Unit 8 Why do you like koalas?
Section A
1a Match the words with the animals in the
picture.
Language Goals:Describe animals;
Express preferences
Let's see the pandas first.
Why?
Because they're very cute.
1b Listen and check(√) the animals in 1a
you hear
Conversation 1
Let's see the pandas first.
Pandas are my favorite animals.
Why is that?Because they're very cute.
Conversation 2
Let's see the giraffes.
Why?Because they're interesting.
Conversation 3
Let's see the penguins now.I like penguins.
Why?Because they're beautiful.
1c PAIRWORK
Practice the conversation below.
Then make conversations about the other animals
in the picture.
Use the words in the box.
cute fun interesting smart
Let's see the lions.
Why do you want to see the lions?
Because they're cute.
2a Liten and write the animals you hear.
Draw a line from the animals
to the description words.
Let's see the koalas.
Why do you like koalas?
Because they're very cute.
Well,I like dolphins.
Why do you like dolphins?
Because they're kind of interesting.
2b Listen again and complete the conversation
with the words in the box.
(You can use some words more than once.)
2c PAIRWORK
Do you like these animals?Why or why not?
Ask and answer questions.
Use the words from the boxes.
Box 1 tigers elephants koalas
dolphins pandas lions
penguins giraffes
Box 2 kind of very
Box 3 cute interesting smart
Do you like giraffes?
Yes,I do.
Why?
Because they're very interesting.
Grammar Focus
Why do you like pandas?
Because they're very cute.
Why does he like koalas?
Because they're kind of interesting.
3a Match the animals with the countries.
3b PAIRWORK
Practice the conversation on the right.
Use the animals and countries in 3a.
Where are lions from?
Lions are from South Afria.
4 GAME Bingo
Write nine of these words in the squares below.
Then listen and cross out (X) the word you hear.
Say BINGO when you get a row of Xs.
The first person to get a row of Xs
in any direction is the winner.Bingo
Conversation 1
You know,lions are pretty smart.
Dolphins are very samart,too.
Conversation 2
Giraffes and elephants from Africa.
Yeah,and koalas are from Australia.
Conversation 3
Where are pandas from?
Pandas?They're from China.