
Step1 Warming up and lead in
Hello! Everyone, Nice to meet you. I’m very happy to have a chance to give you a lesson. First, let’s watch a movie and enjoy a song.
Step2. Presentation
What did you see? The tiger is a kind of animal. Do you like animals? Where can we see many animals? Ok! Let’s go to the zoo to see more animals. Ok! Let’s go. Hurry up!
1.Now We are at the gate of the zoo. We can’t see any animals, but we can hear some of them. What animals are they? Listen and guess.
2. Now we are in the zoo. There are so many animals in the zoo. Let’s see them one by one.
Step 3. Practice the words
1. “Now we have seen many animals. Can you remember them? Let’s play a game- Memory challenge. Write down the animal in order”
2. What animals do you like? ( I like pandas.) OK, Write down what animal you like on a piece of paper, please. OK, I’ll ask someone to come to the front and ask the other students to guess what animals he or she likes.
Step 4. Presentation
1. T: Oh, you like pandas. Why do you like pandas? Can you describe the animals? For example, look at these animals. Tigers are beautiful. Dolphins are smart. Pandas are cute.
2. OK, Let’s learn some words about describing animals.
Step 5. Practice
1. OK! Can you describe animals now? Let’s go and see the animals again. Choose to describe animals from three groups of pictures.
2.Ok! Let’s have a relax. A song: Little tigers, little tigers, they are strong, they are strong.
Step 6 listening
1.“Oh, today some other students are in the zoo, too. Let’s listen to what they say about animals.” Listen to the tape and finish 1b. listen to it twice and check the answers. After that ask some questions according to the dialogues.
2.These animals are from different countries. Some are from China. Some are from Australia. And some are from South Africa. Now listen and write the animals you hear. Draw a line from the animals to the description words and the countries they are from
Step 7. Tasks
What animals does John like? Why? Where are Koalas from? What animals does Julie like? Why? Where are Pandas from? What animals doesn’t Julie like? Why doesn’t she like them? Where are lions from? What animals do you like? Why? What animals don’t you like? Why don’t you like them? Now Please work in pairs.
1.Pairwork.
“Now I’d like you to interview another three friends what animal they like and the reasons. And then give a report.”
2. Groupwork.
3. Do you know what animals I like? Listen and guess!
Step 8. Summary
Today we have learned some words of animals and how to describe the animals. Most animals are very cute and smart. Love animals, love ourselves. All animals are our friends. We should protect them.
Step 9. Homework
Blackboard design
Unit 3 Why do you like pandas?
What animal do you like? Why do you like them?
I like tigers . Because they are very/ kind of cute.
elephants. smart.
monkeys. interesting.
koalas. beautiful.
lions friendly.
giraffes. shy.
Why don’t you like … Because they are scary/lazy
