Task: My favourite pet课堂实录【1】

英语（七年级下册） Unit 8

Pets Task 徐州市睢宁县树人初级中学

梁栩

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. prepare a fact sheet before writing; 2. learn to state the facts and the ideas in the composition; 3. learn to write an article about their own pets.

II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: basket, noisy, paw, play with a ball, give her clean water; 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. 【设计意图：通过有关宠物的音乐视频，让学生跟着音乐一起歌唱，使学生在自然状态下带着兴趣进入学习，并且导入今日的话题。】

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. 【设计意图：通过回答一系列的问题，进一步激发学生的学习兴趣，进入话题。】

Step 2 Presentation 1. Read and finish the table.

T: Read the passage after the tape, and then try to finish the table. 【设计意图：通过阅读文章，完成表格，使学生学习文章内容，了解细节。】

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.

【设计意图：通过朗读对文章分析每段的写作内容，为写作做好铺垫。】

3. Find the useful expressions.

T: Read the passage silently again and try to find some useful expressions. 4. Other useful expressions. 【设计意图：通过寻找有用的句型，让学生积累写作句型，为学生的写作进一步做好铺垫。】

Step 3 Writing

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. 【设计意图：通过教师的范文，让学生学会模仿，为学生的写作进一步做好铺垫。】

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? 【设计意图：通过列提纲，为学生写作奠定基础。】

4. Show time.

T: Now I would like some students to present their compositions. Let’s welcome. 【设计意图：通过展示学生作品，让学生相互学习，激发他们的学习兴趣。】

Step 4 Conclusion T: Animals are our friends and we should not hurt them. 【设计意图：情感目标。】

V. Homework 1. Revise what we have learnt today; 2. Finish the poster about your pet.