七年级英语下册Unit 3教案
Why do you like koalas?
Darzan from Taiping No. 1 Middle School

I.Teaching Aims and Demands
1. Knowledge Objects
Key vocabulary：
tiger, elephant, koala bear, dolphin, panda, lion, penguin, giraffe, smart, cute, ugly, intelligent, friendly, beautiful, shy, kind of, very, Africa, China
Target language：
Present tense to like
Yes/No questions and short answers
And/but
Adjectives of quality
Why do you like koala bears?
2. Ability Object
Train students’ listening, speaking, reading, writing skill.
Train students’ communicative competence.
Improve students’ spoken English.
3. Moral Object
Let’s love and protect all the animals.
Ⅱ.Teaching Key Points
Key vocabulary：
tiger, elephant, dolphin, panda, lion, penguin, giraffe, smart, cute, ugly, intelligent, friendly, beautiful, kind of, very, Africa, China
Target language：
Why do you want to see the pandas?
Because they’re cute.
Why does he like the koala bears?
Because they are kind of interesting.
What animals do you like?
I like penguins. They are cute.
What other animals do you like?
I like dogs, too.
Where are lions from?
They are from Africa.
Ⅲ.Teaching Difficulties
1. Train students’ communicative competence.
2. Improve students’ spoken English
3. Teach students to express preference and give reasons.
Ⅳ.Teaching Methods
Scene teaching methods
Pairwork
Listening and practicing methods
Ⅴ.Teaching Aids
A tape recorder
A computer
A map of the world
Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures
Step 1: Lead-in
Show parts of animal’s bodies by slide show, let students guess what animals they are.
Then students show the pictures of all kinds of animals they found before class, and do a brief introduction of the pictures.
Step 2: Task one: make a survey: what animals do your group mates want to see?
Listen to the tape and finish Section A, 2a and 2b;
Ask group mates what animals they want to see in a zoo, fill in the chart as below:
Name Favorite animals Why
Lucy Pandas, monkeys cute and friendly; smart and naughty
Presentation: show their pair work
Report: Lucy wants to see pandas. She thinks pandas are very cute and friendly…
Step 3: Task two: make decision what animals your group wants to see in a zoo.
1. Choose the most popular three animals in one’s group;
2. Listen to the tape, finish Section B, 2a and 2b;
3. Make a plan when you go to a zoo with your group mates.
Give a dialogue sample:
Boy: Where do you want to go now?
Girl: Let’s see the elephants.
B: The elephants? Why do you like elephants?
G: Oh, they’re interesting. And they are really intelligent.
B: Yes, but they are ugly, too.
G: Oh, Tony! So, where do you want to go?
B: Let’s see the pandas. They are kind of cute.
G: Oh, yeah. I love pandas. They’re beautiful. But they are also kind of shy. Where are they?
B: They’re over there on the left, just across from the koala bears.
Step 4: Task three: We are going to the Beijing zoo for Autumn Outing, draw the order your group see animals at the zoo and state
your reasons.
Group work:
1. Draw a map of the zoo like the picture on P7; (according to the map of Beijing zoo)
2. Mark the order your group see animals;
3. State the reasons like: Lucy, Mary and I like pandas best because they are lovely and beautiful, so we go to see pandas first. Then…
Step 5: Homework: Task:
If you have a wild animal zoo, what animals do you want to put in your zoo?
Draw a map of your zoo and state why you have these wild animals.

Blackboard Design
Unit 3 Why do you like koalas?
Why do you want
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