课件17张PPT。Task 1
Learning about different wild animals. Can you describe these animals including their appearance, food ,living areas, and the trouble they are facing now?
kangaroogiant pandasquirrelcameldolphin wolfgiraffezebratiger
After _______( read) the story of Xi Wang, we all know the ________(grow) of a giant panda. We also know the ________(important) of ________(protect) them. They are in great_________(dangerous).
We can take the _______(follow) actions. We must grow more _______(bamboo) and build more _______(reserve). We should encourage hunters ________(not kill) them and and encourage farmers ______(leave) the giant panda reserves.
readinggrowthimportanceprotectingdangerfollowingbamboosreservesnot to killto leave2. Fill in blanks with proper forms. Task 3 Consolidation
1. 许多野生动物面临危险.
Many wild animals are in danger.
2. 一千克是1000克.
A kilogram is 1000 grams.
英语老师总是鼓励我课堂多发言.
The English teacher always encourages me to speak more in class.
4.我们一定要采取下列措施学好英语.
We must take the following actions to learn English well.
5.如果农民砍伐树木森林话, 大熊猫就无处可住了.
If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
6. 在一开始时, 我并不喜欢数学.
At the very beginning, I didn’t like maths.
7.乌龟能活到150岁.
Tortoises can live up to 150 years . 8. 可惜得是, 对野生动物来说在野外生存很困难.
Sadly, it’s difficult for wild animals to survive in the wild.
9. 她第一次在学校图书馆借书.
She borrowed some books from the school library for the time.
10. 这些孩子将来要独自在外国生活.
These children will live in foreign countries on their own in the future.
What will happen if we grow more bamboo?
If we grow more bamboo, giant pandas will
have more food.What will you do if you go to the zoo?
We will watch the dolphin show if we
go to the zoo.What will a polar bear do if it is hungry?
If a polar bear is hungry , it will
catch fish from the water.What will a bear do if it is in danger?
If a bear is in danger, it will
attack people.1.If you eat my food, I won’t talk to you.
-----I won’t talk to you if you eat my food .
2.If I don’t have food, I will die.
-----I will die if I don’t have food.
一般现在时
从句一般将来时
主句 一．用所给的动词填空1. If he _______ (watch) the animal carefully, he ________(get) enough information.
2. I can’t finish the work if you_________ (not help) me.
3. If you don’t go there tomorrow, I ________
(not go), either.
4. ____________(not cross) the road if the light______ (be) red.
5. If a giant panda _______ (have ) no food, it _______ (die).
watcheswill getdon’t helpwon’t goDon’t crossishaswill die6. The baby panda ______ (live) on his own if his mother _____ (leave) him for two whole days.will liveleaves7. If we ____ (build) the giant panda reserves, we ____________ (encourage) them to leave.
8. If we _______ (not do) anything, soon there ______ (be) no pandas in the world.buildwill encouragedon’t dowill be一．选用because/because of1. __________ it was blowing strongly, Millie closed all the windows.
2.Little Peter ran to the big tree ___________ the heavy rain.
3. Amy often goes to Beijing Zoo _________ she likes animals very much.
4. Pat has poor eyesight ___________ working on the computer too much at night.
5. The airport is closed _____________ the bad weather.
Becausebecause ofbecausebecause ofbecause of二．改错My mother had a bad cold so she fell into the river on her way home.
Uncle Li had to walk home because of he lost his wallet.
All the plane in the airport can’t take off because the heavy fog.
I like reading books about animals because I will get lots of informations from books.
He got up late because of go to bed too late last night.
because去掉ofbecausebecause ofinformationgoingThank you课件12张PPT。Integrated Skillsthe largest living cat最大的活的猫科动物good at hunting animals条纹，斑纹yellow furblack stripelive as a family until baby tigers are 2-3years old直到……为止use their fur and bones to make medicine制药Appearance:
Ability:
Character:
Food:
Dangers:
big and strong;
bright eyes;______fur; ______stripes;beautiful_______very fast; good at _______other animals live as a family until baby tigers are 2-3 years old; usually live alone animals hunters hunt them for their fur and bones yellow black can run huntinggrey furgood hearing, good sense of smellbe friendly towardseat insects and snails 听觉 嗅觉loss of living areas生活区的丧失 not very ____;_____fur very good eyesight, ________and smell _______towards each other; often work as a _______; never _______people; do not kill for fun animals;insects; snails; ________ loss of living areas; no home; no food big grey hearing friendly team attack vegetablesWolves
Appearance:
Ability:
Character:
Food:
Dangers:
Dear Chairperson
We are writing to you about protecting wild –animals.
Tigers are big and (1)_______.They have very bright (2) _____.They are in danger because people like their (3) ___.and make medicine from their (4)______. Wolves have very good (5) __________,
(6)_______and smell .strongeyesbonesfureyesighthearingThey are(7)_________towards each other and (8) ________attack people .They do not kill for (9)______.Wolves are in danger because people cut down forests. Soon , they will have no (10) _____ and (11) _____.We think we should help these animals .
Sincerely
Amy millie
friendlyneverfunhomefoodMillie’s mum likes wearing furs. Millie wants her to stop. Listen to the tape.
Answer the following question:1.What is Millie’s way to protect wild animals?
2.Why can this way protect wild animals?We shouldn’t buy clothes made of animal fur.If no one buys furs , then people won’t kill wild animals any more.由……做成
由动物皮毛做成的衣服
穿在我身上看起来漂亮
别的某个人
失去他们的性命
be made ofclothes made of animal furlook lovely on me someone elselose their livesTry to find these phrases:Your aunt likes eating birds. You want her to stop. Work in pairs.
Make similar dialogues:Discuss :
How do we protect wild animals?Don’t kill animals for fur.
2.Don’t buy clothes made of animal fur
3.Don’t hunt animals for their fur or bones(骨头）.
