Task: My favourite pet优质教案设计

Unit 8 Pets Task 城郊初中 秦晓春

2019年6月11日

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives 1. 知识目标: 重点单词: basket, noisy, paw 重点短语: Play with a ball, give her clean water, weigh about 2 kilograms, eat cat food from …, take good care of.

重点句子: She never worries because we take good care of her. 2. 技能目标：能学会构思个人想法，计划并撰写文章，表达自己的观点。

II. Teaching contents Listen and Discuss

Poppy

She has _____, _____ fur and _____ paws. Her eyes are _____. She is quite _____ and weighs about _____

My pet

1.

What does it look like?

He/She is ______. ( clever/ friendly/ happy/ kind/ lazy/ noisy/ quiet) Appearance

Personality

She is __________ and _____.

How does Amy look after Poppy?

Why does Amy like Poppy?

Amy feeds her _____ _____ and gives her _____ _____, and _________ her fur sometimes.

His/ her lifestyle .She is a good friend and never _____. What is special about your

pet?

What is each paragraph about? 1.

New words and phrases: basket, noisy, paw, play with a ball, give her cleanwater;walk brush keep teach put clean change take 1.You must _______ the dog once a day if you want it to be healthy. 2.You should _______ the dog’s fur.

3.You should _____ the fish tank clean three times a week. 4.You must _______ the water for the goldfish once a week. 5.You should _______your parrot to speak. 6.You mustn’t ______ the goldfish out of the tank.

2. New sentences: She never worries because we take good care of her. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. To organize the students’ own ideas. 2. To write an article about their own pets. IV. Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in 1. Watch and sing. T: Do you like singing English songs? Watch the video and try to sing the song together. Then you should answer some questions. 2. Ask and answer. T: Do you like the music video? Now let’s answer some questions. (1) What did the boy get? (2) Does he like his new pet? (3) How does he feel when he is with his pet? (4) What do you think of his pet? 3. Look and answer. T: Boys and girls, Look at the picture. What is this? It’s a cat. Who owns the cat? Amy does. What colour is she? She is grey. What colour are her paws? They are white. Is it lovely? Yes, it is. Step 2 Presentation

1. Read and finish the table. T: Read the passage after the tape, and then try to finish the table. 2. Read and analyze. T: Read the passage aloud, and then analyze the passage. The first paragraph: It is an introduction. The second paragraph: It is about Poppy’s appearance. The third and the fourth paragraphs: They are about its personality and lifestyle. The fifth paragraph: It is about how you look after it. The last paragraph: It is about why Amy likes it. 3. Find the useful expressions. T: Read the passage silently again and try to find some useful expressions. 4. Other useful expressions. Step 3 Writing How to write an article about your favourite pet 1. Prepare a fact file. T: Look at the picture. What is this? Yes, it is a parrot. If we want to write about it, we should mention the following five parts: appearance, personality, lifestyle, How do you look after it and Why do you like it. Appearance: feathers (red, yellow and blue); eyes (small, black); beak (large, hooked); two legs; wings; a long tail Personality: clever, can speak; friendly, can say “hello”; happy, can sing

Lifestyle: flies; eats seeds and nuts; lives in a cage How do you look after it? feed it every day; clean its cage; change the water Why do you like it? Because it is funny. 2. Sample writing. T: Look at the screen. Here is my passage. 3. Students’ own writings. T: Now it is your turn to write the passage. First, prepare a fact sheet. (1) What does it look like? Size ___________ Eyes __________ Colour ___________ Body ____________ (2) It is ___________. (clever/friendly/happy/kind/lazy/noisy/quiet)

(3) Think about its lifestyle. What does it eat? What kind of place does it live in? What does it like/dislike? How do you look after it? (4) What is special about your pet? (5) Why do you like it? 4. Show time. T: Now I would like some students to present their compositions. Let’s welcome. Step 4 Conclusion T: Animals are our friends and we should not hurt them. V. Homework 1. Revise what we have learnt today; 2. Finish the poster about your pet.