1、Unit 5 Why do you like pandas? Section B (3a-3b self check) I.I. Analysis of the Teaching Material This lesson is the fifth period in Section B Unit 5 Why do you like pandas? It is taken from PEP Junior English For China, Grade 7 Column Two. This lesson focuses on speaking and writing. In this lesso
2、n, the students learn to talk about animals. The topic is interesting. So the students are willing to take part in the class activities. After studying this lesson, the students will know how to describe some kinds of animals and . Students will also have the awareness to protect the animals. . . An
3、alysis of students As for the students of Grade 7, they have learned some words about animals and they have had some basic abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writhing. But they still have some difficulty in using English to express themselves and communicate with others. Some students are
4、nt active in class because they are afraid of making mistakes. . Three Dimensional Goals 1. Knowledge goals: a. To get the students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this lesson. b. To let the students master how to describe animals. 2. Ability goals: a. To enable the students to lear
5、n how to talk about their favorite animals b. To improve the students listening and speaking abilities . 3. Emotional goals: To call on the students to try their best to protect the animals. . Teaching Key and Difficult Points 1. Key points: a. Get the students to know how to describe animals. b. Ge
6、t the students to grasp how to express their likes and dislikes. 2. Difficult points: a. Develop the students communicative ability. b. Stimulate the students to take an active part in class activities. . Teaching and Learning Methods 1. Teaching methods: In order to better achieve the three dimensi
7、onal goals, stress the key points and overcome the difficult points, Task-based Teaching Method, Audio-visual Teaching Method and Communicative Teaching Method will be adopted. Task- based Teaching Method can help retain the students attention while Audio-visual Teaching Method can practice the stud
8、ents listening and speaking abilities. At the same time Communicative Teaching Method can improve the students ability of language using. 2. Learning methods: According to the New Curriculum Reform, my teaching should embody student-centered. So students should combine Inquiring Learning Method, Aut
9、onomous Learning Method with Cooperative Learning Method, which can encourage them to learn English independently and cooperatively. . Teaching Aids Multimedia and a projector . Teaching Procedures Step 1. Lead-in 1. T: Boys and girls, do you like animals? Ss: Yes, we do. T: Lets enjoy a video about
10、 animals. Teacher tells the students that after watching the video, they have to tell what animals they can see in the video. 2. Ask the students to share the animals they can see in the video. Step 2. Presentation 1. Show the picture of some part of the animals, the picture of the food that the ani
11、mals like, a sentence that introduce some animals and the national flags picture of the country that some animals live in to let the students to guess what animals they are. 2. Play a game. One student tries to act out or tells something about a kind of animals, the other students try to guess what
12、animal it is. Step 3. Practice 1. Show pictures of some animals and some description words which can describe animals. The teacher makes a conversation with some students first. Then let the students to make dialogues with their partners to talk about the animals they like and the animals they dont
13、like. 2. Finish 3a. Becky is Jills favorite animal. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Then check the answers together. Step 4. Consolidation 1. Group work. Ask the students to tell something about their favorite animals then choose one student to introduce as a guide. Work in group of si
14、x. 2. Show an example that dubbed by teacher. Hello! Boys and girls! Welcome to our zoo. There are many kinds of animals in our zoo. Look! They are lions. Most of them come from Africa. They are strong and kind of scary. They like eating meat. Do you like them? 3. Let some students introduce their f
15、avorite animals. Step 5. Project 1. Enjoy a video that about human and animals. Show some pictures about elephants ivory, tigers furs and the cut tress. We can see that human can live happily with animals from the video. So animals are our friends. But we are losing our friends because some people a
16、re killing them. Lead the students to protect the animals. 2. Suppose you are a kind of animals. Write a letter to ask for help for the animals. ( Because of the time, let the students discuss in class and write after class.) Step 6. Homework 1. Make a list of the animals that you know. 2. Make a su
17、rvey in your family. Tell what animals they like and why? . Blackboard Design tigers scary elephants really strong giraffes kind of beautiful koalas a little lovely pandas cute Animals are our friends. Lets protect the animals! . Teaching Reflection The students are interested in animals, so they ar
18、e active in class activities. But some students are still not active in class. Maybe they are afraid of making mistakes. I should arrange some activities that some students can finish easily. Although most of the students have practiced their speaking and writing skills in this lesson, their cooperation abilities havent been practiced well. The end of this class doesnt mean the end of teaching. I will work even harder after class.
