Sentences：

Kangaroos lives in Australia. They jump… They eat… They drink…

Help the students know something about Australia. Let the students love animals and make friends with them.

Words: kangaroos,Australia,grass,leaves,water

The main points：

the words and the sentences about kangaroos.

The difficult points：

to make a short passage about the kangaroos.

教学方法：

任务型教学法、小组讨论法

教学具准备：

pictures, tape-recorder

教学过程：

Step 1 Warm up Free talk:

How many countries do you know? Which country do you like? Why? What animals do you like? Why?

Step 2 Presentation and practice

1. My favourite animal is kangaroo. Do you like kangaroos? Do you know something about the kangaroos? Talk with your friends. Teacher writes some questions on the blackboard:

（1） Where do kangaroos live?

（2） How do they jump?

（3） What do they eat and drink?

（4） Can you see kangaroos in China?

2. Ss talk and then answer the questions.

3. Guide into the text and write the answers onto the blackboard.

4. Listen and repeat.

5. Read the passage by themselves.

Step 3 Consolidation and extension

1. Help the Ss recite the passage according to the blackboard design.

2. Finish an exercise: Kangaroos live in _____.

They _____ on their back legs.

The mother ______ has a special bag for her _____.

Kangaroos eat ____ and ____.

They _____ water.

You can also see kangaroos in ____ in China.

eg: _____ lives in _____.

They run/jump on _______.

They eat _____, they drink ______.

You can see _____ in the _____ in China.

3. Look and say:

（1） Look at the pictures and talk something about other animals.

（2） Write a short passage about one kind of animals:

Picture 1: bird, tree; fish, water （ word: live ） （The birds live in the tree, the fish live in the water.）

Picture 2: tiger, meat; elephant, grass （ word: eat ） （ The tigers eat meat, the elephants eat grass.）

Picture 3: mother cat, water; baby cats, mother’s milk. （word: drink ） （ Mother cat drinks water, baby cats drink mother’s milk. ）

Step 4 Summary

On this class, we talked something about Australian kangaroos. Can you say something about them?

Step 5 Homework

1. Listen to the tape and read after it for 5 times.

2. Try to recite the passage.

3. Talk about other animals according with the passage.

板设书计：

Module 9 Unit 2Kangaroos live in Australia. Kangaroos lives in Australia. They jump on… The mother kangaroo… They eat… They drink…