Unit 4 Wildlife protection The first Period Warming up and Reading Senior English for China Student’s Book 2

广西隆安县隆安中学 黄雪云

上课教师 黄雪云 学生班级 高一（399）班教材 全日制普通高级中学教科书（必修二）课时 1课时(40′)教学设计教学内容 1) New words：wildlife, carpet, respond, antelope, Tibet, stomach, Zimbabwe, elephant, mercy,certain, increase, rub,rainforest, mosquito, millipede, appreciate 2) Phrases：long to, in relief, burst into laughter, protect…from, pay attention to 3) fast---reading and careful---reading.教材分析 本单元的话题是野生动植物保护。Reading部分是一篇记叙文，介绍了Daisy在梦中乘坐飞毯到了三个不同的地方跟不同的动物对话，了解它们目前的处境。通过阅读，能帮助学生进一步了解野生动植物，提高学生的保护野生动植物的意识，并引导学生热爱自然，热爱生命。教学目标（Teaching Aims）1. To know about the importance of wildlife protection and to improve the sense of wildlife protection.2. To master the words and phrases about wildlife protection.3. To pay attention to reading skills.教学重点Teaching important points 1) Learn more about wildlife protection.2) How to improve the students’ reading ability.教学难点Teaching difficult Points 1) How to grasp the main idea of a paragraph.2)How to use some reading skills to solve some problems.教学辅助工具Teaching aids 1. a projector 2. multimedia 3. a blackboard 4. handouts教学方法Teaching method 1. double activities teaching method 2. task-based approach 3. free discussion method 4. group work or individual work method教学流程Teaching procedures Step I Warming up(5′)1. Greet the whole class as usual.2. Guessing games T： Today we are going to learn a new unit. Before our learning I would like to ask you two questions. Do you love animals? What is your favorite animal?(show some pictures as well)Ss： ……T： Different people may have different tastes. Now let’s play some guessing game to see how much you know about animals.T shows the four riddles：1. I live in China. I’m black and white. I eat bamboo and move by walking.2.I looks like a big cat .I have a yellow-brown coat with blank stripes(条纹).I live in south China.3. I can run very quickly. I have antlers（鹿角）on my head.4. I have a very long neck and legs. I can eat the leaves on top of the tree.Suggested answers： 1. Panda 2. South China tiger 3. Antelope 4 .Giraffe T： Wow, you know a lot about animals, and all of you have done a great job. What do you think of these wildlife animals? What happens to them?Ss： ……T： Yes, they are cute and lovely, and they are our wonderful friends. But now they are in danger because of too much killing. Now look at these pictures to learn what situation they are in now.T： To learn more about wildlife let’s move on to next part-Reading and travel with Daisy.

教学流程Teaching procedures Step II Pre-reading(3′)1.Learn the new words and expressions in the reading passage.2.Learn some reading skills.T： First let’s read the words and expressions on the screen together.Ss read the words and phrases on the together.T： Now here are some reading skills to make your reading easier.T shows the reading skills on the screen to the Ss.Step III skimming(3′)(Individual work)T： Now whole class skim the reading passage on P26 and finish Task 1 and two. You have got just 3 minutes.Ss read the passage and finish the tasks.Show the following on the screen.Task 1 Skim the text and summarize the main idea.Daisy took a flying 1._______ to travel and talked with some 2. ________, which made her know the importance of the wildlife 3.__________.Suggested answers： 1. carpet 2. animals 3. protection Task 2 Match each para. with the main idea.Para. 1_____ Para. 2_____ Para. 3_____ Para. 4 _____A. The talk between Daisy and a monkey in the rainforest.B. People in Zimbabwe have done something to protect the elephants.C. Daisy returned home and everything disappeared.D. Antelopes were being killed in order to make sweaters in Tibet.T： OK. Time’s up. Let’s check the answers together. Whole class together.Check the answers together.Suggested answers： 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C T： Wonderful! You did a great job.Step IV Scanning and careful reading(7′)(Group work)T： OK, let’s learn about the further information about the journey. You will have 6 minutes to read the passage, and use scanning and careful reading skills to finish Task 3, Task 4 and Task 5 in your handouts.Ss are reading and finish the tasks individually.Task 3 Animal she met Place she went First visit antelope 1.___________Second visit 2.___________ Zimbabwe Third visit 3.___________ 4. ___________Details about the journey★ Kill antelope for 5.________.★ As a result, they are an 6._________ species.★ 7._______ used to hunt them★ now farmers 8.___________ them★ A 9._________ insect affects mosquitoes★ No rainforest, no animals and no 10. _______Suggested answers： 1.Tibet 2. elephant 3. monkey 4. rainforest5. fur/ wool 6.endangered 7. farmers 8. like 9. millipede10. drugs教学流程Teaching procedures Task 4 True or false( ) 1. Daisy saw many antelopes in Tibet.( ) 2. Daisy’s sweater was made of sheep wool.( ) 3. The elephant used to be well protected in Zimbabwe.( ) 4. The farmers in Zimbabwe get nothing from the elephants now.( ) 5. This isn’t a real story in Daisy’s life.Suggested answers： F F F F T

