Teaching Objectives:

初步掌握部分提建议的句型的运用；

掌握一些动物的名称。

Language Focus:

May I speak to sb?  This is sb speaking. Hold on, please

What’s up? － What’s the matter?

Shall we go to the zoo?

Let’s make it …. 

What about a quarter past ten? 

Why not meet a little earlier.

What other animals do you see in the zoo?

Properties: Tape recorder, some pictures of animals

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1. Say what John is going to do (after school, at college, after college)

2. Revise talking about the time.

What time do you usually get up/have breakfast/go to school?

Get the students to ask in pairs about their parents.

Step 2 Presentation

Present the dialogue:

A: What are you going to do next Saturday?

B: Nothing much, why?

A: Shall we go shopping?

B: OK, What time?

A: How about 10:00?

B: Can we make it a little earlier? I have a lot of homework to do.

A: OK. I’ll meet you at ….

Explain the meaning of nothing much, shall and a little earlier.

Explain shall we … and Let’s make it a little earlier.

播放视频Let's讲解.asf和Shall用法讲解.asf。

They are both ways of making a suggestion.

Have the students practise the dialogue in pairs.

Teach the new words zoo and dolphin show by showing pictures.

Step 3 Read and act

Play the tape for the students to listen and ask What time are David and Lin Tao going to meet?

Play the tape again. Students listen and repeat.

Let the students practise the dialogue in pairs and ask some pairs to act it out.

Get the students to practise making a suggestion by using shall we, Let’s.

Step 4 Presentation

问问学生去过动物园没有，让去过的同学来谈谈在动物园里看到了哪些动物，有的动物名称可能学生知道，有的可能不知道，教师可以帮助学生用英语说出来。然后教师可教学这些动物名称词汇，还可以准备一些动物的图片，利用图片教学新词汇。

Have you ever seen these animals? Show the pictures and teach the words “panda”, an animal eating the bamboo, “lion” the famous movie is called King Lion, “elephant the biggest animal living on land, “monkey” something like human beings, “tiger” a very dangerous animal and has the name of “King of the beasts” “dolphin”, “deer”, “snake”, “rabbit”, “duck”, Beijing has a specialty “Beijing Duck” very delicious, “fox” a very clever (cunning) animal, “bear”. And more animals for them to see, “crocodile”, “Kangaroo” “camel” “flamingo” “zebra” etc.

Step 5 look, read and answer

Look at the color page and discuss the questions in pairs and write down the answers.

The answers of “look and answer”

1. The elephant

2. The panda

3. Dolphin and snake

4. Dolphin

5. Lion, tiger, snake, bear and fox

6. Panda, deer, sheep, cow, rabbit and horse

7. Lion, tiger, bear and snake

8. No definite answers

Step 6 Exercises in class

Complete the dialogues

1 A: Hello, __________?

 B: Yes, this is Jerry ____. Who is ____?

 A: This is Sam. How are you?

B: Fine, ____. …

2 A: Hello, can __________?

 Keys: 1.May I speak to Jerry/ speaking/ that/ What about (How about )you/…

2. I speak to Nike/speaking /that /speaking …

B: Sorry, Nike is not at home. This is Nike's mother______. Who is ____?

A: Hello, Mrs. King. This is Andy ____.

Fill in the blanks.

1. Shall we go to the zoo? I hear there’s a dolphin ______ there.

2. “Why not come a little earlier?” “No ______.”

3. Which animal do you like ______, a panda, a tiger or an elephant?

4. I think an elephant is the biggest animal on ______.

5. Work must come ______.

6. It’s a little earlier to come at nine o’clock. Let’s ______ it half past nine.

Keys: 1.show 2.problem 3.best 4.land 5.first 6.make

Step 7 Homework

1. Revise the names of the animals.

2. Finish off the workbook exercises.