1、人教版英语选择性必修第一册人教版英语选择性必修第一册Unit 4 Body LanguageReading and WritingLearning objectivesIn this class,you will1.gain information about the animal body language.2.build up vocabulary that can be used to describe a cats story.3.write a short story about the given pictures.Contents010203Lead-inReadingWriti
2、ng Animals cant speak,but they can tell us how they feel and what they think.Look at some pictures and choose one word to describe each picture.Part 1:Lead-inPicture1Picture2Picture4Pfortable1.nervous2.angry4.confidentThinking:How do animals tell us how they feel and what they think?Activity1:Read t
3、he text and then fill in the blanks.Discuss in groups how dogs,elephants and dolphins communicate.Part2:Reading ANIMAL BODY LANGUAGEDogs use sound,body movements,and their tails to communicate.Body languageMeaningears standing up and eyes wide openbarking,moving its tail,running around in circles,ju
4、mping up and downlying on its back and closing its eyesshowing its teeth and growlingPart2:Reading ANIMAL BODY LANGUAGEAnimals use body language to tell each other how they feel and what they think.Here are some examples!happywilling to playafraidangryElephants also use noises and body language to e
5、xpress themselves.Body languageMeaningnose or trunk making noisesspreading its earstouching each other with its trunksstanding close to each otherputting their heads togetherPart2:Reading ANIMAL BODY LANGUAGEAnimals use body language to tell each other how they feel and what they think.Here are some
6、 examples!to welcome other elephantswatch outshowing friendshipDolphins live in groups and love to show their feelings.Body languageMeaningears standing up and eyes wide openjumping high out of the water and landing on its side,making a loud noisesending a message over a long distanceshowing its _le
7、aping into the airswimming in small groups close to the surfacePart2:Reading ANIMAL BODY LANGUAGEAnimals use body language to tell each other how they feel and what they think.Here are some examples!angryplaying with friendstired and restingstrengthPart2:Reading ANIMAL BODY LANGUAGE Activity2:Match
8、the emotions with the body language and animalsPart2:Reading ANIMAL BODY LANGUAGEMatch the emotions with the body language and animalsA cat is a kind of common animals in our daily life.What is the cats body language communicating in each picture?Part3:Writing Task A Cats StoryActivity 3:Vocabulary
9、building-up(单词构建和积累）单词构建和积累）purr 打呼打呼 meow 喵喵叫喵喵叫 stretch伸懒腰伸懒腰 swish its tail摇尾巴摇尾巴 nuzzle its head against her face 用头蹭她的脸用头蹭她的脸跳到某人的床上跳到某人的床上向某人道早安向某人道早安 要食物要食物 拿来一些猫食拿来一些猫食 把把单独留在家单独留在家向某人说再见向某人说再见告诉某人它的孤独告诉某人它的孤独躺在它的垫子上躺在它的垫子上入睡入睡Part3:Writing Task A Cats Storyjump into ones bed,say“good mornin
10、g”to sb.ask for food take some cat foodleave sb.alone at home.say“goodbye”to sb.tell sb.about its lonelinesslie in its mattress fall asleep.学生们畅学生们畅所欲言，所欲言，查词典，查词典，读生词，读生词，说旧词。说旧词。Part3:Writing Task A Cats StoryActivity4:-We name the cat Sam and the girl Cathy.Now use the pictures to write a story a
11、bout the cat.写作点拨写作点拨一只猫和一个女孩的故事，描述猫咪与女孩的日常相处以一只猫和一个女孩的故事，描述猫咪与女孩的日常相处以及女孩不在家时猫咪的孤单和对女孩的想念。学生小组内讨论，一两句及女孩不在家时猫咪的孤单和对女孩的想念。学生小组内讨论，一两句句话描述图片内容。句话描述图片内容。Its in the morning.Sam says meow and nuzzles its head against Cathys face.Part3:Writing Task A Cats StoryThen it meows to say“good morning”to Cathy a
12、nd ask for food.Cathy enters the kitchen.She takes some cat food and gives it to Sam.Sam swishes its tail happily.Part3:Writing Task A Cats StoryAfter breakfast Cathy goes to work,leaving Sam alone at home.Every morning Sam meows“goodbye”to Cathy behind the window.Now Sam is at home.It meows to tell
13、 a fish swimming in a water tank about its loneliness.Part3:Writing Task A Cats StorySam lies in its mattress and soon falls asleep.In its dream Cathy comes back with its favorite snack.Part3:Writing Task A Cats StoryActivity5:组合成一段完整的短文。注意动作和心理描写组合成一段完整的短文。注意动作和心理描写的词汇，为高考题型读后续写打基础。的词汇，为高考题型读后续写打基础
14、。Its in the morning.Sam says meow and nuzzles its head against Cathys face.Then it meows to say“good morning”to Cathy and ask for food.Cathy enters the kitchen.She takes some cat food and gives it to Sam.Sam swishes its tail happily.After breakfast Cathy goes to work,leaving Sam alone at home.Every
15、morning Sam meows“goodbye”to Cathy behind the window.Now Sam is at home.It meows to tell a fish swimming in a water tank about its loneliness.Sam lies in its mattress and soon falls asleep.In its dream Cathy comes back with its favorite snack.Homework1.Read the text aloud.2.Write down the whole story.