教学流程Teaching procedures Task 5 Multiple choice 1. Why were a lot of antelopes being killed?A. Because the wool beneath their stomachs was too thick.B. Because people didn’t like the wool beneath their stomachs.C. Because people wanted the wool beneath their stomachs.D. Because they were suffering a serious illness.2. How many places did the carpet take Daisy to besides her home?A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.3. Where did Daisy find an elephant?A. In Tibet. B. In Zimbabwe.C. In a rainforest . D. In her hometown.4. What did Daisy learn from her experience?A. Some animals were becoming endangered as a result of humans’ hunting.B. Wildlife should be helped and protected by us humans.C. Humans and wildlife can benefit each other in many ways.D. All of the above.5. What’s the main idea of the text?A. It is about some protection of wildlife.B. It is about a journey of a flying carpet.C. It is about Daisy’s wonderful experience with some animals.D. It is about why the animals are in danger.Suggested answers： C C B C D C T： OK, time’s up. Now Every body stands up and turns around to check the answers with your group mates. 3 minutes for you.After the discussion there comes a race.T： Now we will have a race. When I number of the questions you should stand up and give your answers as quickly as you can. One correct answer for one point. Now two volunteers come here, one scores and the other call the most quickly one to give his or her answer.Step V Post reading(3′)(Individual work)T： We have leant a lot from the passage, now three minutes for you to summarize the text by filling the blanks in Task 6.One day Daisy had a dream and went to see some 1____________ animals in a flying 2________. It flew away to Tibet in China first, where she saw an 3_________. The antelope told her that they were being killed for the 4______. Then the carpet flew away to Zimbabwe, where Daisy saw an elephant. Farmers used to hunt them without 5________. Now they allowed tourists to hunt only a 6________ number of animals if they paid the farmers. Later, Daisy arrived in a thick rainforest. A 7________ was rubbing a millipede 8_______ which contains a 9_________ drug. So Daisy decided to produce this new drug with the help of 10______. The carpet rose and flew home.T： OK, time’s up. Let’s check the answers. Whole class together.Suggested answers： 1. endangered 2. carpet 3. antelope 4. wool 5. mercy 6.certain 7. monkey 8. insect 9. powerful 10. WWF Step VI Make a dialogue(8′) （Group work）T： Wildlife animals are our friends and they should live in the nature freely. But some of them are kept in the cages. Now look at these two pictures, suppose you the tiger,David, and now you are kept in the cages. You feel lonely and want to return to nature.So you make a dialogue with your keeper---Tony. Tell him the reason why you want to be set free(释放).(Give the students 5 minutes to discuss with in group, and then ask two groups to speak out their opinion.)One possible version：D： Hello, Tony! May I talk with you?T： Of course. What can I do for you?D： I want to go back to nature.T： No way! If you return to nature, you will be killed by human beings.D： But I will take good care of myself.

教学流程Teaching procedures T： Anyway, I am afraid that you may bite(咬) men.D： I promise. I will not harm them.T： OK. I agree with you. And I will set you free.D： Thank you very much.Ss act their dialogue out.T： Animals are our friends and family, we should love and protect them and promise no to hurt them. Now look at the screen and let’s stand up and vow together： I swear Animals are our friends. Protecting animals is protecting ourselves. When the buying stops, the killing can too.Step VII Summary(2′)T： In this period we’ve learned the text “How Daisy Learned to Help Wildlife”. We have learned about some wildlife animals and the situation they are in. besides, we have learnt some words and phrases about wildlife protection and some reading skills as well. And all of you have done a great job.Step VIII Homework(1′)Task 1： Enjoy yourself on line. Search for some information about Wildlife protection.Task 2： Write two or three suggestions to protect wildlife.板书设计The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard Unit 4 Wildlife Protection Warming up & Reading Group 1 Group 6 Group 2 Group 7 Group 3 Group 8 Group 4 Group 9 Group 5教学反思Reflection This will be done after class.