教案在今天推行素质教育、实施新课程改革中重要性日益突出，在教师的教学活动中起着非常关键的作用。下面是一篇初一英语教案，欢迎各位老师和学生参考!

Language goals

In this unit students learn to describe animals and express preferences and give reasons,

New language

Why do you like koala bears?. Because they're cute,They're pretty interesting, They're kind of shy, They're very big.

names of animals such as tiger, elephant, koala bear, dolphin

description words such as smart, cute, intelligent

names of countries: Australia, South Africa,

Recycled languagebetween, across from

He's/She's from ... He's / She's five years old.

name of countries; China, Japan, Brazil

Section A

Additional materials to bring to class:

coins or other markers for the Bingo game in 4.

Ask students to name as many animals as they can in English. Write the list on the board,

Ask students to describe each animal in some way.They may tell its color or tell if it is big or small.

Say, Today we are going to learn the names of some more animals. Well also leam how to say which ones we like and tell why we like them.

la   This activity introduces the key vocabulary.

Focus attention on the map of the zoo showing pictures of animals. Ask students to point to and name any animals they can.

Point to the animals one by one and say the name of each. Ask students to repeal.

Point out the numbered list of words. Say each one and ask students to repeat.

Then ask students to match each word with one of the pictures. Say, Write the letter of each animal in the blank by that animal's name. Point out the sample answer.

Check the answers.

1 b   This activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.

Point to the animals in 1a- Ask students to point to and name the animals.

Say, I'm going to play recordings of three conversations. Listen carefully as you look at the words in la.Put a checkmark in front of the name of each animal you hear.

Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.

Play the recording a second time. This time students check each animal name they hear.