A Teaching Plan

for Unit 9 Lesson 35 (SEFC Book II)

--Taught by Chen Hua from Daye No.1 Middle School, Huangshi City

Step 1: Greetings

Step 2: Revision

Complete the following sentences with the proper words:

1. The area of the desert in the world is growing.

2. Dunhuang in China was once a great city, but now it is surrounded by desert.

3. Good soil on the earth is gradually lost.

4. Air pollution comes from factories, power stations and cars.

5. Water pollution is caused by waste from factories and cities.

Step 3: Presentation

Q: What can you see in the picture?

What is the main cause of the animals dying out?

Step 4: Reading comprehension

Question in mind: Why are there so few tigers in China?

Step 5: Listen to the text

Questions and answers (using head-projector)

1. When did the life begin on the earth? (3 billion)

2. How many kinds of living things are living on the earth? (5-10 million)

3. How many kinds of animals died out from 1550 to 1950? (400 kinds)

4. Who is the most dangerous enemy of animals? (humans)

5. In how many ways have humans played a bad part in animals' life?

(3 aspects)

6. Altogether how many tigers are there in China? (400)

7. Did people do anything to increase the number of tigers in China？

What did we do?

8. Has any progress been made?

Step 6: Understanding of the text

Main idea for each part

Part 1: animals dying out

Part 2: Reasons for animals dying out

Part 3: Examples of animals dying out

Part 4: Progress made in protecting animals

Step 7: Language study Past participles

e.g. The handkerchief is torn.(This is a torn handkerchief.)

The stick is broken.( This is a broken stick.)

Talk about a picture:

Examples:

The door is closed.

The ball is broken.

The boy's eye is injured.

Step 8: Reading comprehension

A Day in the Forest

Task: Mark all the past participles from the reading passage

Step 9: Competition between the boys and the girls

Ss come to the blackboard to write down all the past participle they can find from the passage and then are asked to pick out those that can be used as adjectives

Step 10: Listen and retell

Step 11: Word study on Page 53

Step 12: Homework

Comments:

1. Good beginning, but hurried ending

2. Well-designed questions for comprehension

3. Well-chosen materials for revision

4. Main idea is simple but to the point

5. Combination of grammar and reading comprehension

(Find out all the past participle from the reading passage)

6. Ss' active participation

(competition bet. The boys and girls)

7. Ethic Education in la. teaching

(e.g.We must protect animals.)

8. Modern teaching technology is used

Head-projector

recorder