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Unit 10 On the farm Period 2 1. Teaching aimsKnowledge aim: To grasp the wh-questions “whats this?” / “whats that?” and their common answer pattern “Its a ”Ability aim: To be able to use the wh-questions “whats this?” / “whats that?” to find out specific information about something and use the pattern “Its a ” to identify something.Emotion aim: To encourage the students to communicate with others by asking wh-questions; to lead the students to love and protect animals.2. Main pointsTo use the wh-questions “whats this?” / “whats that?” to find out specific information about common farm animals and use the pattern “Its a ”to identify common farm animals. 3. Difficult pointsTo communicate with others about the common farm animals by using the wh-questions “whats this?” / “whats that?” and their common answer pattern “Its a ”4. ProceduresPre-task preparationsActivity 1Greet the students. Sing the song Old Macdonald has a farm together; and tell the students that they are going to read a story on the farm.T: Good morning, boys and girls. Ss: Good morning, Miss Zhan.T: Can you sing the song Old Macdonald has a farm?Ss: Yes.T: Very good. Lets sing it together.Ss: (sing the song)T: You sing it very well. Old Macdonald has a farm. Do you want to know whats happening on the farm?Ss: Yes.T: OK. Now we are going to read a story about the farm.While-task proceduresActivity 1 Tell a story “On the farm”. Elicit the wh-questions “whats this?” / “whats that?” and their common answer pattern “Its a ”T: “On the farm”. One day, little wolf comes to the farm. Little sheep is very happy. Little sheep: “Come to play with my friends.” A cow: “MooMoo”The little wolf: “Whats this?” The little sheep: “Its a cow.”The little wolf: “Cow cow cow, nice to meet you.” The cow: “Nice to meet you, too” A pig:“OinkOink” The little wolf :“whats that?” The little sheep: “its a pig.”The little wolf: “pig pig pig, nice to meet you.” The pig: “Nice to meet you, too” A duck:“QuackQuack” The little wolf:“whats this?”The little sheep: “its a duck.”The little wolf: “Duck duck duck, nice to meet you.”The duck: “Nice to meet you, too.” A dog: “WoofWoof” The little wolf: “ whats this?” The little sheep: “its a dog.”The little wolf: “Dog dog dog , nice to meet you.”The dog: “Nice to meet you, too.” A chick: “PeepPeep” The little wolf :“ whats that?”The little sheep: “Its a chick.” The little wolf: “Chick chick chick , nice to meet you.”The chick: “Nice to meet you, too.” They are friends now. They play games on the farm. Activity 2 Have the students listen to the recording of the story and read it together. Make them familiar with the story and the wh-questions “whats this?” / “whats that?” and their common answer pattern “Its a ”T: Do you like the story?Ss: Yes.T: Good. Now read the story again.Ss :( Read the story “On the farm”)Activity 3 Have students play games with the animals on the farm. There are 3 levels in the game. Ask the students to play level l “Lets judge”.Level l Lets judgeHave students look at the pictures about the story and sentences with “this” and “that” and judge whether the use of the two words is right or wrong.T: Little wolf becomes their friends. They play games on the farm. Do you want to play with them?Ss: Yes.T: OK. Now lets play with them. There are 3 levels in the game. First, lets play level 1.Level l Lets judgeT: Look at the picture and judge whether the sentences are right or wrong. Picture 1: PeepPeepThis is a chick. (X )ThisThat Picture 2: Whats that? Its a duck. (X )thatthis Ss: Both of the two sentences are wrong. “This” in the first picture should be “that”, because the duck is relatively far from us.Activity 4 Have students play level 2 “Lets guess”.Level 2 Lets guessListen to the sounds of different animals on the farm and guess the animals by using the wh-questions “Whats this? / Whats that?”and their common answer pattern “Its a”A. T: Whats this/that?Ss: Its aB. Group workGroup 1: Whats this/that?Group 2: Its aC. Individual pair workS1: Whats this/that?S2: Its aActivity 5Have students play the game level 3 “Lets chant”.Level 3 Lets chant.A. Have students enjoy the chant on Students book page 47, and then ask them to chant. When they are chanting, they can make some body motions to make the chanting more vivid.The chant: Whats this? Whats this?Its a chick.Whats that? Whats that?Its a duck.The chick and the duck.The duck and the chick.Peep, peep, peep.Quack, quack, quack.T: You have passed level 2. Now lets play level 3. Level 3Lets chant. First, lets enjoy a chant. Listen carefully.(Ss listen to the chant.)T: Can you chant now?Ss: Yes.T: Good. Lets chant. Whats this? Whats this? Its a chick (shows a chick with body motions)(Ask the students to follow the teacher to chant with body motions. Then have a chant competition between boys and girls.)B. Group work.Have students make a new chant in groups. Then invite some groups to show.New chant model: Whats this? Whats this?Its a dog.Whats that? Whats that?Its a cow.The dog and the cow. The cow and the dog.Woof , woof , woof. Moo, moo, moo.Post-task activitiesActivity 1Have students sing the song “If you are happy” to celebrate passing three levels.T: You are very smart. You have passed three levels with the animals on the farm. They are very happy. They are singing songs on the farm.Are you happy?Ss: Yes!T: If you are happy, sing with them.Ss: (sing the song “If you are happy” with body motions) If you are happy, clap your hands.Homework: Retell the story to your friends or parents.Feedback: Since this lesson was presented in a form of story, students were very inter