外研版八年级上册Module 6 Animals in danger Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.教案

Module 6 Animals in danger
Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.
【教学目标】
1. Key vocabulary—research, baby, scientist, produce, southwest, feed, government, nature, develop, symbol
Key structures—nature park, in order to, set up
2. To read and understand the reading material about pandas
3. To grasp the main idea of each paragraph of the passage
4. To learn to help and save animals in danger
【教学重点】
1. To get information from the reading material about pandas.
2. To learn some new words.
【教学难点】
To understand the main idea of each paragraph of the article.
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Look at the pictures and answer the questions about the panda.
Pandas are our national treasure(国宝) and most of them are living in nature parks happily.
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Pre-reading
Say what you know about pandas
Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and say something about pandas.
Step 4 Reading
Read for prediction
Read the headings and predict what you think will be in each paragraph.
Scan the passage and check whether your predictions were correct.
Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
Paragraph 1 Nature parks for pandas
Paragraph 2 WWF and animals in danger
Paragraph 3 The panda’s home
Paragraph 4 An animal in danger
Learning to learn
Sometimes you can learn new words through translation. For example, when you learn “government”, you can take a card and write the English word on one side and the Chinese on the other. Practise saying “government” and check that you remember the meaning.
Read Paragraphs 1&2 and answer the following questions.
1. How many pandas are there in the world
2. What problems are scientists doing research to solve
3. Where do pandas live
Read Paragraphs 3&4. Check the following sentences and correct the wrong sentences.
1. Pandas will have more bamboo to eat.
2. Pandas born in the wild may live in zoos in the future.
3. The WWF is working hard to save panda only.
Cultural tips
Do you know the meaning of this symbol
The World Wide Fund for Nature
Founded: April 29, 1961
Headquarters: Switzerland
Motto: For a living planet
Fill in the blanks.
Complete the sentences.
1. Scientists do a lot of research _______________________________________.
2. The government is setting up nature parks ____________________.
3. The WWF chose the panda _________________.
4. The WWF is working hard __________________.
Keys: to help pandas to produce more babies and help baby pandas live
to protect pandas in the wild
to be its symbol
to save all the animals
Read the passage carefully and get the main idea and choose the words from the box, then use the correct form to fill in the blanks.
baby government nature produce save Scientists situation symbol
Zoos and research centers protect animals. (1) ________ do a lot of research to help pandas (2) _______ more babies. Very few (3) ______ pandas are born outside zoos. Many people are worried about the panda’s (4) ________. Luckily, the (5) ___________ is developing plans to (6) _____ pandas, and is setting up (7) ______ parks to protect them.
People all over the world love pandas, and the panda has become a (8) _______ of China.
Step 5 Discussion
Look at the pictures. What do you think of them What can we do to help the animals
Step 6 Language points
1. Scientists are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies…
do a lot of research表示“做大量研究”。
research是不可数名词。
produce表示“生育，繁殖”。
e.g. produce more babies
2. Each pandas needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day.
every 和 each的区别。
every “每”“各”，指三者或三者以上的整体，含有全体之意。
e.g. Every boy is here. （翻译）
所有男孩都在这儿。
each “每一”“每个”，指两个或两个以上的每一个，着重于个别，如团体中一个的人或物。
e.g. He spoke to each member of the team. （翻译）
他和队里的每个队员都说了话。
3. In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans.
set up 创建，创办
e.g. He wants to set up a school for the poor children. 他想为贫困地区的孩子创办一所学校。
In order (not) to do sth. “为了（不）做……”，后面接动词原形，表示目的。
翻译下列句子。
1) In order to be a doctor, you have to study for five years in college.
要当一名医生，你需要在大学学习5年。
2) They need to raise 5,000,000 dollars in order to pay for the repairs.
为了支付修理费用，他们需要筹集 500万美元。
develop v. 1) 研制；制定
e.g. Scientists are developing new drugs to treat this disease.
科学家们正在研制治疗该病的新药。
2) 发展；成长
e.g. Chicago developed into a big city in the late nineteenth century.