4. Don’t hunt animals to make medicine.
5. Improve animals’ living areas.
6. Build more reserves.
The actions we can take:课件15张PPT。WILDANIMALSEvery animal knows more than you do.Unit 4 MAIN TASKbeautiful black and white animalsquiet and peaceful和平的，安宁的female giant panda雌性的at a time一次，每次spend a lot of time drinkingup to 14 hours a day达到look like white mice老鼠The number is getting smaller and smaller.a thousand giant pandas in the worldFarmers keep taking the land
People hunt them for their furAppearance:fat but lovely, black eyes, black and white furAbility:can climb treesFavourite food:bamboo shoots and leavesThe best place they live in:in the wild / forestsDanger:It’s difficult for them to live in the wild. Getting fewer and fewerIf hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.Mothers often leave baby pandas for two whole days on their own . If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.CUseful Expressions:
Do you know these expressions?
Can you use them freely?
be in danger
be quiet and peaceful
spend a lot of time doing something
at a time
keep doing something
take actions
do something to help
know about these problems
The number is getting smaller and smaller.
Giant pandas are in dangerwhite micebeautiful black and whitebearsquiet and peacefulmums’ milkup to fourteen hoursabout a thousandliving areasfarmlandkeep taking the landwill have nowhere to livehunt them for their furthere will be no giant pandas in the worldwrite to newspapers and magazines Bearsbig and strong; small eyes/black or brown fur/sharp pawslike to move around in the daytime; seldom hurt peoplecan walk upright; good at swimming and climbing treeshunters hunt them for their fur and paws;no bears in the worldReport: (1) are in danger!
Bears are (2) and (3) . They have
eyes, (5) or brown fur and
(6) paws.
Bears can (7) . They are good at
(8) and (9) .
Bears like to (10) around in the (11) .
They (12) hurt people. Sadly, many hunters
kill bears for their (13) and (14) . We must
stop this. If we do not take any actions,
(15) .
Bearsbigstrongsmallblacksharp walk uprightswimming climbing treesmovedaytimeseldom fur pawsthere will be no bears in the worldSika Deer
Appearance: beautiful fur, the male have horns(角), white spots over its back, the spots look like flowers, big eyes, weigh 70-100 kg
Characters: good hearing and smell, jumping, clever and quick, mothers take good care of their babies, eat fruit, plants, live together, live up to 20 years
Ability: can run very fast
Danger: Hunters hunt them for their fur and the horns to make money and medicine. Chinese Golden Monkeys
Appearance: dark brown eyes, big mouths, golden fur, round heads
Characters: mild, smart and quick, eat fruit, small birds and insects, live together, mothers have only one baby at one time, need 4-6 years to grow up
Ability: can climb, hang from the trees
Danger: living areas disappear, people cut down trees to have more farmland, catch them for funChinese White Dolphins
Appearance: look like a fish, clever, white, grey when getting old
Ability: swim fast, do tricks for people in the park
Characters: mother dolphins have babies once 3 years, and only have one baby at one time, live in the Pearl River and near South China Sea
Danger: Not many left in China now , being attacked by ships, and killed by people for money. No food, die from hunger.WhiteTigers
Appearance: white fur with black stripes; bright eyes
Characters: live alone; live as a family once they have babies, eat other animals like rabbits, deer and sheep
Ability: run fast; good at hunting
Danger: Hunters hunt them for their fur and bones to make furs and medicine, the number is getting smaller and smaller,not enough living areas
Work in groups of four :
Discuss how to write a report on a wild animal in danger.
( 1 ) First make some notes .
( 2 ) Then give the report in class orally.Love nature,love life.课件20张PPT。
Unit 4 Wild animals
Reading 1
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
1) 掌握并运用本课时的四会单词。
2) 理解并掌握描述熊猫外貌特性、它
们所面临的危险以及采取保护措施的词组
和句型。 2.能力目标
1)能根据上下文猜测词汇在文中的含义。
2)能通过阅读了解名叫“希望”的大熊猫
的成长过程、面临的危险以及采取的保护措
施。
3.情感目标
通过了解大熊猫的信息，我们意识到
要善待大熊猫，它们是我们的朋友，我们
应该尽力保护它们。
二、教学重难点
理解文章的大意，掌握语言知识。 Guessing game It is a sea animal and looks like a large fish. It is very clever and often plays some games for us in the zoo.dolphin It’s a heavy wild animal
with thick fur and sharp
(锋利的) paws. It can
walk upright(竖直地).bear It’s the king of the animal world. It has yellow fur and black stripes(条纹) on its body.tiger It jumps with its baby in its pocket. You can see it in Australia.kangaroo DiscussionWhich animal do you like best?
Why?
Which animal do you like least?
Why? It lives in China. It is black and white. Its favorite food is bamboo shoots(竹笋) and leaves.giant panda The story of Xi WangReadingTask One Matching the main idea The growth of Xi Wang The problems giant
pandas meet The actions we can take Part One
(Line 1- Line 14)
Part Two
(Line 15- Line 22)
Part Three
(Line 23- Line 30) The growth of Xi Wang 1 How much did Xi Wang weigh
when she was born?
2 What did she look like when she
was ten days old?
She weighed just 100 grams. She looked like a white mouse.
e → c → b → d
↓
f
↓
a The problems giant pandas meetWhat problems may giant pandas have in the future? 3 If hunters catch a giant panda, they
will kill it for its fur. 2 If farmers cut down trees and forests,
they will have nowhere to live. 4 If the weather is too hot, they will
have no food to eat. 1 If giant pandas live in the wild, the
other big animals will eat them.5 If people find baby pandas alone,
they will often take them away. 2 If farmers cut down trees and forests,
they will have nowhere to live. 3 If hunters catch a giant panda, they
will kill it for its fur. 5 If people find baby pandas alone,
they will often take them away. Completing the passage of Part D on page 62What actions can we take to help/protect giant pandas? ＊ build more reserves(保护区)＊ make giant panda reserves bigger ＊ encourage farmers to leave the
giant panda reserves If we do nothing, soon there will be no giant pandas in the world. Completing the conversation of Part E on page 62 1 Copy the new words and phrases.
2 Read the passage three times after
the tape.
