Unit 4单元教材分析
Teaching Contents: Unit 4 At the farm
Teaching Aims:
Can listen, read, and say the main words of let’s learn.
Can understand the commands and give correct responses.
Can understand the main sentences and can use them in real life.
Know some English proverbs.
Teaching Points:Words and sentences
Teaching Difficulties:Four skill wordsUse the sentences
Teaching Methods:TPR, Reading, Acting.
Learning Methods：speaking, listening
Teaching Aids:
Computer, cassette, cassette recorder, power point, pictures, cards.
Teaching Times:
Four
Period 1
Teaching Aims:
2.Can listen, read, and say the main words of let’s learn.
3.Can understand the commands and give correct responses.
Important points and difficult points:
The names of the animals at a farm.
The difference in the pronunciation of ‘horse’ and ‘house’;
The difference of ‘how many’ and ‘how much’
Teaching methods:listening,speaking
Learning Methods：speaking, listening
Teaching Aids:
Computer, cassette, cassette recorder, power point, pictures, cards.
Teaching Steps:
Step 1. Warm-up
Daily English practice.
What’s the weather like today? Is it warm? Oh, what a lovely day! Let’s go to the farm!
Step 2. Preview
Let’s do. Listen to the tape, t do actions to show the meaning of the phrases. Students listen and do actions after the teacher.
T draws some farm animals on the blackboard. Use the fast way or slow way of drawing and ask the students: Are they…?
Step 3 presentation
Let’s learn
T shows some pictures of farm animals: look at these animals. Where do they live? They live on the farm.
Show the main poster of this unit: this is a farm. There are many animals at the farm. Look, horses, hens, sheep, cows, goats and lambs. T repeats the names of the farm animals; students can make some sounds of that kind of animal.
T uses the word cards to teach the farm animals.
T gives out the sound of animal with actions; students follow and say the words.
Students practice in pairs in the same way.
Ss work in pair. Draw and guess.
T: what do you see in the picture? How many horses / hens /sheep /sows /goats /lambs do you see? Where are the hoses /hens /sheep / cows /goats / lambs? What are those? / What are they?
Practice let's do.
Ss ask and answer in pairs with the student’s card. What are they? They are….
Board-writing:
Unit 4 At the farm
What are they? They are….
Feed… Sheep-sheep
Ride… Horse-horses
Milk… Hen-hens
Shear... Cow-cows
Period 2
Teaching Aims:
1.Can understand the main sentences and can use them in real life.
2.Know some English proverbs.
3.can listen, say, read, and write the four skill words.
4.can understand the dialogue and can act it out.
Important points and difficult points:
New words and sentences
Teaching methods:listening,speaking
Learning Methods：speaking, listening
Teaching Aids:
Computer, cassette, cassette recorder, power point, pictures, cards.
Teaching Steps:
Step 1.warm –up
learn the song of this unit: Mary has a little lamb
Guessing game: T or Ss make the sounds of animals. The others guess what animals are they.
Step 2. revision
use picture cards to review the words about farm animals.
let’s play
T shows some parts of the picture, students guess what animals it is. See who can say out the words quickly. Then his group can get one point.
review let’s do with actions.
Step 3. presentation
Present the contents of A let’s talk. Ss watch the VCD about the dialogue and then answer the teacher’s questions:
How many people are there in the dialogue?
Who are they?
Where are they? Are they at school?
What can they see at the farm?
How many cows are there at the farm?
Step 4 practice
Listen to the dialogue and repeat after it.
practice the dialogue in groups.
Some groups act out the dialogue.
Homework: reside the dialogue
Board-writing:
Unit 4 At the farm
Are they…?
Yes, they are. /No, they aren’t.
How many…do you have?

Period 3
Teaching Aims:
Can listen, say, and read the main words.
Can read the new words after the tape.
Can say the chant.
Important points and difficult points:
New words and sentences
Teaching methods:listening,speaking
Learning Methods：speaking, listening
Teaching Aids:
Computer, cassette, cassette recorder, power point, pictures, cards.
Teaching Steps:
Step 1. Warm –up/revision
Use pictures cards to review the words of farm animals.
Practice in sentences: what are these/those? They are…. Are they….? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
Use picture cards and word cards to teach the new words: tomato-tomatoes, potato-potatoes, cucumber-cucumbers, an onion- onions, carrot- carrots.
Use real objects to say: look at the … they are…. Or: The tomatoes are red. They are juicy. The potatoes are brown. They are tasty. The carrots are orange. They are yummy. The cucumbers are green. They are tender. The onions are white. They are smelly.
Let’s chant.
Ss listen to the tape, and repeat after it. Learn the chant by listening and repeating. T can explain some new words to them.
Step 3 Homework
Copy the new words.
Reside the chant.
Board-writing:
Unit 4 At the farm
Tomato- tomatoes, juicy and red.
Cucumber-cucumbers tender and green.
Potato- potatoes, tasty and brown.
Onion-onions, smelly and white.
carrot-carrots, Yummy and orange.

Period 4
Teaching Aims:
Can listen, say, read and write the words and sentences in this part.
Can read the dialogue with the help of teacher and tape.
Can listen, say and read the main sentences: What are these/ those? Are these/ those…? And can answer them.
Can read the dialogue with the help of the teacher and tape.
Important points and difficult points:
New words and sentences
Teaching methods:listening,speaking
Learning Methods：speaking, listening
Teaching Aids:
Computer, cassette, cassette recorder, power point, pictures, cards.
Teaching Steps:
Step 1. Warm- up
Review the words of farm animals and vegetables with the help of pictures.
Review the main sentence patterns.
Review the dialogues and chants of Part A and B.
Step 2 presentation
Listen to the tape to learn the dialogue.
Repeat after the tape.
Practice spelling the words and sentences.
Step 3 practice
Have a spelling game to help them to memorize the four skilled words and sentences and tell them how to write them in the same way.
Ss practice in pair to spell the words.
Step 3 Homework
Copy the dialogue and the four skilled words and sentences.
Board-writing:
Unit 4 At the farm
Are these…?
Yes, they are./ No, they aren’t.
What are these/ those?
They are….