1、Teaching plan of unit 4Wildlife protection Teaching aims:1. Topic Wildlife protection: the importance of wildlife protection, ways to protect wild plants and animals.2. Useful words and expressions:wild wildlife protection enemy loss reserve area hunt zone peace fur stomach apply suggest thick rub m
2、osquito insect contain powerful drug affect attention whale bite effect butterfly dust recently fierce unkind lazy as a result die out in peace in danger protect from pay attention to come into being3. Functional items:I. Intentions and purpose Im going to doI feel like doing. I would rather notI in
3、tend/ mean/ plan to do Id like to doI will do Im ready to do.II. Apologies Im so sorry that.Im afraid that . Thank you very much but.Its a shame that It was very nice of you but4. StructuresThe present continuous passive voiceAnimals are being hunted and killed.The environment is being destroyed.Tea
4、ching proceduresPeriod 1. Speaking and listeningStep 1. Leading in 1. Show Ss a video about some animals in danger.2. Show Ss some picture of some rare animals in China.Step 2. Warming up1. Ss read the passage quickly and find out:Why did so many wild animals die out?2. Ss talk about the form on pag
5、e 25 and then discuss the following questions in pairs.1). What other endangered species do you know?2). Why are they in danger of disappearing?3). Do you know any wildlife that has disappeared?Step 3. Listening and talking (page 62)1. Ss look through the questions on page 62, and then listen to the
6、 tape.2. First listening: Ss listen and grasp the key words and get the main idea.3. Second listening: Ss listen and answer the questions.4. Third listening: Ss listen and write down the main idea of the passage.5. Talking: Ss read the topics on page 62 and discuss in pairs. While they are talking,
7、try to use the following sentences:Im so sorry that Im afraid thatThank you very much but I hate to have to say this butThe problem is. It was very nice of you butIts a shame that Why didnt you tell me that.?Step 4 .Homework 1. Collect as much information about endangered wildlife as possible.2. Pre
8、view the next partreading Period 2. ReadingStep 1. Revision Ask: What do you think of wildlife protection today?Whats the passage about? Have you previewed it?Step 2. Pre-readingSs in groups discuss the following questions:1. Why should you worry about this?2. What do you think we should do to prote
9、ct wildlife?Step 3. Reading 1. Scanning: Ss read the passage quickly to get the main idea and complete the table on page 27.2. Intensive reading: Ss read the passage again and answer the questions on page 27.Step 4. Explanation 1. as a result of 2. die out 3. rise (v) 4. affect 5. prevent from6. She
10、 turned round and there was an antelope with a sad face looking at her.7. In three years they may all be gone!8. But what an experience!Step 5 .Homework 1. Recite the key sentences in the text.2. Write a summary of the text.Period 3. Extensive readingStep 1 . Revision Ss completer the summary of the
11、 text.One day, Daisy _ a strange dream. She flew in a wonderful _ to _ with an _ in Tibet. The antelope told her they were hunted because of their_ which can be used to make _ like hers. In three years they may all be _ . Later, she _ to Zimbabwe where she talked with an _ and got to know the farmer
12、s there no longer _ them. Thats because the _ decided to help and the farmers finally made a lot of _ . At last she _ at the thick rain _ where a monkey told her “ No rain forest, no _ and no _.” Although finally everything was _, she had _ so much!Answers:dreamed, chair, talk, antelope, fur, sweate
13、rs, gone, flew, elephant, hunted, government, money, arrived, forest, animals , drugs, gone, learnedStep 2. Pre-reading 1. Ss talk about what they know about the animals.2. Ss read the passage and get the main idea.Step 3. Reading (page 30)1. Check Ss answer.The main idea is species and the reasons