3 Surf on the Internet to find more
information about pandas.
Homework
课件19张PPT。Unit 4 Wild animals Comic strip
& Welcome to the unit
1.What does Hobo want to do ? 2.Is Eddie willing to share his food? Listen and answerUseful phraseslook delicious
talk to/with sb
look after/ take care ofgiant pandabeartiger
kangaroodolphinsquirrelHave a competitionOne points and the other saysRiddlesThey are the largest animals on the land. elephants2. They are a kind of horses, with black and white lines on their bodies.zebras3. It has black and white fur.
It’s like a cat.a giant pandaa kangaroo4 . It lives in Australia. It has a big pocket and a long thick tail. Make a surveyA: Which animal do you like best?
B: I like ……best.
A: Why？
B: Because they are …...
A: Which animal do you like least?
B: I like…… least.
A: Why?
B: Because they are …...Discussion:Exercise1.你的食物看上去很美味.
Your food _________ _________.
2.如果你吃了我的东西,我就不和你说话.
If you ______ my food, I _______talk to you.
3.如果我死了,就没人照顾你了.
If I _____, no one ______ ______ after you.
4.你更喜欢哪一个动物,这只大熊猫还是那只小松鼠?
Which_______ do you like better, this______ ________ or that small _________?
5.我再也不喜欢野生动物了.
I_______ like _______ animals ____ _______.looksdeliciouseatwon’tdiewill lookanimalgiantpandasquirreldon’twildany moreFill in the blanks课件14张PPT。Unit4 Wild Animals
GrammarIf…1 教学目标
1.知识目标
学习并掌握 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句。
2.能力目标
能运用 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句。
3.教学重难点
‘if’引导的条件状语从句中，用一般现
在时表示将来，主句用一般将来时。What will happen
if you come to school late ?I will miss some classes.If I come to school late. We grow more bamboo.Giant pandas will have more food.If we grow more bamboo, giant
pandas will have more food.Ifif
What will happen tomorrow ?It will be sunny tomorrow.We will have a trip tomorrow.用
if
合
并
成
一
句We will have a trip if it is sunny tomorrow.ifisIf在此引导一个条件状语从句。当主句是一般将来时时，if引导的从句必须用现在时来表示将来可能发生的动作或存在的状态。It is going to rain tomorrow.I will stay in bed.If it rains tomorrow, I will stay in bed.rainsIfif or.
I will stay in bed If it rains tomorrow.rainsIfWe need a _ comma ______(comma, full stop) after the ‘if’-clause when it is the first part of a sentence.
Conditional sentences (条件状语从句)
Section A 1. Match.1.If I see a snake in front of me, ____ a I will see a lot of camels.
2.Giant pandas will survive _____ b I will go to the zoo.
3.I will see some beautiful birds ______ c If we protect them.
4. .If I have time next weekend, _____ e if I walk through a rainforest
5. If I go to North Africa, _____ d I will run the other way.
dcebaWhy do I want to go to Beijing Zoo?Talk about it.
Complete and check.2.You will have a good time if ____________.
练习：思考并完成下面的句子.1.If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we will_____.3.Look at picture and Make up sentences using “if”.Section A3 A visit to Beijing ZooTalk about it
Complete and check
Read and act outExercises1.If I get up late tomorrow,___________.
2.If I don’t finish my homework,_________.
3.If I eat too much lunch,__________.
4.If I don’t get enough exercise,_________.
5.If I am a good cook,___________.
6.If I watch too much TV,____________.
7.If I don’t help others,_____________.Choose one of the following sentences,
then complete it using your own ideas.
Homework1 Remember how to use conditional
sentences to talk about possible
situations.
2Do some additional exercises.
课件13张PPT。Unit4 Wild Animals
Grammar21 教学目标
1.知识目标
学习并掌握 ‘because’, ‘because of’ 的
用法及区别。
2.能力目标
能运用 ‘because’和‘because of’ 。
Which animal do you like best?
I like … best.
Why?
Because I think …
Which animal do you like least?
I like … least.
Why?
Because I think …
DiscussionWe must protect wild animalswild animals are our friends. the dolphin show was long. We stayed in the zoo for so much timebecausebecause Rule out
We can use ‘because’ to give the reason(s) for something. The word ‘because’ introduces the clause of reason and we usually put it in the middle of a sentence. Main clause ‘because’ Clause of reason
Xi Wang had because her mother had
to look after another baby.
herself1 All the people cheered because of the
wonderful show.
2 Lots of people knew about the show
because of the advertisement on TV.
3 The dolphins were really tired
because of the long performance (演出).
4 Some students couldn’t go to the show
because of the exam (考试) next week.
Using because ofWe can also use ‘because of’ to give the reason(s) for something. We use a noun, a noun phrase or a pronoun after ‘because of’. 一、选用 ‘because’ 或 ‘because of’ 完成下列句子。 1 I went to school late this morning ________ I got up late. 2 I didn’t go to the zoo last week __________ bad weather. 3 Daniel wears glasses __________ too much computer work.二、将下列句子改为同义句。
1 I didn’t go hiking because of the heavy rain.
I didn’t go hiking ________ ___ _______
________.
2 She has poor eyesight because she does too
much homework.
She has poor eyesight ________ ___ ____
______ __________.
Homework1 Remember how to use conditional
sentences to talk about possible
situations.
2 Remember the use of ‘because’ &
‘because of’.
3 Do some additional exercises.
Additional exercises一、用 ‘because’ 或 ‘because of’ 填空。
1 I didn’t go to the zoo __________ the hot
weather.
2 Many animals live in rainforests _______
there is lots of food.
3 Amy run the other way________ she saw
a snake.
4 Birds can fly very high __________their
wings(翅膀).
二、根据中文完成下列句子。
1 假如我看到前面有一条蛇，我会掉头就跑。
I ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ if I ____ a
snake in front of me.
