内容正文:
Unit 2 Wildlife Protection
Reading and Thinking教学设计
教学目标
1.grasp some useful words and expressions
2.develop reading skills like skimming and scanning
3.identify literal and implied meanings
4.make a mind-map
5.raise the awareness of protecting wildlife animals
教学内容
教学重点:
1. identify literal and implied meanings.
2. make a mind-map.
3. raise the awareness of protecting wildlife animals.
教学难点:
1. identify literal and implied meanings.
2. make a mind-map.
教学过程
Teaching Procedures
Stage 1 Lead in (2mins)
(Purpose: To arouse students’ interest in today’s reading and get them prepared in vocabulary.)
Step 1 Look at the pictures and can you recognize what the animals are?
Description: sheep-like; long black horns(male only);
Answer: antelopes. The mascot of Beijing Olympic Games Yingying is actually a cartoon antelope.
Q: Where do they mainly live?
A: Tibet. So they are often called Tibetan antelopes.
Q: Where are the antelopes moving across?
A: The plain(平原).
Q: Look at the pictures and title, and what do you think the text is about?
Do you have any questions?
A: The text is about antelopes .
Possible questions:
1. Who spent the day in the clouds?
2. What does the clouds mean? Did they really spend a day in the clouds?
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Stage 2 Skimming (3 mins)
(Purpose: Get the gist of the text and find out the answers to the previous questions)
Step 1 Read the passage quickly and find your answers for previous questions.
Summarize the main ideas.
Possible answers: we and Zha Xi. The clouds refers to Tibet.
This is not given directly in the text. We imply that from the text. Implied meaning
Explain literal meaning and implied meaning.
Explore it more later.
Main idea
Skim the text and summarize what