Unit3whydoyoulikekoalasusesomeofthesamewords.Writeaboutanyanimalyoulike.Youmaywishtodoasampledescriptionwiththeclass.Chooseananimal'snameandwriteitontheboard.Thenaskstudentstomakestatementsabouttheanimal.Repeateachstatementandthenwriteontheboard.Youcanaskleadingquestionssuchas.Isitbig?Isitlazy?Doesiteatgrass?Askstudentstowritetheirowndescriptions.Youmaywishtohavelessfluentstudentsworkwithamorefluentpartner,Askstudentstosharetheirwritingwithothersintheclass.Afteryouhavereviewedthestudents'work,youmaywishtohavesomestudentsrecopytheirworksothatyoucanpostitontheclassroombulletinhoard.language.Say,NowIwillplayarecordingofaconversationbetweenTonyandMaria.Thistimecircletheadjectivesyoubearonthelistforla.Playtherecordingagain.Studentscircletheadjectivestheyhear.Correcttheanswers.2bThisactivityprovideslisteningandwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Callattentiontothethreeheadings.Animal,Maria'sWordsandTony'sWords,andthewrite-onlinesundereach.Say,NowIwillplaytherecordingagain.Thistimepleasewritethenameoftheanimalseachpersontalksaboutandthewordstheysay.Playthefirstfourlinesofrecordingandstopthetape.Ask,Whatanimalaretheytalkingabout?(theelephant)WhatwordsdoesMariausetodescribetheelephant?(interesting,intelligent)Pointoutthewrite-onlineswherestudentscanwritethesewords.Playthewholerecordingandhavestudentswritethewordstheyhearonthechart.Checktheanswers.3Thisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Callattentiontothedialoguenexttothepicture.Asktwostudentstoreadittotheclass.Say,Workinpairs.Usesentenceslikethesetosaywhatyouthinkaboutdifferentanimals.Demonstratetheactivitywithoneortwostudents.Forexample,say,Ilikedolphins.They'reintelligent.Askstudentstoworkinpairs.Astheywork,movearoundtheroomcheckingonprogress.Asksomepairstopresenttheirconversationstotheclass.3aThisactivityprovidesreadingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Pointoutthethreedescriptionsofanimals.Askstudentstotaketurnsreadingonealoud.Thendrawattentiontothepicturesofanimalsbelow.Say,Writetheletteroftheanimalintheblanklinesaboveitsdescription.Thereisoneanimalthatisnotdescribed.Checktheanswers.3bThisactivityintroducessomenewvocabularywordsandprovidesreadingandwritingpracticeusingthetargetvocabulary.Callattentiontothepicturesofanimalsin3a,anddrawattentiontothegrass,leaves,andmeat.Askastudenttoexplaineachwordoruseitinasentencetoshowheorsheunderstandswhatitmeans.Teachtheexpressionsleeps.Pointoutthedescriptionin3bwithblanklineswheresomewordsaremissing.Readittotheclasssayingblankeachtimeyoucometoablankline.Pointoutthesixwordsinthebox.Say,Youcanwritethesewordsintheblanks.Useeachwordonlyonce.Asstudentswork,movearoundtheroomcheckingprogressandofferinglanguagesupportasneeded.Checktheanswers.3cThisactivityprovidesreadingandwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage,Say,Nowyoucanwriteadescriptionliketheonein3b.Youcan3bThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Pointtotheconversationinthepicture.Askapairofstudentstoreadittotheclass.Askstudentstoworkinpairs.Say,Nowyoucantalkaboutwhereanimalscomefrom.Pointtothemapandanimalsstudentsmatchedupin3a-Say,Workwithapartner.Taketurnsaskingandansweringquestionsaboutthecountriesandanimalsin3a.Afterafewminutes,askseveralpairstosaytheconversationfortheclass.SectionBAdditionalmaterialstobringtoclass:PicturesofhouseholdpetsandzooanimalscutoutofmagazinesforFollow-upactivity1.1Thisactivityintroducesmorekeyvocabulary,Callattentiontotheanimalsinthepictureandaskastudenttosaythenameofeachone.Pointoutthelistofeightnumberedadjectivesatthetop.Say,Nowpleasematchtheadjectivesatthetopwiththeanimalsinthepicture.Writetheletteroftheanimalonthelineaftertheadjective.Pointoutthesampleanswer.Asstudentswork,movearoundtheroomofferingtoanswerquestionsasneeded.Correcttheanswers-2aThisactivityprovideslisteningpracticewiththetarget
