Unit 3 Why do you like koalas?（第二课时）
unit 3 why do you like koalas?（第二课时）
ⅰ.teaching aims and demands
1. knowledge objects
key vocabulary
target language
read and write a description of an animal.
2. ability object
train students’ listening, speaking, reading, writing skill.
train students’ communicative competence.
improve students’ spoken english.
3. moral object
love all kinds of animals
ⅱ.teaching key points
key vocabulary
target language
read and write a description of an animal.
ⅲ.teaching difficulties
what questions
write descriptions about animals.
ⅳ.teaching methods
reading and writing methods
group work
pairwork
listening and practicing methods
ⅴ.teaching aids
a tape recorder
a computer
ⅵ.teaching procedures
step ⅰrevision
ask several students to take turns describing an animal they like. the rest of the class guess what animals they described.
step ⅱ 1
1. match the description words and the animals.
2. check the answers on the blackboard.
step ⅲ 2a 2b
1. play the recording of a conversation between tony and marin. listen and circle the description words on the list for 1a.
2. play the same recording again. listen and fill in the chart with the animals maria and tony talk about and the adjectives they use to describe the animals.
step ⅳ 3
1. make similar conversations using the animals and the description words in activity 1.
2. get students to work in pairs to talk about the animals they know.
3. ask several pairs of students to present their conversations to the class.
step ⅴ 3a 3b 3c
1. read the descriptions carefully. and write the letters of the animals in the blank lines above the descriptions. (3a)
2. fill in the blank lines, using words from the box. (3b)
3. get students to complete the paragraph on their own.
4. check the answers by asking one or two students to read their completed paragraph to the class.
5. write a description of any animal you like. (3c)
6. ask several students to read their passages to the class.