4. It’s time ____ (have) lunch.

3. Jack ____ (put) on his coat and _____ (go) to work.

2. - What’s the cat doing?

- It ____ (eat) a bird.

1. - Where _____ an elephant _____(live)?

- It _____ (live) in a forest.

2. Key sentences 重点句子

Where does it live?　　

It lives in ….

Ability goals 能力目标

Enable students to talk about many animals in the world using the target language.

Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help students know more animals in the world by showing them pictures of animals.

Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点

Identify different animals and learn about their environment of life.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Speaking and practice.

Teaching aids 教具准备

Pictures and a projector.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in

Show some pictures of animals on the screen. Introduce the words bird, panda, goat, dog, sheep, rabbit, cow, pig, duck and write them on the Bb. Have Ss read and remember them.

Step II A game

Have a competition. Divide the class into groups of six. The group who can write down the most names of animals in three minutes will win the game.

Step III Presentation

Talk about the pictures on the screen.

T: What is it?

Ss: It’s a bird.

T: What is it doing?

Ss: It’s flying.

T: Does it live in the tree?

Ss: Yes, it does.

T: Where does it live? (Help Ss to answer with “It lives...”.)

Ss: It lives in the tree.

Language points:

Does it live in the tree? 当主语是第三人称单数时，在疑问句和否定句中要用助动词does，谓语动词保持原形。在回答一般疑问句时，简略答语用Yes, it does. 或No, it doesn’t.

Ss make up their own dialogues about the pictures on the screen using the target language.

S1: Does it live in …?

S2: …

S1: Where does it live?

S2: …

Ask more Ss to practise it.

Step IV Survey

Divide the class into groups of four. Make a survey and fill in the table below.

Make a list of your classmates’ favorite animals. Then talk about them with a partner. (Page 60: Part IV, B)

A sample conversation:

S1: What's your favorite animal?

S2: It’s a monkey.

S1: What does it eat?

S2: It eats bananas.

S1: Where does it live?

S2: It lives in the tree.

Step V Sing a song

Play the audiotape. Ss sing the song after it together.

Step VI Homework

Review what we have learned in this unit.

Exercise:

Fill in the blanks with proper words:

1. Words and phrases 生词和短语

　 bird, panda, forest, goat, dog, sheep, rabbit, cow, pig, duck, river, tree, farm

1. zoo; 2. Elephants; 3. Monkeys; 4. lonely; 5. sleeping; 6. meat.

Period 7 Speaking and singing

Target language 目标语言

6. The tigers like to eat m_____.

Suggested answers:

5. - What’s the lion doing?　 - It’s s_____.

4. He is alone(单独，独自的), but he doesn’t feel l______.