Learning about Language优质课教案

Unit 4 Wildlife Protection

Learning about language teaching plan

Teaching Aims:

1.

Train the students’ reading ability by task-based teaching. 2.

Try to learn the following words and phrases: respond, distant, rub, affcet, appreciate, in relief, burst into, protect … from…

Important Points: 1.

Enable the students to understand the passage better. 2.

Pay attention to the following sentence patterns: ( 1 ) be in danger of + O.

( 2 ) S. + am/ is/ are/ + being done

( 3 ) Please take me to a distant land where …

Difficult Points:

Try to make the students realize the deep meanings behind the three examples. Teaching Aids: a tape recorder and a computer Teaching procedures: [ Step1 ] Warming up

Show the students many lovely animals on the computer and then tell them some of the animals

died out and some are in danger. Task: Why should we protect wildlife?

[ Step2 ] Pre-reading Go on to give the students some questions about the main topic. 1.

What other endangered animals do you know of? 2.

Why are they in danger of disappearing?

[ Step3 ] Reading Read the passage carefully para. by para.

1. Tibet , China ( the first flying ) (1) What animal has Daisy met? ( an antelope ) (2) What problem was it facing? ( over-hunting ) (3) What about its feeling? ( sad ) Task: Think about the deep meaning behind the example:

We should protect animals! 2. Zimbabwe ( the second flying ) (1) What animal has Daisy met ? ( an elephant ) (2) What about its feeling ? ( excited ) (3) What about its life in the past? ( get killed ) (4) Why did the farmers kill them? (5) What was the government’s help?

Take photos , hunt for a fee & give the money to the local farmers Task: Think about the deep meaning behind the example:

Some wildlife is under protection! 3. A rainforest ( the third flying ) (1) What animal has Daisy met? ( a monkey ) (2) What did it discover?

A millipede insect, a powerful drug, prevent … from being bitten

No rainforest, no animals and no drugs Task: Think about the deep meaning behind the example:

Protecting wildlife is to protect ourselves!

[ Step 4] Listening

Listen to the tape!

[ Step 5 ] Discussion

What should we do to protect wildlife?

[ Step6 ] Homework

Try to get more information through the internet and share it with your classmates tomorrow!