8AUnit4Reading.docx

8A Unit 4 Reading ( 1 ) Duration l 1 class 45 minutesType l Reading Objectives l To review vocabulary for animalsl To infer meaning of the new words using students own background knowledge and according to the contextl To get gist by skimming the textl To identify specific meaning by scanning the textImportant points and difficultiesl To get learners familiar with the growing process of giant pandal To get learners guess the problems giant pandas facel To get learners think of more solutions to protect giant pandasPreparationl PPT lesson procedureTeaching methodl Students oriented teachingl Communicative language teachingl Task-based approachesWritten Design (on the Blackboard)Paragraph 1-3Paragraph 4-6Paragraph 7-8The growth of Xi Wang The problem Actions to take1 day old-100 grams10 days old- a white mouse4 months old- (1) about 10 kilos (2) go outside for the first time6 months old- eat bamboo shoots and leaves12 months old -(1) a healthy young giant panda (2) 35 kilos20 months old - look after herself(1) If hunters catch a giant panda,(2) If farmers cut down trees and forests,(3) If people find baby pandas alone,(1) make giant panda reserves bigger(2) build more reserves(3) encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reservesTeaching planStep 1 Brainstorming (Pre-reading)(1)Review the names of animals that the students have learned.The teacher will tell the students: Wild animals usually live in the forests. However, farmers cut down trees to make more farmland and hunters kill the animals for their fur. If this continues, these animals will have nowhere to survive. We should take action to protect these animals, for example, building reserves and encouraging more people to help animals.(to get the students familiar with the new vocabulary)(2)Show a picture of giant pandas and encourage students to think of as many words or phrases as possible to describe the pictures about giant pandas. The following can be included:appearance: (black-and white; look like a bear)character: (quiet; lovely)favourite food (bamboo shoots and leaves)Tell the students that giant pandas like eating bamboo shoots and leaves.(3)Get the students to finish part B. Match the meanings of words with the new vocabulary.1. bamboo shoots (lines 13) _d_ a. keep someone/ something safe from danger2. survive (line 15) _g_ b. thick hair of animals3. fur (line 18) _b_ c. support4. forests (line 19) _e_ d. giant pandas favourite food5. protect (line 24) _a_ e. large areas of land with trees6. reserves (line 25) _f_ f. special areas for wild animals7. encourage (line 27) _c_ g. continue to liveStep 2 While readingActivity : SkimmingTell the students that the passage can be divided into three parts. Paragraph 1-3Paragraph 4-6Paragraph 7-8Students listen to “the story of Xi Wang” and try to use simple sentences or phrases to talk about the main idea of each part. Students work in pairs first and then choose some students to tell the whole class their ideas.Possible answerParagraph 1-3 : the growth of Xi WangParagraph 4-6 : the problems Xi Wang may haveParagraph 7-8 : actions to take and conclusionActivity : ScanningAsk students to read the first paragraph quietly with the following question in their mind.Questions: l Who is Xi Wang? (She was a baby panda.)l How old was Xi Wang when the writer first saw her? (It was 10 days old.)l What did Xi Wang look like? (She looked like a white mouse.)l What does “Xi Wang” mean in English? (It means hope.)(1) The growth of Xi Wang1. Show the students a series of pictures of the growth of a giant panda and they try to find the information about each picture from the text. The students use complete sentences to talk about them in their natural groups first. Each of them should say one sentence. Choose two groups to do so in front of the whole class.e.g. When she was 1 day old, she weighed 100 grams. When she was 10 days old, she looked like a white mouse.When she was 4 months old, she weighed about 10 kilograms and started to go outside for the first time,When she was 6 months old, she started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.When she was 12 months old, she grew into a healthy young giant panda and weighed 35 kilograms.When she was 20 months old, she had to look after herself and because her mother had another baby.2. Ask students to complete the following passage.When Xi Wang was born, she was only 10 days old, like a _. She weighed _ and drank_ for _ a day. At 4 months old, she weighed _. At 6 months old she started to eat _. 8 months later, she is not a baby _, weighed _. 3. Activities of Xi Wang:* When Xi Wang was 4 months old, she started to go outside her home for the first time.* When Xi Wang was 12 months old, she grew into a healthy young giant panda.* When Xi Wang was 20 months old, she had to look after herself.(2) The problems Xi Wang may haveBecause of people, it is difficult for giant pandas to survive in the wild. Ask the students to find the 3 problems in the text. The whole class read the three paragraphs aloud together.l If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.l If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.l If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.(3) The actions we should takeThe students work in groups of four and read last two paragraphs sentence by sentence to one another.l Make giant panda reserves biggerl Build more reservesl Encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reservesStudents try to find the relationship between these actions and the problems and fill in the blanks:We need to make the reserves bigger. Farmers are not allowed(被允许) to catch and _ for their fur in the reserves. We can also build _ to stop farmers from cutting _. We should encourage _ the giant panda reserves. If so, no one will take _, when they are in the wild on their own.Step 3 Post-reading: ReportAsk the students to think of more actions that they can take to protect giant panda. The teacher will list some key points on the blackboard.Students are divided into groups of four and choose one topic (growth, problems and actions) to report to the class.Write some words and phrases will be given to them as hints. They can write down what they are going to say on the work sheet.Growth of Xi Wang:like a mouse, 100 grams, up to 14 hours a day,10 kilograms, bamboo shoots and leaves,35 kilogramsActivity of Xi Wang:for the first time, grow into, look afterProblems and actions:kill for fur, nowhere to live, survive, takeawaymake bigger, more reserves, encourageAsk students to discuss in groups first and then report to the whole class. When they are reporting, they are not allowed to read from their books.Step 4 Homework(1) Read the article for 3 times to get more familiar with it(2) Think of more actions that we can take to protect animals(3) Exercise Book (Period 3 Reading 1)Reflection We explained the structure of the article to make it easier for students to understand and remember the information here. We designed some activities to get the students work cooperatively in pairs and groups so that students of different levels can scaffold each other and share responsibilities. When they were fulfilling the tasks according to the guidance provided, their self-study ability improved as well. The students took an active part in the reading process and made wonderful reports. Relying on their background knowledge, the students thought of a lot of useful suggestions on protecting giant pandas. We used blank filling tasks to check their understanding. We should have designed different types of tasks to check their understanding by varied ways.Work Sheet1) Divide the passage into three part and write down the main ideas for each part.ParagraphMain idea1-34-67-82)Fill in the blanks to complete the following passage.When X