Unit 4 I want to be an actor.Language goals: In this unit students learn to describe animals and express preferences. New languages: Lets see the pandas first. Why do you like want to see the pandas? Because they are very cute. Because theyre kind of shy. Because theyre kind of interesting. Because they are fun. Because they are smart. Do you like giraffes? Where are lions from? They are from South Africa. The animal is ugly / beautiful / friendly / small / shy / clever / cute / scary. She likes to play with her friends and eat grass. Shes very beautiful, but shes very shy, so please be quiet. He sleeps during the day, but at night he gets up and eats leaves. Difficult points: 1. Listening for the names of animals. Listen for the description words about animals. 2. Read the description words about animals. Write about the animal you know. 3. why, what, where questions, because, adjectives of quality Teaching aids: A tape recorder Some pictures Teaching periods: Period 1:Section A1a, 1b, 1c Period 2:Section A2a, 2b, 2c Period 3:Section A3a, 3b, 4 Period 4:Section B 1a,1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c Period 5:SectionB 3a, 3b, 3c, 4 Period 6:Self Check Period 1 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: Lets see the pandas. Why do you want to see the lions? Because theyre cute.3. Enable the students to talk about animals. 4. Help the students learn how to listen to and talk about animals. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warming up Talk about animals using pictures. Teach new words about animals by the pictures. Step 2.Match work(1a) Ask the students to read the words and the picture, and then match the names with the pictures ah. Encourage or help the students to say something about the picture and do the match work. Step 3. Listening (1b) Point to the numbered list of words in activity 1a and play the recording. Ask the students to listen to the recording and circle the countries in 1a. Play the tape and then check the answers. Ask the students to listen to and repeat after the recording and then check the answers. Further activity: Ask the students to do some pair work in the following way if they can understand the listening material well. Step 4. Pair work(1c) Ask the students to make conversations in pairs. Show the following. Lets see the pandas / giraffes / lions / penguins / dolphins / koalas / elephants / tigers? Why? Because theyre cute / interesting / fun / interesting / smart. Say: Now please make conversations in pairs, using the animals in activity 1a and the description words in activity 1c. Homework 1. Ask the students to remember the new words in this period (on page 116) by heart. 2. Ask the students to practice the conversation in activity 1c. Period 2 Teaching aims: 1. Learn the vocabulary words and useful expressions. 2. Target languages: I like dolphins.Why do you like dolphins? Because they are kind of interesting. 3. Enable the students to talk about animals and tell why they like them. 4. Help the students learn to talk about animals and tell why they like them. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Free talk and lead-in Revise the names of the animals. Say: In last period we learnt the names of some animals. Now lets do some revision. Please look at the pictures one by one and you have to tell me the name of the animal in the picture. OK? Show the students the animal pictures one by one. Revise the conversation learnt in the last period. Give more chances to more students to practice talking about the animals and expressing why they like the animals. Step 2. Listening (2a, 2b) First ask the students to listen and fill in the chart in activity 2a. Play the recording for the first time. Ask the students to listen carefully and write down the animals. Play the tape the second time. Ask the students to pay attention to the words in the box in Activity 2b. Ask the students to pay attention to the conversation in activity 2b. After that, check the answers. Then ask the students to listen to and repeat the dialogue after the recording. After this, ask the students to practice the conversation without the help of the recording. Step 3. Pair work(2c) Ask the students to work in pairs, ask and answer about animals they know. Ask the students to practice: Why? Because they are Step 4.Grammar focus Ask the students to read the sentences in the grammar box and sum up the sentence structure. Practice suggestion: Ask the students to work in groups and write down their own opinions on the animals in Activity 1a on a piece of paper; show their work to the group members. And then ask and answer questions. Homework Ask the students to do the following: 1. Make similar dialogues according to the conversation in 2c.2. Use the words in the box in activity 2b to make sentences. 3. Ask the students to find more description words about animals. Period 3 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: Where are lions from? Li