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UNIT 3 Why do you like koala bears?
Text analysis:
Topic: animals in the zoo
Functions (Teaching aims): 1. Describe animals 2. Express preferences and give reasons
Structures:1. Why, What, Where questions 2.Because 3. Adjectives of quality
Target language: Why do they like koala bears? Because they’re cute. They’re kind of shy. They’re very big.
Vocabulary: 1. zoo, animals, tiger, elephant, koala bears, dolphin, panda, lion, penguin, giraffe 2. smart, cute, fun, ugly, intelligent, friendly, shy, kind of 3. South Africa
Recycling: beautiful, small, quiet, scary, interesting, Australia, Japan, Brazil, China.
He is from-- She’s five years old.
Learning strategies: 1. Using what you know 2. Inferring content
Multi-intelligence: 1. Know the nature 2. Knowledge of places 3. logical expressions
Periods: six
Period 1 section A 1a 1b 1c
Period 2 section A 2a 2b 2c Grammar focus
Period 3 section A 3a 3b 4
Period 4 section B 1 2a 2b 3
Period 5 section B 3a 3b 3c 4
Period 6 self check
Period 1 Contents on p7
Teaching aims:
Learn new words: animals—tiger, koala bear, elephant, dolphin, panda, lion, penguin, giraffe description words—cute, fun, smart
Listen and check(√) the animals.
Practice the conversation: describe animals
Teaching methods: listen and say, read and write
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Presentation(1a)
We are going to learn the names of some more animals.
Show the animals on the map of the zoo → point to the animals and say the names →let students read the words → match the words with the animals in the picture → practice the words(read and write)
Step 2 Listening practice(1b)
Point to the animals in 1a and ask students to say the names→ play the recording of the conversation twice → check(√) the names of animals
Step 3 Pair work(1c)
Practice the conversations using the description words.
A: Let’s see the lions.
B: Why do you want to see the lions?
A: Because they’re cute.
Step 4 Consolidation: Free talk
Ask students to present their conversations to the class.
Step 5 Summary: words and conversations
Step 6 Homework: remember the words and conversations.
教后一得：
在课堂上，教师是参与者，帮助者，学生是活动的主体，学生的任务是开放的。学生以小组为单位进行活动，在较真实的语境中锻炼口头、笔头能力。有利于培养学生的合作精神，促进学科之间的渗透和交融。
Period 2 contents on p8
Teaching aims:
Listening practice: write the names of the animals
Oral practice: Ask and answer questions about animals.
Grammar focus
Teaching difficulty: difference between the words very and kind of.
Teaching methods: listen and say
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision: Can you say the names of the animals? Ask some students to say and two students to write on the blackboard.
Step 2 Free talk: Making a conversation in pairs, talking about animals.
Step 3 Presentation(2a)
Do you want to go to the zoo? Julia and Henry are talking about the animals in the zoo. Let’s listen together.
Play the recording twice →students write in the names of the animals →draw a line between animals and adjectives
Step 4 Listening practice(2b)
Hear the recording again →complete the conversations with the words given →tell the words: very & kind of ( They always come just before the adjectives in the sentences. Look at the cartoons under 2b. We can make sure. Another example: if we are familiar with percentages, we might use the following scale to help explain their meaning:
0% 50% 95%
not kind of very)
Step 5 Pair work(2c)
Practice the target language.
Ask and answer questions with the given words.
Step 6 Consolidation: ask some pairs to act out the conversations.
Step 7 Summary: Grammar Focus
Step 8 homework: practice the target languages.
教后一得：
现在的英语课堂是开放式的，本着启发学生思维，培养学生的观察力，想象力，创新能力和合作精神的原则，我们设置了一些活动，能够调动学生课外英语学习的积极性，锻炼学生独立或以合作形式收集资料、处理信息的能力。为学生提供实际运用英语的机会。
Period 3 Contents on p9
Teaching aims:
Say the names of the countries on the maps.
Talk about where the animals come from.
Game: Bingo.
Key points:
Countries: China, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Brazil.
Animals: lions, pandas, koala bears, dolphins, elephants, giraffes.
Teaching methods: Use the geography knowledge to match the countries and animals; play the game—bingo.
Teaching aids: tape, recorder, maps, use coins, paper chips or scraps of paper as markers.
Teaching procedure:
Step 1 Revision: free talk
Work in pairs, describing the animals.
Step 2 Presentation
We have known many more animals. Do you want to know where the animals are from? Let’s look at the maps and say the names of the countries (show the maps).
Point to the maps and ask students to say the names → point to the animals in 3a and ask students to name them →ask: Where are the animals from? → Let the students draw a line between each animal and the country.
