Using LanguageⅡ特级教师教学实录

Book 8 Unit 2 Cloning 教案

Period 8 Using language

I. Learning objectives After this period, students will be able to

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understand the passage and know more about the cloning of dinosaurs and the problem.

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use their own words to explain the reason why the dinosaurs can’t be cloned successfully. 3.

list the reasons to bring one of the four extinct animals back to life II. Teaching procedures Step 1 Warming up 1.Do you know anything about dinosaurs?

2.Have you ever seen the film Jurassic Park? Task 1: What’s

the main idea of each paragraph?

Para1

introduce the topic of the passage

Para2

explain the impossibility of cloning dinosaurs

Para3

conclude that it’s just a dream

Task 2: True or False

Read the text, then tell whether the following sentences are true or false. ( Students can discuss in pairs. ) 1.

The animals that have disappeared from the earth, like dinosaurs, can be brought back to life through cloning. 2.

Scientists are still experimenting with cloning mammals because they think it can make money. 3.

If we can clone any extinct animals, we should let them live in a zoo. Task 3:Give some reasons why it is either impossible or unsuitable to clone dinosaurs. Reason 1: DNA Reason 2: Diversity Reason 3: Habitat Step 2 Discussion These animals are extinct ones. Which one should be brought back to life? And why? Discuss with your partner. The example on the textbook might help you.

Let’s bring the

_________ back to life..__________________ is the most suitable animal to be brought back to life. Here are the reasons：

Firstly,_______________________________________________________________ Secondly,_____________________________________________________________ Finally,_______________________________________________________________

So I think

_________________would be the best choice to be brought back to life. Step 3 Summary Book8 Unit 2 Using language 教案—

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学习目标再现

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Understand the passage and know more about the cloning of dinosaurs and the problem.（理解文章，了解恐龙的克隆及存在的问题。）

2. Use their own words to explain the reason why the dinosaurs can’t be cloned successfully. (用自己的话来解释恐龙不能被成功克隆的原因) 3. List the reasons to bring one of the four extinct animals back to life.

(在四种灭绝动物选出最应该被克隆的动物并且列出原因) Step 4 Homework 1.Surf the net and find more about the clone of extinct animals. 2. Finish exercises on page13.

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