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Unit 5 wild animals Reading 2课题Unit 5 wild animals教学目标To read the passage once again for more detailsTo read the passage again and figure our how the writer organize the passageTo read the passage and focus on the language points to improve the students fluency and accuracy talking about giant pandas重点To develop students responsibility towards the endangered animal难点To develop students responsibility towards the endangered animal教 学 过 程 设 计具体环节教师行为学生行为STEP 1 Reading the passage aloud togetherReading the passage aloud togetherGet the students to read the passage aloud together. Invite them to finish the Part B, Check the answers. (This may offer the less able students another time to consolidate the new words.) Reading the passage aloud togetherSTEP 2 Finishing off Part EFinishing off Part EAsk the students to finish off Part E, Page 62. Use this as a revision to help the students recall what they have learned last time. Finishing off Part ESTEP 3 Working out the answersGet the students to read the passage together once again and then divide the class into groups of 4-5. Ask them to work out the answer to the following question How many parts are there in the passage. Give the students enough time to talk about it. And then invite some of them to express their personal opinions. (Students should be encouraged to speak out what they think.)Part I: The growth of Xi Wang(Line 1- Line 14) (weight and food)Part II: Giant pandas are in danger?(Line 15- Line 29) A: Why are they in danger?(Line 15-21) B: How to protect them?(Line 22-Line 29)Working out the answersSTEP 4 Finishing the following exercisesGet the student to talk about Part I. Invite them to talk about the growth of Xi Wang by finishing the following exercises:When Xi Wang was born, she w_ just 100 grams. When she was only 10 days old, she l_ like a white mouse. When she was 4 months old, she w_ about 10 kilograms and s_ to go outside her home. When she was 6 months old, she b_ to eat bamboo shoots and leaves. When she was 12 months old, she g_ into a healthy young giant panda and w_ 35 kilograms.When she was 20 months old, she s_ to look after herself. Then get the students to analyze the sentences: the when-clauses in each sentence give us a past time, so the main clauses use Simple Past Tense. (Students may come to the conclusion through observation.) Then get the student to underline such sentences in the passage.Finishing the following exercisesSTEP 5 Finding them out During the growth of Xi Wang, Xi Wang had many first-times Can you find them out. Use the following exercises to help students. 1.She started _(go) outside her home for the first time. 2.She began _ (eat) bamboo shoots and leaves. 3.She started _(look) after herself. In this way, the teacher directs the students attention to the use of to-infinitives after start and begin. Finding them outSTEP 6 Rewriting sentencesSay Sadly, it is very difficult for giant pandas to survive in the wild. and write the sentence on the board. Then try to rewrite the sentence into the following sentences. It is dangerous for giant pandas to live on in the wild. They are in danger.These are some very important sentence patterns in the passage. Also it is necessary for the teacher to point out that live on has a similar meaning with survive. This may also help the students to understand that we can use be dangerous or be in danger to talk about a similar situation. Rewriting sentencesSTEP 7Finding out that why they are in dangerGet the students to find out that why they are in danger. To make the task easier, the teacher can show the following before hand. If hunters _(catch) a giant panda, they _ (kill) it for its fur.If the farmers _(cut) down trees and forests, giant pandas _ (have) nowhere to live. If people _ (find) baby pandas alone, they _(take) them away. As a result, the students attention will be easily drawn to the use of if-clauses. Guide the students to focus on the tense of the subordinate- clauses and main clauses. (I think it is OK for some teachers to use 主将从现 to make summary here. At least it may help the students to remember this phenomenon.) Explain the phrases here killfor, cut down, have nowhere to live find sb. adj and takeaway.Finding out that why they are in dangerSTEP 8More exercises about the language pointsDo more exercises about the language points to check. 1.She looks _(health).2.When Tom was born, he _(weigh) 6 jin. 3.We should encourage him _(help) his good friend. 4.We ask the _(hunt) not to hunt the animals.5.If it snows tomorrow, the primary school students _(stay) at home. 6.Now many pandas are in _(dangerous)7.Two years _(late), he became a famous reporter. 8.The giant panda likes eating bamboo _ (shoot) and _(leaf) very much.More exercises about the language points作业板书设计1.She looks _(health).2.When Tom was born, he _(weigh) 6 jin. 3.We should encourage him _(help) his good friend. 4.We ask the _(h