1、Period Four Teaching aims: 1. Target language a. 重点词汇和短语 bird, insect, mammal, reptile, reserve b. 重点句子 Its a pity I didnt have my camera! P56 2. Ability aims Get the Ss to tell apart birds, insects, mammals and reptiles. 3. Learning ability Get the Ss to learn how to get the main information by wri
2、ting down “key words”.Important & difficult points: Get the Ss to learn how to get the main information by writing down “key words”.Teaching methods: Practising, sorting and listening.Teaching aids: A computer, a projector and a tape-recorder.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Greeting and revisionT: There
3、 are more than ten English teachers attending to our class. Lets welcome them. OK, class begins. Good morning!Ss: Good morning!Go through the teaching procedures, then make a revision by practicing the language focuses.T: Last lesson, we have practiced how to get main information by “key words” on r
4、eading. Here are four short passages at the bottom of page 55. Please read them as quickly as you can, then match the description with the photos.Half a minute later, check the answers and summary the means of getting main information by key words.Step 2. Vocabulary Guide the Ss to do Activities 1 a
5、nd 3. Get them to guess the animals on the screen and sort them. T: But who can tell us the differences between birds, insects, mammals and reptiles?Show the exercises of Activity 1 on the screen and ask individual to do the answers. S1: A bird has warm blood and lays eggs. S2: An insect is a small
6、animal with six legs. Some have wings. S3: A reptiles has cold blood and lays eggs. S4: A mammal is an animal which drinks its mothers milk when it is young. T: You are completely right! Now, please turn to Page 56 and do Activity 3 according to the instruction. I will show you some photos of animal
7、s. You should tell me their names and fill in the table. Show some photos of animals on the screen and check whether the Ss tell their names rightly. Then, show one students answers on the screen to check with the whole class.BirdInsectMammalReptileeaglebutterflywolfsnakeibisdragonflyantelopecrocodi
8、leswallowgrasshopperpandabeetigerwild piglionelephantStep 3. ListeningT: Now, please look at the picture on the screen. What is the continent? Ss: Africa. T: Yes. Pay attention to the south. There is a nature reserve. Whats its name?Ss: Tembe Elephant Reserve.T: Well, just now, we have talked about
9、some animals. If you were a volunteer there, which animals would you talk about? Why?Ss: Elephant. Because the name of the reserve tells us. And the elephant is the most famous and useful animal in South Africa.T: You are quite right. Now go through the questions on the screen. Try you best to get t
10、he useful information for listening, at the same time, you should focus on what information you have to get while listening. Ill give you two minutes.1. What was William Norris?2. Where was he work in?3. How long was he there?4. How many elephants are there in the reserve?5. Which animals did he wor
11、k with?6. How often did he see them?7. Does William think people can help animals in danger?Two minutes later, Get the Ss to listen to the tape carefully and try to write down the “key words” for answering the questions. T: Are you ready? Ss: Yes. T: Now, listen to the tape carefully and try to writ
12、e down the “key words” for answering the questions. Ss: OK. T: Have you got the answers? Ss: Yes. T: Good! Who wants to tell us your answers? S1: He was a volunteer. S2: On the Theme Nature Reserve in South Africa. S3: Only three months. S4: About 250. S5: Lions. S6: Almost every night. S7: Yes, he
13、does. T: Well done! Now listen again and complete the page from Williams diary in Activity 6.Then check the answers and summery the skills of listening.Step 4. HomeworkDo pair works to describe an animal in Activity 3 after class. One describes an animal and the other tries to guess what it is. Then make a change.
