Teaching aims and learning objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students are supposed to
1.Use all the words and sentence patterns in this unit fluently.
2.Try to learn some new words about animals.
3.Tell the difference between ''There be" and "have/has" and use them correctly.
4.Make a rhyme for the animal friends in small groups. Learn to cooperate with others.
5.Write about their animal friends from different aspects.
6.Know more culture about the animal friends. Learn to love and protect our animal friends.
Focus of the lesson
1.Use all the words and sentence patterns in this unit fluently.
2.Know how to describe animal friends.
Predicted areas of difficulty
1.Tell the difference between ''There be" and ''have/ has" and use them correctly.
2.Make a rhyme for the animal friends in small groups. Learn to cooperate with others.
3.Write about their animal friends from different aspects.
Teaching aids
CAI, envelopes, animal stickers, share reading paper and animal cards
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead in
1.Enjoy a song before class
What animals are there in the song?
2、Free talk
Do you have animal friends? What is it? What colour is it? What does it have? What can it do? What does it like eating?
【设计意图】通过-首活泼有趣的歌曲引出课题Our animal friends,在与学生Free talk的问答中激发学生探索animal friends的兴趣。
Step 2 Pets at home - Story time revision
1.Look and retell
Students retell the story time according to the pictures and key sentences.
2.Learning tip: ''have" and ''has"
3.Make a summary
We should love Dets.
【设计意图】复习Story time,唤醒学生文本记忆，在复述中操练have/has并 学会总结规律。最后引导学生了解Pets的概念，为进一步探讨其它动物作铺垫。
Step 3 Domestic animals on the farm — Checkout time learning
1.What's on the farm?
(1)Listen and guess
a dog/ a cat/ a rooster (learn: roostei; cock-a-doodle-doo)
pigs & cows & horses (learn: neigh)
(2)Watch and guess
ducks & hens (learn: hen, cluck)
［设计意图］调动多种感官激发学生探索兴趣，在猜一猜的游戏中引出农场动 物及其叫声，同时复习“There be"句型。
2,Learn to describe an animal
(1) Ask and answer
There are so many animals on the farm. The rooster is my favourite.
What colour is it?
What does it have?
What can it do? (learn: crow)
What does it like eating?
(2) Enjoy rhymes
①Enjoy a rhyme about the rooster
②Make a rhyme about the horses together
③Summarize how to describe an animal
colour, feature, ability,likes
【设计意图】引导学生从不同角度描述动物，为接下来的小组合作提供语言“脚手架”。在音乐律动中感受英语朗朗上口的魅力。
2.Make a rhyme in groups
(1) Group work
⑵ Learning tip: ''There be" and "have/has"
3.Make a summary
We should take care of domestic animals.
【设计意图】通过小组合作进一步锻炼学生的语言能力、学习能力和思维品质， 同时培养小组合作能力，为接下来写一写animal friends奠定基威。
Step 4 Wild animals  — Culture time extension
1.Culture time revision
You can see in .
Culture time extension -- Share reading
Round 1: Read and circle
Students do fast reading and circle the key words about ''Colour''“Feature”
''Ability" and ''Likes". Know their animal friends and prepare for the guessing game.
Round 2: Ask and guess
Students use、'Yes/No" questions to guess each other's animal friends.
Make a summary
We should be nice to wild animals,
【设计意图】通过两个文本的信息差自主学习，互换信息，学生在探究中巩固描述动物的角度，并操练一般疑问句。在复习Culture time的基础上拓展中国和澳大利亚的另外两个代表动物，立足国际理解，培养文化品质。
Step 5 Make an animal card --Consolidation
1.Make an animal card
Choose an animal. Stick a photo .
Write sth. down about the animal
2.Display the board writing
3.Invite several students to introduce
【设计意图】在听说读写的基础上锻炼写的能力，鼓励学
生大胆展示作品，在展示中建立自信心。
Step6 Ending and homework
1.Share your animal card with your friends and family.
2.Know more about our animal friends and learn to love and 
protect them.