2 假如我们保护大熊猫，他们就能生存下去。
___ we _______ giant pandas, they ____
_______.
3 一些学生不能去看演出因为下周有个考试。 (用 ‘because’ 和‘because of’ )课件10张PPT。
Unit 4 Wild animals
Reading 2
Appearance:
Ability:
Favourite food:
The best place they live in:
Dangers:fat but lovely, black eyes, black and white fur
can climb trees
bamboo shoots and leaves
in the wild / forests
It’s difficult for them to live in the wild.
Getting fewer and fewer Something about giant pandasAThe growth of Xi WanggramsuptoawhitemousekilogramskilogramsoutsideforthefirsttimebambooshootsleavesgrewintolookafterherselfBIf hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.Mothers often leave baby pandas for two whole days on their own . If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.C giant pandas reserves bigger more reserves farmers to leave the giant pandas reservesMake ______________
____________________Build _____________Encourage______________________________________the actions we can take to protect giant pandas
D
After _______( read) the story of Xi Wang, we all know the ________(grow) of a giant panda. We also know the ________(important) of ________(protect) them. They are in great_________(dangerous).
We can take the _______(follow) actions. We must grow more _______(bamboo) and build more _______(reserve). We should encourage hunters ________(not kill) them and and encourage farmers ______(leave) the giant panda reserves.
readinggrowthimportanceprotectingdangerfollowingbamboosreservesnot to killto leaveE. Fill in blanks with proper forms. Language points
1. be in danger.
Many wild animals are in danger.
2. weigh v. weight n.
encourage sb to do sth.
The English teacher always encourages me to speak more in class.
4. following adj.
We must take the following actions to learn English well.
5. have nowhere to live
If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
6. at the very beginning
At the very beginning, I didn’t like maths.
7. up to
Tortoises can live up to 150 years . 8. Survive v.
Sadly, it’s difficult for wild animals to survive in the wild.
9. for the first time
She borrowed some books from the school library for the first time.
10. on one’s own
These children will live in foreign countries on their own in the future.ExercisesTranslate the following sentences
1 这是她第一次看到大熊猫。
2 很快，这棵树长成了一棵强壮的大树。
3 不要总把孩子一个人留在家里。
4 猎人们为老虎的皮毛而杀害它们。
5 你能回答以下问题吗？
6对狼来说在野外生存是很简单的。
7 这头大象重多少?
8 我们应当鼓励人们建更多自然保护区。
课件41张PPT。Unit4 Wild animalsvocabularyLet's playa guessing game A wild animal that looks like a cat and has yellow fur and black stripes.
tigerA wild animal that lives in the sea and can act for people .dolphinA wild animal that lives in Australia with a big tail and a pocket. kangarooA wild animal that is like a bear, but with black and white fur. giant panda
A wild animal that is very lovely,
has a long, soft tail and lives in the trees
and likes eating nuts.squirrelThe heaviest
on landA wild animal that has a long nose and is very big and heavy.elephantA wild animal that is large ,strong
and heavy with thick fur and
likes eating honey and fish .bearzebralionmonkeymonkeysgiraffetortoisecamelwolffox--wolves--foxespolar beargiraffetortoisecamelwolfmonkey
foxzebralionpolar bear?2?3?4?5?6?7?8?9?1the meaning of
Guessinsectsin the seain the forest / rainforeston the mountainin the treeon the grasslandin the wetlandin the desertin North Polein the seain the desertin the wetlandin the forest / rainforeston the grasslandin the treeon the mountainin North Pole Wild animals are having the big party.
They are having a good time. Some are eating. Some are playing games. Some
are talking happily. Some reporters are coming, too. They want to interview(采访) some wild animals.After watching the program, you can learn something about their favorite food, living areas and something special people don’t know.A program about wild animals. Hello, everyone.
This is Animal World. I’m …
Today I’ll introduce a wild animal --- …..Favourite food:
Living areas:
Something special:Favourite food:
Living areas:
Something special:Favourite food:
Living areas:
Something special:Favourite food:
Living areas:
Something special:Favourite food:
Living areas:Something special:Favourite food:Living areas :Something special:Favourite food:
Living areas:Something special:dangerousin dangerendangered animalscrocodiledolphincrane（鹤）deer(鹿）What problems do wild animals have now?
How can we protect(保护) them?
The life of a wild animalsAnimals are our friends.We must protectwild animalsjoin the Wild Animals ClubThank you《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals
Comic strip& Welcome to the unit
常州市第二十四中学 许喆
一、教学目标
1 了解对话内容，掌握重点词组及初步了解if句型的用法
2. 熟悉学习更多有关野生动物的词语
二、教学重难点
学生讨论表达对动物的喜好
三、教学流程
Step1 Comic strip
Hobo and Eddie have a new problem now. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.
1 What does Hobo want to do?
2 Is Eddie willing to share his food?
Language points:
look delicious
talk to/with sb
look after/ take care of
Ask students to pay attention to‘if’clausesStep2 Vocabularies
Ask students to look at the pictures and learn new words about wild animals.
bear dolphin giant panda kangaroo squirrel tiger
Step3 Guessing games
Let students paly a guessing gane to engage them.One student describes and the other guess ‘What animal is it?’
Step 4 Make a survey
Ask stuents to work in pairs. Complete the survey form on P59
Step5 Discussion
A: Which animal do you like best?
B: I like ……best.
A: Why？
B: Because they are …...
A: Which animal do you like least?
B: I like…… least.
A: Why?
B: Because they are …...Step 6 Homework
Remember all the words about wild animals and try to describe them.
《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals
Reading1
一 教学目标
1.知识目标
1.)知识并运用本课时的四会单词。
2) 理解并掌握描述熊猫外貌特性、它们所面临的危险以及采取保护措施的词组和句型。
2.能力目标
1)能根据上下文猜测词汇在文中的含义。
2)能通过阅读了解名叫“希望”的大熊猫的成长过程、面临的危险以及采取的保护措施。
3.情感目标
通过了解大熊猫的信息，我们意识到要善待大熊猫，它们是我们的朋友，我们应该尽力保护它们。
二、教学重难点
理解文章的大意，掌握语言知识
三、教学流程
Part One Pre-reading
Step 1 Guessing game
Today we are going to learn Unit 4 Wild animals Reading.
