1、Module 6 Animals in Danger I. 模块教学目标技能目标 Skill Goals Talk about endangered animals Practice expressing concern Review attributive clauses Make a survey of endangered species in ChinaII. 目标语言功 能 句 式Expressing concernIts really upsetting.Im concerned about .Im very worried .I think we should do more .
2、词 汇1.四会词汇antelope, attention, base, bald, branch, butterfly, deer, eagle, focus, illegal, insect, mammal, panda, primary, reptile, sensitive, skin, spot, tough, union, wolf, wool2. 认读词汇 protect, battle, herd, worth, raid, condition, meanwhile, dealer, aim, involve, live, lay, wonder, brink, extincti
3、on, initial, continent, energy, waste, monitor3. 词组 be concerned about, feed on, stand for, set up4. 重点词汇conservation, endangered, extinct, habitat, profit, reserve, species, struggle, survival, wild, wildlife语 法Review attributive clausesThe poachers leave only the babies, whose wool is not worth mu
4、ch.The wool is taken to India, where it is made into the shawls.Sometimes there are gunfights, like the one in which Jiesang Suonandajie was killed.It is soft, light, and warm the ideal coat for an animal which has to survive at high altitudes.Officials who work in the reserve are helped by voluntee
5、rs who come from all over the country.重 点 句 子1. Although surprised, the poachers had an advantage there are more of them. P522. Often working at night, the poachers shoot whole herds of antelope at a time, leaving only the babies, whose wool is not worth so much. P533. The animals are skinned on the
6、 spot and the wool taken to India, where it is made into the shawls. P534. The business is completely illegal there has been a ban on the trade in 1975. P535. But in the 1990s the shawls came into fashion among rich people. P526. Meanwhile, in those countries where the shawls are sold, police are ge
7、tting tough with the dealers. P537. The WWF believes that our world has a future only if people learn to conserve nature and not waste energy. P598. For fifteen years WWF China staff had been based in Switzerland but came to China to monitor the project. P59III. 教材分析与教材重组1. 教材分析本模块以 Animals in Dange
8、r 为话题，使学生了解一些濒临灭绝的动物及它们的现状，培养学生保护动物的意识，并使学生掌握一些动物名称及相关的词汇，学会谈论、描述濒临灭绝的动物，学会写调查报告。1.1 INTRODUCTION 部分，介绍了西伯利亚老虎的现状，从而引出本模块的话题。要求学生就一幅老虎图片进行讨论，简单列出动物濒临灭绝的原因。同时学习一些新词汇，为阅读、写作等活动打基础。1.2 READING 部分介绍了藏羚羊濒临灭绝的原因以及采取的一些保护措施。学生除了学习新词汇、训练阅读技巧外，对动物保护有了更深刻的认识。1.3 GRAMMER 设置了 5 个练习，让学生学习定语从句以及关系代词、关系副词的用法。1.4 V
9、OCABULARY AND LISTENING 是让学生学习一些不同种类动物的名称，并用所学词汇对该动物种类进行描述。通过有关中心话题的材料训练学生的听力，要求学生听懂材料的主要意思。1.5 FUNCTION 学习一些表达担心、忧虑的句式。1.6 SPEAKING 是让学生就本模块的中心话题展开讨论，并练习使用所学词汇与句式。1.7 EVERYDAY ENGLISH 的内容是通过设置的选择题让学生练习、掌握一些短语的用法。1.8 READING AND WRITING 对四种濒临灭绝的动物作了简介，要求在读后参照例文进行写作练习。1.9 CULTURAL CORNER 介绍了 WWF 这一组织
10、以及同中国的合作情况，通过阅读不仅使学生了解了 WWF 及其在保护动物方面所做的努力，而且丰富了学生的相关知识。1.10 TASK 要求学生在网上查询中国濒临灭绝物种的情况，并选择一种写出调查报告。这一部分不仅使学生了解了中国濒临灭绝的物种，而且学会写调查报告。2. 教材重组2.1 从训练目的上看 INTRODUCTION，FUNCTION，SPEAKING 和EVERYDAY ENGLISH 相一致，可将这几部分整合在一起上一节“口语课” 。2.2 将 READING 部分设计成一节“精读课” 。2.3 将 READING AND WRITING 和 TASK 整合在一起上一节“写作课” 。
11、2.4 将 CULTURAL CORNER 和 WORKBOOK 中的 Reading 整合在一起上一节“泛读课” 。2.5 将 VOCABULARY AND LISTENING 中的词汇部分、 GRAMMAR 以及 WORKBOOK 中的 Vocabulary，Grammar 整合在一起上一节 “语言学习课” 。2.6 将 VOCABULARY AND LISTENING 中的听力部分和 WORKBOOK 中的 Listening and speaking 以及 Speaking and writing 整合在一起上一节“综合课” 。3. 课型设计和课时分配（根据对教材和学情的分析，本单元可
12、分六课时。）1st Period Speaking2nd Period Reading3rd Period Writing4th Period Extensive Reading5th Period Language Study6th Period Integrating SkillsIV. 分课时教案The First Period SpeakingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语conservation, endangered, extinct, habitat, profit, reserve, species, s
13、truggle, survival, wild, wildlife, go for someone, keep an eye on, a terrible dinb. 交际用语Its really upsetting.Im concerned about.I think we should do more.Im very worried.2. Ability goals 能力目标Get the students to talk about endangered animals and express their concern.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Hel
14、p the students to learn how to talk about endangered animals and express their concern.Teaching important points 教学重点Get the students to talk about Siberian Tiger and the reasons why animals are endangered.Teaching difficult points 教学难点Get the students to learn to express their concern about the end
15、angered animals with the useful expressions.Teaching methods 教学方法Talking and discussion.Teaching aids 教具准备A computer and a projector.Teaching procedures four hundred ninety are held in zoo conservation programs. S8: They are in danger because people hunt them. People in China use different parts of
16、their body for medicine to cure diseases. They use weird parts of their body like their brains, eyes and tails. They are also being killed because they sell their bones, whiskers and other parts for money.S9: Another threat is the habitat loss. They are losing their habitat because people keep cutti
17、ng down trees and there isnt enough land for them. People also kill tigers to protect themselves and their livestock.T: Very good! You know much more than I. But who can explain “animals in danger” to the class?S10: I think animals extinction is natural according to Darwins theory. But if the speed
