Learning about Language教学内容

Unit 4 Wildlife Protection -Learning about Language Teaching Objectives Knowledge objectives:

1) Students can master the words and expressions: distant, hunt/hunt for, decrease, succeed, relief, appreciate. 2) Students can master the form and usage of grammar-present continuous passive voice. Ability objectives: 1) Enable students to know how to analyze the problems and find out the solutions 2) Practice students’ oral English

3) Encourage students to be brave enough to perform. Emotion objectives: 1) Enable students to understand the situation that the endangered wildlife faces and realize the importance of wildlife protection. Teaching time:40 mins Students’ analysis: Students from Class 5 Grade 1 have learned English in high school for almost 1 year. Their vocabulary is not large enough to enable them to express their own ideas, so they don’t speak English often. But when encouraged, they will try their best. They have know the meaning of the words, but they are not so familiar with the usage of these words and they have no idea what present continuous passive voice is. Teaching important point Students can use the words and expressions correctly and fluently, and understand how to use present continuous passive voice. Teaching difficult point How to stimulate Students’ ability to analyze and solve problems.

Teaching methods: Task-based teaching method Teaching aids: PowerPoint

Teaching Procedure Step 1

Lead-in

show students the video of Madagascar purpose:

arouse students’ interest and introduce the topic

Step 2

Presentation

explain the story and present the words and expressions purpose: by combining the words and expressions with story, students could be more interested in language learning and have a better understanding of the usage in the context.

Step 3 Practice

ask students to complete the passage by using the words given purpose: use exercise to help student get familiar with the words and expressions, and enable them to understand the difference between the film and the reality.

Step 4 Lead-in show students a clip of Madagascar purpose:

arouse students’ interest and introduce the grammar- present continuous passive voice. 1

Step 5 Group work

ask students to work in a group and find out the form and usage of the grammar by analyzing the examples. purpose: encourage students to analyze problem and facilitate students’ ability of cooperation.

Step 6 Activity ask students to find the sentences with present continuous passive voice in the passage. purpose: enable students to understand the passage and the present continuous passive voice better.

Step 7 Role-play

Students can make use of the material and try to use present continuous passive voice to do a role-play. purpose:

provide students the chance to use present continuous passive voice and encourage students to do oral practice.

Step 8 Exercise Students finish the grammatical exercise

Purpose: check if students master present continuous passive voice and know how to use it in the exam. Blackboard Design Unit 4 Wildlife Protection-Learning about Language

distant hunt/hunt for decrease succeed in doing sth. relief appreciate. I would appreciate it

form:am/is/are + being +done +(by…)

am/is/are +not + being +done +(by…)

use:

things are happening right now things happen in this period of time

1. Words and phrases 1) distant adj. 远的

distance n. 距离

in the distance 在远处

The wild is usually a _____ place from the city; that is, the _____ between the city and the wild is far apart.

2) hunt v.打猎；搜寻

hunter n. 猎人

hunting n.打猎

hunt for 搜寻

hunt…for… 猎取…

1. 在复活节的早晨孩子们找鸡蛋和糖果。

On Easter Sunday morning, children __________________________. 2. 在古代，人们猎取动物作为食物。

In the ancient times, people ________________________.

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3) decrease vi. 减少

decrease to 减少到

decrease by 减少了

1. The birth rate of the lions decreases

___ 2% each year. 2. The number of the elephant decreased from1000 ___ 900 this year.

4) succeed v.成功

success n. 成功

successful adj. 成功的

succeed in doing sth. Alex is a _________ lion. Every time he could _________ in making the wave, and his performance is always a _________.

翻译：如果他们合作，他们可以成功到达野外。

_____________________________________________________

5) relief n. 宽慰；缓解

relieve v. 宽慰；缓解

in relief 如释重负地

to one’s relief让某人欣慰的是

1. _____________, they found the zebra. 2. They laughed ________when they found the zebra.

6) appreciate v. 欣赏；感激；意识到

appreciation n. 欣赏；鉴赏；

感谢

sb. appreciate it …

很感激

Write down the meaning of appreciate in each sentence. 1.The zebra appreciates it that his friends hunt for him. 2.It seems that they don’t appreciate how serious the situation is.

3.The police don’t appreciate

the lion’s performance. Instead, they think he is very dangerous.

翻译：

1.如果你能告诉我一些关于国外文化，我将不胜感激。

___________________________________________________________________

2. Complete the passage protect … from

wild

reserve

powerful

appreciate

hunt

relief

species

Wendy Lee was a famous photographer and always photographed wild animals in their ______ natural habitat. One day she drove her car into the local game ________ as usual to _______ for some animals to photograph. After a while she saw some zebra with black and white lines going beneath their stomachs. “This must be a special _______ of zebra,” thought Wendy. “I’ve never seen one like this before.” Suddenly the zebra looked up and moved away as quickly as they could. Wendy looked around and saw a ________ lion in the grass. She ____________ the danger, so she sounded her horn loudly until the lion turned and walked away. Wendy waited for several minutes to make sure the lion was not coming back. Then she gave a smile of ______. But soon her smile disappeared because she realized that in __________ the zebra _____ the lion she had lost her best chance of taking some amazing photographs! Grammar: 1) Read the following sentences carefully and then finish the table. 1.

The drum is being beaten by the man.

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2.

3.

4.

5.

The drum is being destroyed by the giraffe.

The lion is not being beaten by the man. The window of our classroom is being broken these days. The children are being taken care of by their aunt these days. Form

usage

the present continuous passive voice

2) Find the sentences with present continuous passive voice in the passage. 3) Role-play.

make use of the material to create your play and try to use present continuous passive voice as much as you can. In Tibet Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. Antelope: “We're being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species.”

Daisy: “I'm sorry I didn't know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there's some wildlife protection.”

Next minute they were in Zimbabwe.

Elephant: “Have you come to take my photo？We used to be an endangered species. So the government allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.”

Daisy: “That's good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection.”

At once they were in a thick rainforest.

Daisy: “What are you doing?”

Monkey:“ I‘m protecting myself from mosquitoes. When I find a millipede insect. I rub it over my body. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.”

Daisy: “Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF...”

4) Fill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms. 1.They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house

_______________ (rebuild).(2012·四川) 2.It is reported that many new houses _______________ (build) at present in the disaster area.(2010·陕西) 3.Would you please keep silent？The weather report _______________ (broadcast) and I want to listen.(2009·湖南) 4.—Why don’t we choose that road to save time?

—The bridge to it _______________ (repair).(2009·四川) 4