3. M_____ like bananas.

2. E_____ are the largest(最大的) animals on land(陆地).

1. There are many animals in the z_____.

2. They feel lonely.

Step VI Homework

T: Who can say the most names of animals in the shortest time?

Exercises:

Complete the words:

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

2. How do they feel?

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

Suggested answers:

1. Are the animals in the zoo happy?

2. Key sentences 重点句子

The lion is lonely.

Ability goals 能力目标

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

Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help students learn the animals in the zoo in English.

Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点

Identify different animals and name them.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Discussion and game.

Teaching aids 教具准备

Pictures and a projector.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step I Revision:

Check the homework:

Ask several Ss to act out their conversations to the whole class.

A sample conversation:

A: May I help you?

B: Yes, please. I’d like …Mmm, how much is the ruler?

A: Three yuan.

B: Oh! That’s expensive. (He points to other rulers.) Are those rulers on sale?

A: Yes!

B: How much for one ruler?

A: One yuan.

B: Okay! I’ll take two, please. Thanks!

A: That’s OK.

Step II Lead-in

T: Do you like animals?

Ss: Yes!

T: OK! Let’s go to the zoo!

Show some pictures of animals on the screen. At the same time, play the audiotape. Ss will hear the music of TV programme: Animal World.

Introduce the words zoo, lion, tiger, elephant, monkey and write them on the Bb.

T: Do you like them?

Ss:Yes!

T: What animals can you see in the zoo?

Ss: Monkeys, tigers and …

Step III Game

Memory animals.

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 IV Presentation

Describe the pictures on the screen. For example:

T: What can you see in the picture?

Ss: Monkeys.

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

…

Ss make up more their own dialogues.

Step V Discussion

Discuss the following questions in groups:

1. Words and phrases 生词和短语

　 zoo, lion, tiger, elephant, monkey, lonely, dream

10.(　 ) There are _____ days in February.(二月)

　　　 A. thirty　　 B. thirty-one　　 C. twenty-eight　　 D. twenty-six

Suggested answers:

1-5 DDDAB　 6-10 BBDCC

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Target language 目标语言