Learning about Language教学设计思路

Book2 Unit 4 Wildlife Protection教学设计

How Daisy learned to help wildlife 一、教材分析：本单元的中心话题是“野生动物保护”。文章描述了Daisy 在梦中经历的一次奇妙的飞毯旅行。通过女孩和藏羚羊等动物的对话，学生进一步意识到野生动物的生存环境日益恶化以及保护野生动物的行为刻不容缓。

二、学情分析：尽管目前学生已掌握了基本的听、说、读、写能力，但仍欠缺如何清晰地掌握文章的结构。

三、教学目标

1. 知识和技能目标

a. help Ss to understand and master the words and expressions

b. Let the students know some basic information about the endangered animals and wildlife situation and protection. c. Encourage Ss to think and express their attitude towards the wildlife and the wildlife protection.

d. Enhance Ss’ reading ability and develop Ss’ ability and skills of drawing the mind-map of the structure of the passage. 2. 情感态度和价值观目标

a. Help Ss understand the importance of the wildlife protection and make them be more active in the helping wildlife. b. Develop Ss’ sense of cooperative learning.

3. 过程与方法目标

a. Let the students learn to be co-operative

b. Students-centered approach & Task-based teaching and learning 四、教学重点

a. To train the reading comprehension to the whole passage b. To improve Ss’ ability of making mind-map. 五、教学难点

Enhance the students reading skills in the passage.

六、Teaching Procedures:（教学过程）

Step 1. Lead-in

Task 1: Group Work Show some familiar pictures to draw the students’ attentions to the wildlife, and bring 1

the question: What do they have in common?

Encourage Ss to discuss with each other and then solve the question together.

Purpose：To enliven the atmosphere of the class and to enhance the cooperation. Task 2. Class Work

Set up some related questions to make the whole class conclude what on earth mainly cause these wild animals in danger of disappearing. After discussing, Ss should mention the following reasons: Food shortage, pollution, destruction of habitats, and over-hunting. Meanwhile, teacher brings up the conception of “wildlife protection” in time. Purpose: To help Ss get as much background knowledge about wildlife as possible. Step 2. Warming up Cooperative learning. Discuss the questions with the partners. 1.Why are they in danger of disappearing? 2. Why do we need wildlife protection?

Who do you think can protect wildlife?

What do you think we should do to protect wildlife? Step 3. Reading

Task 1: Read the passage quickly and silently, and try to find out the main idea.

Task 2:

Read the passage again and answer the questions.

1. How many animals did Daisy meet in the story? 2.Where do these animals live, and how are they being treated there? Task 3: What is the structure of the passage?

(文章结构思维导图) Task 4:Deep-reading Task 5. Critical thinking: In the author’s opinion, is it a good idea to use millipedes to make a new drug? Do YOU agree? Why? What are the possible benefits or risks of using millipede to make medicine? Can you provide a possible solution to this problem?

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