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Step 1. Revision
Before the new lesson, do some revision to check the homework.
Show some pictures with a panda, a lion, a koala, an elephant, a dolphin, a tiger and penguin in each of them.
Say: Morning, boys and girls. Nice to see you again. Have you remembered we learned how to describe animals? Can you say some of them?
Ask some students to answer questions.
Give more students chances to say, and let them have enough practice.
Step 2. Presentation (3a)
Let the students read the pictures and the descriptions.
Ask the students to read the articles in 3a and answer the following questions.
Show the following.
Explain some language points that students may not understand. For example, the difference between play and play with.
Step 3. Reading and filling in the blanks (3b)
Ask the students to look at the pictures in activity 3a and teach new words.
Say, Look at picture d. What is the panda eating? What is the koala eating?
Write leaves on the blackboard. Ask a student to give the Chinese meaning and go on with the others in the same way.
Ask the students to read the box on the left in activity 3b.
Point out the description in 3b with blank lines where some words are missing.
As the students work, move around the room checking progress and offering language support as needed.
Ask the students to try to recite the description.
Step 4.Writing (3c)
Ask the students to write an article about the animal they like.
Show the following.
What’s the name of your favorite animal?
How old is it? Where is it from? What does it like to do?
What description words can be used to describe your favorite animals?
After that have them present to the class.
After the students finish writing the description, let them share their writing
with others in the class.
Step 5.Group work(4)
Point out the example in the speech bubbles in activity 4. Ask two students to read it. Then divide the class into groups of four.
Say: You will take turns reading your description from 3c to your group. The other students in the group guess what animal you wrote about.
As students work, move around the classroom, making sure each student has a chance to read his or her description to their group.
Ask a few students to read their description to the class.
Homework
1. Ask the students to practice writing an article about one of their favorite animals.
2. Ask the students to share their description in 3c with more students. |