18、of the animals extinction is too fast, we can say they are in danger. T: Youve got it. Do you know the reasons why many animals are in danger?S11: Most of the reasons are related to human activities.T: You are quite right. Man is really playing an important part. Can you list some of them?Ss: 1. The
19、y are killed for body parts or food.2. People want them for pets.3. People have moved into their habitat.4. They are killed by pollution.5. They are also killed by climate change.T: Very good! Now work in groups to discuss what the most important reason is according to the list on the screen.A few m
20、inutes later.T: Whats your opinion?Ss: We think No. 1 is the most important reason.T: Maybe you are right. But who can give us some examples?S12: African elephants have been hunted for their tusks for a long time. The so-called “ivory” was used as a source of all kinds of ornaments.S13: Here I have
21、another example. The snow leopard is one of the most beautiful of the big cats and for many years the main threat to the species is hunting for its fur.T: OK. Read the passage on page 51 and discuss the question: What can we do to help the animals in their struggle for survival?After reading and dis
22、cussing.T: Who volunteers to tell us your opinions?S14: We can save them by writing a letter to the government, starting a petition to make laws or take some other measures to save the animals.S15: We can join some Animal Conservation Organizations to help to protect them.S16: I can do little now bu
23、t in the future I can save them by adopting an animal from a zoo or making a donation to an Animal Conservation Organization.T: Good! Everybody can make a difference if we have a try. Now read the passage again to find the words to match the meanings in the form on the screen. After a few minutes, c
24、heck the answers together.Sample answers:Meanings Wordsa type of animal or plant speciesthe place where animal lives naturally habitatprotection, especially natural things conservationin danger endangereda fight which lasts a long time strugglean area of land where animals are protectedreservedead (
25、for a species, not a single animal) extinctcontinue to live survivalliving in a natural state, away from peoplewildwild animal wildlifeStep II PracticeGet the students to learn the useful expressions by practice.T: Turn to page 57 and do Activity 1 in FUNCTION. Which one did you choose?Ss: No 3.T: Y
26、es, You are quite right. Which are more or less formal than the example?Ss: No 1 and No 3.T: Now do Activity 2. Whod like to read yours?S1: Im concerned about the milu deer.S2: Im concerned about the South China tigers.S3: Im worried about the fishes in the East Sea.S4: We really should do more to t
27、he bird species.S5: I think we really should do more to Asian bears.S6: Im worried about the wild horses in Inner Mongolia.T: Well done! Now youve learnt some useful structures to express concern. Lets do more practice.Step III SpeakingGet the students to talk about animals in danger with the useful
28、 expressions on page 57.T: Work in groups. Follow the steps in Activity 1 of SPEAKING and talk about an animal in danger. A sample discussion:S1: We are concerned about the future of the snow leopard. The snow leopard is one of the most beautiful big cats and for many years the main threat to the sp
29、ecies was hunting for its fur. The fur trade has decreased internationally in recent years, but other threats have manifested themselves and the species is still threatened.S2: Im worried about the threats to them. One threat is that herders are increasingly moving their flocks into snow leopard ter
30、ritory and exhausting the local grazing. This affects the snow leopard in two ways. First, domestic livestock compete with wild sheep and goats for scarce grazing. This pushes the wild prey away to other areas. Snow leopards are territorial and if their natural prey is replaced by domestic livestock
31、 they will kill them instead. This leads to the second consequence: herders will kill snow leopards in retaliation for killing their animals.S3: Its really upsetting. Another threat is large-scale poisoning of small mammal populations. This has not only affected snow leopards, but also the other pre
32、dators which feed on them.S4: Recent reports indicate that the snow leopard has been killed for its bones. These are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as substitutes for tiger bones. The plight of the tiger is well-known and its bones are banned from international trade. The trade in snow l
33、eopard and clouded leopard bones has flourished while the spotlight of publicity has focused on the higher-profile tigers. S5: I think we should do more to protect snow leopards. First WWF should have projects in the countries where snow leopards can be found in order to help fund anti-poaching patr