We learned many wild animals, such as tigers, bears, kangaroos…
First, let’s paly a game called ‘guessing game’
I’ll describe one kind of animals, please tell me what it is at once.
It is a sea animal and looks like a large fish. It is very clever and often plays some games for us in the zoo.
Yes, it’s a dolphin.
It’s a heavy wild animal with thick fur and sharp paws. It can walk upright.
Yes, it’s a bear.
It’s the king of the animal world. It has yellow fur and black stripes on its body.
Yes, it’s a tiger.
It jumps with its baby in its pocket. You can see it in Australia.
Yes, it’s a kangaroo.
It lives in China. It is black and white. Its favorite food is bamboo shoots and leaves.
Yes, it’s a giant panda.
Step 2 Practice
Now, let’s have a discussion.
Which aniaml do you like best? Why?
Which animal do you like least? Why?
Part Two While-reading
Step 1 Presentation
I like giant pandas best. Because I think they are beautiful black and white animals. They are very lovely, quiet and peaceful.
Today I will show you a passage about a giant panda called ‘Xi Wang.
Step 2 Reading
We can divide the passage into three parts.。After reading, try to match the main idea.
The growth of Xi Wang,
The problems giant pandas meet
The actions we can take
Step3 Read and answer
Now please read the passage again. This time, you should pass three levels after reading.
Level One The growth of Xi Wang
First, read from Line1-Line14, try to answer the following questions:
1. How much did Xi Wang weigh when she was born?
2. What did she look like when she was ten days old?
Well. I want to know if you know more about Xi Wang.
Millie is making a growth chart of Xi Wang. Open your books, turn to page 61. Help her match the sentences with pictures.
Let’s check the answers
Level Two The problems giant pandas meet
We know giant pandas are very lovely. But they may have many problems in the future, what are they? Read from Line 15 to Line 22.
You can see five problems here. What can you get from the passage?
1. If giant pandas live in the wild, the other big animals will eat them.
2. If farmers cut down trees and forests, they will have nowhere to live.
3. If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.
4. If the weather is too hot, they will have no food to eat.
5. If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.
Millie is telling Amy about the dangers that giant pandas are facing. Open your books, turn to page 62, finish Part D. Let’s check the answers. Read Part D together.
Level Three The actions we can take
Giant pandas are in danger, we should protect them. What can we do?
＊ build more reserves(保护区)
＊ make giant panda reserves bigger
＊ encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves
Remember: If we do nothing, soon there will be no giant pandas in the world.
Part Three Post-reading
Now, how much do you know about Xi Wang
Please open your books, turn to page 62, finish part E.Now, let’s check the answers.
Homework
1. Copy the new words and phrases.
2. Read the passage three times after the tape.
3. Surf on the internet to find more information about pandas.
《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals
Reading2
一 教学目标
1.知识目标
1.)巩固第一课时所学内容
2) 学习掌握重点语言知识点
2.能力目标
对重点语言知识点要求会运用
二、教学重难点
文章复述及语言知识点的运用
三、教学流程
Step one Revision
1 Say something about giant pandas
2 Finish the table about the growth of Xiwang
3 Review what danger giant pandas meet and what actions we can take
4. Fill in blanks with proper forms. Step two language points
Explain the following language points to students
1. be in danger.
Many wild animals are in danger.
2. weigh v. weight n.
3.encourage sb to do sth.
The English teacher always encourages me to speak more in class.
4. following adj.
We must take the following actions to learn English well.
5. have nowhere to live
If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
6. at the very beginning
At the very beginning, I didn’t like maths.
7. up to
Tortoises can live up to 150 years .
8. Survive v.
Sadly, it’s difficult for wild animals to survive in the wild.
9. for the first time
She borrowed some books from the school library for the first time.
10. on one’s own
These children will live in foreign countries on their own in the future.
Step three exercises
Ask students to do some additional translation.
《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals
Vocabulary
一、 教学目标
1. To learn about some wild animals’ names.
2. To learn about these wild animals’ appearance , food and living areas.
3. To be able to make short dialogues about wild animals with their partners.
4. To know the importance of protecting wild animals.
二、 教学重点难点
1. Some wild animals’ names, food and living areas.
2. How to describe the wild animals about their appearances and abilities.
3. According to what they learnt in the class, make short dialogues and introduce the wild animals.
三、 教学过程Teaching procedures:
Step One : Leading-in
Warm-up 1.Leading-in by the theme song of animal world.
2. T: When hearing the music, what do you think of? S. Wild animals.
T: Today we’ll go into the world of wild animals.
Step Two: Revision
Revise the wild animals they have learnt in this unit by a guessing game. (Teach the word: stripe.)
Step Three: Learning the names of some wild animals.
1. T: In the forest , there will be a big party. Many wild animals are coming. Do you know them?
Show the pictures of the wild animals and teach the students how to read them.
2. Ask the students try to remember the places of the pictures and the names of the wild animals. Then play another guessing games about these.
3. T: You know the names of these wild animals. Can you say anything special about them?
Teacher describe one wild animal as an example. Help the students try to describe these wild animals’ special abilities and appearances. (Teach: turtle shell, smell, hearing, foxy, hump, eyelid)
Step Four : Learning about food and living areas of these wild animals.
T: Do you want to learn more about these wild animals? Do you know their food and living areas? For example, what do foxes eat? Show some pictures of insects and teach insect.
Books open. Make students talk about part B animals’ food in page63 in pairs. Then check the answers in pairs in this way: Ask: What do camels feed on? Answer: Camels feed on grass and tree leaves.
Show some pictures about wild animals’ living areas. (Teach: desert, wetland, grassland, North Pole)
Step Five : Task 1
Tell the students the wild animals are having the party and some reporter are coming, too. Ask them to make a dialogue between the reporter and the wild animals. Ask them to use the information and words teacher taught. Make the students work in pairs, in three and in four. ( Give them headgears of three animals: a tortoise, a zebra and a wolf)
Several minutes later, ask four groups to act out the dialogues.
