1、Unit 4 Wildlife protectionPeriod 4 Using language 教学设计I. Teaching aims:1. To read and listen about dinosaurs.2. To speak about helping the dodo.3. Train the students reading ability: scanning.来源:学优高考网4. To master the following expressions:dinosaur; come into being; inspect; incident; dust; fierce; a
2、ccording to; II. Teaching methods:Reading; Listening ,speaking and writingIII. Teaching important and difficult points:Important points :Learn the expressions in this part: take apart; prove; trial; agree with; rather than; to ones surprise/ amazement / joy/ delight /sorrow/ excitement / disappointm
3、ent; the entrance to ; by oneself; think highly of; debate; take turns to do sth; Difficult points:Understand the listening part better.IV. Teaching procedures:Step 1 RevisionCheck the answers to the homeworkStep 2 Lead-in & Reading1.Brainstorm: Whats your impression of the dinosaur?How much do you
4、know about dinosaurs?来源:gkstk.ComAsk the students to say as many words as possible they know about dinosaur.2. Guess: What might be the reasons for their extinction?Let students guess the reason .3. Reading :来源: 学优高考网Ask students read the text “Animal Extinction” and answer the following questions:1
5、). When did dinosaurs live?2). When did dinosaurs disappear?3). Whats the rare new species of dinosaurs discovered in Liaoning Province?4). What might be the possible reasons for their extinction?Step 3 Deal with the language points in this part. 1. 1 dinosaur n. C2. come into being 形成；产生 来源:学优高考网 g
6、kstk3. inspect vt. 检查；视察4. incident n. C 事件；事变 5. dust n. U 尘土6. fierce adj. 凶猛的；猛烈的7. according to 按照；根据 所说Step 4. Listening来源:学优高考网渡渡鸟是一种不会飞的鸟, 仅产于非洲的岛国毛里求斯。肥大的体型总是使它步履蹒跚, 再加上一张大大的嘴巴, 使它的样子显得有些丑陋。幸好岛上没有它们的天敌, 因此, 它们安逸地在树林中建窝孵卵, 繁殖后代。16 世纪后期,带着来复枪和猎犬的欧洲人来到了毛里求斯。不会飞又跑不快的渡渡鸟厄运降临了。欧洲人来到岛上后, 渡渡鸟就成了他们主要
7、的食物来源。从这以后, 枪打狗咬, 鸟飞蛋打, 大量的渡渡鸟被捕杀。就连幼鸟和蛋也不能幸免。开始时,欧洲人每天可以捕杀到几千只到上万只渡渡鸟,可是由于过度的捕杀, 很快他们每天捕杀的数量越来越少, 有时每天只能打到几只了。1681 年, 最后一只渡渡鸟被残忍的杀害了, 从此,地球上再也见不到渡渡鸟了 , 除非是在博物馆的标本室和画家的图画中。1. Give students the introduction about Dodo and then let them listen and do exercise 3 on page 30.2. Listen to the tape again a
8、nd choose the correct answer to complete each sentence for exercise 4.来源:学优高考网 gkstkStep 5 Speaking & Writing1. Discussion: In pairs choose another endangered animal which you know about. Analyze why this animal is endangered来源:学优高考网Teacher help students by giving them some useful expressions ,enabl
9、e students to say freely .2. Try to write their reasons.3. Share with other students. 4. Writing:Write a letter to WWF based on what you have discussed, asking them to help you save your endangered animals. All letters have a start and an ending. The language used depends on how well the writer knows the person to whom he / she is writing. Step 6 Homework1. Finish writing the letter2. Review the whole unit3. Read the passage on workbook( page 65) and complete exercise 2 after it.
