Task: My favourite pet教学设计(教案)

Unit 8 Pets Task I. Teaching aims and learning objectives 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. Organize the students’ own ideas. 2. Write an article about their own pets.

IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in 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 like 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

1. Prepare a fact fire 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 six 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.