Unit 5 Why do you like pandas?
Section B 2b-3b
Xiangyi Yangming School of Shuangpai County
Tang Lingfang
Do you like them?
Let’s watch some pictures
Are they poor?
Are they in danger?
Only about 3000 elephants left in Thailand
Thailand /'ta?l?nd/
save /se?v/
Guessing game
symbol ?/'s?mb(?)l/
ivory ?/'a?v(?)r?/
flag ?/fl?g/
China
Task 1 Which one is the best title of it?
A. What Is an Elephant?
B. Come to Thailand
C. Let’s Save the Elephants
D. Elephants Are Good Pets
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Pre-reading
Task 2 Answer the questions with T(true) / F(false).
The students are from India.
Elephants are smart animals.
Elephants can dance very well.
F
T
F
While-reading
Task 3
Why are elephants in great danger?
Because
处于极大危险之中
How to save them
don’t cut down too many ___
don’t _____ things made of ivory.
_____ is Thai Elephant Day.
Abilities
can play __________
can also _____ well
can ______ places with food and water
Facts and figures
people ____ many trees
people kill them for ___
today there are _________________
(over _______ before)
Importance in Thailand
first flag had ______
symbol of ________
2c
ELEPHANTS
Read again and complete
a white elephant on it
good luck
cut down
ivory
only about 3000 elephants
100,000
soccer or music
draw
remember
trees
buy
March 13th
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Task 4
elephants
importance
one of Thailand’s symbols
first flag
a symbol of good luck
abilities
can play soccer or music
can draw very well
can walk & never get lost
can remember
in danger
cut down trees
kill elephants for ivory
only about 3000 elephants
How to save
save trees
not buy things made of ivory
Post-reading
Task 5 Retelling
Words for us
Wild animals are friends of human!
To protect wild animals is to protect human oneself!
We should protect animals, not kill them or buy things made of them.
This is Becky. Isn’t she _________? She is from _______. She is twelve _____ old. I ____ Becky _______ she is smart and friendly. She _____ in Blackwood Zoo.
like beautiful Africa years lives because
years
Africa
beautiful
like
because
lives
Writing
Task 6 Fill the blanks of 3a
Task 7
Writing:
To write a short passage according to the chart and 3a.
Animal panda
From China
Name Mary
Age five years old
Description words cute, shy, beautiful
Living place Beijing zoo
To write a short passage within 60 words.
Animal panda
From China
Name Mary
Age five years old
Description words cute, shy, beautiful
Living place Beijing zoo
Homework
This is Mary. She is a panda from China._____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________She lives in Beijing zoo.
Unit 5 Why do you like pandas?
Class Grade 7 Teacher Tang Lingfang
Type of lesson New class Teaching hour 40 minutes
Teaching aid Multi-media
Teaching objects （教学目标） To master new words and phrase: Thailand, save, symbol, ivory, flag, one of, symbol of, in great danger, (be) made of…… 帮助学生掌握相关新单词与短语
Enable students to understand the passage and talk about how to protect animals. 让学生理解短文，并能讨论如何保护动物
To inspire students to care about animals and to protect them 引导学生关爱动物、保护动物
Teaching main points and difficult points （教学重点、难点） Enhance students’ understanding about the passage and help them to answer questions. Write a short passage about animals using the words and phrases. 加强学生对短文的理解，帮助学生自主回答问题。 用给定的单词和短语写有关动物的文章。
Teaching methods（教学方法） Task-based method; communicative approach; group work; pair work 任务型教学法、讨论法、小组合作、双人合作
Teaching procedures （教学步骤） Step 1 Leading-in （导入） Watch some pictures about animals and how people treat them. After watching, ask several questions. Step 2. Learn new words （学习新单词） Learn some new words by guessing pictures for passage learning. Step 3. Pre-reading （阅读前） Task 1 Read quickly and choose the best title （任务一选最佳标题，让学生抓住文章主旨，了解快速阅读） Which is the best title of it? What Is an Elephant? Come to Thailand Let’s save the elephants Elephants Are Good Pets Step 4. While-reading （阅读中） Task 2 Answer the questions with T(true) / F(false). （任务二让学生抓细节，了解仔细阅读） The students are from India. F Elephants are smart animals. T Elephants can dance very well. F Task 3 why are elephants in great danger? （任务三强化仔细阅读） Because people cut down many trees and also kill elephants for ivory. (ask student to discussion with their deskmates) Task 4 finish 2C （任务四训练学生读写能力） Ask the four groups’ students to finish their tasks. Group 1 finishes Importance part Group 2 finishes Abilities part Group 3 finishes Facts and figures part Group 4 finishes How to save part Ask four students from each group to write their answers. Check answers and read together Step 5 Post-reading （阅读后） Task 5 Retelling（复述，锻炼学生的理解能力与表达能力） Ask students to retell together according to the mind map. Step 6 Presentation & Thinking（展示与思考，让学生对动物的现在产生同情心、怜悯，树立保护动物，关爱他人的意识） Watching a video to lead students to realize the importance of animals’ protection. Step 7 Writing（写作） Task 6 Fill the blanks of 3a （任务六） Task 7 write a short passage according to the chart and 3a （任务七） Ask students to read or write on the blackboard Step 8 summary （总结） Words, phrases, the idea of protecting animals and how to write Step 9 Homework （作业） Write a short passage according to the information.
Blackboard design （板书设计） Unit 5 Why do you like pandas? Section B (2b-3b) Words: Thailand, save, symbol, ivory, flag Phrases: one of…, symbol of, in great danger, be made of
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