【正文】 ound on one’s lap hold sth in one’s hand feed sb sth t each sb to do sth Difficult points To identify names of animals and typical features Teaching method Taskbased approach， Scene pedagogy and Teaching with humor Teaching procedures The second preparing lessons Step I Leadingin students to recall the names of some animals that they learnt. Ask students Do you like animals? What animals do you know? If you like an animal very much, you can keep it as a pet in your flat. What animal do you want to keep as a pet? give the answers. Step II Presentation 1 Present students some pictures, such as a cat, a dog, a rabbit, a goldfish, a mouse, a parrot, etc. 2 Talk with students: 1).T: What is it? S: It is a rabbit. T: Do you like it? S: Yes, I like it very much． T: Why do you like it? S: Because it is lovely． It has two long ears． It often jumps and runs here and there． I can feed it carrots when it is hungry． That will be interesting． 2) T: What’s this? S: It’s a parrot. T: Why do you like it? S: It can speak and sing like a person． That’s wonderful! I feel happy when it is with me． And I can teach it to speak. 3) T: What do you think about the mouse? S: Oh, it is small and soft． T: I can hold it in my hand． Maybe some people don’t like it ， but I think it is smart and lovely 4) T: I like goldfish very much， and you? S: I like watching it swim around． Its tail is so beautiful when it is swimming． How happy and free it is in water! 5) T： Girls usually like cats， but one of my friends doesn’t ． S： Why? T： It often likes to sleep on her lap， so she can’t do anything ． new words. Step III Task 1. Encourage students to do the task in Part A on Page 93 2. Divide the class into pairs. Ask students to pare their answers and discuss any disagreements. 3. Students do Part B as a quiz. Students close their books. You read the sentences af and students have to guess the answer. The student who answers first gets a point. 4. Ask students to prepare a sentence about their favorite pet. Tell them to pretend that they have a pet if they do not own one. 5 .Ask students to share their sentences. Step IV Presentation students Eddie also has a pet— Hobo． Listen to their conversation and answer the following question： Is Hobo a good pet? the tape for students to find the answer. the tape again and ask What does Eddie want? ( He wants his lunch.) How does Hobo respond? (He tells Eddie to be more polite.) Why is Hobo unhappy? ( Because Eddie was not polite.) the tape for students to listen and repeat. Step V Homework Teaching notes 7B Unit 8 Pets 課 題 Reading 1 總第 課時(shí) 上課時(shí)間 年 月 日 第 周 星期 課 時(shí) Period 2 教 具 A recorder Pictures about dogs, cats and goldfish Teaching aims l. To learn about rhyme schemes, stress and intonation of poetry learn new vocabulary to talk about pets read about animal behavior Teaching focus To learn about rhyme schemes, stress and intonation of poetry Difficult points To learn about rhyme schemes, stress and intonation of poetry Teaching method Taskbased approach， Scene pedagogy and Teaching with humor Teaching procedures The second preparing lessons Step I Leadingin students We talked about pets last time． Some of you told me the pets you like． Today, I39。ll tell you the pets I like． Can you guess what they are? students guess the pet that the teacher likes and why the teacher likes it. Step II Presentation 1. Ask students to study the poems and pictures on page 94. Write the title ‘My Dog’ on the board and also the verb that are