Learning about Language教学设计实例

Stage 1 Pre-reading

T: Class, What’s this?

S: A giant panda. T: Yes. Lovely, isn’t it? According to the passage you read yesterday, the panda is the symbol of an organization. What’s the name of the organization?

S: WWF.

T: Yes. WWF is very important in the international world. So, here I’d like to ask several questions about WWF according to the passage. T: What does WWF stand for?

S: World Wildlife Fund. T: What’s the Chinese meaning for “fund”?

S: “fund” means 基金（会）

T: Right! . Among the wildlife, WWF has its focus. What is the main aim of WWF actually?

S: WWF actually aims to protect endangered species. T: What’s “endangered species”?

S: They refer to the species that are in danger of dying out. T: What other information do you know about WWF? S:…

T: What’s the importance of WWF? In other words, Why we think it’s so important?

Please discuss it with your partner.

T: We have WWF, what does the organization mean to us? ….

T: WWF means people work together to protect wildlife, therefore, there is wisdom and money (板书：WWF means: people，wisdom，money）

Stage 2: While- reading Reading for the 1st time

skimming T: Well, we have the organization like WWF for wildlife protection. Also, there are some individuals taking actions to help the endangered species. Daisy is one of these individuals. Look at Daisy, a beautiful girl. Today we are going to read a passage about Daisy and what she did.

T: Look, here is the title of the passage. Who’s like to read it?

S: How Daisy Learned to Help Wildlife. T:Well, how is there. It is a question. Can you guess how Daisy learned to help wildlife? S: by surfing the Internet, reading books, personal experience, watching television program such as Animal World…turning to somebody

T: Is it possible? Maybe, probably it’s true.

T: Now I’d like you to read the passage very quickly to find out the answer to this how. S: by going to see the animals. T: She went there by train? Or by plane? Or something else?

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S: Flying carpet. T: Yes. By going to see the animals on a flying carpet. Then what else do you know about this how? S: by communicating/ talking with the animals.

T: Yes. It sounds unusual, but it’s what happened in the story.

T: OK. We know Daisy went to see animals. There are to further questions based on this: Where did Daisy go? What animals did she meet? Please read the passage again and fill in the form. T: Tell me the place and the animal she met in that place. T: Let’s take a while to read the words here. Tibet, Zimbabwe, rainforest…

T: About the places who would like to read them. S: T: How about the animals. T: How do you say “羚羊”“雨林”？

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antelope T：

Also, we know Daisy communicated with the animals. Daisy talked and listened, because what the animals said is very important. Do you think so? Class, next, we will focus on what the animals said. Let’s start with what the antelope said.

T: Please find out the part that shows the antelope’s words, (pause) go over it first. (pause)

Please read it aloud. Who’d like to read it out?

S…

T: Is it right? T: Throughout all the words here, the antelope wanted to express one thing about itself. What is it? In other words, what’s the main idea of this part? S: T: Yes, it introduces a situation. What kind of situation is it? Is it good or bad? S: It’s bad.

T: So, tell me once again, what did the antelope want to say. S…

T: Yes. A bad situation. The antelope introduces the bad situation from two aspects. What are the two aspects? S: Reason and result. T: Which expression indicate result? S: as a result. T: For the reason, which word indicates it is the reason. S: T: for

T: There is a word--- sweater here, what is a sweater? S T: We also have fur , wool here.. What is the relationship among them? S: fur means wool here. People use wool/ fur to make sweaters.

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T: Exactly. So what does fur or wool mean? S.. T: OK, please look at the sentence“We’ re being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Would like to translate it in Chinese? S…

T: Good job!

elephant T: So much for the antelope’s words. Let’s move to what the elephant said. Go over and find out what the elephant said.

S.. T: Who’d like to read what the elephant said to us?

S. T: What is the main idea of this part. Use one phrase to draw the conclusion. S: a better/ good situation. T: And the situation is introduced from three aspects. What are they? S: the past, the present./ now T: Yes. Anything else? S…

T: Well, the government decided to help and the government did something. Did the government made the difference? What is that? S.. T: So the government is the turning point. Let’s analyze the aspects one by one.

What happened to the elephant in the past? S: endangered species… without mercy T: What is the reason the elephants were hunted? S…The elephant destroyed the farms

S: money…

T: Did the money go to the farmers? S: No. T: So the elephants destroyed the farms’ land and money from tourists went to large companies. T: What do the two sentences tell us, tell us the reason they are destroyed. S…

T: Then who made the difference. S: The government. T: What did the government do? S: They allow tourists …

T: How about the present situation. Bad or good? S: good. T: What can show the good situation? S: The numbers are increasing.

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monkey T: Wonderful! That’s what the elephant said. Let’s move to what the monkey said. Find what the monkey said and go over it first. S.. T: Who’d like to read it?

S.. T: millipede, mosquito, rub appreciate领着学生读

T: There are several animals here, the monkey ,mosquito and the millipede. What is the relationship among them? Think it over, read the part again and answer the question. S…Mosquitoes bite the monkey. The monkey used the millipede insect to make drug to get the mosquitoes away. The monkey, mosquitoes and millipede insects live together.

T: So the monkey introduces the relationship first, then what’s the conclusion..

S: You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs. T: Well, the conclusion contains a lot of information. What does the monkey want to emphasize?

S: How the animals live together. T: The way the animals live together is important, but if there are no rainforest, there is no possibility they live together. T: Then what’s the final conclusion?

S: No… no…no…

T: What’s the main idea of this part? What kind of situation is it?

S: An important situation.(environment) T: The monkey thinks it’s important. Well, the last job for this part, I’m interested in two sentences: 1. I'm protecting myself from mosquitoes, 2. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. Would you like to translate the two sentences into Chinese? Think it over and talk about it with your partner. S：

T: Yes.

What does from mean? And the meaning of appreiciate?

S:

Yes: from 避免

appreciate 看出...的好

appreciate , a very positive word.

feelings T: Daisy went to see animals on a flying carpet, she talked to with the animals she must have different feelings in different places. Now my question is ---how did Daisy feel? I’d like you to read this passage once again. Please circle the key words describing her feelings in different stages and then draw a conclusion about her

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feelings, then, fill in the form. amazed

There is always WWF. T: Please refer to the importance of WWF. .If we have people, wisdom, and money, What does that mean?

S:…

T: Yes. We can have solutions and get things done. So, There is always WWF indicate Daisy is…

S:

T: hopeful

Post—reading T: OK, that is the passage. Now, I have the most important questions to ask: Can humans talk with animals in life? S: No. T: But in the passage the writer makes the animals talk with us. If we talk with animals, what will happen? What does that mean?

S: We will understand them better.

We will know better about their situation.

We will know how to help them.

We regard them as equal friends. T: So the writer makes animals talk with Daisy. What’s the intention of the writer?

S: The writer asks us t regard them as equal friends, respect them, know more about them and by do these, we can help them better.

T: Right! Do you agree with the writer? S:

T: Actions speak louder than words. Do what you think is right! So much for today! Here is the homework. Have a nice day! Bye!

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