1、Save the sharks!Unit13 Were trying to save the earth!Section A (3a-3b)临沂册山中学邓蕾Save the sharks!Unit13 Were trying to save the earth! Section A (3a-3b)【Teaching aims】1. Knowledge aims:Review the use of conjunctions(but, so, if, although.)Review different tenses.2. Ability aims:Improve students ability
2、 of reading comprehension with reading strategies.Improve Ss ability of summing up by using mind-map3. Emotional aims:Arouse Ss awareness of environmental issuesPrompt Ss to think about ways of protecting the wild animals.Important and difficult points1. How to improve students ability of reading wi
3、th reading strategies.2. How to review conjunctions and different tenses.【Teaching steps】Step1: Warming-up Active, Brave and Confident (ABC Rules)【设计意图：在上课开始前，明确对学生的要求。主动、勇敢、自信，这一学习英语的三原则可对学生进行积极的心理暗示，帮助他们更好的上好英语课。 】Step2: Lead-in(Pre-reading)Enjoy a short video about the beautiful ocean【设计意图：通过欣赏美丽
4、海底世界，让学生了解海洋生物间的相互依存，不可或缺，为下文的拯救鲨鱼做好铺垫；同时引入食物链的概念，扫除阅读障碍。 】Step3: While-reading. Fast readingRead the passage quickly and do the match exercise.【设计意图：学生通过连线的方式，对文章的结构和段落大意有基本的了解。 】. Careful readingTask1. Read Para. 1 and answer: 1. Where is shark fin soup popular?2. What does it mean when people enj
5、oy a bowl of shark fin soup?3. Sum-up 1【设计意图：让学生了解鱼翅在我国的流行地，同时让学生明白吃一碗鱼翅即意味着杀死整条鲨鱼的残忍现实。此处用 when 代替原文中的 each time,强调 when 引导时间状语的用法。 】Task 2(1). Watch a short video and answer:1. How do people deal with them when they catch the sharks?2. Without a fin, what will happen to a shark?3. Sum-up 2【设计意图：观看
6、人类采集鱼翅的过程，让学生感知它的残忍，激发学生保护鲨鱼的欲望；回答这两个问题，引出 cut off, throw back into, die, cruel 以及 be harmful to 等单词短语，减轻本段的阅读负担。 】Task2(2). Read para.2 and answer:1.Why is it harmful to the environment?2. What do the two numbers mean?(70 million, 90 percent)3. Sum-up 3【设计意图：让学生明白个体、食物链和生态系统之间牵一发而动全身的关系，同时两个数字所代表的鲨
7、鱼的严峻现状激发学生的危机意识。 】Task3. Read para.3 and answer:1. What are the two environmental protection groups?2. What are they doing and what have they done?3. Sum-up 4【设计意图: 让学生了解环境保护组织的存在以及如何保护野生动物。 】Step4. SummaryRetell the whole passage.【设计意图：通过思维导图梳理文章大意，锻炼学生的归纳总结能力，同时为下面的写作提供结构框架。 】Step5.Post-reading1.
8、Show pictures of the endangered animals today2. Show a study report.【设计意图：通过研究数据显示野生动物的数量正在急剧下降，增加学生保护野生动物的急切感和使命感。 】3. Have a discussiona. Why are they endangered?b. What will happen if their numbers drop too low?c. How should we protect them?For ourselves, _For government, _4. Write a short passage【设计意图：从野生动物濒危灭绝的原因、危害以及拯救措施三方面展开讨论，全面地增加学生对野生动物现状的了解，从而制定出切实有效的保护措施。 】Step6. Homework1. Read the passage again.2. Make a poster to call on people to protect wild animals.3. If you have time, watch a movie Sharkwater.