十九世纪末芝加哥发展成了一个大城市。
3) 养成(习惯)
e.g. I developed good reading habits with her help.
在她的帮助下，我养成了良好的阅读习惯。
4. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas.
feed v. (fed) 喂养，饲养
feed on 以……为食
feed sb./ sth. on sth. 用某物喂给某人/某物
feed sth. to sb./ sth. 把某物喂给某人/某物
e.g. Sheep feed on grass. 羊吃草。
We feed sheep on grass. 我们喂给羊草吃。
Don’t feed grass to ducks. 不要给鸭子吃草。
【语境应用】完成句子
(1) 老虎以什么为食？
What do tigers ________ ________
(2) Jerry正在用香蕉喂猴子。
Jerry is ________ monkeys ________ bananas.
(3) 一个小孩经常用鱼喂猫。
A child often ________ fish ________ the cat.
(4) 你可以喂一下鸟吗？
Can you ________ the birds
5. And it chose the panda to be its symbol.
symbol n. 象征，标志。其常用短语是be the symbol of 表示“是 …… 的象征”。
e.g. Green is the symbol of Spring. （翻译）
绿色是春天的象征。
【语境应用】单项选择 （2020 湖北黄冈）
— Why do Chinese people like red
— Because the color red is the ______ of good luck in China.
A. reason B. hope C. dream D. symbol
Step 7 Writing
Choose an animal in danger and answer the questions.
1. What is the animal
2. Where does it live
3. What does it feed on
4. Why is it in danger
5. How difficult is the situation
6. What can we do to save it
Write a passage about an animal in danger. Use your answers above and the following example to help you.
Writing help
体裁：说明文
时态：一般现在时
人称：介绍 濒危动物时用第三人称，呼吁人们保护濒危动物时用第一人称。
介绍灭绝的原因时，可用first, second等表示列举的词来连接，使文章条理清晰，结构紧凑。
The tiger is an animal in danger. First, there are very few in the wild now. Second, the forests where tigers live are disappearing. Third, people are killing tigers. So tigers need forests to live in, and people need to stop killing them.
Step 8 Summary
Some important expressions in this unit.
1. 开办；设立；创办；建立
2. 自然公园
3. 野生的；在野外
4. 进行大量研究
5. 失去某人的家园
6. 选……作为……
7. 竭尽全力做某事
Step 9 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给汉语提示语写出所缺单词。
1. The company is _______(研制) a new robot.
2. Our cat _______(生育) three babies last week.
3. Tony _______(喂养) the chickens three hours ago.
4. Nanjing is in the _______(西南) of Jiangsu Province.
5. Sam can always find a way out of difficult _______(形势).
6. Albert Einstein was one of the greatest _______(科学家) in the world.
7. The two _______(政府) are working closely together to clean the beaches.
Ⅱ. 根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，注意形式变化。
nature park, a symbol of, in the wild, do a lot of research, set up
1. Tina ______________ on the birds in this area last year.
2. I ______________ an English club with some friends last term.
3. This panda was born in the zoo, but that one was born ______________.
4. There are two ______________ in my city. They are home to many kinds of animals.
5. This kind of flower is ______________ friendship in my country.
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 刚才Jim帮那位老太太找到了她的钱包。
Jim _______ that old woman _______ her wallet just now.
2. 他们正在努力改进他们的产品。
They are _______ _______ _______ _______ their products.
3. Bella决定选择狮子作为她最喜欢的动物。
Bella decided to _______ the lion _______ _______ her favourite animal.
4. 许多动物在上周的森林火灾中失去了它们的家园。
Many animals _______ _______ _______ in the forest fire last week.
5. 为了保持健康，Mr Smith每天都练太极拳。
_______ _______ _______ _______ healthy, Mr Smith practises tai chi every day.
Step 10 Discussion
What should we do to protect endangered animals
Step 11 Homework
Finish your passage about an animal in danger. Use your answers above to help you.