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Unit 5 Into the wild
Understanding ideas
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Learning Aims
In this class, you are expected to :
1. know the style of the scientific exposition, and think critically about the phenomenon.
2. identify the cause and effects.
3. have a better understanding of relationships between humans and animals and respect nature.
The Monarch's Journey
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Para 5
Measures
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Why does the author use “journey” instead of “migration” in the title?
Read the whole text quickly and choose the best answers from the brackets .
Be logical
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the common genres (文体) and their functions.
应用文属于实用型文体，如书信、通知、日记、广告等。
记叙文以描写叙述为主，主要描写人物、事件、地点、或过程。
说明文通常介绍最新科技、重大成就、生活时尚、流行现象等。
议论文首先借助某一现象引出论点，然后通过一定论据从各个层面上加以推理论证，最后得出结论。
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background information
a series of events
feeling/ attitude
text
文本
context
语境
Use topic sentences ,the key words and key sentences.
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Activity 2: Fnish your
story map!
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Activity 3: Strategy learning
1.Answer the questions according to the story map.
1．Which of the following is TRUE about the monarch butterflies?( )
A. They migrate only for warmer weather .
B.These beautiful butterflies have a long but easy journey .
C.They can’t tell the time of the day .
D.They move from one place to another at certain times the year .
2.In the fourth paragraph , why does the author list the the population of butterflies ?( )
A. to tell us how serous the trouble they face .
B.to tell the exact number of monarch butterflies .
C.to tell the main reason why monarch butterflies have crashed .
D. to tell us we can find them in may places .
3. Where can you read this passage?( )
A. In a scientific research paper about the monarch
B. In a popular nature magazine introducing the monarch butterfly.
C. In a travel leaflet (传单) encouraging people to visit North America.
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回顾历年高考试卷的阅读理解部分可以看出，高考英语强化了阅读理解能力的考查。在阅读理解中，全面细节理解题，考查学生推断、归纳和概括的能力，提高了高阶阅读理解试题的分值。这类试题需要学生有较强的阅读理解能力、批判性和辩证思维能力。
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{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Thinking levels 思维层次
Classifications
分类
Example Questions
例句
Questions types
题型
Logical thinking
表层理解主题与内容的问题
支持性细节、
事实与观
点、
因果关系
1.Which of the following is TRUE about the monarch butterflies?
细节题
Critical thinking
深层理解写作意图和
态度的问题
作者的语气、
作者的意图、
推理
2.In the fourth paragraph , why does the author list the the population of butterflies ?
推理判断题
Innovative thinking
文体、语篇结构及修辞的使用的问题
写作文体、
阐释手法
（文章出处，
目标读
者——以语言定位文
章体裁）
3. Where can you read this passage?
主旨大意、标题归纳
2.Expository comprehension questions classification
Activity 3: Strategy learning
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Activity 4: Strategy improving
1.Which section of a newspaper would this passage most likely belong to?
2.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
3.How do the monarch butterflies imigrate ?
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7.What mystery have the scientists solved ?
a. The monarch butterfly is able to tell___________________.b. Using these two pieces of information, the monarch butterfly determines _____________.c. The monarch butterfly measures ____________________with its eyes.d. The monarch butterfly reaches____________________.
d
“cause-effect” flow chart(因果流程图）
Humans _________ trees
natural environment
kill the plants
population
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use chemicals to ____________ that
monarch caterpillars eat.
cut down
destroy_________________________
has crashed
8.What has made its population crashed by as much as 90 per cent?
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Working together to
will increase
enough plants to feed on
Make sure
if it works, the population
_______________
record its migration
solution
Be logical
survival
To protect the monarch is a long process.
Significance
Why do we make the reserch?
Is it useful?
Para5.
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The more ____________________________,
the greater____________________________.
we know about this lovely creature
the chance it will survive and keep its place in the natural world for a long time to come
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At one with nature
天人合一
Green development
绿色发展
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Protect her
Protect ourselves
Poster Design
Think of a slogan to call on everybody to protect the monarch butterfly.
Design a poster
Level one :
Level two :
Have a sitcom(情景剧）
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Level three :
Finish the word bank
Why does the author use “journey” instead of “migration” in the title?
Be critical
The monarch's journey to the destination
Scientists’ journey to discovering the mystery
Human’s journey to protecting the monarch
long and tough process in need of joint efforts
With joint efforts, we can make a difference to our journey to protecting the ecosystem.
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Homework
animal migration
Level 1:search more information about animal migration on the internet.
Level 2:Write a composition about how to protect the monarch butterfly.
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Self-assessment (1')
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}In the class, I have ...
1. know the style of the scentific exposition, and think critically about the phenomenon.
2. identify the cause and effects.
3. have a better understanding of relationships between humans and animals and respect nature.
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