Unit5 Why do you like pandas?Period1Section A(1a-2c)Teaching aims:1. Know the words about animals and their personalities.2. Enable the students to talk about and describe their favorite animals.3. Educate the students to love and protect animals.Key points:1. Master these words: zoo, animals, panda, tiger, elephant, koala, lion, giraffe, cute,beautiful, smart, lazy, scary, kind of, South Africa, Australia.2. Master the following sentence patterns:------ Why do you/don’t you like …?Why does /doesn’t he /she like …?Because they are …------ Where are … from?They are from …Teaching aids:a tape recorder,pictures,ppt.Teaching steps:Step OneGreetingsSay Hello to the students.Step TwoLead-inPlay a short video for the students. What animals do you know?Step ThreePresentation1. Teach new words with pictures.2.Present the following sentences with pictures.Why do you/don’t you like …?Because they are …Step FourListeningPlay the recorder and ask students to do activity 1b.Step Fivepair work.Show some pictures and a sample dialogue to the students, then ask them to makemore conversations and act them out.A: Let’s see the lions.B: Why do you want to see them?A: Because they are interesting.cuteinterestingfunsmartbeautifulfriendlyshy…Step SixWork in groups. Ask and answerShow a sample dialogue to the students, then ask them to make more conversations andact them out.A:I like dogs.B:Why do you like dogs?A:Because they are cute and friendly.B: What animals does she like? Why does she like them?A:She likes panadas. Because they’re cute1Step 7 Listening1. Listen and complete 2a. Play the recorder twice, for the first time , students findout the animals they hear. Then they guess the description words and countries.Next, play t...