Module 6 Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all阅读课 教学设计2023-2024学年外研版八年级英语下册

【教学设计】 Teaching design for Module 6 Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all. Foreign Language School The title：Module 6 Animals in danger Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all. Lesson type: Reading (the first period) Textbook edition: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Grade: Grade 8 volume 3 I.Guiding Theories The teaching design is guided by the Theory of English Learning Activities and Transfer Theory. Transfer can be defined broadly as the influence of prior knowledge, skills, strategies, or principles on new learning. Low-road transfer involves the “spontaneous, automatic transfer of highly practiced skills, with little need for reflective thinking”. High-road transfer involves an individual purposely and consciously applying general knowledge, a strategy, or a principle learned in one situation to a different situation (Salomon & Perkins, 1989).II. Analysis of the Teaching Material The topic of this module is the protection of endangered animals. This lesson is the first period of the second unit. It calls on people to take more care of the endangered animals, protect the environment and the earth. [What] The theme of the text is "Man and Nature," involving "Natural Ecology." It focuses on the internal and external reasons why pandas are endangered, the measures taken by the Chinese government to save pandas, and the efforts made by WWF to protect animals. [Why] By introducing the serious challenges faced by wild animals, students are guided to establish the awareness of harmonious coexistence between human and nature, put an end to behaviors that harm wild animals, love wild animals, and devote themselves to the protection of animals. [How] This is an expository text, which involves in danger; in the wild; situation; nature park; symbol and other topic words. The author lists specific numbers several times, and relevant expressions of "to do" are used as adverbials of purpose. The extra reading material is from Unit 5 Section B