Lesson 7 At the Zoo第二课时教学设计

Unit 2 Lesson 7 At the Zoo

一、Target language

1. Words and phrases

zoo, panda, elephant, monkey

2. Ability goals

Enable students to talk about the animals in the zoo using the target language.

3. Learning ability goals

Help students learn the animals in the zoo in English.

二、Teaching important and difficult points

Identify different animals and name them. Teaching methods. Discussion and game.

三、Teaching aids

Pictures and a projector.

四、Teaching periods

Teaching procedures & ways

Step 1 Lead-in

T: Do you like animals?

S: Yes!

T: OK! Let’s go to the zoo!

T: let’s recognize them.

Let’s guess. T: It’s black and white. It has black eyes. S: Panda. T: It has a long nose. S: Elephant. T: It likes swing. S: Monkey. Show some pictures of animals on the screen. At the same time, play the audiotape. Students will hear the music of TV program: Animal World. Introduce the words zoo, panda, elephant, monkey . Step 2 Game

Animals Go Find three students.

Panda go, panda go, panda go then elephant go . Elephant go, elephant go, elephant go then monkey go. Monkey go, monkey go, monkey go then …

Ask ten volunteers to stand in the front of the classroom facing the class. The first person says... (monkey, for example). The second person says monkey and ... (tiger, for example.). The third person says monkey, tiger and ... (panda, for example.). The game continues down the row. The last person in the row must remember all of the animals’ names!

Ask more groups to play the game at the front. See which group does the best or which group has the best memory.

Step 3 Sing a song Practice big and small. Step 4 Presentation

Describe the pictures on the screen.

For example: T: What can you see in the picture?

S: Monkeys.

T: Yes. They are monkeys. What are they doing now? They are eating. They are eating bananas. …

Students make up more their own dialogues. …

Step 5 Discussion

Discuss the following questions in groups:

1. Are the animals in the zoo happy?

2. How do they feel?

As students work, move around the classroom to join students.

Suggested answers:

1. No, they’re not happy. I think they’re sad and lonely.

2. They feel lonely.

Step 6 Homework Remember new words.