1、1.Practise reading and writing skills and broaden students horizons.2.Learn about how animals use body language to communicate.Pre-writingMaking a prediction:Look at the picture and the title and predict what the text will be about.It talks about how animals use body language to communicate.Read the
2、 text.Match the emotions with the body language and animals.1.happiness 2.fear 3.anger 4.warning 5.affection shows teeth and growls ears stand up and eyes wide open shows teeth and lowers body spreads earsputs its head against anothershits its tail down to make noiseleaps into the airWhat is the cat
3、s body language communicating in each picture?Here are some words and expressions you can use.purr meow stretch swish its tail nuzzle its head against her faceWhile-writing1.The cat goes over to the girl and nuzzles its head against her face,giving a meow.2.The cat leads the sleepy girl into the kit
4、chen,looking behind her and meowing all the way.3.The cat looks up happily at the girl as she pours cat food into the bowl.4.The cat runs to the window and sees the girl off.5.The cat decides to play with the goldfish.It stands outside the goldfish bowl,swishing its tail.6.The cat becomes bored,so i
5、t stretches out on a pillow in the living room and goes to sleep,purring and dreaming of the girl.Give the cat and the girl names.Use these names and the pictures above to write a story about the text.1.照顾2.生气3.摇尾巴4.伸出，伸展5.用头蹭脸6.朝走去7.倒入8.送行9.醒来take care ofbe/get angryswish its tailstretch outnuzzle
6、its head against her facego over topourintosee offwake upExchange your draft with your partner.1.Use the checklist to help you review your partners draft.(1)Is the person properly identified?(2)Is the description clear?(3)Does the writer describe the story in an interesting way?(4)Does the writer us
7、e correct grammar,punctuation,and spelling?2.Take your draft back and review it.Post-writing Prissy was a small orange kitten who was taken care of by a young girl named Del.Prissy was waiting in the darkness patiently for hours.She knew that Del would get angry if she woke her too early.Finally,the
8、 sun came up,and so Prissy went over to the girl and nuzzled her head against her face,giving a meow.Del woke up with a yawn,and then Prissy led the sleepy girl into the kitchen to the cat food dish,looking behind her and meowing all the way.At last,Del poured the cat food into Prissys bowl as the k
9、itten looked on happily and purred.Sadly,Del had to go to school.Prissy ran to the window and saw Del off,giving a meow of fare well.But then what to do?Prissy decided that she wanted to play with the goldfish,so she went over to the goldfish bowl and began to meow,but the goldfish was not keen on p
10、laying with her,so it just sat in the bowl looking at her.Irritated,Prissy began to swish her tail.Finally,Prissy became bored,so she stretched out on a pillow in the living room and went to sleep,purring and dreaming of Del,in bliss at the thought of her return.HomeworkNext class:Give a short presentation on animal body language to the class.