34、ols (as WWF has so successfully pioneered for Siberian tigers) in Mongolia, education program and a field study manual in Nepal, and surveys and a public awareness program in Pakistan.S6: I think the local government should be involved in implementing the Snow Leopard Survival Strategy. This will gu
35、ide snow leopard conservation for years to come and relies upon integrating the needs of local people with those of snow leopards. Activities within the strategy include anti-poaching patrols, compensation schemes (in which the whole village pays into a fund and any money accrued after a period of t
36、ime is paid back to each villager as a “dividend”) and repair of corrals. These are stone shelters in which livestock are kept at night. By making them “predator-proof”, snow leopards will not be able to get in and kill the livestock.S7: My opinion is that the snow leopard, in common with all the bi
37、g cats, should be listed on Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which is the highest international protection currently available. S8: It can also be protected by laws. I hope more laws should be made in the countries involved according to their differe
38、nt threats such as punishing the poachers seriously, banning on poisoning small mammals .We believe that only by involving local communities in conservation strategies can we hope to secure a long-term future for this most beautiful of big cats.Step IV Everyday EnglishGet the students to do the acti
39、vity of EVERYDAY ENGLISH and remember the phrases. T: Please choose the correct meanings in EVERYDAY ENGLISH. Then make sentences with the phrases. Who volunteers to report your sentences?S: I will have a try.1. She worked and kept an eye on the sick child at the same time.2. I could not hear her ab
40、ove the terrible din of the crowd.3. He went for me with a dagger.4. It is a pity to spoil their fun.Step V Homework1. Read Learning to learn on page 57 and think of more sentences with time adverbials and practice changing their position.2. Preview the reading.The Second Period ReadingTeaching goal
41、s 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语altitude, profit, shawl, herd, skin, ban, raid, confiscate, tough, cooperation, come into fashion, get tough withb. 重点句子Although surprised, the poachers had an advantage there are more of them. P52Often working at night, the poachers shoot whole herds of antelo
42、pe at a time, leaving only the babies, whose wool is not worth so much. P53 The animals are skinned on the spot and the wool taken to India, where it is made into the shawls. P53Meanwhile, in those countries where the shawls are sold, police are getting tough with the dealers. P532. Ability goals 能力
43、目标Get the students to learn about the endangered antelope and learn to predict before reading.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to talk about the endangered antelope and learn how to predict before reading.Teaching important points 教学重点Get the students to grasp the main idea
44、of the passage.Teaching difficult points 教学难点Get the students to learn about the importance of protecting animals.Teaching methods 教学方法Skimming, scanning, discusson.Teaching aids 教具准备A computer and a projector.Teaching procedures their habitat being destroyedYangtze alligator Over-killed；environment
45、 pollutionChina goral their habitat destroyed; over-killed for foodClouded leopard hunted for trade, medicine and food; their habitat destroyedMalayan pangolin hunted for trade, medicine and food; their habitat destroyedStump-tail macaquetheir habitat destroyed; over-killedRed wolf over-killed; thei
46、r habitat destroyedSouth China tiger over-killed; their habitat destroyedStep II Reading and WritingGet the students to match the sentences with the animals according to the table and then describe the other animals after the example.T: Now Turn to page 58, read the table and match the sentences wit
47、h the animals. Have you finished it?Ss: Yes.T: What is your answer in a complete sentence?Ss: 1. African Elephant is the worlds biggest land animal; a fully grown adult can weigh five tons.2. Siberian Tiger can be found in parts of Siberia and northeast China.3. Northern Bald Ibis feed mostly on ins
48、ects and small reptiles, but also eat fish and frogs.4. The population of Blue Whale is supposed to be less than 5,000; some experts believe the figure could be nearer 2,000. T: You are quite right. Lets read the description of the Siberian Tiger and then write a similar description of another anima
49、l in the table. Sample answers:S1: Blue Whale is the biggest animal in the world. It weighs more than 100 tons. It can be only found in oceans, especially in the Arctic and the Antarctic Waters. It preys on plankton, a kind of small micro-organism. The main threat to it is hunting for its oil and meat. Today the animal is almost extinct. It is said less than 5,000 are still alive. Maybe the total population is no more than 2,000.S2: African Elephant is the worlds biggest land animal, which weighs about 5 tons. Its habitats are mainly in