Section A教学设计思路

Unit 3 Why do you like pandas? SectionA(1a-1c) Teaching objectives: 1. know some animals and some description words; 2. give reasons why I like animals.

3. understand why we should be friendly with the animals. Teaching key points: 1.

Students should pronounce and understand the words about animals correctly. 2. Students can use description words to give reasons why they like animals correctly.

Teaching difficulties: How can we bring students to a situation which we can use the target language naturally? Teaching methods: 1.

Communicative methods. 2.

Task-based language teaching approach; Teaching aids: PPT Teaching procedures: Step 1 Leading in Play a short video about animals. Let students enjoy it.

After watching it, askl students:What’s it mainly about?

Ask students: Do you like animals? What animals do you like? Show the title to the students.

Step 2 Show the objectives today Say: Today we will learn Unit 5 Why do you like pandas?

Up to now, we’ve talked about animals.

At the end of this class, you are able to : 1. know some animals and some description words; 2. give reasons why I like animals.

3. understand why we should be friendly with the animals. Step 2 Presentation 1.

Brainstorm Say: Just now, we talked about cats, dogs and pandas. I have a question.

What other animals do you know? Let students say the animals they’ve known.

Show some pictures to help students think of more animals.

Let students read the words in chorus. 2. Present other pictures on the screen. Ask and answer in pairs.

A: What’s this / that?

B: It’s a / an ….

Teach new words that students can’t pronounce.

Show the plural forms of each word and read together. 3. Show the target language:

A: Do you like …s?

B: Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

A: Why do you like …s?

B: Because they are ….

At the same time, teach the description words they don’t know.

4．Practice these dialogues in pairs. Step 3 Practice 1. 1a Oral practice Let students look at the picture in 1a, and answer the following questions. Where are the boy and the girl? What are they doing? What can you see in the picture? 2. 1b Listening practice First, Let students listen and check the animals they hear in 1a. Then let students listen again and fill in the blanks. Finally, let students read the conversation. 3. 1c Pair work A: Let’s see the pandas first.

B: Why do you want to see pandas? A: Because they’re cute.

Step 4 Consolidation Group work Make a survey in your group: What animals do you like? Why do you like them? Make a report like this: Hello, everyone! I’m xxx. I like …s. Because they’re …. But I don’t like …s. Because they’re….

In my group, xxx likes …s. Because he / she thinks they’re… and ….

… … xxx and xxx like …s. because they think they’re ….

That’s all. Thank you.

Step5Summary Ask: What have we learnt today? Show the content on the blackboard to help students think about it. Step 8 Homework 1. Read the conversations in 1b for three times.

2. Choose one kind of animal that you like , and look up more information

about it on the Internet, try to introduce

it to the class，and tell the reason why you like it.

The board design: Unit 5 Why do you like pandas? Section A (1a-1c)

--Why do you like …s?

-- Because they’re … .