Unit5 Why do you like pandas?
Section B 2b
教学目标
1. 知识目标：
通过保护濒危动物“大象”的语篇学习，让学生熟练掌握并正确使用以下词汇和常用表达：
Words: flag, place, water, danger, tree, save, cut, kill, Thailand, symbol, ivory.
Useful expressions；one of..., be in great danger, cut down, get lost, made of.
通过读写活动进一步巩固学生对目标语言的认知和理解。
2. 能力目标：
（1）让学生进一步整体阅读并选择最佳标题，意在培养学生快速阅读和归纳语篇中心的能力；
（2）通过整篇的阅读回答问题，培养学生回答问题的能力；
（3）其中渗透了构建思维导图（Mind map）的复述策略，帮助学生将抽象的零碎信息分类整理成与主题密切相关，又相对独立的块状知识，这不仅有助于学生深入理解语篇，抓住重要信息，而且能够增强学生的思维能力，提升注意力与记忆力，启发联想力和创造力；
（4）最后通过学生的笔头输出，培养了学生写的能力。
情感目标：
通过对濒危动物“大象”的语篇学习，意在培养学生的动物保护意识和人文素养。
教学重点、难点
Train the students’ reading and writing skills. (give them a “Retell” or an overall
meaning of each paragraph )
Structure: The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Elephants are smart animals. But elephants are in great danger. We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory.
教学过程
Step1. Warming up and leading in.
Learn some new words by watching some pictures about elephants and talking about some pictures.
Step2. Fast reading
Task1 ：
Read quickly and find the best title
What’s the passage mainly about?
A. What Is an Elephant?
B. Come to Thailand
C. Let's save the Elephants
D. Elephants Are Good Pets
Task2. Scanning. match the main idea with each paragraph 阅读2b，连线每段段落大意。
Paragraph 1 A. Elephants are smart .(Abilities)
Paragraph 2 B. Elephants are in danger and how can we save them?
(Facts and figures; How to save them).
Paragraph 3 C. Elephants are important in Thailand
(Importance in Thailand).
Step 3. Careful reading
Task 3 ：
Read Para. 1 and answer these questions. 阅读2b第一段，回答问题。
1. Where are the students from?
____________________________
2. What do they want to do?
____________________________
3.The importance of the elephants in Thailand.
A. The elephant is Thailand's symbols.
B. Our first flag had .
C. This is a symbol of .
Task4 ：Read Para. 2 and answer the questions.
What can elephants do?
Task5 ：
Read Para. 3 and fill in the blanks.
Elephants are ______________ .
Why?
How to save?
Reason 1
People _____ _____many trees.
So elephants are ____their homes.
We must _________ the trees.
Reason2
People ________ elephants
for their______.
We don’t _______things made
of ivory.
________ is Thai Elephant Day.
Step4 ：Try to retell the article according to the mind map
We are students from _____. We want to ______the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s ______. It is a symbol of ________.
Elephants are smart animals. They can _______ or ________. They can also_______ well. Elephants can_______ for a long time and never _______ .
They can also _________ places with food and water.
Elephants are in great ________ . People ______________many trees, so elephants are _______their homes. People also______ elephants _____ their_____ . There are only about 3,000 elephants(over100,000before).
We must _______the trees and not _____things ________ ivory . Remember that ________ is Thai Elephant Day.
Step5. Discuss(与同位讨论)
A：What animal is the symbol of China?
B: ....
Step6. Writing. 根据表格所给的提示，写一篇关于panda的短文，50词左右。
Importance in China
...is one of China's symbols.
a symbol of peace（和平）
Abilities（能力）
can climb trees, play balls, swim
Facts and figures（事实与数据）
cut down many bamboos, kill them for their fur, only over 1,000 in the world
How to save
save the bamboos, not buy things made of their fur
Step7. Watch a video.情感互动
Animals are our friends
Save animals!
Save ourselves!
Save our country and the world!
Step8. Homework.
1. Design a poster (海报) to save animals
2. Search on the Internet to find more endangered(濒危的) animals, and write a short passage.
评测练习
Ⅰ.根据汉语提示补全单词或用所给词的适当形式填空
1.We are students from_________.(泰国)
2.This is a ________(象征) of good luck.
3.Elephants are_______ (聪明的)animals.
4.But elephants are in great __________.(危险)
5.People kill elephants for their _______ (象牙).
1. Don’t forget (close) the door when you leave the room.[来源:学§科§网]
2. Some people think tigers are in (dangerous).
3. Elephants are smart and they can play soccer (good).
4.We want _________(save) the elephants.
5.People cut down many trees so elephants are _________(lose) their homes.
Ⅱ. 单项选择
1. ---Hey, Tina. are you going for your vacation?
