I.          Basic information

a)       Teaching contents: Unit5 Why do you like pandas? Section A 2d to 3c (page 26 to 27)

b)       Lesson duration: 40 minutes

c)       Students: 50 Junior high school students of class1, Grade1

d)       Teacher: Chen Fen Jun

II.        Analysis of teaching material

The central topic of this unit is that students use some descriptive words to describe animals and to express preferences. In this part, some words of animals and the adjectives to describe them are important. Besides, students have to use the sentences patterns:” Why do you like…/Why do you want to see…?” and its answer “Because…” And the sentences” Where are they from/Where do they come from?” and its answer” They are from/ They come from…”to practice and consolidate target language.

III.      Analysis of the students

The class has 50 students. And their overall climate for learning is not very good. But most of them want to learn. As students of grade 7, they don’t have certain learning foundation.

IV.     Teaching objectives

After learning this lesson, students should be able to:

a)         Master the new words: pet, leg, cat, sleep and consolidate the words they have learned last lesson.

b)         Use some proper adjectives to describe animals.

c)         Know how to ask and answer the questions about someone’s preferences.

V.       Teaching key points

New words and sentence patterns

VI.     Teaching difficult points

Students use adjectives to describe the preferences properly and can use the sentence patterns to make a new conversation.

VII.   Teaching aids

Tapes, blackboard, chalk, cards, pictures, boxes

VIII. Teaching procedures

Step1: Review

Review what they have learn last lesson.

Step2: Presentation

a)         New words: pet, cat, leg, sleep

Sleep: sleep all day, go to sleep, fall asleep

Walk on 靠某种方式行走

Why don’t you like… 你为什么不喜欢……?

Why don’t you / we + V(原形) = Why not + V(原形) 为什么不做什么事？

b)         Read the conversation after teacher.

c)         Read the sentences which are in grammar focus.

d)         Finish 3a and check the answers.

A lot = very much 非常

Step3: Practice

a)       Role play the conversation in 2b (page 26)

Two boxes, one is with letter J (Jenny), the other is with letter P (Peter). Teacher gives the boxes to two students randomly, then teacher face to blackboard and say:” begin to pass the boxes.” Students pass the boxes until teacher say “stop”, and the boxes are in one’s hands, the students should stand up and roles play the conversation.

b)       Play a game: Golden partner (3b)

Two volunteers come to platform, and then teacher gives them the cards of animals. The other students say: “I like” ,when hear that volunteers should show a card and say the word, and then whole class say the sentence and ask them some question:” Why do you like…?” “Where are they from?” Volunteers should answer the questions. At last, the volunteers who show most same cards will be golden partner.

Step4: Production

Students can use the pattern which in 3c to guess animals. And they also can describe animals. For example, An elephant has a long nose, two big ears and four legs.

Step5: Summary

Words and sentences

IX.      Homework

Finish the practice of section A, which is in paper.

X.        Blackboard design

pet, cat, leg, sleep

Sleep: sleep all day, go to sleep, fall asleep

Walk on 靠某种方式行走

Why don’t you like… 你为什么不喜欢……?

Why don’t you / we + V(原形) = Why not + V(原形) 为什么不做什么事？