Period 2 Section A (1a-2c)

Teaching aims:

1. Know the words about animals and their personalities.

2. Enable the students to talk about and describe their favorite animals.

3. Educate the students to love and protect animals.

Key points:

1. Master these words: pet, leg, cat, sleep.

2. Master the following sentence patterns:

Why do you like pandas？　　Because they're kind of interesting.

Why does John like koalas?　 Because they're very cute.

Why don't you like tigers?　　Why don't you like tigers?

Where are lions from?　　　 They're from South Africa.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1: Review.

1. Review the words: chant.

　　2. Where are the animals from?

　　Step 2 Work on 2d. Role-play.

1. T: Some people like animals very much.They keep (=have养)an animal at

home. We call the animals that we keep at home pets. (pet, cat,leg, sleep)

T: What pets do people keep?

　　2. Fast reading. Read the conversation and answer the questions.

　　 (1). What pet does Peter have?

　　 (2). What pet does Jenny's mother have?

　　3. Careful reading. Read again and answer the questions.

(1). Does Peter like his dog?

(2). What can the dog do?

(3). Does Jenny like her mother's pet? Why or Why not?

4. Then Ss read the conversation in 2d

5. Let some pairs role-play the conversation in 2d.

Step 3 Grammar Focus.

1.学生阅读Grammar Focus中的句子，然后做填空练习。

① 你为什么喜欢熊猫？ _____________________

② 因为它们有趣。 _____________________

③ 约翰为什么喜欢考拉？___________________

④ 因为它们很可爱。 ____________________

⑤ 为什么你不喜欢老虎？_____________________

⑥ 因为它们真得很吓人。___________________

2. Ss finish off the sentences and check the answers by themselves.

3. Give Ss eight more minutes to remember them.

Step 4 Work on 3a.

1. Look at 3a. Tell Ss to fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Then practice the conversation.

2. Students do it.