人教版九年级全册英语 Unit13 We're trying to save the earth! SectionA 3a-3b 教案

Unit 13 We are trying to save the earth.
Section A (3a-3b)
Analysis of the Teaching materials
This lesson is chosen from the section A of unit 13, Book 9, PEP Junior English. The main task for Students is to understand the text, get some information about sharks and improve reading skills .
And lead students to realize the importance of saving the animals and the environment.
Analysis of learners
The students are in Grade 8 now and studying in a village middle school . Although they have learned English for several years, they don’t have much knowledge about English.They don’t have a big vocabulary. They still feel hard to talk about something in complete sentences, even though students have learned similar passages about endangered animals in the Section B of Unit 5,Book7B and Unit 7,Book 8B.
Teaching Aims
knowledge Aims: 1.to enable students to master some words and language points.
2.to enable students to know something about sharks.
Ability Aims:.to improve students’ reading skills by using reading strategies.
Emotion Aims: cultivate students’ consciousness of protecting wild animals.
Teaching Important Points
1.to enable students to master the important words and useful expressions.
2.to enable students to understand the article and finish the tasks.
3.to enable students to talk about something according to the article.
Teaching Difficult points
1.to enable students to use important words correctly
2.to enable students to talk about something fluently
3.to enable students to retell the text
Teaching Methods:
Task-based, discussion method, pair work, group work
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Pre - reading --- warming up and lead-in
T:Do you like animals
Do you know what animals are endangered
What do you know about sharks
Are they endangered？
(设计意图：导入濒危动物的话题，激活学生的背景知识，应发学生对阅读内容的思考和预测，产生阅读期待。在师生互动交流过程中，呈现并学习语篇中即将出现的新词汇，如shark,fin, at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem,cruel, harmful 等，以减轻学生的阅读压力。)
Step2 while-reading
Task1 read and match
Para1. endangered sharks
Para2. shark fin soup
Para3. Help save the sharks!
Task2 3a Read the passage again and complete the face sheet below
Where shark fin soup is popular
Number of sharks caught and traded every year
How much the numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen in the last 20 to 30 years
Two environmental groups are against “ finning”
Task3 Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1.Are we killing a whole shark when we enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup Why or why not
2. Is killing sharks harmful to the ocean ecosystem Why or why not
3.What have the two environmental protection groups done to fight against(反对）finning
4. Is shark fin soup good for health
5.What do you think might cause a fall in the number of sharks
（设计意图：运用不同的阅读策略，获取文章内的信息，提高阅读理解能力。）
Step 3 Post-reading
Exercise 1 3b Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
so although if but when
1.Many people do not realize they are killing a whole shark ______ they enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup.
2. Sharks are at the top of the food chain, ____ if their numbers drop, the ocean’s ecosystem will be in danger.
3. Many think that sharks are too strong to be endangered, _____ they are wrong.
4. _________ there are no scientific studies to support this, a lot of people believe that shark fins are good for health.
5. Sharks may disappear one day ___ we do not do something to stop the sale of shark fins
（设计意图：进一步理解文中复合句，准确的运用连词。）
Exercise2: try to retell the passage.
Some people like to eat shark fin soup, especially _______________ . But getting the s hark's fin is very _____. When people catch sharks, they ________________ and _________ ___________________.The shark __________ because it can't _____ without the fin. And it is also _____________________. Sharks are ____ ____________________. If the _______of sharks drops too low, it will __________________ .Please say no to eating _______________,and take action to save the sharks.
(设计意图：如果学生能很好的完成这个任务，他们一定在口语上受益匪浅。)
Step 4 Additional Task: Discussing in group
What can we do to save the sharks
For ourselves, we are supposed to... /we are not supposed to………….
For the public, they should.../shouldn't…
For the government, it should…
（设计意图：为写作准备。）
Step5Emotion Education
Share some pictures and educate students to protect animals.