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I Teaching objectives:
1. Aim of language skill: Through reading, students can master the content of the article, and master extensive reading and intensive reading, two kinds of reading skills.
2. Aim of language knowledge: (1) Students are able to understand and use the words and phrases concerned.
(2) Students can read the article to learn about the development of giant pandas and measures to protect them.
3. Aim of emotion and attitude: (1) Students can realize that we must try our best to protect giant pandas.
(2) Through the posts, students can enhance the consciousness of protecting the wild animals.
4. Aim of learning strategy: Students can learn to use different methods to search for information.
II Key and difficult points:
1. Students are able to read the passage to understand and describe the growth of giant pandas and problems they face.
2. Students can learn how to take actions to protect the wild animals.
III Teaching process:
Step 1 Warm-up
Do you know giant pandas? How much do you know about giant pandas? Now I will show a video about giant pandas.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Millie found a report on giant pandas in a magazine, a story of Xi Wang, a very lovely giant panda. Would you like to read it with us? Now open your books, turn to P.58, read it quickly and answer the following questions.
(1) What is the name of the panda? What does it mean?
(2) How old was the baby panda when the writer first saw her?
Step 3 While-reading
1. Now , listen to the tape and read after it and then divide the whole passage into three parts and match the main idea of each part.
2. Look at the screen. Finish the table of “the growth of xi wang”. Catch more details about xi wang.
3. After listening to the tape and reading the passage, can you choose the correct order of these sentences?
4. Can you say something about giant pandas? According to these pictures, for example, when she was born she weighed only 100 grams. OK, then it’s your turn.
5. Now, we’ve known the giant pand