14、for dinosaurs dying out.2. Ss read again and find out answers to the following questions:1). When did the dinosaurs live?2). Whats the rare new species dinosaur?3). Why did the dinosaur die out?Step 4. Reading task (page 65)1. Ss read the passage on page 65 and try to collect information for researc
15、h into Milu deer.2. Ss discuss the information collected with their partner and then check them with the whole class.Step 5 .Homework Describe dinosaurs and Milu deer in your own words.Period 4. Learning about languageStep 1. Revision Ss try to say something about dinosaurs and Milu deer in their ow
16、n words.Step 2. Practicing the useful words and expressions1. Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 28.2. Check the answers with the whole class and talk about the important phrases.1). apply for sth. /apply to do sth2). Bite-bit-bitten3). Have an good/bad/no effect on = affect4). Pay attention to : “to” is
17、a prep. Here.Step 3. Structure learning: the present continuous passive voice1. Ss read the following sentences and try to find the rules1). Out fur is being used to make sweaters like yours.2). The environment is being destroyed.2. Ss finish Ex 2 on page 29.3. Play a game.Step 4. Practicing (page 6
18、3)1. Ss finish Ex 1 and 2.2. Check the answers with the whole class.Step 5. Using structures 1. Ss do Ex 1 on page 64 and pay attention to the structures of the present continuous passive voice.2. Tell Ss to remember the following expressions;is under repair = is being repairedis under discussion=is
19、 being discussedStep 6.Homework 1. Review what they have learnt about the present continuous passive voice.2. Finish Wb Ex 2 on page 64.Period 5. Using languageStep 1. Revision Check Ss homework.Step 2. Listening (page 30)1. Ss listen to the tape about a disappearing animal. Go through Ex 1 before l
20、istening.2. Play the tape again and check the answers.Step 3.Speaking (page 31)1. Ss talk in pairs about what they can do to help the lovely dodo.2. Ss try to use the following expressions while they talk:Intention PurposeIm going to Help the dodoI intend/mean/plan to Hide it in a caveI will. Trap m
21、an as he kills a dodo.I feel like Attacking man myselfId like to Put man in a caveIm ready to Teach man how to be friendsI would rather not tell youWhat I think of manStep 4. Writing Ss write the letter independently.Some writing tips:1. Collect your idea for the letter. Write an outline of your way
22、s to help it.2. Decide the intention and the purpose of each of your ways.3. Begin your letter with your address and the solution. Then write the ways as the body of the letter.4. Finish the letter with your best wished and your signature.Homework Sum up what you have learnt in this unit.Period 6. I
23、ntegrating skillsStep 1. Revision Review what they have learnt in this unit.Step 2. Listening (page 66)Ss listen to three letters and see if they can help to answer them. While listening, fill in the boxed on page 66.Step 3. Speaking Work in pairs and try to talk about what advice you might give to
24、one of the three writers.Tips:1. Look through the three problems and decide which one to answer.2. Write notes of your idea.3. Give reasons for your idea.4. Talk about them with your partners and then share your opinions with the whole class.Step 4. Writing (page 67)Ss write down their ideas in the
25、form of a letter. Make each idea into one paragraph. And then exchange the letters with their partners to check.Step 5. Project (page 67)1. Ask the Ss to read the directions.2. Direct the Ss to prepare a project. As a student, what will you do to improve the environment?Step 6 .Homework Finish the p
26、roject on page 67.New words1. decrease vt/vi 变小，减少eg: a) The population of the village has decreased to/by 500 .(该村的人口减少到 500 人/ 减少了 500 人。)increase/ decrease/ reduce to /by to 表示增加到或减少到 ，by 表示增加了或减少了 .反意：increase 同意：reduce 2. die out 指（动物植物）的灭绝， （风俗，习惯等的）逐渐消失；（火，光等的）逐渐熄灭。eg: a) This kind of bird is dying out .(这种鸟快要灭绝了。)b) The fire is dying out .you had better add some firewood .(火快灭了，你最好添些柴火。)c) That custom died out years ago . (那种风俗习惯许多年前就消失了。)拓展：die away 指声音，风，光逐渐消失。die off 指一群生物相继死去。
