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Unit 8 Pets Task & Self-assessment Learn to state the facts and the ideas in the passage. Learn to write an article about their own pets. Learn to care for and protect animals in their daily life. What is this? What’s its color? What’s its paws’ color? Do you like cats? Look at the picture and answer the questions. It is a cat. It is white and grey. Its paws are white. Yes, I do. 1. What’s the passage is about? 2. What is the cat’s name? 3.How old is the cat? It is about a cat. Its name is Poppy. Three. Read and answer Read the article again, and then analyze the structure of it. The structure of the passage. Para 1: Introduction of the cat. Para 1 Para 2: How Poppy looks. Para 2 Para 3&4: Poppy’s food, personality and lifestyle. Para 3 Para 4 Para 5: How Amy looks after it. Para 5 Para 6: Conclusion Para 6 Name: _ Her look: . Her weight :_ The food she usually eats :_ Her favourite food :_ Her personality: _ Her lifestyle: _ Read the passage and fill in the blanks. Poppy long and grey fur; white paws; green eyes; small about 2 kilograms cat food fish and warm milk friendly ; quiet; lazy sleep in a basket ; play with a ball ; miaow when hungry Age: 3 years old Let’s find some useful expressions. Useful expressions : My favorite pet is … Its name is ... It is … years old. Para 1: Introduction of the cat. It has …fur and... 2. Its eyes are black/red.... 3. It weighs about ... Para 2: How Poppy looks. Useful expressions : Usually it eats … food, but it likes...best. It likes … too. Para 3: Poppy’s food Useful expressions : It is … and ... It loves sleeping/running/… When it is…, it will… Para 4: Poppy’s personality and lifestyle. Useful expressions : 12 I feed it every day and it ... I like to … and it enjoys it very much. Para 5: How Amy looks after it. Useful expressions : 13 Useful expressions: I love my pet and I think it is my best friend. 2. I will look after/take care of it till the end. Para 6: Conclusion Now, Look at the following pictures and think about how to write a passage about pets. parrots Appearance(外貌): Size: small Eyes: small, black Feathers: blue, yellow, red Personality(性格): clever (can speak and sing) friendly (can say “Hello”) Lifestyle: live in a cage like to repeat people’s words How to look after Feed it three times a day Clean its cage once a day Your feelings Appearance(外貌): Fur (white ,grey ,black) Eyes (red) Ears (long) Four legs Personality(性格): Quiet, never make any noise lovely Lifestyle: Jumps Eats all kinds of vegetables How to look after: Feed it three times a day Clean its cage once a day Your feelings Introduction Main body Conclusion what kind of animal it is . Name ,age (Para. 1) Describe its appearance . Describe its personality . Write about its food , its home , its likes and dislikes. Write about how you look after it . (Para. 2~5) Your feelings about it . (Para. 6) Now, start to write about your pets! Let’s take a look at a possible version. My favorite pet is a cat. Her name is Lily and she is 2 years old. She has short, grey fur and white paws. Her eyes are green and she is quite small. She weighs about two kilograms. She likes eating fish and sleeping in the sun very much. She is good at catching mice, so there isn't any mice in my house. She is usually very friendly and quiet. When I get home after school, I love playing with her. I often wash her and brush her fur to keep her clean and lovely, and she enjoys it very much. While I am doing my homework, she often sleeps on my knees. She never makes any trouble. I love her very much and I will look after her well till the end. Sample writing Let’s do some practice! ( A )1. — your pet weigh? — Sorry, I don’t know. A. How much does B. How much is C. How many is D. How many does ( B )2. Each of is good at English. A. they B. them C. their D. theirs ( B )3. The food looks , but it tastes . A. well; bad B. good; bad C. good; badly D. well; badly A B B ( C )4. Make sure enough clean water the parrot every day. A. to give; for B. giving; to C. to give; to D. give; for ( B )5. The boy is making so much . How he is! A. noise; noise B. noise; noisy C. noisy; noisily D. noise; noisily ( D )6. You really don’t have to worry your weight. You look just right. A. for B. from C. with D. about C B D Animals are our friends and we should care for and protect them. Thanks null 2012-10-28 Blues 73011.555 $$