本单元主要是通过学习动物名称和常见的有关描述动物的形容词，学会表达个人对动物的喜好；学会运用why, what, where引导的问句，了解动物的外形、生活习性及主要产地，并能运用英语简单描述自己喜欢的动物，进一步培养和激发热爱动物、保护动物、维护生态平衡的朴素情怀。

The first period : P.13-P.14

The second period: p15

The third period: p16-p17

The fourth period: p18

Period One

Topic: Why do you like …?

Structures: Why do you like koalas? Because they are very kind of cute.

Task: Talk about your favorite animal.

Culture: Know something about the animals in the world.

Vocabulary:

Animal: koala, elephant, dolphin, lion, tiger, panda, dog, penguin, very, kind of , cute

Grammar:

Why do you like koalas? Because they are very/kind of cute.

Abilities: Students can ask and talk about the animals they like

Emotion: Talk about animals, understand animals, love them and enjoy life

Important points: The names of the animals and some adjectives

Difficult points: Plurals

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Review:

Do you like …?　 and some adjectives:

(1)　 chant: do you like fruit?

(2)　 Talk about the movies.

T: I like the comedies. Do you like the comedies?

S: Yes, I do.

T: why?

S: Because they’re funny.

Step 2:presentation

Talk about persons and teach friendly, beautiful, cute, clever, shy, smart

T: I like Zhao Wei . Do you like her?

S: Yes, I do.

T: Why?

S: Because she is beautiful.

Talk about the people near us

Step 3: Review the animals they have learned

Look at the animals . what is this? It is a lion. dog, pig, monkey, chicken, ox, fox, cow , cat, sheep

Do 1a, 1b

Step 4 Talk about your favorite animals with some adjectives:

I like lions. Do you like them?

Yes, I do.

Why do you like them?

Because they are cute.

Practice in pairs

Step5 make a survey

How many students like the kind of animal?

Step6 Homework

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Period　 Two

Topic: where are　 from?

Structures:

Where are the lions from?

They are from…

What other animal do you like?

Task: Talk about the rare animals.

Culture: Know something about your friends/parents

Vocabulary: Australia　 South Africa ugly　 friendly　 shy　 clever

grammar

Where are you /they from?

Where is he /she/it from?

What animal do you like?

What other animals do you like

Step1　 Let’s chant

What fruit do you like ?

What fruit do you like ?

Do you like apples?

Yes, I do . Yes, I do.

Do you like bananas?

Yes, I do . Yes, I do

Do you like bananas?

No, I don’t. No, I don’t.

Step2 presentation

I like …

B: Why do you like him / her?

A: Because he/ she is very/kind of …

Practice with these adjectives

Friendly　 shy　 ugly　 cute　 beautiful　 smart　 clever

Step3 Talk about your family members and classmates.

What animal do you like (best)?

I like …

Why do you like…

Because they’re

1a Match the words with the animals in the picture

1b　 Listen and check the animals you hear

step4 Ask about your partner’s favorite animals.

A: Do you want to see lions?

B: Yes , I do .

A: Why ?

B: Because they’re cute.

Step 5 listening

2a Listen . Write the animals you hear.

Draw a line from the animals to the

Pair work

Talk about the animals you know.

A：What animals do you like？

B:　 I like elephants.　 They are cute.

A:　 What other animals do you like?

B:　 I like dogs, too.

A: Why?

B: Because they’re friendly and clever　

Section B

　 words you here in activiy1.

2b　 Listen　 again. Fill in the chart.

Fill in the chart:

Listen and complete the conversation with the　 words in the box

very　 dolphins　 kind of　 koalas

Julia: Let’s see the koalas .

Henry : Why do you like ______?

Julia: Because they’re ______ cute.

Henry : Well, I like _______.

Julia: Why do you like ______?

Henry: Because they’re ______ interesting.

Homework

Period　 Three

Topic: Describe animals

Task: make an ID cards for animals

Culture: To know animals better

Vocabulary: grass　 shy　 quiet　 lazy　 sleep　 relax

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision

My favorite color is

My favorite food is

My favorite fruit is

My favorite player is

My favorite singer is

My favorite sports is

My favorite number is

My favorite movie is

My favorite animal is

Step 2 Discuss

Discuss about the rare animals in the word and where they live.

3a　 Put the animals in the map.

Step3Pairwork

Use the animals and countries in 3a.

Where are lions from ?

Lions are from South Africa.

Step4 Survey and report:

How well do you know your classmates?

Step5 Group work

Say your favorites

What’s your favorite color/sports/movie/subject/

　 number/ food/fruit/animal?

Who is your favorite teacher/ping pong player/basketball player/singer/movie star?

Where is she /he /it from?

Where are they from?

Make　 an ID card for each animal:

Name____________ Age______________

From_____________ Feature___________

Africa　 years　 this　 eats　 sleeps　 lazy

This is Larry. He’s from _____. He’s eight _____ old

He _____meat. Larry is _____. He usually _____and

Relaxes 20 hours every day !

Task :

　 Tell us your favourite animal.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Group work:

　　 students.

Can you guess the animal?

4game bingo

Period　 Four

Step1 Revision

Chant:

What animals do you like?

I like pandas. I like pandas.

Why?

They are quiet. They are quiet.

What animals do you like?

I like koalas. I like koalas.

Why?

They are cute. They are cute.

What animals do you like?

I like dolphins. I like dolphins.

　Why?

They are clever. They are clever..

Talk about　 movies/subjects/sports/

players/actors/days/months.

What …do you like?

What other … do you like?

Why?

Make a survey：

2.　　 Discuss the reason why you like it most　

kind of and very

1.　　 Master the vocabularies of animals.

3.Help each other actively。

2.Love nature, parents, friends and life more。

1.Train the students to protect animals consciously.

6.Emotion:

5.Recycling:

small, quiet, scary, interesting, very, Australia, China,

He is from…

She is five years old.

4.Learning strategies: active, cooperation, study

Using what you know　　　 Inferring content