Animalsareclosefriendsofourhumanbeings.Protectingtheanimalsandenvironmentisexternaltopic.TodayIamgoingtotalkaboutpartAofUnit3,Book3,“WhydoyoulikeKoalas?”FirstIwouldliketoexplainmyteachingobjectives.1)Aimsonknowledge.a.toenablestudentstounderstandandspeak“WhydoyoulikeKoalas?Becauseitisinteresting.”;b.toenablestudentstodescribeakindofanimanwithsomeadjectives,suchasinteresting,fun,cute,…;2)Aimsonabilitya.todevelopstudents’abilityoflisteingandspeaking;b.totrainthestudents’abilityofworkingingroups;3)Aimsonemotion;a.tofosterstudents’consciousnessofgoodcooperationandpropercompetition;b.leadstudentstomakefriendswithanimalsandprotectanimals.Asweallknow,themaininstructionalaimsofEnglishinJuniorMiddleSchoolistocultivatethestudents’basicabilitiesoflisteningandspeakingandtheirgoodsenseofEnglish.SointhislessonIwillmainlyuse“Task-based”teachingmethod,Iwillarrange3kindsofactivities:singing,guessinggameandhavingacompitition.Thekeypointofthislessonistoenablestudentstoexpresstheirpreferancesandreasonsintheirlifeinproperwaywiththepatternof“Whydoyoulike…Becauseitis…”Thedifferentpointliesinthewritingpart.Studentsarerequiredtowritesomesentencestodescribeakindofanimal.Beforethetask,someusefuladjectiveswillbeprovidedtohelpstudentsexpressfreely.NowIwillspecifymyteachingprocedures.Step1:warming-up1)freetalkbetweenteacherandstudentsabouttheirpetsandtheirexperienceofvistingthezoo.Itprovidesituationtoreviewlearnedknowledgeforthenextstep;2)singthesongtogether:“goingtothezoo”ItisimportanttoformagoodEnglishatmosphereforstudentsbysinging.Step2:presentation1)Listeningtoanvideoaboutthevoicesofdifferentkindsofanimalsandletstudentswritethenamesofanimaltheyhear;2)Showapictureofazooandletstudentssaythenamesofanimaltheycanseeinthepicture;Step3:practice1)Studentsworkinpairtotalkabouttheirfavouriteanimalsusingthepattern:“Iwanttosee…whydoyoulike…,becauseitis…”;2）playingaguessinggame:Dividethewholeclassintofourgroupstohaveacompetitin.Theteacherreadasentencetodescribeakindofanimaleachtimeandstudentsguesswhatitisasquicklyastheycanaccordingtotheinformationgivenbyteacher.Thegroupwhocangettherightanswerintheshortesttimewillbewinner.Allthestudentstrytowrite5-6sentencestodescribeakindofanimalthattheyarefamiliarwith,Thisisanindividualwork.Thenonestudentofagroupoffourmembersreadhis/herdescriptionandtheothermembersguesswhattheanimalis.Thememberstaketurntocompletethetask.Homework;Askstudentstowriteacomposition“Mypetormyfavouriteanimal”
