Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a scarf?（Section B 3a-4）

Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a scarf? Section B(3a-4) The fifth period (written by He Yuanmei ) Teaching goals: 1.Language goals: (1) Learn and master the new words : trendy, pot－bellied pig, advantage, disadvantage, perfect, rabbit and company.. (2) Go on learning some phrases like these days, too…to, all day, spend with and the advantages and disadvantages of keeping a pet such as too… to..., not friendly enough, easy to take care of ,good company ,can be noisy and so on. 2.Ability goals: (1) Train the students’ reading ability by reading 3a and answering the questions. (2) Let students practice writing about animals. 3.Moral goals: (1) Let students learn about advantages and disadvantages of keeping pet animals and know that every coin has two sides (2) Train students’ feeling of loving animals. Teaching important and difficult points: 1. The target language: the new words and some phrases. 2. Practice writing pet animals to improve writing skill. Teaching methods 1. Task-based teaching and learning methods. 2. Cooperation Teaching aids Multi-media and a recorder Teaching procedures Step1. Pre-task ( 5′) Revise the pets they have learnt and give comments on them simply.(advantages and disadvantages of keeping a pet. Using the pictures of Part 4 ) Ask some students if pigs can be pets. Tell students today we are going to learn the trendiest kind of pet these days in North London. Do you want to know what it is? (Teach the new word of trendy.) Students guess the trendiest pets are now. Maybe some students can speak out pot-bellied pig. If they can’t, I can tell them about it. Step2. while- task ( 33′) Task1. Reading practice using the target language. ( Pairwork)( 15′) Show the task. Here is an article about pot-bellied pig. Please read it and answer these questions. Read the instructions to the class. Make sure they understand the words of pot-bellied (fat) ; popular ( many people like them ) ;advantages (good things) and disadvantages (bad things). Read the article by students then write down the answers to the two questions. Check the answers in pairs. Check the answers in class. play the tape of the story for the class , then ask students if they have problems. Explain the new words and sentences. (1) What’s the meaning of trendy and perfect? (2) Can you understand the sentences. … a pot-bellied pig named Connie … life with a pig isn’t always perfect … she’s too big to sleep in the house … I don’t have enough time to spend with her Let the students read the story again. If they still have problems, I should offer help. Retell the story together Task 2. Writing practice by using the target language.(Groupwork)(3b)( 10′) Show the task. Write an article about hamsters by using these notes in activity 3b. Point to the picture and ask some students what it is and If they know about hamsters? (hamster) Look at the notes for one minute and answer what the advantages and disadvantages of keeping hamsters are? 4. The students will ... ...