1、Unit 5 Why do you like pandas?【Teaching and learning Goals】:In this lesson, students will learn to use some description words, such as friendly, shy, smart, beautiful , scary, lazy etc. to describe animals. By listening and talking about animals, students can understand others preferences on animals

2、 and express theirs easily. Students should also know “Animals are our friends” after this lesson.【Teaching and learning steps】:Step I. Pre-listening activities1.Preview(1) A video about animalsT: In the last two classes weve learned many animals.Now lets see a video about animals. Please record as

3、many animals as you can. Lets see who can write the most correct words.(Animals: panda, tiger, elephant, koala, lion, giraffe, cat, dog, pig, dolphin, bear, fish, bird, horse, cow, deer, camel, snake) (2)Translate the following words or sentences into English.(a)友好的(b)羞怯的，靦腆的 (c)你喜歡什么動物？(d)我喜歡狗因為他們友

4、好并且機靈。 (設(shè)計意圖：(1)部分通過播放視頻方式激發(fā)學(xué)生對上一節(jié)課單詞的記憶，鞏固回憶所學(xué)單詞，拓展詞匯， 調(diào)動學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)興趣。(2)部分讓學(xué)生們通過預(yù)習(xí)重點單詞、短語和句子，對本節(jié)課的內(nèi)容有初步了解。)2.Leading in(1) Guessing game.T: Now I describe some animals, you guess what animals they are. Please listen carefully. OK. The first animal is friendly and cute. But they are kind of shy. They are

5、 from China. They are black and white. What animal is it?Ss: Panda. T: Do you like pandas? Ss: Yes,I do. No, I dont. T: Why do(dont) you like pandas? Ss: Because they re cute/friendly/lazy/shy. T: OK. The second animal is very big and strong. It is also very friendly and smart. It even can help peop

6、le look after kids.Ss: Elephant.T: Do you like elephants? Ss: Yes,I do. No, I dont. T: Why do(dont) you like elephants? Ss: Because they re smart/ strong. T: The third animal is very beautiful. It is very tall and it has a long neck. It comes from Africa.Ss: Giraffe.T: Do you like giraffes? Ss: Yes,

7、I do. No, I dont. T: Why do(dont) you like giraffes? Ss: Because they re interesting/ beautiful. T: The fourth animal is the king of animals.It is very strong and likes eating meat a lot. Some of them are from the northeastern part of China. Their numbers are descreasing now. They are in danger and

8、the government are advocating their people to save them. Ss: Tiger .T: Do you like lions / tigers? Ss: Yes,I do. No, I dont. T: Why do(dont) you like lions / tigers? Ss: Because they re really scary/ strong/cool. (2) Work on 1aT: What animals do you like and why? What animals dont you like and why?N

9、ow turn on page 28 and look at the pictures in 1a. Match the description words with the animals. You can use some words more than once.( Sample answers:1-d; 2-b/e/f; 3-b/d; 4-e/f; 5-c/f; 6-a/c; 7-f; 8-e) Step II. Before-listening activitiesThe teacher shows the pictures of animals and leads students

10、 to describe the animals in the pictures using“I like because. but I dont like. because.” .Eg: I like pandas because theyre friendly and cute, but I dont like lions because theyre scary. (設(shè)計意圖：本部分通過猜詞游戲引導(dǎo)學(xué)生討論動物，同時導(dǎo)入目標(biāo)詞匯句型,為下面的聽力任務(wù)做好準(zhǔn)備)Step III. While-listening activities1. T: Now lets listen to the

11、tape to see what animals Mary and Tony like and why. Circle the description words you hear in 1a.1.smart 2. friendly 3. beautiful 4. cute 5. lazy 6. scary 7.small 8.shyThen check the answers.2. T: Listen again and fill in the chart in 1c. What words do Mary and Tony use to describe the animalsAnimal

12、sMarys wordsTonys wordselephantspandasThen check the answers.3.T：Well done! Now lets listen for the third time and fill in blanks to complete the dialogue. Tony: Where do you want _ go now?Mary: Lets see the_.Tony: The elephants? Why do you like elephants?Mary: Oh,theyre _.And theyre really_.Tony: Y

13、es,but theyre _,too.Mary: Oh,Tony!So where do you want to go?Tony: Lets see the _.Theyre _ _ _.Mary:Oh,yeah.I love pandas.Theyre _.But theyre also _ _ _.Where are they?Tony:Theyre over there,not far from the koalas.Then check the answers. (設(shè)計意圖：三個聽力任務(wù)，由淺入深，由整體把握到細(xì)節(jié)捕捉，引導(dǎo)學(xué)生逐步理解直至完全聽懂領(lǐng)會目標(biāo)聽力段落。)Step IV.

14、 Post-listening activities1. Listen and repeat, and role play the converstion in pairs.(設(shè)計意圖：跟讀磁帶，有助于學(xué)生的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)發(fā)音, 分角色朗讀，模擬表演對話，有助于學(xué)生在情境中體會運用語言)2. Groupwork- Make a survey。T: Now lets talk about the animals we like and dislike in groups. Please record the animals you and your groupmates like or dislike.

15、And then some groups may show their result. NamesLike(s) ReasonsDislike(s)ReasonsIpandas cute lions scaryReport: In my group, I like pandas because theyre cute. But I dont like lions because theyre scary. xxx likesbecause theyre,but she/he doesnt likebecause theyre .（設(shè)計意圖: 學(xué)生運用目標(biāo)句型What animals do yo

16、u like? Why?對小組同學(xué)或朋友進(jìn)行調(diào)查， 并做出簡短報告，從而培養(yǎng)學(xué)生靈活運用目標(biāo)語言的能力。）Step V.Inquiry into knowledge by translation1. Why do you like elephants ? _Because theyre cute. _Why_,引導(dǎo)_疑問句，其答語常用_引導(dǎo)。此外，“Why dont you +動詞原形+其他？”是向別人提出_。Because 是連詞，意為“_”，用來陳述_，回答_引導(dǎo)的特殊疑問句。如：(1)你為什么不去那兒呢？_ (2)I dont like math because its very dif

17、ficult. _2. I like dogs because theyre friendly and smart. _ friendly是形容詞，意為“_”，它是由名詞_加_派生而來，其反義詞為unfriendly，意為“_”。對某人友好friendly 要與介詞_ 連用，表達(dá)為be friendly to sb。如：他對他的朋友很友好。_（設(shè)計意圖：翻譯探究重點句子，引導(dǎo)學(xué)生總結(jié)歸納語法規(guī)則，培養(yǎng)其發(fā)現(xiàn)、探究、運用語言的能力。）Step VI. SummaryT: Lets see what weve learned in this class.1. 詞匯：2. 句子：3. 聽說技能：（設(shè)

18、計意圖：引導(dǎo)學(xué)生宏觀把握本節(jié)內(nèi)容， 學(xué)生通過此步形成知識框架，更深入理解目標(biāo)語言的功用。） Step VII. Emotionaleducation Play a video “動物是人類的朋友，讓我們和諧共處” /w_19rrbeaqn9.htmlStepVIII.Have a test一 用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。1. Lets _(play) computer games.2. I like this movie because it is _(interest).3. He is a _(shy) boy. 4. I like _(dog) because they are smart.二翻譯下列句子1. 你想去哪兒？2. 咱們先去看熊貓吧。3. 你喜歡什么動物？4. 我喜歡大