1、Unit 5 Do you think plants can speak like humans do?What do you think plants can do?Tick the boxes.pattackpbreathepeatpsleeppmovepspeakpstealpthinklanguage of plants?Look at the title and picture of the passage.Predict how does plants communicate?They can communicate with each other in three ways：by
2、 using chemicals sound and“wood wide web”Read the passage to figure out 1.Whats the genre of the passage?A.Narration B.ArgumentationC.News D.Exposition 2.What is the structure of the passage?It tells us the way in which plants can communicate.structurePlants can communicate.Plants have various ways
3、to communicate.Scientists are learning more about plants language.Introduction and thesis statementmain bodyconclusionexposition municate with each other2.from the leaves3.release its own,different chemicals4.with their roots5.tell if a neighbouring plant is helpful,or unfriendly6.clicking noises wh
4、en there is not enough water,ndicating drought is arriving7.the roots of different plants to each other8.share information and even food9.steal food from each other,or spread poisonsHow does the author explain three ways of communicating?The author explains thress ways by giving examples.How does th
5、e author connect the“main body”part?More surprisingly,plants also use.Most surprisingly of all.1.What figure of speech is being used when the plants are described as calling for help?What is its function?2.Group work:draw the picture of how a plant communicates when being municating by using chemica
6、ls1.What figure of speech is being used when the plants are described as calling for help?What is its function?Personification.It can make descriptions more vivid.Learning to learnPersonification means giving human characteristics to something that is not human.By using human characteristics to desc
7、ribe an object,animal or even a place,personification can make descriptions more vivid.2.Group work:draw the picture of how a plant communicates when being attacked.Dont forget key municating by using the“wood wide web”What figure of speech is being here?What is its function?Analogy.It is vivid and
8、makes it easier for readers to understand.What does“wood wide web”mean?“Wood wide web”means an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest.It is linked underground by fungi and this fungal network links the roots of different plants to each other.Using the wood wide
9、web,plants can share information and even food with each other.1.What do you think are the benefits of studying plant communication?2.What discoveries are described in the two reading passages in this unit and what do their meanings have in common?1.What do you think are the benefits of studying pla
10、nt communication?It will help us get a better understanding of the secret of nature and encourage us to explore more about the mysterious nature.Whats more,it will teach us that human should live in harmony with mother nature.And it is our responsibility to fulfill the mission.2.What discoveries are
11、 described in the two reading passages in this unit and what do their meanings have in common?Passage 1 reveals the discovery of evolution.Passage 2 reveals the discovery of communication between plants.They all reflect that there are numerous secrets in nature that remain to be explored.Give a talk about communication between living things.
