Unit 5 Abilities Comic strip & Welcome to the unit

1.Can you say hello to teachers when you meet them? 2.Can you clean the classroom carefully when you are on duty? 3. Can you help your classmate with their homework? 4. Can you give the thing back to the person who lost it? 5. Can you do something good to your teachers? 6. Can you look after the things in our classroom? 7. Can you take care of your classmate who is ill? 8. Can you keep our classroom clean and tidy? Free talk

He can play basketball very well. What can he do? He has the ability to play basketball. What ability does he have?

What can he do? He can stand on his head. What ability does he have? He has the ability to stand on his head.

What ability do they have? They have the ability to ride bikes.

What ability do birds have? Birds have the ability to fly.

Can dogs fly? Can Eddie fly?

Listen and answer

Listen and answer: 1.What does Eddie want to do? 2.Can dogs fly? 3.What happened to Eddie ? 4.What do you think of Eddie ? Q: He wants to fly. No, they can’t. He fell down and hurt himself. He is interesting but careless. New words: superdog 超级狗 fly 飞，飞行 be careful 小心，当心 ability 能力（ abilities)

I’m Superdog, Hobo! How cool! I can fly! Be carefulBe careful, Eddie! See. You can’t fly, Eddie.

Act out the dialogue

Why can’t Eddie be Superdog? Because he has no ability to fly.

He can clean the room. He can play football. He can swim. He can play tennis. What ability does he have?

Different people have different abilities. What can Superman do? He fights against the evil, help people and save the city.

Helping Hands Club have different abilities What can we do for others?

show the strangers the way help the old woman cross the road

visit a home for the elderly plant trees

clean up the park give a seat to someone to on the bus

collect things for Project Hope

help an old man plant trees give a seat to someone on the bus visit a home for the elderly collect things for Project Hope clean up the park

What ability do you have? ability = What can you do? the elderly = the old people a home for the elderly ( 敬老院 ) clean up clean up the park (make sth. clean)

She is ill! He can’t find his way home! He can’t swim! If people are in need of help, how to help them? (1) (2) (4) (3) He is hurt by the car!

What can we do for people in Yushu? Helping Hands Club needs volunteers.

What abilities do you have? Do you want to be a volunteer?

Consolidation

1. 植树 2. 在汽车上让座 3. 打扫公园 4. 为希望工程捐东西 5. 拜访敬老院 plant trees give a seat to someone on the bus clean up the park collect things for Project Hope visit a home for the elderly

Exercises 1. 他经常在公共汽车上给老年人让座位。 He often _______________ to the __________ on the bus. 2. 我们每年都去访问老年公寓。 We go to ________ the _______________ every year. 3. 张老师每天都将办公室打扫的干干净净。 Miss Zhang ________ the office every day. 4. 人们通常会在春天种树。 People always ________ in spring. 5. 同学们想为 “ 希望工程 ” 做点事。 The students want to _______________________________. gives his seatelderly visit home for the elderly cleans up plant trees do something for Project Hope

Homework: 1.Review what we learnt today. 2.Preview the reading A Brave Young Man.