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Unit 2 Wildlife Protection
Make an effective poster
Reading For Writing
To learn what a poster is and what a poster include;
To read and understand two posters and then write summaries for them;
To discuss to have a better understanding about the two posters;
To learn to make a poster about an endangered animal.
A large printed picture, photograph, or notice that you stick or pin to a wall or board, usually for decoration (装饰) or to advertise something.
What is a poster?
What aspects should a poster include?
poster
title
pictures / graphs
opinions or
appeals
description of
the situation
or problems
Characters of a poster should be:
attractive
concise (简洁)
Lead in
What are they?
What do you think of them? Can you tell the advantages of using posters?
Sad, shocked and surprised…
Posters.
Reading
1 Look at the posters below. Which emotions do the photos communicate?
● funny ● surprising ● frightening ●sad ●…
poster on the left poster on the right
I think it’s…
I think it's …
Possible answer:
I think it’s a little frightening! It doesn’t look friendly and its teeth look sharp.
Possible answer:
I think they’re cute. They look soft and gentle.
2 Read the posters and write a one-sentence summary for each.
Possible answers:
“Ugly” animals are just as important as cute animals because nature needs variety to function properly.
Cutting down trees to make paper destroys the natural habitat of many animals.
1. What is the topic of the first poster?
Read and underline the sentences that the writer expects people to do.
When it comes to wildlife protection, all species — the good, the bad, and the ugly —should be treated equally. Pandas, dolphins and other cute wildlife are important, but we must pay attention to less cute animals, too. The world needs all kinds—without variety, our planet cannot survive. So if you want the future to be beautiful, you have to give ugly a chance.
The topic of this poster is to give “Ugly” a chance.
1. What’s the writer’s opinion