1.Be able to understand and use the words and phrases to describe the giant pandas’ appearance and take actions to protect them。

1.How to say something about wild animals in English. 2.How to arouse the feeling of loving the animals.

[Teaching method] Task-based approach.

[Teaching aids] 　CAI, A tape recorder.

[Teaching steps]

Step1. Warm-up　

Enjoy the beautiful song：Old Macdonald(多媒体呈现)

Step2. Presentation

1).Do you like the beautiful song? Its name is Old Macdonald. Can you hear some animals? Please say their names. 　Now open your books and turn to page 59 to look at part A. Finish the exercise. Can you name at least three other animals? What are they? Give the students more pictures of animals.

2).Now task! make a survey

Have a discussion in groups. Every member should say some names of animals.

a. Each group choose a student as the group leader to write something your group get about the names of animals.

b. Have a show. And talk about the result of each group.

Step3. Listening

　 So much for the new words. Now, let’s listen to Hobo and Eddie twice. After you listen to them, please answer my questions,

Is Eddie willing to share the food with Hobo? (No.)

Step4. Reading

I want to know Hobo and Eddie better. Please help me. Listen again, then read the article by yourselves. Do some True or False exercises.

1).The food is very tasty.　　　　　　　　　 (T)

2).Hobo can live without food. 　　　　　　　(F)

3).Eddie often takes care of Hobo.　　　　　 (T)

4).There is enough food for Hobo and Eddie.　 (F)

　Now please pay more attention to these two sentences.

If you eat my food, I won’t talk to you.

If I don’t have food, I will die.

Step5. Describing

　 In the story Hobo and Eddie need enough food but there isn’t, so they are poor. The word “poor” can describe an animal, can you find some other words to describe an animal? 　Now let’s play a game “Bingo”!

1).It is very clever. Its favorite food is banana.

2).It has a long, soft tail and lives in the trees. It can climb trees quickly.

3).It is the biggest animals on land. It can lift heavy things.

4).It looks like a large fish in warm sea. You can watch them jump in the zoo.

5).It’s like a bear, but it has black and white fur.

6).It looks like a cat and has yellow fur and black stripes.

7).It’s large and heavy with thick(厚)fur. It is very strong.

8).It lives in Australia and it has a long strong tail and has strong legs. There is a useful bag for its baby

Step6. Write the animal you like best and like least.

Step7.Homework Learn the language points by heart;Preview the Reading

8A Uint 4　 Wild animals--Reading(一)

[Aims and demands]

Knowledge objects：

2.To enable the Ss to love animals.

Difficult points:

1.To help the Ss to know the names of animals.

2.To enable the Ss to know animals well.

[TEACHING KEY AND DIFFICULT POINTS]

Key points:

1.To enable the Ss to love animals and love life.

3.To develop the Ss’ abilities of communication

Emotion objects:

2.To train the Ss’ ability of working in pairs.

1.To develop the Ss’ abilities of listening, speaking about the animals

3.Sentences: 　If you eat my food, I won’t talk to you.

　　　　　　　 If I don’t have food, I will die.

Ability objects: