《英语》（七年级下册） Unit 6 Outdoor fun
Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
I.Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the leon, students should be able to: 1.learn about the names of outdoor activities; 2.talk about their favorite outdoor activities; 3.share happine with others and learn to interact with others.
II.Teaching contents 1.New words and phrases: outdoor, hurry, complain, that, camping, cycling, riding, skating, ride,
outside, hurry up, that heavy, complain too much, go riding/camping 2.New Sentences: What outdoor activity would you like to try?
What do you like about camping? I like being outside.
III.Focus of the leon and predicted area of difficulty Learn how to talk about the favourite outdoor activity and the reason.
IV.Teaching procedures A Comic strip Step 1 Lead-in T: Hello, boys and girls.Today we will learn Comic strip and Welcome to the unit of Unit 6.First, please see some pictures.
T: They are all about outdoor activities.Do you like outdoor activities? Which of them do you like best?
T: Today, we will talk about different outdoor activities.【设计意图：借助震撼的户外运动视频引出话题“户外活动”，活跃气氛，导入新课。】
Step 2 Presentation 1.Look and say
T: Look at the pictures of our friends, Eddie and Hobo.What outdoor activity are they doing?
S: (They are hiking.) 2.Listen and answer T: Yes, they are hiking.Now let’s listen to their dialogue and find what is happening.Before listening, please read the questions and get ready.(1) How does Eddie feel? (2) Why can’t Eddie hurry up?
T: Can you gue the meaning of “hurry up”? It is similar to “come on”.Let’s practice.Please fill in the blanks.3.Read and answer
1 T: Now, please open your books and read the dialogue with the tape.While reading, pay attention to the sounds and intonation.After reading, you should answer two questions.(1) What does Hobo think of Eddie? (2) What does Hobo think of the bag? 4.Answer and learn T: Let’s answer the questions one by one.“What does Hobo think of Eddie?”
S: (He thinks Eddie complains too much.) (此处学生可能对complain不了解，教师可以帮助他们正音。) T: Let’s practice the word “complain”.Please fill in the blanks.S: (She never complains too much about anything.) T: Boys and girls, read the sentence and try to find the use of complain.(稍作停顿) We often say “complain about something or somebody.”（圈出about）
T: Now try to answer the second question “What does Hobo think of the bag?”
S: (He thinks that the bag isn’t that heavy.) T: Can you say “that heavy” in another way? (此处教师应鼓励学生通过上下文猜测that heavy的意思。)
S: (Really heavy/so heavy.) T: Yes, you are right.Let’s practice the word “that”.Please fill in the blanks.S: (The baby can’t walk that far.) 5.Act it out T: By now, we’ve known the dialogue better.Please work with your partner and read the dialogue again.Later, we will act as dubbing (配音) actors.6.Tips for hiking T: Great! After acting the dialogue out, can you give Eddie some advice on hiking?
S: (Don’t bring too many things while hiking.)
T: Yes.I agree with you.It’s said that the weight of your backpack should be le than one fourth of your weight.【设计意图：借助问题，鼓励学生听对话、读对话；借助回答，给予学生支架，帮助他们扫除语言障碍，让他们在语境中感知生词的意义和用途，达到细化处理文本内容的目的。在此基础上，设计配音活动，鼓励学生进一步熟悉和理解对话内容，教师也可以通过该活动了解学生的掌握情况。最后借助问题，提醒学生远足的注意点，拓展文本。】
B Welcome to the unit Step 1 Presentation 1.Learn to say T: We’ve known Eddie and Hobo are hiking.Hiking is a kind of outdoor activity.What other outdoor activities do you know? Look at the pictures and say what outdoor activities they are.
T: In picture one, what’s the man doing?
S1: (Jogging.)
T: Good.Please move on.
S2: (In picture two, the man is swimming.)
S3: (In picture three, the lady is skating.)
S4: (In picture four, the girl is riding a bike.)
T: Yes.And we can call it “cycling”.
S5: (In picture five, the boy is riding a horse.)
T: Yes.And we can call it “horse riding” or “riding” for short.What can you see in Picture Six?
Ss: (A tent and a fire.)
T: Yes.We call it “camping”.2.Learn and match T: I am sure it’s easy for you to finish the exercises in A1 on page 69.
T: Now, let’s check the answers.I’d like you to talk about the pictures one by one like this: A: What outdoor activity would you like to try? B: I want to go ....
T: Let’s review the phrases again.They are “go jogging/camping/skating/swimming/cycling/ horse riding or riding.” 4.Brainstorm T: Do you know other outdoor activities? I will show you some pictures for help.Try to say as many outdoor activities as you can, such as go hiking.
Ss: (Go fishing/boating/roller skating/skiing/walking/running/sailing/surfing ....)
T: Great! There are so many outdoor activities.Which is your favourite? 5.Listen and answer T: Daniel and Amy are also talking about outdoor activities.Let’s close our books and listen to their conversation.Try to find the answer to the questions: (1) What outdoor activity would Amy like to try? (2) What about Daniel? 6.Read and learn T: Now, please open your books and red their conversation with the tape.After reading, try to fill in the table on the screen.
T: I’d like you to answer like this: Amy/Daniel wants to go ________ because ____________.S1: Amy wants to go riding because She loves horses and she really wants to ride one.S2: Daniel wants to go camping because he likes being outside, near beautiful lakes and hills.7.Useful expreions T: Try to find some useful expreions in the conversation.T: Can you put the Chinese sentence into Chinese? S: What do you like about your school? 【设计意图：从Eddie和Hobo进行的hiking导入其他的户外活动。借此环节呈现部分生词，完成书本练习，复习拓展户外活动词汇，操练go ...结构。设问学生最爱的户外活动，导入Amy和Daniel的对话。先听后读，设置问题，细化文本内容，为下面的对话活动打好基础。】
Step 2 Production 1.Pair work T: Now I’d like you to share your ideas with your friends.Please make a conversation to talk about outdoor activities, using Amy and Daniel’s conversation as a model.2.Learn more about outdoor activities T: Do you want to know more about outdoor activities? Let’s listen to Susan for more information.T: Fill in the blanks according to Susan’s words.You can discu with your partners first.
T: Well done.Now let’s find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph One: About seasons.
Paragraph Two: About group activities.
Paragraph Three: Old people and young people do different outdoor activities.
Paragraph Four: Be careful because some outdoor activities are dangerous.
T: Perfect.We should be careful while doing outdoor activities.If we do so, we can get fun from them.That’s the topic of this unit.Let’s read together.【设计意图：铺垫和积累至此，学生已经具备开展活动的知识储备。本部分旨在鼓励学生灵活应用所学，实现语用价值。同时，本部分以合作形式开展活动，学生在小组合作中互相学习。借助外教视频，拓展户外活动知识，概括文本，讨论总结户外活动注意点，回应课外活动主题outdoor fun，体现了“乐”的升华。】
V.Homework
1.Review the contents of this leon.2.Talk about your favourite outdoor activity with friends.
