Unit4WildAnimalsPERIOD4:VOCABULARYTeachingGoals●Toenlargestudents’animalvocabularyandhelpthemtoknowmoreaboutanimals●Toelicitthetopicthattherearemanykindsofanimalsareindangernow●TogetthestudentstotalkaboutanimalsTeachingproceduresSTEP1LearningaboutmoreanimalsShowstudentssomepicturesofanimalstheyhavealreadycomeacross.Andthentellthemwearegoingtolearnaboutmoreanimals.Showpicturesandaskthestudentstogivethenamesoftheanimals.Encouragethemtospeakoutwhatevertheyknowabouttheanimals.PICTURESNAMESSOMETHINGABOUTITzebraItisakindofhorse.However,ithasblackandwhitestripesalloveritsbody.Wehavegot‘zebracrossings’ontheroads.lionItisthekingofthebeasts(兽).Itkillssmallanimalsforfood.polarbearItlivesinaverycoldplace.Usually,ithassnow-whitefurallover.Itcanswimanddiveverywell.Itcatchesfishforfoodinicywater.tortoiseItalwayscarriesaheavyshell,soitwalksveryslowly.However,itcanliveupto150years.giraffeItisthetallestanimalintheworldbecauseofitslongneck.Itcaneasilyeatthetreeleaves.However,there’reonly7bonesinitlongneck.fox(foxes)Itlookslikeadogbutsmaller.Itisveryclever.Itsfurlooksbeautiful,sohunterskillitforitsfur.Theyuseittomakeclothesandscarves.camelItlivesinthedesserts.Itiscalled‘BoatoftheDessert’.Theycanstayinthedessertforalongtimebecauseithasone/twohumps.monkeyItisakindoflovelyandcleveranimal.Itlikeseatingfruit.Itlivesinthetreesandcaneasilyjumpforonetreetoanother.wolf(wolves)Itiscoveredwithgreyfur.Itlookslikeadog.Theyliveingroupsandhuntforfoodtogether.Thestudentsmaytalkabouttheanimalsusingonlyonesentence.However,whenweputalltheyideastogether,wewillgetprettymuch.Soitisalsoveryimportanttoshowthestudentshowtoorganizetheirideas.Whatdoesitlooklike?Describetheirappearance(size,eyes,colour).Whatcanitdo?/Whatdoesiteat?Wheredoesitlive?Byfollowingthequestions,itmaybeeasierforthestudentstocollectmoreideas.STEP2CompletingPartBGetthestudentstocompletePartB,Page63.Askthestudentstodoitbythemselves.Ifstudentsgetsomeproblems,goandhelpthem.Itmustputclearlythatsomeanimalsmayeatmorethanonekindoffood.Forexample,thestudentsmaybeamazedtofindthatwolvesalsoeatinsects.Forstrongerclasses,askthestudentstomakeupnewdialoguetalkingaboutdifferentanimals‘diet’.STEP3FinishingthefollowingexercisesGetthestudentstofinishthefollowingexercisesandthenguesswhatanimalsitis.1.Iliveind______.It’sveryhotthereandusually,thereisnotmuchwater.ButIcanhelppeople______(alot/alotof)andenjoyahappylifethere.2.I’m__________(tall)animalintheworldbecauseIhavealongn___.3.Peopledon’tlikeme.ButsomechildrenlikemebecauseIactedinthecartoonmovie‘L___King’.It’sveryp______intheUSA.4.I’mveryclever.Ilike______(live)____(on/in)thetree.5.IliveintheNorthPole.It’sverycoldthereanditoften_____(snow).It’swhiteeverywhere.I’mwhitetoo.Iliveaw________lifethere.6.Ihaveas____.Iwalk______(slow).Butonce,Iwontheraceagainstarabbit.BecauseI’mh___-w______.7.Idon’tlikethedays,Icomeoutatn_____.IfIfindamana____,I’llf_____him.ButI’ma_____offire.8.I’malways______(wear)acoat______(with/has)blackandwhitestripes.STEP4TalkingabouttheirfavoriteanimalsShowthepicturesofalltheanimalswehaveleanedabout.Getthemtotalkabouttheirfavoriteanimals.A:What’syourfavoriteanimal?B:Oh,Ilikedolphinsbest.Theylookreallybeautifulinthebluewater.Theyareclever,too.Ienjoywatchingdolphinshows.Whataboutyou?A:Ilike….STEP5OrganizingaheateddiscussionUsesomepicturestoshowthesituationsofsomeanimals.Letthestudentsknowthatalotofanimalsareindanger,becauseofman’sactivities.Dividetheclassintogroupsof4-5.Invitethemtothinkofthecausesofthis.Organizeaheateddiscussionon‘Whatcanwedotohelpourfriends---animals?’writetonewspaper/magazineandletmorepeopleknowthatmanyanimalsareindanger.DrawsomepostersandaskmorestudentstoloveanimalsBefriendly/kindtosomesmallanimalsAskpeoplenottobuythingsmadeofanimalsfurSTEP6Homeworka.Lookformoreinformationaboutanimalsindanger.b.FinishofftheexerciseintheEvaluationHandbookandLearningEnglish.
