7B Unit 8 Pets
-------Integrated skills
Ⅰ. Teaching objectives:
1. Knowledge object:
Students will learn the usage of the new words and phrases in this lesson.
2. Ability objects:
(1) Students can get some features about goldfish from the listening material.
(2) Students can use some listening skills to improve their listening ability.
(3) Students can talk about their favourite pets with their classmates.
3. Moral objects:
(1) Students will be able to know how to look after their pets.
(2) Students will be able to love their pets and take good care of them.
Ⅱ. Teaching content:
1. Listen to a talk on goldfish and finish part A1, A2 and A3.
2. Know about how the students from Sunshine Middle School look after their pets.
3. Talk about how to look after students’ own pets.
Ⅲ. Teaching focus:
1. Teach students to use some listening skills to get ready for listening.
2. Encourage students to talk about their own pets and how to look after them.
Ⅳ. Teaching methods:
1. Audio-lingual method
2. Task-based teaching method
Ⅴ. Teaching aids:
1. Multi-media
2. A white board and marker pens
Ⅵ. Teaching procedures:
Step 1: Lead in
[Teaching purpose: This step is designed to lead students in the topic of this lesson and arouse students’ interest of this lesson.]
T: Boys and girls, have a guess. What are we going to talk about today
S: Pes.
T: I know most of you keep a pet at home. Right Now let’s enjoy a video about our classmate Du Yuming and his pet.
(Play the video)
T: Do you love his dog
How does it look What colour is it
S: Black and white.
T: Is it weak or strong
S: Strong.
T: Maybe Du Yuming feeds it a lot of food. What does it eat
S: Dog food.
T: How often does he feed the dog
S: Once a day.
T: So the dog is becoming stronger and stronger.
Do you know how heavy the dog is / How much can the dog weigh up to
S: It can weigh up to 13 kilograms.
T: In Maths, we know 1 kilogram is 1,000 grams, so we can also say the dog can weigh up to ...
S: 13,000 grams.
T: Du Yuming’s dog is big, but some dogs are small. What about this dog
How much can the dog weigh up to
S: It can weigh up to 2 kilograms.
T: How long can the dog grow up to be
S: It can grow up to be 80 centimeters.
T: What about this little dog How long can this little dog grow up to be
S: It can grow up to be 30 centimeters.
T: Du Yuming’s dog is very cute, right
But I don’t want to keep a dog. Do you know why
S: It may make some noise.
T: Yes. Also, I’m very busy so I don’t have much free time.
Which one can I keep as a pet
S: Goldfish.
Step 2: A talk on goldfish
[Teaching purpose: This step is designed to improve students’ listening ability and to help them know more and talk about goldfish.]
T: There is a talk on goldfish, and I’d like to share it with you.
Before listening, what do you want to know about goldfish
For example, I want to know where to put them. What about you
S: What colours are goldfish
What do goldfish eat
How often should we feed goldfish
How big are goldfish
How to look after goldfish
T: Good. With these questions, let’s listen to the talk on goldfish carefully.
Part A1:
T: Here are some notes on goldfish. Listen and write T or F.
A listening tip for you: Before listening, try to use your common sense to guess T or F.
Read these sentences quietly, then we’ll listen to the talk.
1. Pick up goldfish with your hands. F
2. Put your goldfish in the sun. F
3. A goldfish can weigh up to 40 grams. F
4. Some goldfish are black. T
5. Goldfish are easy to look after. T
6. Goldfish are very expensive. F
Part A2:
T: I want to know more about goldfish. Listen again, and try to help me finish a fact sheet about goldfish.
Do you see so many questions here
Another listening tip for you: Classify the questions.
T: Now, are you ready Listen carefully.
Part A3: (Change this part into a pair work)
T: Now, do you know more about goldfish
S: Yes.
T: Now talk about goldfish with your partner.
A: Can you tell me something about goldfish
Where should we put them
B: We should put ... ... . Don't put ... ... .
A: Do I need to feed them often
B: No, only ... ... a day. They eat ... ... and ... ... .
A: How big can goldfish grow
B: They can grow up to be ... ... and weigh up to ... ... .
A: Do they make any noise
B: No. They are ... ... . They just ... ... .
Step 3: A talk on Teddy dogs
[Teaching purpose: This step is designed to improve students’ listening ability and to finish a fact sheet on Teddy dogs.]
T: We can learn a lot from a talk, right
Do you remember Miss Yang She likes keeping pets too, and she will give us a talk on Teddy dogs.
Listen and finish a fact sheet on Teddy dogs.
About Teddy dogs
1. Prepare a ________________ doghouse for them.
2. Remember to _______________ the doghouse every day.
3. They may _____________ if you are lazy.
4. They eat special dog food and _____________.
5. Don’t feed them _____________.
6. Feed them ________________ a day.
7. They can grow up to be _______ centimeters tall and weigh up to _______ kilograms.
8. They can be brown, white, ___________ or black.
9. They are friendly and they like ________________ you.
10. Take them out and walk them for __________________ after meals.
T: Before listening, what should we do
S: Classify the questions.
Step 4: Speak up
[Teaching purpose: This step is designed to show students how the students from Sunshine Middle School look after their pets.]
T: Miss Yang loves her dog very much, so she takes good care of it.
Let’s see what she does.
S: She walks the dog after meals and brushes its fur.
T: Students in Sunshine Middle School also keep some pets. Listen and try to find out that: 1. Which pet does he/she keep 2. How does he/she keep the pet
Step 5: Pair work and group work on pets
[Teaching purpose: This step is designed to develop students’ ability of speaking and to help students talk about their favourite pets.]
T: Besides dogs, cats and fish, we still have many other kinds of pets, right Watch a video, and tell me what pets you can see in the video and think about how to look after them.
S: Rabbit, parrot, tortoise, mouse and chicken.
A guessing game:
T: Now, let’s play a guessing game. According to the words on the screen, think about what animals they are. If you know the answer, put up your hands. I will choose the quickest one to answer.
Put it in a clean cage, wash it carefully, feed it carrots or vegetables------ rabbit
Hold in your hand, feed it rice or beans, teach it to speak ------ parrot
Feed it all kinds of food, put it in the sun, change the water to keep it clean, crawl slowly
------- tortoise
Keep it warm, give it toys to play with, keep it away from cats ------- mouse
Feed it rice and clean water, let them walk around, look for food by themselves, may lay eggs after growing up ------- chicken
Pair work:
T: Now, try to talk about with your partner which pet you like best.
A: I know you keep a ... as your pet,right
B: Yes. I love my ...
A: Is it big or small
B: Big/Small. It can grow up to be ... centimetres long/tall and weigh up to ... grams.
A: How do you look after your ...
B: I walk it ... ... / I brush its fur ... ... / I feed it ... ... a day/ ... ...
Group work:
T: Work in groups. If you are a pet, try to tell us your looks, food and hobbies.
Then I will invite some groups to give us a speech likes this:
Hello, boys and girls:
I am big/small. I can grow up to be ... and weigh up to ... . My colours can be ... ...
... ... is/ are my favourite food. You should remember to feed me ... ... a day.
I like ... ... very much, so you can walk me/brush my fur/put me in clean water/ teach me to speak/ ... ...
I am cute/ friendly/ quiet ... ... . Do you know what I am
T: Let’s guess what they are.
Step 6: Sublimation
[Teaching purpose: This step is designed to arouse students’ love for pets, and teach them to take good care of pets.]
T: Pets are cute and friendly. Do you love them
Will you take good care of it if you keep a pet
S: Yes.
T: Remember it is only your pet, but you are all its life! Class is over. Goodbye, boys and girls!