Unit 4 Wildlife Protection

Period 2 reading

I. Teaching aims:

A. Knowledge goals:

Get to know the present situations and the reasons for the endangered wildlife.

B. Ability goals:

Practice students’ ability of getting key information and organizing language.

Practice students’ ability of oral English.

Improve students’ consciousness of co-operation.

C. Moral goal:

Students can realize the importance of protecting wildlife and nature by getting to know the present situation of wildlife and the reasons for the endangered wildlife. Meanwhile, let students thank nature, love nature, and also, we, human beings, have the responsibility to protect nature and live with nature in harmony.

II. Teaching important and difficult points

A. How to get or find out the key information from the passages.

B. Co-operation of students and how to express their ideas in English.

III. Analysis of teaching and learning materials:

A. Sentences about wildlife by students

b. MV of MJ’s song, Earth Song . It shows some terrible scene about the environment and wildlife. It is used to be a lead-in.

IV. Teaching and learning procedures

Step 1. Lead-in

1. Students watch a MV of MJ’s song,.

2. Three to four students talk about their feelings after watching it. (2min)

Step 2 Skimming

1. Find out the main idea of the passage

2. Fast reading to answer the questions on the screen.

Step 3 Careful reading

Para 1

1. How did the antelope feel?

2. Why are people hunting and killing the Tibetan antelopes?

3. How many antelopes are being killed every year?

True or false

Daisy traveled by a flying carpet.

Antelopes are killed for the wool that is taken from under their.

Para 2

What the situation about elephant and rhino?

How did life improve for the farmers in Zimbabwe?

Para 3 &4

Why the monkey rub itself?

Why is the thick rain forest important for animals?

Step 4

Read the text again and choose the best answer.

Read the text again and choose the best answer.

1. Why did elephants use to be an endangered species in Zimbabwe?

A. Tourists hunted too many elephants.

B. Farmers hunted them without mercy.

C. The government encouraged farmers to hunt them.

D. Their living environment was seriously polluted.

2. What can be inferred from the elephant’s words, “Have you come to take my photo”?

A. It thinks itself a beautiful animal.

B. Elephants are friendly to human beings.

C. Money from tourists went to the large tour companies.

D. Now many more tourists come to take its photos rather than hunt it.

3.Fill in the blanks:

Step 5 Show pictures of Prince William and ask students work in groups to find the ways of wildlife protection.

Step 6. Homework