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Unit 2 Using Language
Describe an iconic animal(P19)
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Learning Objectives学习目标
Learn by reading to describe iconic animals from their appearance, habits, features, etc
Learn to use rhetorical devices修辞手法
Write a passage to describe an iconic animal
Fantastic Beasts
神奇动物在哪里
Describe this creature
It’s nose looks like_____________.
It has feet like ___________.
a duck’s bill
duck’s
Duck-billed platypus
Unit 2
Iconic Attractions
The Amazing Animals of Australia
Task1: Complete Animal Profile(简介)
Style of this text:
A. Narration
B. Exposition
C. Argumentation
D. Advertisement
说明文
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Read the text in Part 1 and
finish the profile
Appearance:look________
Uniqueness:cannot____________
Relationship with people:
not for__________
Babies:
cute
walk backwards
weigh 2g. , stay safe and warm in mother’s pouch...
petting
Read for information
A symbol of Australia: kangaroo
Koala
Appearance:
habits:
Relationship with humans:
government’s action:
Circle or underline the key words.
Tasmanian devil
Appearance:
Diet:
Relationship with people:
Duck-billed
platypus
Appearance:
uniqueness:
Other features:
Uniqueness:
Read and discuss for details
Coala
Appearance:
habits:
Relationship with humans
government’s action:
cute but sensitive
eating, sleeping and hanging
stress
make laws against touching koalas.
Read for information
Tasmanian devil
Appearance:
Diet:
Relationship with people:
about the size of small dogs and look like rather large black rats.
mostly dead animals
not violent towards
people
hunt at night, loud cries/ noise when fighting or eating --- could wake the dead
Uniqueness:
Read for information
Duck-billed
platypus
Appearance:
uniqueness:
Other features:
nose and feet like a duck’s
lay eggs in a nest but is a primitive mammal, with a unique biology
can dive under the water; use electrical sensors to find food.
Read for informat