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课件网) Lesson 1 Key question What should we learn about the Earth Unit 4 The Earth K: What do you KNOW about the Earth W: What do you WANT to know about the Earth L: What have you LEARNT about the Earth First thoughts: Think: Unit objectives: land sea clouds Before you read the solar system the Sun the Earth clouds land the sea The Earth the Sun the sea land clouds the solar system 绕着...运行 be covered by 被...覆盖 据我们所知 Pre-reading The Amazing planet forests plants and animals in the sea happy children Task 1 What does each picture show us Prediction: What do you think will be talked about in the passage Pre-reading Earth Brainstorming: What things are there on Earth Pre-reading living things places forests rivers lakes the sea deserts mountains fields animals people plants While-reading Task 2 Look at the pictures, listen to the tape and find paragraphs to go with each picture. While-reading Task 3 Choose the best topic for each paragraph in the article. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 a Plants on Earth b Home to people c Amazing Earth d Places on Earth e Animals on Earth While-reading Identifying the topic sentence of a paragraph The topic sentence of a paragraph introduces the main idea. It is usually at the beginning or the end of the paragraph. For example, the topic sentence of paragraph 3 above is The plants on Earth are wonderful in many different ways. Reading strategy How to get the main idea of a paragraph quickly Skim(扫读) the passage. Find repeated words. Look at the first sentence or the last sentence. (They may be the topic sentences.) Reading skills While-reading While-reading Task 4 Read the article and finish the mind map. Places 01 The amazing (1) _____ 02 Plants planet freezing deserts sea level Some places are very hot, some are (2) _____ _____. ·There are fields and mountains, rivers and seas, forests and (3) _____. The highest mountain on Earth is over 8,800 metres above (4) _____ _____. The deepest part of the sea is over 10,000 metres down. The plants on Earth are wonderful in many different ways. The tallest trees in the world can (5) _____ over 100 metres in height. The smallest plant is as _____ as a grain of rice. reach cold small The Earth is home to millions of animals. Some live on land, and others enjoy the (6) _____ _____ _____. Big blue (7) _____ call the sea home, along with many (8) _____ fish. They make the Earth lovely and interesting. While-reading 04 People 03 Animals whales amazing provides with explore The Earth is our home and the only planet we know that supports life. The Earth (9) _____ us _____ all the things we need, such as food, water, air and energy. Let’s (10) _____, learn about and take care of our home. The amazing planet wide open sky While-reading Task 5 Read para 2 and answer the questions. Some places are very hot, like the areas near the equator. Some are freezing cold, like the North and Sou ... ...
