8AUnit5Birdwatchers.doc

8A Unit 5 BirdwatchersReading 如东县实验中学 周适Teaching goals:1. To infer general meaning from title and context.2. To check understanding by evaluating sentences3. To skim text for overall meaning and scan for detailsFocuses:To revise and expand vocabulary in the context of wildlife and conversationDifficulties: To infer the meaning of words from the contextTeaching steps:Step 1Pre-reading The teacher shows pandas photos to students and lead in Zhalong Nature ReserveT:Look at this photo. Its a lovely panda. But now it died.(show another photo) Do you know why? S1:someone killed it. T:Yes, some bad people killed the giant panda for its fur. And They are in danger. Please read after me, be in danger. Ss:be in danger.T:Good. We can also use another word to say: they are endangered animals. Please read it. Ss:endangered.T:Although some bad people killed pandas, most people want to protect these endangered animals, just like the girl in a song. Lets listen to the song and tell me what happened? (let Ss listen to the song.) S1:The girl died. T:Yes, do you why?S2:She wanted to save a red-crowned carne. T:Good. Please read after me. Red-crowned crane. T:The are rare birds in the world. Please read it, rare.T:And there is a good place for red-crowned cranes. It is called Zhalong Nature Reserve. Here is an movie about it. Please watch it and think about what it is like? (let students watch the movie.)T:Now, please tell me what Zhalong Nature Reserve is like. S1:It is a place with water. T:Yes. Zhalong Nature Reserve is a land with much water. And we call it wetland. Please read after me. WetlandT:from these pictures, we can find birds can catch food and build nests with sticks. So what Zhalong can give to birds?S2:Zhalong can give food and shelter to the birds. T:Good. And we can also say Zhalong provides food and shelter for the birds.T:It is an ideal place for wildlife. And people who like birds and travelling like to go there. And we call these people tourists.T:Do you want to know more things about Zhalong? Ss:Yes.T:Well. Today we will read an article about it. But first, please finish exercise on page 78 about new words. Actually, we have discussed them. T:Have you finished? Ss:Yes.T:Good. Lets check the answers.T:Here are more new words here. Please read after me. Step 2While-Reading Task One: Reading and answeringT:Lets read the article form P76-77 and think about these two questions.1) what makes Zhalong become a special place?2) Who wants to protect the birds in Zhalong? T:Have you finished your reading? Please tell me your answers. Question 1 what makes Zhalong become a special place? S1: It is one of the most import weltands. It can provide food and shelter for the wildlife. Many birds live in Zhalong all year round especially for red-crowned cranes. T:Good. And who wants to protect the birds in Zhalong? S2:Chinese government and members of the Birdwatching Club. Task Two: Reading and filling the table.T:Here is table about Zhalong. Lets read the first two paragrphs on P76 to complete it. Ss:Ss fill in the table.T:Good job. But we know birds are still in danger, although Zhalong is an ideal place for them. Please read next two paragraphs on p76-77 and complete this table. Ss:Ss fill in the table. T:Now, look at the last table. Its about different peoples actions for the birds. Please read the last paragraphs and finish it. Ss:finish the last table. Task Three: Reading and JudgingT:Good job. We have know some things about Zhalong. Here are some sentences on Page 79 and tell whether they are true or false.Ss: finish the exercie on p79. T: Lets check the answers. Task Four Reading and matching. T:well done. Now Sandy wrote some notes about Zhalong but she tore the paper up by mistake. Please help her match them together after listening to the tape. Ss: listen to the tape and finish the exercise. T: Have you finished? Lets check the answers. Step 3 Post-ReadingTask One langauage points T: Zhalong is a special place, right? Now my friends, Mr. Blacks family are also interested in Zhalong and plan to do some things. Can you tell me whether the things are right or not? Lets look at them. T: first one, They plan to go to Sichuang to watch the birds in Zhalong. S1: No, its false. Because Zhalong is in north-east of China. T: Yes. Its in north-east of China. please notice the phrase, in north-east China. （语言点见ppt)T: what about sencond one. They want to buy fish and cages for the birds in Zhalong. S2: Its false. Zhalong can provide food and shelter for the birds. T: Thats right. Please notice this phrase, providefor(语言点见ppt)T: The third one. They want to build some houses in Zhalong for tourists. S3: No, they dont. because there will be less and less space for the birds and they will be in danger if people make more space for farms and buildings. T: Yes. Please notice less and less. (语言点见ppt)T:The last one is they think members of the birdwatching club will hurt the birds in Zhalong. S4: No, memebers of the birdwatching club wont hurt the birds. T: Yes. What the member of the birdwatching club do? S5: memebers of the birdwatching club are going to study the different kinds of birds in Zhalong and the changes in their numbers. Do a bird count once a year. T: Yes. Its a long sentece. Please pay more attention. (语言点见ppt)T: these four things are all wrong. Can you find one sentence from the text to tell Mr. Blacks family our hope? S1: we hope this information will help them understand and make them actively take actions to prote