Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Warming and lead-in
Check the homework by asking some questions.
Show the pictures of lions, pandas and koalas.
Say: Where are pandas from? Where are koalas from? Where are lions from?
Show a picture of a big elephant.
Step 2.Match work(1)
Ask the students to read the words and the picture, and then match the names with the pictures a–h.
Point to the pictures one by one.
Ask the students to read the eight numbered adjectives at the top.
Ask the students to do the match work.
Step 3. Listening (2a, 2b)
Point to the numbered list of words in activity 1 and play the recording. Ask
the students to listen to the recording and circle the description words in
activity 1.
Play the tape for the first time.
And then play the recording the second time.
Ask the students to pay attention to the headings in 2b.
Play the first four lines of the recording of the conversation and stop the tape.
Play the rest of the conversation.
Check if the students get the right information. If not, play the part students
can’t understand well or get the right information again (and again).
Step 4. Pair work(3)
Ask the students to read the dialogue.
As the students work, move around to see if help is needed.
Homework
1. Ask the students to try to remember the new words learned in this period.
2. Ask the students to try to practice talking about the animals they like according to activity 3. |