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Unit 3

Australia Using language: Australia’s Dangerous Creatures

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Analysis about the text

The purpose of this unit is to broaden students’ international horizon by introducing Australia in the aspects of geography, culture, tourism and some wildlife. By learning this unit, students can not only enlarge their English language knowledge but also get improved in their humanities.

Analysis about students’ level

My students are Senior one students and this text is designed for Senior two students, so it should be a little difficult to understand the passage. In order to help students understand the text better, I need to ask students to preview the text thoroughly and help them to pronounce new words correctly. Teaching aims: 1. To make students understand the passage by doing three kinds of exercise, such as finding out the main idea of each paragraph, answering relative questions and summarizing the passage 2. To enable students to acquire some knowledge about Australia’s dangerous animals and finally

realize Australia actually is not a dangerous place 3. To build up students’ interest in learning English by carrying out the following activities, such as searching for information about whether Australia is a dangerous place to visit on the Internet in advance, carrying out an informal debating in class and putting what students have learned into practice by writing a reply to give some advice on whether Li Haidi should go to the wild for a visit or stay in the city of Sydney Key points 1. To make students understand the passage 2. To enable students to acquire some knowledge about Australia’s dangerous animals Difficult point To apply what we have learned to practice. Teaching way Task- based teaching Teaching tools Books, computer, ppt, a smart phone and the applications of Teaching Assistant and Interactive Class Teaching steps Step1 Greeting Step2 Lead-in

Enjoy a short video and answer the question “ What animals are there in the video?”

Step3 Predict

With the title and the five pictures of five kinds of animal, can you guess what the passage will talk about? Step4 Skim

Skim the passage and find out the main idea of each paragraph.

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Para1 Snakes in Australia Para2 Spiders in Australia Para3 Sharks in Australia Para4 Jellyfish in Australia Para5 The saltwater crocodile in Australia Para6 Australia is still a safe place to live in or visit. Step 5 Careful reading Read the passage again and answer the following questions. 1. How many poisonous snakes and how many poisonous spiders are there in Australia? Are they all capable of killing humans? 2. How many kinds of shark are there in Australian waters? How many kinds are likely to attack humans? 3. What effect do most jellyfish have on humans? What about box jellyfish? 4. What kind of crocodile has occasionally attacked a human? 5. Why did the author say it is safe to live in or visit Australia? Step 6 Summarize What does the passage tell us? Australia is home ____ a great many dangerous animals, such as snakes, spiders, jellyfish, sharks and crocodiles. ________, only a few of them are able to kill humans, ______ (include) funnelweb spiders, box jellyfish, great white sharks and saltwater crocodiles. Fortunately, the anti-venom treatments for some poisons ______________ (develop) since 1956. So it seems that Australia is a safe place to live in or visit.

Step7 Debating Australia is a dangerous place to visit. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? The reasons for agreeing

Step 8

Writing Read this email and write a reply.

2 The reasons for disagreeing

Dear________ I am thinking of going on a camping trip in the Northern Territory of Australia. The trip is organized by a well-known tourist company with a good reputation. We will be camping some of the time in Darwin and some of the time in Kakadu National Park. It sounds like lots of fun and I would see lots of wildlife, but I’ve heard so much about the dangerous creatures in Australia that I’m a bit scared about going out of the city. Perhaps I’d be better staying in Sydney. I know there are lots of interesting things to see there too. What do you think I should do? Best wishes, Li Haidi

Ask Ss a question: What problem does Li Haidi have?

Dear Li Haidi,

Thanks for your letter and I am very glad to give you some advice about whether to go on a camping trip in the Northern Australia. In my opinion, it is _______________________________

Firstly/ First of all/ Above all, __________________________________________________Secondly/ Besides/ In addition/ More importantly, ______________________________ Last but not least, ____________________________________________________________ In conclusion/ In a word, ______________________________________________________ Looking forward to hearing your good news. Yours

X xx Step 9 Homework There are a large number of wild animals in Australia. Please collect enough information of other animals in Australia and write a report.

Blackboard Design

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Group3&4 Unit3 Australia

Snake Spider Shark Jellyfish The kinds total Poisonous How many kinds can kill humans Using language: Australia’s Dangerous Creatures170 2000 160

115 kindsOnly a few Only a few 2 or 3 1, box jellyfish

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crocodile 2

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