Step 3 Pair work (3b)
Practice the conversation: Where are lions from? They’re from Africa. (Use the animals and countries in activity 3a.)
Step 4 Game: Bingo (4)
Read the countries and the animals in the box→ write nine words from the box on the bingo board→ listen to the tape→ cross out(X)the words you hear(You can place a marker on each word. →say “bingo” when you get arrow of Xs or cover three boxes in a row.
According to the game, we can consolidate the animals and countries.
Step 5 Summary: We have practices where the animals are from. Remember the countries and their animals.
Step 6 Homework: ask and answer questions.
教后一得：
现在的英语课堂是开放式的，本着启发学生思维，培养学生的观察力，想象力，创新能力和合作精神的原则，我们设置了一些活动，能够调动学生课外英语学习的积极性，锻炼学生独立或以合作形式收集资料、处理信息的能力。为学生提供实际运用英语的机会。
Period 4 Contents on p10
Teaching aims:
Remember the description words: ugly, intelligent, friendly, cute, shy.
Listening practice
Oral practice: talk about animals.
Key points: intelligent, friendly, cute, shy
Teaching procedure:
Step 1 Revision: Why do you want to see lions? Because they’re cute.
Step 2 Presentation
We have learned some description words such as scary, interesting, small, cute, exciting. We’ll learn four description words this class: ugly, intelligent, friendly, shy.
Step 4 Match the words and the animals.(1)
Look the pictures in 1 →ask a student to say the names of animals →read the eight adjectives →match the adjectives with the animals in the picture →write the letter of the animals on the line
(Perhaps students have different opinions.)
Step 4 Listening practice 1 (2a)
Tony and Maria want to the zoo. What animals do they like and why? Let’s listen to the tape.
Play the recording twice →students circle the description words in 1 →correct the answers
Step 5 Listening practice 2 (2b)
Play the recording again →write the animals each person talks about and the words they say →check the answers
Step 6 Pair work (3)
Work in pairs →ask some pairs to act
Step 7 Summary: We’ve know more description words.
Step 8 Homework: Remember the adjectives.
教后一得：
现在的英语课堂是开放式的，本着启发学生思维，培养学生的观察力，想象力，创新能力和合作精神的原则，我们设置了一些活动，能够调动学生课外英语学习的积极性，锻炼学生独立或以合作形式收集资料、处理信息的能力。为学生提供实际运用英语的机会。
Period 5 Contents on p11
Teaching aims:
Remember the words and expressions: grass, sleep, during, at night, leaf, him, give, guess, meat, relax, lazy.
Be able to read and write about animals.
Theme task and teaching difficulty: write a description.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision: Ask some questions. Where are the lions from? Where are the pandas from? Where are the koala bears from? Where are the elephants from?
Step 2 Presentation: Can you describe the animals? Look at 3a.
Ask students to read the descriptions →match them with the animals →check the answers.
Step 3 Look at 3b.
Learn new words: grass, leaves, meat, sleep, relax, lazy →look at the animal lion in 3a →fill in the blanks →check the answers.
Step 4 Writing and reading practice (3c)
Write a description like the one in3b →do a sample(Choose an animal’s name and write on the blackboard.): Koala bears →write about any animal →ask students to read in pairs.
Step 5 Group work: Guess
Ask students to get into groups of four →take turns reading from 3c →other students guess what animals.
Step 6 Summary: We’ve practiced reading and writing about animals.
Step 7 Homework: Recite some passages about animals.
教后一得：
现在的英语课堂是开放式的，本着启发学生思维，培养学生的观察力，想象力，创新能力和合作精神的原则，我们设置了一些活动，能够调动学生课外英语学习的积极性，锻炼学生独立或以合作形式收集资料、处理信息的能力。为学生提供实际运用英语的机会。
Period 6 Contents on p12
Teaching aims:
Have a revision about Unit 2, including words and target languages.
Teaching procedure:
Step 1 Key word check(1)
Read the words →check all the words
Step 2 Build vocabulary (2)
Ask students to enter five words in their vocab-builder on p108 →practice the words in pairs
Step 3 Writing practice (3)
Look at the example →let students read →write a similar description of the animal—koala bear, doing it individually →read it in groups.
Step 4 writing practice (4)
Tell students to draw two animals →write a description
Step 5 Just for fun: Practice the target language.
Ask two students to read the conversations →ask: Do you think the baby chimp is cute?
Step 6 Practice the target language.
Step 7 Summary
Step 8 Homework
教后一得：
现在的英语课堂是开放式的，本着启发学生思维，培养学生的观察力，想象力，创新能力和合作精神的原则，我们设置了一些活动，能够调动学生课外英语学习的积极性，锻炼学生独立或以合作形式收集资料、处理信息的能力。为学生提供实际运用英语的机会。
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