高中英语必修二 2.2 Reading and Thinking 教学设计

1、Unit 2 Wildlife ProtectionPeriod 2 Reading and ThinkingA Day in the Clouds教学设计The listening and speaking part aims at how to protect and help endangered animals by listening, speaking and talking about the facts and reasons. This lesson analyzes the decreasing clause of Tibetan antelope population a

2、nd the measures of protecting Tibetan antelopes. So students can be guided to learn to analyse the title and use different reading skills or strategies, like scanning, skimming and careful reading.Read quickly to get the main ideas and the purpose of going to Tibetan; read carefully to understand wh

3、at the author see and think.Understand the sentences of the present continuous passive voice such as “Much is being done to protect wildlife.” and the inverted sentence “Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.”Enhance the awareness

4、 of protecting wildlife.Cultivate the reading methods according to different materials.Read quickly to get the main ideas and the purpose of going to Tibetan; read carefully to understand what the author see and think.Understand the sentences of the present continuous passive voice such as “Much is

5、being done to protect wildlife.” and the inverted sentence “Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.”Cultivate the reading methods according to different materials.Step 1 Leading-inWatch a video about elephants and whales and then a

6、sk: Why are they endangered ? They are killed/hunted Step 2 Before reading- use visual reading Look at the pictures. What do you think the text is about ? It is about Tibetan antelopes.Step 3: Analyze the title A Day in the CloudsTibetFrom the title, we can know that the article mainly talks about w

7、hat the author saw and thought about the endangered animals-Tibetan antelopes in a day. It is a travel journal.Step 3: Scanning the whole text and getting the basic informationAnswer the following questions.Q1：Is it easy for the writer to go on the short hike? Why ? No, its difficult. Because the ai

8、r is thin and we have to rest several times. Then its cold because there are snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds that seem almost close enough to touch. Q2: Why did the writer visit Tibet ? To observe Tibetan antelopes. Q3: Where do the Tibetan antelopes live ? They live on the plains of Ti

9、bet, Xinjiang and Qinghai. Q4: What happened to the Tibetan antelope in the 1980s and 1990s ? They population dropped by more than 50 percent. Hunters were shooting them to make profits. Their habitats were becoming smaller as new roads and railways were built. Q5: How to protect them ? The governme

10、nt placed them under national protection. Volunteers watched over them day and night to keep them safe. Bridges and gates were added to let them move easily and keep them safe from cars and trains. Q6: Why did the Chinese government stop the protection program after the population has recovered ? Be

11、cause the threats have not yet disappeared.Find the topic sentences of each paragraph Paragraph 1: This is why were here- to observe Tibetan antelopes. The purpose Paragraph 2: I am stuck by their beauty, but also reminded of the danger they are in. The danger Paragraph 3: My guide is Zhaxi. Introdu

12、ce the guide and his opinion. Paragraph 4: The 1980s and 1990s were bad times for the Tibetan antelope. The dangerous period of Tibetan antelopes Paragraph 5: Save this species from extinction. Protection Paragraph 6: The measures are effective. The resultParagraph 7: When we learn to exist in harmo

13、ny with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet. The thought of the writerStep 4: Travel JournalWhat the writer saw: 1.the snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds. 2. the antelopes move slowly across the green grass. 3. the stars in the evening. What the writer felt:1. T

14、he air is thin2. The clouds seem almost close enough to touch.3. He was stuck by the beauty of antelopes. What the writer hear:The words was said by Zhaxi What the writer know:1. The history about Tibetan antelopes 2. The measures Chinese government and common people took to protect them.3.The prese

15、nt situation about Tibetan antelopes. What the writer thought:We must change our way of life. We should learn to exist in harmony with natureStep 5 SummaryThe thinking mode of the article: the subject/topic reason problem solution result reflectionStep 6 Homework Understand these sentences carefully and find the sentences in the article .The Tibetan antelope lives