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Unit 3 Why do you like koalas?
Language goals:
In this unit Ss learn to describe animals and express preferences and give reasons.
New languages:
Why do you like koalas? Because they’re cute. They’re pretty interesting. They’re kind of shy. They’re very big.
Names of animals such as tiger, elephant koalas, dolphin
Description words such as smart, cute, clever
Names of countries: Australia ,South Africa
Recycled language
between, across from
He’s/She’s from…He’s/She’s five years old.
name of countries: China, Japan
Period 1 (From P13 to P14)
Newwords:koala,zoo,panda,cute,map,tiger,elephant,dophin,lion,penguin,giraffe,smart,animal,box,kindof,Africa,bingo,ugly,friendly,shy,clever,beautiful,other,dog
Structures :Why do you like pandas ?Because they’re very cute.
Why does he like koalas ?Because they’re kind of interesting.
Teaching steps
Section A
Additional materials to bring to class:
Ask Ss to name as many animals as they can in English .Write the list on the Bb.
Ask Ss to describe each animal in some way. They may tell its color or tell if it is big or small.
Say, Today we are going to learn the names of some more animals. We’re also learn how to say which ones we like and tell why we like them.
1a This activity introduces the key vocabulary.
Focus attention on the map of the zoo showing pictures of animals. Ask Ss to point to and name any animals they can.
Point to the animals one by one and say the name of each .Ask the Ss to repeat.
Point to the numbered list of words. Say each one and ask Ss to repeat.
Then ask Ss to match each word with one of the pictures. Say, write the letter of each animal in the blank by that animal’s name.
Check the answers.
1b This activity gives Ss practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.
Point to the animals in 1a. Ask Ss to point to and name the animals.
Say, I’m going to play recordings of three conversations. Listen carefully as you look at the words in a checkmark i