Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Warming up
Talk about animals using pictures.
Teach new words about animals by the pictures.
Step 2.Match work (1a)
Ask the students to read the words and the picture, and then match the names with the pictures a–h.
Encourage or help the students to say something about the picture and do the match work.
Step 3. Listening (1b)
Point to the numbered list of words in activity 1a and play the recording. Ask the students to listen to the recording and circle the countries in 1a.
Play the tape and then check the answers.
Ask the students to listen to and repeat after the recording and then check the answers.
Further activity: Ask the students to do some pair work in the following way if they can understand the listening material well.
Step 4. Pair work (1c)
Ask the students to make conversations in pairs.
Show the following.
—Let’s see the pandas / giraffes / lions / penguins / dolphins / koalas /
elephants / tigers?
—Why?
—Because they’re cute / interesting / fun / interesting / smart.
Homework
1. Ask the students to remember the new words in this period (on page 116) by heart. 2. Ask the students to practice the conversation in activity 1c. |