Unit4AmazingthingsIntegratedskillsObjectivesToidentifyspecificcharacteristicsindescriptionsofanimals.Tolistenforgistanddetailtoobtaingeneralinformation.Touseinformationpresentedintextandpicturestoinfergeneralmeaningandcontext.Toextractspecificinformationfromlisteningtoaconversationtocompletealetter.Step1.FreetalkStep2.RevisionRevise“Possessiveadjectivesandpronouns”.Step3.Presentation1.Createaninterestinthesituation.Revisethedifferentadjectivestodescribefear:‘afraid’and‘frightened’.2.AskSstostudythepicturesofthedifferentanimalsinPartA1.Ssmatchthenamestothepictures.3.Checkanswersasaclassactivity.4.AskSstoreadthenotesinPartA2.Asksomegeneralquestionstocheckunderstanding.5.Playtherecording.Askstudentstolistenforspecificwordstocompletethenotes.Makeitclearthattheyarelisteningforrealinformationtothequestionsyouaskedthemearlier.6.Askstudentstocomparetheirnoteswithapartnerandidentifyanydifferences.7.AskSstoreadSuzy’sletterinPartA3.Askthemtotrytocompletetheletterformtheinformationtheyhavealreadyidentifiedinthepreviouslisteningandthenotestheyhavemade.8.Playtherecordingagainandaskstudentstochecktheiranswers.Step4.HomeworkPreview“SpeakupandPronunciation”.CheckOutTeachingaims:Toassessstudents’understandinganduseofthekeywords,phrasesandsentencepatternsofthisunit;Toassessstudents’useofExclamatorySentences,possessiveadjectivesandpronouns;Toassessappropriatechoiceofvocabularytocompleteaconversationdescribingfeelingsofsurprise,likes,amazementandfear.Hardpoints:Phrasesandsentencepatterns;Useofpossessiveadjectivesandpronouns;UseofExclamatorySentencesTeachingaids:Audio-visualway.Multi-mediacomputer,projector.Teachingprocedures:1.Listenandsay:Adailyreport.2.Warming-upactivities:Lookatsomepicturesofanimalsandspellthewords;Playaguessinggame.(Thisgameisalsoaboutanimals.Studentsmustguessouttheanimalnamesasquicklyastheycan.Thedescriptionwillbegivensentencebysentence.Guessouttheanswerwithfewersentenceswillbegivenmorepoints.)3.Readandsay:Fillintheblankstoconsolidatesomekeywordsandphrases;Chooserightwordstocompleteaconversationdescribingfeelingsofsurprise,likes,amazementandfear.4.Read,writeandsay:ConsolidationofExclamatorySentences.--Structureexplanation(remindthestudents)—Completesentences(toseeiftheycanchooseWHATandHOWcorrectly)—Lookatthepicturesandmakesentencesinpairs(quickreaction)—Enjoyashortflashmovie(forfunandrelaxation)—Haveacompetitionbetweengirlsandboys(toseehowtheyuseExclamatorysentencesfreely).5.Game:findingouttheownersoftheobjects.(Severalstudentswillshowtheirobjectstotheclass.Thereststudentshavetotrytoremembertheownersofthoseobjects.Theteachershowstheobjectsonebyone.Volunteersanswerinthreekindsofsentences.)6.Quiz:toconsolidatesomekeysentencepatternsbytranslatesomeChinesesentencesintoEnglishbothspokenandwritten.Notesaftertheclass:
