Boy: Where do you want to go now?
Girl: Let’s see the elephants.
B: The elephants? Why do you like elephants?
G: Oh, they’re interesting. And they are really intelligent.
B: Yes, but they are ugly, too.
G: Oh, Tony! So, where do you want to go?
B: Let’s see the pandas. They are kind of cute.
G: Oh, yeah. I love pandas. They’re beautiful. But they are also kind of shy. Where are they?
B: They’re over there on the left, just across from the koala bears.
Step 4: Task three: We are going to the Beijing zoo for Autumn Outing, draw the order your group see animals at the zoo and state your reasons.
Group work:
1. draw a map of the zoo like the picture on P7; (according to the map of Beijing zoo)
2. mark the order your group see animals;
3. state the reasons like: Lucy, Mary and I like pandas best because they are lovely and beautiful, so we go to see pandas first. Then…
Step 5: Homework: Task:
If you have a wild animal zoo, what animals do you want to put in your zoo?
Draw a map of your zoo and state why you have these wild animals.
教学点评及反思：
一、环节设计思路：
本课以游戏形式的猜动物名称引入，首先让学生通过游戏中的练习，尽快熟悉各种动物的英文名称。然后导入到三个链状承接的任务上。第一个任务通过听力引入本课的第一组重点句型，即询问喜欢何种动物及其原因。然后在同学中做一个调查，看看大家都喜欢些什么动物以及喜欢的原因，为第二个任务积累资料。任务二是真实任务前的模拟，让学生从大家喜欢的动物中挑选两至三种安排小组去动物园的参观路线。真实任务是来源于对秋游的设想，打算组织学生去北京动物园，分小组活动，要求各小组有自己的参观计划，必须明确列出参观各种动物的顺序以及原因，并根据地图说出大致的方位。课堂完成任务后，课后任务对课堂的延伸和巩固，因此选择了学生较感兴趣的野生动物问题，同时兼有美术和生物学科的学习，一举多得。