Module 6  A trip to the zoo

 

Unit 1 Does it eat meat?

Teaching model

Listening and speaking 

Teaching method

 Interactive approach

Teaching aims

1. To find specific information in the listening.

2. To recognize the third person singular endings –s.

3. To ask and answer questions about animals.

4. To enable students to talk about animals.

Teaching Objectives

Key vocabulary: bear, elephant, giraffe, lion, monkey, panda, tiger, zebra, zoo, guide, animal, such, as, come,  different, country, other, dangerous, ugh,  also, plant, look, tall, leaf (pl. leaves), sure, bamboo, cute, shall, them, which, over, funny, call

Key structures:

1. — That’s a giraffe. — Yes, and there are some giraffes

2.—Do lions eat meat? —Yes, they do.

3.—Does it eat meat? —No, it doesn’t. It eats plants.

4.—Do pandas eat plants and leaves? —Sure. They love bamboo.

5. Shall we go and…?

6. That’s very funny.

Teaching aids

Tape recorder , OHP , video , a clock

Teaching Steps

Step 1 Warming-up

1. Lead in

T: Hello, boys and girls!

Ss: Hello, Mr. Zhang.

T: Today, we are going to learn Module 6 A trip to the zoo. Have you been to the zoo?

Ss: Yes.

T: Do you know Beijing zoo?

S1: Yes, I went there last year. I saw many animals…

S2: …

T: OK. Today I’ll take you to visit Beijing zoo. Are you happy?

Ss: Yes.

T: Please look at the screen and get to know some information about Beijing Zoo.

Ss: … (Look at the screen and try to know some information about it.)

2. Show some pictures to ask and answer: What can you see?

3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.

Step 2 Practice

1. Show some pictures of the animals.

2. Introduce the new words.

3. Look at the pictures. Ask and answer: What can you see?

4. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answer.

5. Read the words.

Step 3 Work in pairs

1. Listen and check ( √) the words in Activity 1 you hear.

Answers: giraffe, monkey, panda, zoo

2. Now work in pairs and say what you can see.

—That’s a giraffe.

—Yes, and there are some giraffes

Step 4 Listen and read.

1. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.

2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.

3. Read the conversation.

4. Act it out.

5. Ask the students to complete the table in Activity 3.

6. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.

Keys: 1. meat, other animals 2. meat, plants  3. plants  4. bamboo

Step 5 Underline the correct words.

1. Ask the students to read through the passage.

2. Underline the correct words.

3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.

Keys: 1. many  2. countries   3. such  4. dangerous  5. plants  6. different  7. tall  8. plants  9. bamboo  10. panda’s

Step 6 Listen and repeat.

1. Play the recording once without stopping.

2. Play the recording again and stop at the end of each line. Ask the whole class to repeat.

3. Play the recording again and stop at the end of each line. Ask individual students to repeat.

4. Ask the students to practice the sounds in pairs.

Step 7 Listen and choose / s/ or / z /

1. Play the recording once without stopping.

2. Play the recording again and stop at the end of each line. Ask the whole class to repeat.

3. Play the recording again and stop at the end of each line. Ask individual students to repeat.

4. Ask the students to practice the sounds in pairs.

Step 8 Work in pairs.

Talk about your lessons.

1. Go through the language in the substitution table with the class.

2. Pair them to ask and answer.

A: What’s your favourite animal? Does it eat plants?

B: Yes, it does.

A: Does it come from China?

B: Yes, it does.

A: Is it the panda?

3. Circulate and monitor their production.

Step 9 Do exercises:

A.首字母填空：

1. Beijing Zoo has many kinds of a______.

2. The lions are d__________ because they eat meat.

3. Pandas are black and white and eat b__________.

4. The b_______ eat meat and plants.

5. An e__________ is tall and eats plants.

Answers:

1. animals  2.dangerous  3.bamboo   4.bears  5. elephant

B.翻译下列句子：

1.这些动物来自不同的国家。

___________________________________________________________________.

2.老虎爱吃肉吗？

__________________________________?

3.熊猫喜欢吃竹子吗？

__________________________________?

4.长颈鹿是我最喜爱的动物。

__________________________________.

Keys:

1. These animals come from many different countries.

2. Do the tigers like eating meat?

3. Do the pandas like eating bamboo?

4. A giraffe is my favourite animal?

Step 10 Homework

1 Learn the new words by heart.

2 Read and act out the dialogue.