Unit 5 Section B（2a-2c）课件2023-2024学年人教版七年级英语下册

Teaching material Read an article about elephants. Scan the article to find specific information to complete the mind map. Introduce elephants to others and call on people to save the elephants. Learning Objectives Why do you like pandas? Why do you like pandas? Unit 5 Unit 5 Section B 2a-2c Reading Yunnan is known as the Kingdom of Animals ____________________ are the symbol of Yunnan. Snub-nosed monkeys [ˈsɪmbl] Peacocks Elephants How much do you know about elephants? Appearance(外貌)? Where are they from? Food? Behavior(行为)? 7 An invitation from Wild Elephant Valley and Chimelong Safari Park: August 12th, 2024 is the 14th World Elephant Day. August 12th is the World Elephant Day. But elephants are in great danger! We need volunteers to give a speech to: Introduce elephants. Call on people to protect elephants. What other things about elephants do we need to know? What? Where? How? Why? [ˈdeɪndʒər] Where is the article from? Who writes the article? Why do they write this article? From a website. The students from Thailand. Because they want to save the elephants. Internet Address Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. Here are some facts about elephants. Elephants are the largest land mammals in the world. They have long trunks, which they use for smelling, making sounds and picking things up. Elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruits. They need so much food they can spend most of their day eating. Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day. Let’s save them now! What’s the best title of this article? A. What is an elephant? B. Come to Thailand. C. Let’s save the elephants. D. Elephants are good pets. Tip①: Understanding why the writer write the article is a way to find out the title. Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. Here are some facts about elephants. Elephants are the largest land mammals in the world. They have long trunks, which they use for smelling, making sounds and picking things up. Elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruits. They need so much food they can spend most of their day eating. Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day. Let’s save them now! Skim for the main idea(主旨大意) of each paragraph. Tip②: You can often find the topic sentence (中心句) from the first sentence or the last sentence of each paragraph（每段的首句或末句）. topic sentence (主题句) Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Elephants are smart.  Elephants are in danger and we must save them. Elephants are important in Thailand. Para.4 Facts about elephants. If you find the main idea of each paragraph, you can get a Scanning: Read paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks. Why? ☞The first flag had _______________on it. ☞A symbol of ___________. Elephants are important in Thailand. a white elephant good luck ☞One of Thailand’s _______________. symbols Reasons: supporting details Scanning: move your eyes quickly over the article to find what you need. Scanning: Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks. Facts about elephants. The largest _____________in the world Long trunks for ____________, _____________, and ____________. Food: ___________________________ smelling making sounds picking things up land mammals grass, leaves and fruits If you know how to scan now, you can get a The word trunk could be: A. An elephant’s feet B. An elephant’s teeth C. An elephant’s nose [trʌŋk] [ˈmæml] e7d195523061f1c0600ade85ab8d19863d296bbd6d3c8047FB0A4867354E4F1E3A7DEAE3C4C4B5C9777EC9E9D7F78045DB0296A4194571101A21F67FC7D6C39966CE50B69116E2EE84E571E25F3C0CCEA163C27F059CBE29DA6D82EEB35EF5119B33DA690F6CD24F1B5E71F689E441B55A46698741831CC451F9139A5A061ECABF4BE7D9BB13F482 Elephants are smart.  Supporting details ●can play _____________ ●can also _______ well ●can ___________ places with food and water Group A Elephants are in danger. Why? ●people _________ many trees ●people kill them for ________ How? ●don’t cut down so many _______ ●don’t _______ things made of ivory Group B A B A B A B A B Exchange information A B A B A B A B A with B Can you tell me why elephants are smart? What can they do? They can…. Group A Group B Because…. Why are elephants in danger? ……. How can we save elephants? Importance in Thailand ＊One of Thailand’s ________________ ＊first flag had ___________________ ＊A symbol of _________ Facts about elephants ＊The largest _____________in the world ＊ Long trunks for ____________, _____________, and ____________. ＊ Food: _________________________ Elephants are smart  Supporting details: ●can play _____________ ●can also _______ well ●never ____________ ●can ___________ places with food and water Elephants are in danger Why? ●people _________ many trees ●people kill them for ________ How? ●don’t cut down so many _______ ●don’t _______ things made of ivory ELEPHANTS a white elephant on it good luck symbols smelling making sounds picking things up land mammals grass, leaves and fruits soccer or music draw remember cut down ivory trees buy If you finish your mind map, you can get a get lost Elephants are smart animals.  But elephants are in great danger. Why? They can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw well. Help elephants to _____ Help them to live in nature. Help them to live under human’s torture(折磨). Natural abilities Trained abilities live An elephant never forgets! Killing is not the only reason that puts elephants in danger! A: Welcome to Chimelong Safari Park. We are…….We would like to share something about elephants. (The supporting details of why elephants are important in Thailand) B: (Facts about elephants) C: (Why elephants are smart/ The abilities) D: (Why elephants are in danger and how to save them) Checklist YES NO 1. The content is complete and logical. (内容齐全有逻辑) 2. The speech is fluent (叙述流畅) 3. There are highlights or innovations (有亮点或创新) If you finish your part well, you can get a Saving elephants Smart Abilities Volunteer to protect Endangered animals Saving endangered animals is saving ourselves! Every small step can make a difference! Must do: Choose to do: (students with 3-4 stars) Make a short video to introduce elephants to others and call on people to save the elephants. Go online for more information and choose one kind of animal and make a mind map including: 1. Animal introduction 2. Causes (Why are they in danger?) 3. Solutions (How to protect them?) 野生救援WildAid (wildaidchina.org.cn) 中国野生动物保护协会 (cwca.org.cn) Thanks for listening 24 $$