Unit 4 Wild animalsPeriod One Welcome to the unit【Aims and demands】1. Use correct vocabulary to describe animals2. Identify vocabulary for describing animals.3. Designing activities offer opportunities for students to consider.【Teaching method】Task-based approach.【Teaching aids】Some posters and a tape recorder.【Teaching steps】Step1.RevisionRevise vocabulary for animals.Step 2.presentationIntroduce the new words in Part A, using some pictures or flashcards.Step3. exercise 1. Get the students to complete Part A.2. Then check answers orally with the class.Step4. Discuss1. Divide Ss into pairs and ask them to do the survey in Part B12. Get the students to work in pairs and tell why they like or do not like the animals. Ask them to write down their ideas on their exercise books.Step5. A guessing gamePlay the computer and show the sentences to the students. Then ask them to guess what animal it is.Step6.ConsolidationSome language pointsLook delicious, If you eat my food, I wont talk to you., no one, in danger, a report on giant pandas Homework1 Learn the language points by heart.2. Preview the Reading Part.Period Two Reading A【Aims and demands】1. To guess general meaning from context.2. To infer meaning from students own background and knowledge.3. To identify specific meaning by scanning the text.【Teaching method】Task-based approach.【Teaching aids】Some pictures and a tape recorder.【Teaching steps】Step1.RevisionReview key vocabulary according to the general ability of the class. Step2 Presentation 1 On the Bb, write the following list of sentences on the Bb:* Xi Wang is the name of a baby giant panda.Step2.presentation* Baby giant pandas are very small when they were born.* They grow very quickly.* Xi Wang has to find her own food when she is 20 months old.* Hunters kill giant pandas and sell their fur.2 Divide the class into three groups and allocate one part to each group. While students skimthe text on their own, ask them to underline the words they do not know. Then go through the words students have underlined. Ask students to explain briefly how they know that the sentences on the Bb are true by identifying and listing key facts in the text.Step3 Practice & Discuss1. Ask the students to read the text after the recorder.2. Get the students to skim the text quickly on their own. Then divide the class in pairs and ask students to explain briefly how they know that the sentences on the board are true by identifying and listing the key facts in the text.Step4 ConsolidationGet the students do the exercise that is showed on the screen.Homework.1. Recite the text.2. Finish off the workbook exercise.Period Three Reading B、C、D&E【Aims and demands】1. Use correct vocabulary to describe animals2. Identify vocabulary for describing animals.3. Designing activities offer opportunities for students to consider.【Teaching method】Task-based approach.【Teaching aids】Some posters and a tape recorder.【Teaching steps】Step1.Revision1. Ask students to retell something about giant pandas.2. Ask some general questions about the report in Part Reading.3. Have a dictation of the new words the students learned last class.Step2 Part BIn part B, students focus on specific meanings of words. Step3. Part CGet students do part C in pairs. Then check the answers with the whole class.Step4 Part D1. Revise the words listed in the box in Part D.2. Ask students to complete Part D. Then ask some students to read the sentences aloud to check their choice of words.Step5 ConsolidationLanguage points Keep sb ./ sth. Safe from danger, large areas of land with trees, special areas for wild animals, stay alive Homework1 Learn the language points by heart.2 Preview the Vocabulary Part.Period Four Vocabulary【Aims and demands】1. To recognize the names of different animals.2.To consolidate the words that learnt.【Teaching method】Task-based approach.【Teaching aids】Some pictures and a tape recorder.【Teaching steps】Step1.Revision1.Ask students to retell something about giant pandas.2.Ask some general questions about the report in P art Reading.3.Have a dictation of the new words ss learned yesterday.Step2 A guessing game1 Create an interest in animals. Try to extend the context by asking Ss if they would like to adopt an animal and, if they do, which one they would choose.2.Use the task to check Ss knowledge of name of animals. Ask Ss to guess the names individually first and then compare with a partner.Step3 ReadingGet the students to read all the words under the pictures and ask them to give definitions. Step4 consolidationLanguage pointsPolar bear-North Pole, wolf-wolvesthe story of Xi Wang, only 10 days old, it means, was born, weigh just 100 grams, at four months, for the first time, eight months later, notany more, grow into, at the very beginning, up to 14 hours a day, bamboo shoots, have to look after herself, have another baby, It is adj. (for sb.) to do, some of the problems, kill it for its fur, nowhere to live, on their own, need help,