Step Seven : Task 2
1. T: Audience like the programs very much. They want to learn more about the wild animals. Can you introduce the other wild animals like Zhao Zhongxiang? Then teacher should introduce one animal as an example.
Ask the students to begin it like this: Hello, everyone. This is Animal World. I’m … Today I’ll introduce you a wild animal---…
2. Give the students several minutes. And ask them to come to the front and talk about the last five wild animals.
Step Eight : Ending the class.
T: After watching the program, more people are interested in wild animals.
Show some pictures of some ferocity animals: a tiger, a lion, a bear and a crocodile..
T: How do you feel when you see these pictures? Look at their sharp teeth and paws. ( Teach: dangerous, endangered, in danger)
Show some pictures about people killing wild animals. Make the students think about two questions after class:
What problems do wild animals have?
How can we protect wild animals?
《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals
Grammar1
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
1)学习并掌握 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句。
2)学习并掌握 ‘because’, ‘because of’ 的用法及区别。
2.能力目标
1)能运用 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句。
2)能运用 ‘because’和‘because of’ 。
二、教学重难点
‘if’引导的条件状语从句中，用一般现在时表示将来，主句用一般将来时。
三、教学流程
Grammar A
Part One Lead-in
In this unit, we learned a report about giant pandas. We know they are very lovely. But they are in danger. They may have many problems in the future.
Do you remember ‘the story of Xi Wang’.
Do you remember what problems they may have in the future?
Yes. If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.
If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.
Please remember:
If we do nothing, there will be no giant pandas in the world.
We can also say:
There will be no giant pandas in the world if we do nothing.
Part Two learning for use
Step 1 Presentation
We really need to do something to protect wild animals. Amy also knew a lot about wild animals. Now she is thinking about wild animals. What will Amy do if she sees a snake?Let’s use coditional sentences to talk about the possible result of a possible action.
Step 2 Practice
Now, open your books, turn to page 64, finish Part A1.
Let’s chek the answer.
Then please read Part A1 together.
There will be a class visit to Beijing Zoo next week. Amy is writing a note to tell her parents why she wants to go. Please open your books, turn to page 65, help Amy complete her note. Let’s check the answers.
Part Three Rule out
Well, let’s work out the rule together!
‘if’引导的条件状语从句中用一般现在时表示将来，主句中用一般将来时。
Conditional sentences (条件状语从句)
‘If’-clause
(Simple present tense)
Main clause
(Simple future tense)
If hunters catch a giant panda,
they will kill it for its fur.
当我们把 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句放在句子开头时，我们需要在条件状语从句后用逗号。假如主句在开头，则没有必要加逗号。
We need a _______(comma, full stop) after the ‘if’-clause when it is the first part of a sentence.
e.g. If I go to Beijing Zoo, I will learn a lot about animals.
I will learn a lot about animals if I go to Beijing Zoo.
Part Four Practice
Amy returned home from Beijing Zoo. Her father is asking her some questions about wild animals.
Open your books, turn to page 66, finish Part A3.
Let’s check the answers.
《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals
Grammar2
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
学习并掌握 ‘because’, ‘because of’ 的用法及区别。
2能力目标
能区分并运用 ‘because’和‘because of’ 。
二、教学重难点
‘because’和‘because of’ 的区分。
三、教学流程
Grammar B
Part One Lead-in
Now we know the number of giant pandas is getting smaller and smaller. Now let’s learn Grammar B.
Look at these pictures, what are they? Yes. Kangaroo, giant panda, bear, dolphin, tiger, squirrel.
Pleae have a discussion:
Which animal do you like best?
I like … best.
Why?
Because I think …
Which animal do you like least?
I like … least.
Why?
Because I think …
Part Two learning for use
Step 1 Presentation
We knew that Amy went to Beijing Zoo. Now Daniel is asking her about the visit to the zoo.
You can see four sentences here.
The dolphin show was long. We must protect wild animals.
Wild animals are our friends. I stayed in the zoo for so much time.
We must protect wild animals because wild animals are our friends.
I stayed in the zoo for so much time because the dolphin show was long.
Step 2 Practice
Open your books, turn to page 67. Use ‘because’ to help Amy answer Daniel’s questions. Let’s check the answer.
Amy saw a dolphin show in the zoo. Now she is talking about it. Turn to page 67,
Please work out what she is saying by making sentences using ‘because of’. Let’s check the answer.
Part Three Rule out
We can use ‘because’ to give the reason(s) for something. The word ‘because’ introduces the clause of reason and we usually put it in the middle of a sentence.
我们可以用 ‘because’ 来引导原因状语从句，一般放在句子的中间。
e.g.
Main clause
‘because’
Clause of reason
Xi Wang had to look after herself
because
her mother had another baby.
We can also use ‘because of’ to give the reason(s) for something. We use a noun, a noun phrase or a pronoun after ‘because of’.
我们也可以用 ‘because of ’ 来表示原因，后面跟一个名词短语或代词。
e.g.
Main clause
‘because of’
Noun (phrase) / pronoun
Giant pandas are in danger
ecause of
people.
Part Four Practice
一、选用 ‘because’或 ‘because of’ 完成下列句子。 1. I went to school late this morning _________ I got up late. 2. I didn’t go to the zoo last week ____________ bad weather. 3. Daniel wears glasses ___________ too much computer work.
二、将下列句子改为同义句。
1. I didn’t go hiking because of the heavy rain.
I didn’t go hiking ________ ___ _______ ________.
2. She has poor eyesight because she does too much homework.
She has poor eyesight ________ __ ____ ______ __________.
Homework
1. Remember how to use conditional sentences to talk about possible situations.
2. Remember the use of ‘because’ & ‘because of’.
3. Do some additional exercises.
Additional exercises
一、用 ‘because’ 或 ‘because of’ 填空。
1. I didn’t go to the zoo __________ the hot weather.
2. Many animals live in rainforests _______ there is lots of food.
3. Amy run the other way________ she saw a snake.
4. Birds can fly very high __________their wings.
二、根据中文完成下列句子。
1. 假如我看到前面有一条蛇，我会掉头就跑。
I ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ if I ____ a snake in front of me.
