七年级英语Unit3WhydoyoulikekoalasLanguagegoalsInthisunitstudentslearntodescribeanimalsandexpresspreferencesandgivereasons,NewlanguageWhydoyoulikekoalabears?Becausethey’recute.They’reprettyinteresting.They’rekindofshy,They’reverybig.Namesofanimalssuchastiger,elephant,koalabear,dolphinDescriptionwordssuchassmart,cute,intelligentNamesofcountries:Australia,SouthAfrica,Recycledlanguagebetween,acrossfromHe’s/She’sfrom...He’s/She’sfiveyearsold.Namesofcountries;China,Japan,BrazilSectionAAdditionalmaterialstobringtoclass:coinsorothermarkersfortheBingogamein4.AskstudentstonameasmanyanimalsastheycaninEnglish.Writethelistontheboard,Askstudentstodescribeeachanimalinsomeway.Theymaytellitscolorortellifitisbigorsmall.Say,Todaywearegoingtolearnthenamesofsomemoreanimals.Wellalsoleamhowtosaywhichoneswelikeandtellwhywelikethem.laThisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabulary.Focusattentiononthemapofthezooshowingpicturesofanimals.Askstudentstopointtoandnameanyanimalstheycan.Pointtotheanimalsonebyoneandsaythenameofeach.Askstudentstorepeal.Pointoutthenumberedlistofwords.Sayeachoneandaskstudentstorepeat.Thenaskstudentstomatcheachwordwithoneofthepictures.Say,Writetheletterofeachanimalintheblankbythatanimal'sname.Pointoutthesampleanswer.Checktheanswers.1bThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.Pointtotheanimalsin1a-Askstudentstopointtoandnametheanimals.Say,I'mgoingtoplayrecordingsofthreeconversations.Listencarefullyasyoulookatthewordsinla.Putacheckmarkinfrontofthenameofeachanimalyouhear.Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Playtherecordingasecondtime.Thistimestudentscheckeachanimalnametheyhear.Correcttheanswers.1cThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Callattentiontotheexampleconversationinthepicture.Asktwostudentstoreadittotheclass.Answeranyquestionstheymayhave.Pointoutthefourdescriptionwords.Askastudenttoreadthemaloud.Reviewthemeaningofeachword.Say,Nowyoucanmakeconversationsaboutanimals.Yourconversationscanbeliketheexample.Usethesedescriptionwords.Askstudentstoworkinpairs.Havethemtaketurnssayingbothparts.Ifstudentsneedhelpgettingstarted,demonstrateanotherconversationwithastudent.Forexample:Teacher:let'sseetheelephant.Student:Whydoyouwanttoseetheelephant?Teacher:Becauseit'sverysmart.Asksomestudentstopresenttheirconversationstotheclass.2aThisactivityprovideslisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Callattentiontothetwoblanklinesontheleft.Say,Youwillheararecordingofaconversation.Listencarefully.Thenwritethenamesofthetwoanimalsyouhearontheselines.Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Playtherecordingasecondtime.Thistimestudentswriteinthenamesoftheanimals.Checktheanswers.Pointouttheadjectiveslistedontheright.Askastudenttosaythewords.Say,NowIwillplaytherecordingagain.Thistimedrawalinebetweeneachanimalandtheadjectiveyouhear.Playtherecordingandhavestudentsmatcheachanimalwithanadjective.Correcttheanswers.2bThisactivityprovideslisteningandwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.CallattentiontotheconversationandtheblanklinesinitSay,Youwillheartherecordingagain.Thistimepleasewriteawordfromtheboxoneachblankline.Somewordscanbeusedmorethanonetime.Askastudenttoreadthewordsinthebox.Playtherecording.Checktoseethatstudentsarewritingawordfromtheboxoneachlineoftheconversation.Goovertheanswers.2cThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpract...
