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初三教案第394期

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Issue 394

成都市第七中学

汪悦菡彭小玲程莉

Making magic with muppets (P3)

pre-reading

What shows do you think attract kids in kindergartens? Please make a list of them.

A muppet (布偶) show is different from cartoons. Can you guess how a muppet show works?

While reading

Answer the questions

1. Why did students from Jenks Middle School create the muppet show for kids in local kindergartens?

2. What steps do you think they followed to create the muppet show according to the article?

3. What’s the most difficult part of the muppet show in the eyes of Fallon Cochlin?

4. How do they operate their creations according to Fallon Cochlin?

5. Did they succeed with the muppet show? What did the muppet show mean to them?

Cloning helps save animals (P5)

Pre-reading questions

Compare the two frogs and list the differences between them.

While reading questions

1. What made the gastric brooding frog become well-known?

A. It lived in Queensland, Australia.

B. It became extinct.

C. It gave birth through its mouth.

D. It was recreated.

2. What does the word landmark mean in the passage?

A. importance

B. milestone

C. goal

D. possibility

3. According to the passage, we can infer that _____.

A. There won’t be any extinct animals in the future.

B. The gastric brooding frog will live longer.

C. All animals can be cloned.

D. We can stop animals from dying out.

Post-reading activity

DISCUSSION

If you could clone only one kind of animal, which one would you choose? Why?

Keep your eyes to the skies (P6)

Before reading, discuss two questions below

1. Do you make the same mistakes again and again? Give us one of your experiences.

2. Why do you think we usually make the same mistakes again and again?

While reading

Read the article and finish the chart below

Animals

The way they use to escape

The way they should use to escape

A buzzard

They need 2

3-4 meters before flight.

Try to fly up.

The ordinary bat

It shuffles about without 3

Reach a higher place to fly.

It tries to find the way through the side near the bottom.

Escape from the

Conclusion

When fighting with problems and frustrations, try to use 5ways instead of the old.

Post-reading

Group work:

Have a group conversation to talk about one of your problems and discuss different kinds of ways to solve it.

Key: P3:

1 Because they took it as a way to contribute to the local community.

2 First, decide on the scripts. Then, make muppets.

Then, work the muppets.

3 In the eyes of Fallon Cochlin, the most difficult part was operating their creations.

4 They work the muppets’ hands with one hand and then their mouths with the other. They also made their voice match the muppets’ mouths.

5 Yes. They learned responsibility from the muppet show.

P5: CBD

P6: 1. A bee 2. to run 3. help

4. Top 5. new