Presentation Step 1 Finish Part A Step 2 Fill in the following table. Name Appearance crane seagull sparrow swallow swan golden eagle

Activity four Practice Step 1 Play a game (guess what bird it is.) 2

e.g. I live in wetlands. I am very tall. I have long beak, long neck and long legs. I have black and white feathers. Who am I? ___________ Step 2 Which bird do you like best ? Why ? I like _________________ best because _____________________________________________ Activity five Presentation (Comic strip) Step 1 Listen and answer the questions. 1. Where is Eddie going birdwatching？ 2. What does Eddie think of the birds at the market? 3. What does Eddie really want to do? Step 2 Read and act out the dialogue. Step 3 Tell a story about Hobo and Eddie Hobo is very (1)s__________ because Eddie is going (2)b__________ at the (3)m_________. In fact, Eddie doesn’t like (4)w________ birds. He likes (5)e___________ birds instead, such as Beijing Duck and (6)r___________ chicken. He thinks they are (6)y__________.

Exercises【检测反馈】 一、用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. I like ______________ beef. 2. A seagull has white and grey or black ___________. 3. The parrot has _______________ feathers. 4. She has travelled in _______________ countries. 5. He is a ___________. He often goes birdwatching in the reserves. 二、用所动词的适当形式填空。

1. I _______________ seagulls by the seaside this Sunday. 2. The people are working hard __________ the old city into a new one. 3. People will plant more trees. It ___________ the air will be fresher. 4. Many birds __________ happily in wetlands. 5. Let’s do our best ________________ our nature more beautiful. 三、单项选择。 （ ）1. There __________ red-crowned cranes in other parts of the word many years ago. A. is B. are C. was D. were ( ) 2. A swallow _________ the south in autumn. A. flies to B. travels from C. walks to D. moves from ( ) 3. A ___________ has white feathers and a long thin neck. A. seagull B. sparrow C. crane D. swan ( ) 4. A duck is ___________.

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A. web-footed B. sharp-winged C. short-necked D. long-tailed ( ) 5. Changchun is ____________ of China. A. in the southwest B. in the northeast C. to the southwest D. to the northeast

Exercises【巩固提升】 一、句型转换。 1. A swallow’s tail looks like a fork. (对划线部分提问) __________ does a swallow’s tail _______ like? 2. I prefer a swan with white feathers and a long thin neck. (保持句意基本不变) I________ a swan with white feathers and a long thin neck __________. 3. The boy does homework every evening. (改为否定句) The boy homework every evening. 4. I’m going to go birdwatching tomorrow. (对划线部分提问) __________ are you going to _________ tomorrow ? 5. The birds sing very nicely.（改为感叹句） _________ _________ the birds sing! 二、阅读与回答问题。 Birds can fly and bats can, too. But, is a bat a kind of bird? No, a bat is not a kind of bird. They are different animals. A bat has four legs. A bird has only two. Bats have teeth and birds have no. Bats have large ears but bird's ears only holes(洞) in the head. All bats like to eat insects(昆虫). They eat at night and sleep in the daytime. In the evening bats are busy flying and catching insects. Its legs help it to fly. The piece of skin(皮肤)joins them together. It is just like a wing. Some people think bats can't see. In fact it is not true. Bats have eyes, but they cannot see well. Bats have better ears than men have. They can hear things which people can't. They can feel where a thing is. That is why the bats can fly about in the evening. 根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。 1. Is a bat a kind of bird? ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Are bats’ ears bigger than birds’? ______________________________________________________________________ 3. What helps bats fly? ______________________________________________________________________ 4. Can bats see well? ______________________________________________________________________ 5. Why can bats fly about in the evening? ______________________________________________________________________