2.　　　 Teach people to love the plants and animals and value our lives.　　

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Talk about the relation between the human and the nature.

2.　　　 Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:

Let the students take active part in the activities. The teacher creates all kinds of chances to stimulate the students’ interests. Use the experience that they have. Talk about what they have known.

Lesson 12: Pretty Little Plant

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions: pretty, hole, its

Teaching Aims:

5.　　　 Why do plants need glass?

Step3. Listen to the tape and check the answers.

Step4. Read the text aloud in class. Find the mistakes and correct them.

Step5. Listen to the tape again and repeat after it until they can read it correctly and fluently.

Step6. Practice

Ask the students if they have planted flowers. Let some students introduce the planting experience.

Work in pairs. Introduce one plant that they love very much.

Step7. Homework

4.　　　 Why do plants need water?

3.　　　 Why do plants need sunlight?

2.　　　 What is it used for?

1.　　　 What is this?

3.　　　 Know the main parts of a plant and what they use water and sunlight to do.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Use the Simple Present Tense

Teaching Preparation: a plant

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, plants

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1. Play a game.

Put some things in a box. Then let a student come to the front and touch every thing. Describe what it is like and let the students guess what it is. Divide the class into two groups and have a match. Which team is better?

Step2. Bring a plant to the class and let the students ask questions about plants by themselves.

Pointing to the plant, they may begin like this:

1. Describe the process that a plant grows.