2. 假如我们保护大熊猫，他们就能生存下去。
___ we _______ giant pandas, they ____ _______.
3. 一些学生不能去看演出因为下周有个考试。 (用 ‘because’ 和‘because of’ )
《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals Integrated skills
常州市24中 高晓娟
一、年级：八年级
二、教学内容： 8A Unit 4 Wild animals
三、课型：Integrated skills
四、教学目标
1.知识目标
1)掌握并运用描写野生动物外貌、性格、能力、食物以及面临危险的词汇和句型。
2)掌握表达观点的句型。
2.能力目标
1)能从听力材料中获取不同野生动物的外貌特征、性格特点、能力长处、主要食物
以及各自所面临的危险。
2)能综合所听、所读的信息将一封关于野生动物信的空缺内容补充完整。
3.情感目标
通过了解野生动物面临的危险，激发学生保护、爱护野生动物的情感。
五、教学重难点
从听力材料中准确捕获相关有用的信息。
教学流程
Part One Pre-listening
Step 1 Revision
In this unit, we learned a lot about wild animals.
在这一单元中，我们学习了许多有关野生动物的知识。
Please look at this picture. We are very familiar with it. It’s a giant panda..
请同学们看这张图片。我们很熟悉。这是一只大熊猫。
Please have a free talk about giant pandas. Try to say something about their appearance, ability, character, food and the danger they meet.
Step 2 Presentation
Look at this picture. It’s a tiger. Do you know anything about tigers?
Yes. They have black stripes. Hunters hunt them for their fur ans bones. Because they want to make medicine. (教学生词stripe, medicine)
This is a wolf. 请同学们注意wolf的复数wolves。
Can you say something about wolves? Yes. They have good eyesight, hearing and smell. They eat insects, snails and vegetables. They are in danger because they have nowhere to live. Because of the loss of living areas, their number is getting smaller and smaller. (教学生词 hearing, smell, snails, loss)
Part Two While-listening
Step 1 Presentation
Amy and Millie want to help wild animals. They read a book about animals. 想帮助野生动物。他们看了一本关于动物的书。Now they are making a conversation. What are they talking about?
现在他俩正在谈论有关动物。他们在谈论什么呢？
Step 2 Read and finish the exercises
Let’s read and listen.
Open your books, turn to page 68, first read the notes about tigers carefully, then listen to the tape, try to complete the fact sheets. 请同学们把书打开，翻倒６２页，仔细阅读有关老虎的内容，然后听对话，完成书上的填空。
Let’s check the answers from No1 to No 5
Then read the notes about wolves carefully, listen to the tape, try to complete the fact sheets. 请同学们仔细阅读有关狼的内容，然后听对话，完成书上的填空。
Let’s check the answers from No6 to No 12
Part Three Post-listening
Now, we’ve learned a lot about tigers and wolves. 现在我们已经了解了许多关于老虎和狼的知识。
Amy and Millie want to write a letter to the chairperson of the Wild Animals Club. They want to explain why the club should help protect tigers and wolves. Open your books, turn to page 69, Let‘s help Amy and Millie to finish the letter with the information in Part A1 on page 68.
请同学们把书打开，翻倒69页。请根据68页A1部分的信息帮助他们完成这封信。
Read the letter together.
Part Four Speak up
Step 1 Preasentation
Now, many people like to wear clothes made of animal fur. They think they look smart and modern on clothes like this. And they think they can keep warm on these clothes.
Step 2 Read and answer
Millie’s Mum like clothes made of anmal fur, too. What about Millie?但米莉的想法是什么呢？
Please listen to the dialogue between Millie and her mum, try to answer the following questions.
1. Why does Millie’s Mum like to wear clothes made of animal fur?
2. What is Millie’s opinion(观点)?
3. Does Mum agree with Millie at last?
Setp 3 Read and practice
Now, open your books, read the diaolgue, then try to act it out. You can replace the underlined words with your own ideas. 打开书阅读对话，并表演。同学们可以用自己的想法和观点来替代划线部分。
Making up a new dialogue
A: I don’t think you should …
B: Why? …
A: Many animals lose their lives because …
B: If I …, …
A: If no one …, then …
B: Maybe you are right.
…
Homework
1. Remember the information about tigers and wolves.
2. Recite the dialogue.
《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals Main task
常州市24中 高晓娟
一、年级：八年级
二、教学内容： 8A Unit 4 Wild animals
三、课型：Main task
四、 教学目标
1.知识目标
学习并掌握能用来描写动物外貌、能力、性格、所面临的危险以及如何保护动物的词组和句子。
2.能力目标
1)能通过 ‘Report: Giant pandas are in danger’的阅读了解写大熊猫的五个方面。
2)能从五个方面写一篇关于 ‘Report: Animals are in danger’的文章。
3.情感目标
通过讨论有关野生动物所处困境及其濒临灭绝等问题，人类应该保护自然，保护动物。
五、教学重难点
知道写一篇关于动物处于危险的调查报告应从哪几个方面入手。
Part One Lead- in
Hello, everyone. Today we arre going to learn Unit 4 Main task. 同学们，今天我们将要学习第四单元的中心任务。
In this unit, we learned a lot about wild animals. We knew their appearance, ability, character, and danger they meet. 这一单元我们了解了许多关于野生动物的知识，我们知道了他们的外貌，能力，性格和他们面临的危险。
After learning, we should know how to write a report.
First, say something about giant pandas.
Part Two Structure through reading
Many wild animals are in danger. For example, the giant pandas. So the Wild Animal Club is asking its members to write about this problem for the club newsletter. Here is Millie’s report on giant pandas. Please open your book, turn to page 71, please read it as quickly as you can.
Try to fill in the blanks.
