Learning about Language教学设计实例

Unit4 Wildlife Protection 

Teaching objectives: 1）Let ss learn more about the living conditions of the wildlife and the way of protecting wildlife; 2)Train ss’ ability of speaking and reading skills；

3）Let ss do co-operative teamwork； 4)To help ss build up their sense of protecting wildlife ；

5)Write a letter on how to protect rare wildlife.

procedure I.

Lead-in: Let Ss enjoy a short video and answer the following questions. 1)what's your feeling after watching the video? 2) what should we do to protect wildlife ? II.Pre-reading Review some important words and phrases in words list. Look at the slide III. While-reading 

Fast-reading(skimming skills) Task 1. Read the text quickly, divide it into three parts and try to find out the main idea of each part. Part1 (Para_____) A. A good example of wildlife protection. Part2 (Para_____) B. What we can get from wildlife protection. Part3 (Para_____) C. Why we need wildlife protection. Task 2．What's the main idea of the text? A．It is about some protection of wildlife. B．It is about a journey of a flying chair. C．It is about Daisy's wonderful experience with some animals. D．It is about a flying carpet's story. 

Careful-reading(Scanning skills) Task 1.True (T) or False (F)．

1．Daisy saw an antelope looking sad in Tibet.

____ 2．Antelopes were killed for the skin that is taken from under their stomachs.

____ 3．The elephants in Zimbabwe used to be protected well by the farmers in the past.

____ 4．Mosquitoes protect the monkey from a millipede insect. _______

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Task2. Fill in the blanks in the following table. Animals

Where

1___________

What did she find?

Antelope being killed for 2_________.

They were 3______________.

How does she feel?

4_____________

Farmers used to 6_________

elephant.

7__________ offered help. 5____________ The tour companies had to

8_________. to visit or hunt. Farmers 9_____________ hunt.

10_____________

A millipede insect containing a

powerful drug could 14_____________ 11____________ 12___________________ it 13_________ mosquitoes.

Task 3 Multiple-choice Read the text again and choose the best answer to each question according to the text. 1．Antelopes in Tibet become endangered because ________. A．they are killed by other animals for food B．the environment is badly polluted C．people kill them to use their fur D．their food chain (食物链) is cut off 2．It can be learned from the passage that ________. A．the government of Zimbabwe did a good job in saving the elephants B．the rainforest produces drugs that are good for millipede insects C．the elephants are in danger in Zimbabwe D．mosquitoes help protect monkeys from millipede insects 3．What do the words “No rainforest, no animals, no drugs” mean? A．Rainforests have disappeared. So have animals and drugs. B．Rainforests are important for the existence of animals and drugs. C．Animals should live in peace in the rainforest, or they won't get drugs. D．Human beings have done much damage to the rainforests. 4．It can be inferred from the text that next Daisy would _______. A．produce the new drug with WWF B．work with WWF to help wildlife C．fly to other places to save the endangered animals

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D．call on people to protect the rainforest 5. From the second paragraph we can conclude that ______. A. farmers in Zimbabwe once made a living by hunting elephants. B. animals in Zimbabwe find it interesting to take photos with the tourists. C. farmers are not satisfied with the government. D. the living conditions of the elephants in Zimbabwe have been improved. 6. How do monkeys in the rainforest protect themselves from mosquitoes? A. They hide themselves in the cave. B. They dip their bodies into the water. C. They find a millipede and rub it over their bodies. D. They drive mosquitoes away by using a kind of tree leaves. Task 4. Rational Cloze Not long ago there was a girl 1._____(call)Daisy, who went to see the animals giving fur to make her sweater 2.______ the help of a flying carpet.In Tibet, she saw an antelope with a sad face 3.________ (look)at her, who told her that they were killed for the wool taken from under their 4.________(stomach)．

Every year over 29,000 of them 5.______(kill), with only 72,000 left.In Zimbabwe, the elephants Daisy saw were endangered there.Farmers used 6.______ (hunt)them because they were considered to have destroyed the farms.Later, the government tried to help the farmers by asking the tour companies to bring 7.______ (many) tourists to the area and setting the number of animals to be hunted, 8.______ brought the farmers a lot of incomes.As 9.______ result, farmers started to protect them. In the thick rainforest, Daisy saw a monkey 10.________(rub)an insect over his body to protect against mosquitoes.With all her experience, Daisy had learned how to work with WWF to protect wildlife. 

Homework 

基础知识自测

Ⅰ.重点单词

1．_________n．保护_________v．保护__________adj.防护的；关切保护的；

2．_______adj.野生的；野的；

未开发的；荒凉的

3．_______vi.& vt 减少；(使)变小；或变少 __________adj.渐减的

4．_______n．损失；遗失；丧失

5．_______vt.&vi.打猎；猎取；搜寻 __________n．猎人

6．_______vi.回答；响应；做出反应

7．_______n．(痛苦或忧虑的)减轻或解除；减轻痛苦的事物 _______v．减轻；解除 8．_________n．笑；笑声_______v．笑

9．_______n．仁慈；宽恕；怜悯 _________adj.仁慈的；慈悲的；宽容的

10．________adj.确定的；某一；一定 ____________adv.确定地；肯定地

11．_________n．重要(性) _________adj.重要的

12．_______vt.包含；容纳；容忍 _________ n．集装箱；容器；抽屉

13．_________adj.强大的；有力的 ____________adv.强大地

14．_______vt.影响；感动；侵袭 __________n．影响

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15．___________vt.鉴赏；感激；意识到 ______________n．鉴赏；感激

16．____________vi.成功vt.接替；继任 ____________n．成功 ___________adj.成功的

17．_______vt.雇用；利用(时间、精力等) ____________n．雇员 _________n．雇主

18．_______n．&vt.损害；危害 _________adj.有害的 _________adj.无害的

19．_______vt.检查；视察 __________ n．检查；视察

20．_______adj.凶猛的；猛烈的 _________adv.凶猛地；猛烈地

21．_______n．结局；结尾 _______ v．结束；完成

Ⅱ.单句改错

1．Great attention must be paid to develop education, especially in the countryside. 2．I suggested he work out a new plan but he didn't respond it. 3．I have to prepare food for seven people containing me. 4．It was great relief for him to find nothing had been stolen. 5．He is in danger losing his job because of an unexpected incident. 6．We students should have mercy to the people in need. 7．I'd appreciate if you can tell me how to learn English better. 8．I'm trying to keep going crazy most days. III.翻译句子 . 1．众所周知，大量的野生动物被杀； 2．成千上万的动物已经死光或濒临灭绝；

3．保护野生动物对动物本身和人

类都有益；(benefit ...from..) 4．我已经参加了镇里一个号召保护野生动物的组织。(call on) 课后阅读-----词汇串记

It's said that dinosaurs died out

because of an unexpected incident. But wildlife

today disappears or is in danger

just because humans do harm

to it. For example, tigers are hunted

for fur to make carpets so that

they only live in secure reserves; grassland is destroyed without mercy

so that dust storms come into being affecting distant

cities. Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains

a powerful drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects. The ending was that the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When told that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into tears

and responded, “Our real loss is our decreasing income.”

We should appreciate

the natural balance and pay more attention to

the importance

of wildlife protection. Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace can we smile in relief.

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