---Hmm. I think I’m going to Shanghai.
A. How B. Where C. When D. Why
2. They’re good . They are very to each other.
A. friendly, friends B. friendly, friendly C. friends, friendly D. friends, friends
3. There are 4,000 students in our school.[来源:学&科&网]
A. over B. with C. on D. in
4. Elephant can remember the place food and water.
A. with B. for C. in D. at
5. The nice shirt is silk.
A. made of B. made from C. made into D. made by
6. That boy and he can’t find his way home.
A. gets lost B. getting lost C. lose D. losing[来源:Zxxk.Com]
7. Mary is a beautiful girl but shy.
A. kind of B. kinds of C. a kind of D. kinds
Ⅲ. 用方框中所给单词适当形式填空。
be, they, interesting, go, because, play, favorite, want, with, come
Do you know koalas? They 1 from Australia. I think they 2 very cute and 3 . They like 4 in the tree. I 5 to go to the zoo 6 my parents. Would you like to go? Let’s 7 together! I hope to see 8 as soon as possible 9 they are my 10 animals!
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. 补全句子
1. 这儿的人对我们非常友好。
The people here are very ________ ________ us.
2. 这张桌子是木头制成的。[来源:学科网]
The desk is ________ ________ wood.
3. 长江是世界上最长的河流之一。
The Changjiang River is ________ ________ the longest rivers in the world.
4. 在大城市里容易迷路。
It’s easy to ________ ________ in big cities.
5. 不要忘记给我打电话。
Don’t ________ ________ call me.
课件22张PPT。Unit 5 Section BReading Li YueIt has a very long nose.
It is the biggest animal on land(陆地上).strongelephantGuessing GameWhat is it?
Which is the elephant’s home? Thailand ['ta?l?nd] The flag of Thailand/fl?g/a white elephantThe first flag had ________________ on it.The elephant is one of the Thailand’s symbols ./‘s?mbl/象征The white elephant is a symbol of good luck.Thai Elephant DayWhat can elephants do?Discussionplay soccerplay musicdrawElephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. Elephants can also remember places with food and water. People
kill elephants
for their ivory.killivory These things ivory. are made of
由…制成People also
many trees.cut downSo elephants
are losing their homesElephants
now!!!!!!are in great dangerNo trading, No killing！没有买卖，就没有伤害。Skimming（快速浏览，看谁找得快）______ What Is an Elephant?
______ Come to Thailand
______ Let’s Save the Elephants
______ Elephants Are Good Pets√Read and match the main idea with each paragraphPara.1Para.2Para.3A. Elephants are smart. B. Elephants are in great danger and how can we save them?C. Elephants are important in ThailandTip2（阅读策略）: You can find the topic sentence(中心句）from the first sentence or the last sentence of the paragraph .
Skimming（快速阅读）Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.Thailand’s first flag hadit’s a symbol ofit is one of Thailand’sSymbols.good luck.1.Where are the students from?2.What do they want to do?3. Why are elephants important in Thailand?BecauseThey are from Thailand.They want to save the elephants.on it.a white elephantTask 1careful readingRead para.2 and answer the question. can orcan also very well.can for a long time and never can also places
with food and water. draw2.What can elephants do?Elephants
get lost.rememberplay soccermusic.walkTask 2careful reading1. Are elephants smart animals？Read para. 3 and finish the chartToday there are only about elephants.
( over before)3,000100,000cut downlosingsavekillivorybuyTask 3March 13th in great dangerLet’s save the elephants We are students from _____. We want to ______the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s ______. It is a symbol of ________.
Elephants are smart animals. They can _______ or ________. They can also_______ very well. Elephants can ______for a long time and never _______.They can also _______places with food and water.
Elephants are in great ________ . People _______many trees, so elephants are _______their homes. People also______ elephants _____ their_____ . There are only about 3,000 elephants(over100,000before).
We must _______the trees and not _____things ________ ivory . Remember that ________ is Thai Elephant Day.Retell the articleThailandsavesymbols good luckplay soccermusicdraw danger cut down losing killforivorysavebuy made ofMarch 13th walk get lost rememberDiscuss（讨论）What can pandas do?Why are they in great danger?There are about 1,000 pandas in forest. Most of them are in China.Be the spokesman(代言人) for the pandas.
Let’s save them!Speak for the pandas My favorite animal is _____. They are one of China’s ______.
Pandas are smart animals. They can _______ or ________. They can also_______.
Pandas are in great ________ . People _______
_______many bamboos, so pandas are _______their homes. And people______ pandas _____ their fur（皮毛）. There are only about 1,000 in the world.
We must _______the pandasSpeech timeAnimals are our friends
Save animals!
Save ourselves!
Save our country and the world!
Make a poster about :
Save the wild animals!