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Baby pandas
Giant pandas
1 ____________
look like white mice
beautiful black and white animals
look like bears
2 ____________
quiet and peaceful animals
3 ____________
drinkmum’s milk
eat bamboo shoots and leaves
4 ____________
There are only about a thousand giant pandas in the world because their living areas are becoming farmland.
If farmers keep taking the land, they will have nowhere to live.
If people hunt them for their fur, then there will be no giant pandas.
5 ____________
Write to newspapers and magazines about the giant pandas in China.
Tell people about the problems.
1. Appearance 2. Character 3. Food 4. Problems 5. Actions
Part Three Outline
After reading Millie’s report, we know that if we want to write a report, we need to collect the information. If Daniel also wants to write a report on bears for the Wild Animal Club, first he needs to collect some information. What kind of information does he need?
How can we write a report on an animal in danger?
Paragraph 1 — Appearance
Paragraph 2 — Ability
Paragraph 3 — Character
Paragraph 4 — Food
Paragraph 5 — Danger
Part Four Writing
By the way, Do you know something about bears. I know that they have sharp paws. And they can walk upright. (教学生词 paw, upright) I think you are interested in bears, let’s know more about bears. Open your books, turn to page 72. please read the notes about bears carefully.
After reading the notes about bears. Please open your books, turn to page 72, help Simon complete the report with the notes in Part B. I think it’s very easy for you to finish it. Now let’s check the answers.
Answers to Part C on page 72
1 Bears 2 big 3 strong 4 small 5 black 6 sharp 7 walk upright 8 swimming 9 climbing trees 10 move 11 daytime 12 seldom 13 fur
14 paws 15 there will be no bears in the world
Read the report together. 请同学们记住每段的内容，对我们的写作非常有用。
Part Five Practice
Please turn to page 68, look at the notes about tigers, try to write a report: Tigers are in danger! You can use the following sentence structures:
Paragraph 1 — Appearance
Tigers are… They have…
Paragraph 2 — Ability
Tigers can… They are good at…
Paragraph 3 — Character
Bears like to…
Paragraph 4 — Food
Tigers eat …
Paragraph 5 — Danger
Sadly, …
One Sample:
Report：Tigers are in danger!
Tigers are big and strong. They have bright eyes. They have yellow fur and black stripes. They are beautiful.
Tigers can run very fast. They are good at hunting other animals.
Tigers live as a family until baby tigers are 2-3 years old. They usually live alone.
They eat other animals.
Now tigers are in danger because hunters hunt them for their fur and bones.
We should do something to help them.
Homework
1. Read the report on giant pandas several times.
2. Write a report on wild animals in danger.
《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals Checkout
常州市24中 高晓娟
一、年级：八年级
二、教学内容： 8A Unit 4 Wild animals
三、课型：Check out
四、教学目标,
1.评价学生对条件状语从句及because和because of的掌握情况.
2.复习与野生动物有关的词汇和短语.
教学内容，
词组；see a dolphin show
句型；If we don’t protect giant pandas, they will die.
The wild animals cannot find enough food because of the heavy snow.
教学步骤,
Step 1 Revision
Review something about wild animals using the words and phrases in this unit.
Ask the students to say something about Xiwang.
Step 2 Presentation 1 Set a time limit for reading the sentences in Part A and for filling the blanks. Ask Ss to complete the task on their own. 2 Ask students to Proceed to Part B after completing Part A. 3 Ss complete Part B on their own and then compare answers in pairs. Language points （Checkout）
牛津初中英语8A Unit4
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单元
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课
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部分
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学习材 料
课型
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教学重点与具体要求
从技能培养目标来划分
从教学过程来划分
第
四
单
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Wild animals
Period 1
P58-59
Comic strip Welcome
to the unit
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听说课
新授课
掌握本课涉及的有关动物的新名词：bear, dolpin, kangaroo, squirrel
Period 2
P60-62
Reading
阅读课
新授课
初步了解课文中有关熊猫Xiwang的介绍
the growth of Xiwang
the danger that Xiwang met
the action we can take
能根据课文内容完成有关练习：P61-62
Period 3
P60-62
Reading
阅读、练习课
巩固课
熟练掌握文章内容，能进行复述等练习。
掌握课文中的语言点：be in danger, up to, for the first time, encourage sb to do sth, leave… on one’s own, grow into,kill.. for
Period 4
P63
Vocabulary
词汇课
新授课
学习并巩固本课涉及的描写动物的词
以及了解有关动物的生活习性，通过活动激发学生保护动物热爱动物的意识
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Period 5
P64－66
Grammar
语法课
新授课
学习并掌握 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句。能运用 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句。
教学重难点
‘if’引导的条件状语从句中，用一般现在时表示将来，主句用一般将来时。
Period 6
P66--67
Grammar
语法课
新授课
学习并掌握 because , because of
能运用 ‘because’和‘because of’ 。
能区分because 和because of 的区别
Period 7
P68-69
Integrated skills
综合技能课
新授课
1)掌握并运用描写野生动物外貌、性格、能力、食物以及面临危险的词汇和句型。
2)掌握表达观点的句型。
3)能从听力材料中获取不同野生动物的外貌特征、性格特点、能力长处、主要食物
以及各自所面临的危险。
4)能综合所听、所读的信息将一封关于野生动物信的空缺内容补充完整。
5)通过了解野生动物面临的危险，激发学生保护、爱护野生动物的情感。
Period 8
P70
prounciation
语言技能课
新授课
掌握读条件句时语音语调的变化
Period 9
P71-72
Main Task
写作课
新授课
1）学习并掌握能用来描写动物外貌、能力、性格、所面临的危险以及如何保护动物的词组和句子。
2)能通过 ‘Report: Giant pandas are in danger’的阅读了解写大熊猫的五个方面。
3)能从五个方面写一篇关于 ‘Report: Animals are in danger’的文章。
4）通过讨论有关野生动物所处困境及其濒临灭绝等问题，人类应该保护自然，保护动物。
5）知道写一篇关于动物处于危险的调查报告应从哪几个方面入手。
Period 10
P73
Checkout
语言知识课
复习课
巩固本单元的知识。
