Unit 6 Earth First Understanding ideas Sharks Dangerous or endangered 教学设计-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Period 2 Understanding Ideas Sharks: dangerous or endangered? 1. Discourse analysis [What] This text is an argumentation, analysing the reasons for the change of people’s attitude towards sharks, and revealing the truth that the sharks are actually endangered. The pre-reading part list some adjectives possibly related to sharks, helping students get familiar with the topic. The while-reading part includes finding the description of sharks, choosing the author’s writing intention, and exercising students’ skimming ability. The post-reading part guides students to think deeply and explores the thematic meaning of this passage. [Why] Through this passage, students are aware that sharks are endangered animals, reflect on the negative influence of books and films on animal conservation, and develop the proper view that people are supposed to live in harmony with nature. [How] With the structure of the argumentation and the illustration of examples, the author elaborates the current situation of sharks and the change of people’s attitude towards sharks in a logic and organized way. 2. Analysis of students After the first period, students are more familiar with the topic. They have already mastered the ability of finding out the detail information in reading. However, students also need to integrate the reading materials, analyse the structure of this passage, explore the theme of this passage, and make right judgement, which have higher requirements for students. Therefore, various reading strategies are needed to deepen understanding and stimulating thinking. 3. Teaching objectives By the end of the period, the students will be able to … (1) analyze the structure of this passage by summarizing the main idea of each paragraph. (2) exercise their scanning ability, and realize the harm people has done to sharks (3) exercise their cooperative ability and spoken English, and strengthen their awareness of protecting sharks through some group work 4. Key points and/or diffic