Teaching aims:

1.Make students get interested in Science.

2.Understand and retell the text in Part A.

3.Master the sentence “ …looks like …”。

Teaching emphasis:

1.Listen and retell the text.

2.Revise words and sentences. Use the sentence: …looks like…

Teaching difficulties:

1.Understand and act out the text in Part A

2. Understand and use the Past tense correctly.

Teaching methods:

Direct method, games

Teaching tools:

Pictures, computer, word cards, tape Teaching methods: Direct method, games

Step 1 Warming up

1.Greetings.

2.A game: Flash card Teacher shows pictures quickly, and make students put up hands and say out the words on them.

3.Ask and answer Teacher show slides: What does it look like? Ss raise their hands and answer: It looks like a …

Step 2 Presentation and drill

1.T make students read the text by themselves and think about the questions in Part C.

2.Finish Part C.

3.Listen and say the text in Part A.

Step 3 Practice

1.Act the text by themselves in pairs.

2.Ask two pairs to the front and play roles.

Step 4 Consolidation

1.Let's do and say: What do these shadows looks like?

2.A game: Make shadows and guess.

3.Feedback

4.Do exercises.

Step 5 Assignment

1.Recite the text in Part A.

2.Think over how to make new shadows with hands.

Desig n of the blackboard:

Unit 4 Our earth looks like this from space What does it look like? This tree looks like a man. This river looks like a dragon. This cloud looks like a sheep. This telephone looks like a schoolbag. This schoolbag looks like a dog.