Unit 5 Lesson 4 Reading for writing（讲解课件）-【优翼·学练优】新教材2024-2025学年七年级英语上册同步备课（外研版2024）

Reading for writing Unit 5 Fantastic friends Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. get detailed information about the extinction of dodos, and think about the relationship between the causes of the extinction of dodos and humans; 2. raise the awareness of protecting animals; 3. write a short paragraph about another extinct animal. Look and Say What do these animals look like? Answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. animal human cut down die out museum 1.Where can you see these animals now? hunt In the museums. 2. What happened to them? 3. What do you think are the reasons? They died out(灭绝；消失). Trees were cut down and the humans overhunted the animals. Pre-Reading What’s this animal? I’m a dodo. /ˈdəʊdəʊ/渡渡鸟 As dead as a dodo Look at the title and the pictures. What happened to dodos? 渡渡鸟是印度洋毛里求斯岛上一种不会飞的鸟。在被人类发现后仅仅 200 年的时间里，这种鸟便因人类的捕杀以及人类活动的影响而彻底灭绝。渡渡鸟堪称除恐龙之外最著名的已灭绝动物之一。 While-Reading Read the passage, then match the main ideas with each paragraph. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Dodos’ happy old days. Introduction of dodos. Advice to people. The reasons why dodos died out. Read Paragraph 1. Do you know what Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is? 《爱丽丝梦游仙境》 《爱丽丝梦游仙境》是一部经典儿童文学作品，讲述了主人公Alice在她的梦境中跟随一只兔子来到一个奇异的世界，遇上了各种奇特的生物，并进行了一系列冒险。渡渡鸟是故事中的一个角色。 Read Paragraphs 2~4, then complete the display board. The sad story of dodos Dodos lived on an 1._________in the Indian Ocean. There was plenty of 2._________to eat and all other 3.__________were friendly. island food animals 4.___________arrived in 1598. They 5.____________ the trees and 6.____________dodos. Their pigs, cats and dogs ate the dodo’s 7.__________. Dodos soon 8.______________. Humans cut down hunted eggs died out Read again, then answer the questions. 1.Why is the dodo “just a character” to some readers? Because many people only know it from books and stories, not as a real, once-living bird. 2. What do “as happy as a clam” and “as dead as a dodo” mean? (1) as happy as a clam是一个英文习语，省略了后面的at high water(涨潮)，意为“非常高兴的，相当满足的”。比喻像涨潮时的蛤蜊一样快乐，因为海水退潮时蛤蜊很容易被捕食，到了涨潮时则无须担心。 (2) as dead as a dodo也是一个英文习语，意为“彻底死亡; 已经失效; 不再使用"，常用于表示一件事毫无意义。这个习语的由来便是渡渡鸟的灭绝。 3.Why does the writer use the two expressions at the end of the passage? The writer uses these two expressions to make readers feel strongly about protecting animals and to encourage them to take action. Think and Share 1.What is the purpose of the passage? You may find the writing purpose from the title, beginning or ending of the passage. Usually, the writer wants the readers to learn a lesson or take some action. The purpose of this passage is to ask readers to protect animals and live in harmony with them. 2. How do people’s actions influence animals? Give an example. For example, humans cut down trees and destroy dodos’ homes. As middle school students, what can we do to protect animals? Further Thinking Avoid buying things made from animals, like fur or ivory. Reduce waste, reuse things, and recycle to help protect the environment. Ask our school and friends to do things that are good for animals and nature. ... Language Points (1) used to...意为“过去曾经……”，后跟动词原形， 表示过去的习惯或者常态，但是现在已经不存在。 1. Actually, there used to be thousands of us — for real. 实际上，我们曾经有成千上万只——真的。 E.g. Jimmy used to live here. I used to play soccer every weekend, but now I’m more into hiking. (2) for real意为“真正地，确实地，认真地"，常用于口语， 以强调所描述的事情是真实的。 E.g.This is not a joke. I am for real. I’m telling you, for real, that movie was amazing! 2. What a peaceful and safe life! E.g.What a clever boy he is! (1) 本句是what引导的感叹句，其基本的句子结构是what + a/an+ 形容词+可数名词单数+主语+谓语! 多么平静安稳的生活啊! What an amazing discovery the scientists made! (2)与how引导的感叹句相比，what引导的感叹句主要强调 名词，因此句型中what后面一般跟的是(a/an+)形容词+名词; 而how引导的感叹句主要强调程度，因此句型中how后面一般 跟的是形容词或副词。 E.g.What a beautiful song you sing! What a lovely flower it is! How beautifully you sing! How lovely the flower is! 3. What’s more, their pigs, cats and dogs ate our eggs. E.g. She studies hard every day. What’s more, she often helps her classmates with their studies. what’s more意为“而且，此外"，用于引出更多重要的信息。常见于列举观点、论据或事实，而且下一个观点通常更为重要或有更大的影响。 而且，他们的猪、猫和狗吃掉了我们的蛋。 The hotel has a very beautiful view by the sea. What’s more, it's very cheap. 4.As a result, we soon died out. (1) as a result意为“因此”，表示后一句话是前一句话导致的结果或者造成的影响。 E.g. He hurt his leg. As a result, he didn’t take part in the football match. 因此，我们很快就灭绝了。 (2) die out意为“灭绝，消失”。 E.g. This animal died out millions of years ago. Writing Write a short paragraph about another extinct animal. What can you write? What is the animal? Where did it live? Why did the animal die out? Extinct animal What was the animal like? What were the habits of the animal? What can you learn from its story? Useful Expressions What is the animal? It is a/an ... Where did it live? It lived in ... What was the animal like? It looked like... It could... What were the habits of the animal? It loved to... Why did the animal die out? ...cut down trees... What can you learn from its story? We should try our best to... ...hunted... Do some research on an extinct animal. Use the chart to help you. Step 1 What is the animal and where did it live? What was the animal like? General information Why did the animal die out? What were the habits of the animal? What can you learn from its story? Message Step 2 Organise the information and write a paragraph. Check. Did you: introduce the experience of the animal? use the words and expressions from the reading passage? give your opinion about protecting animals? Step 3 Step 4 Share your paragraph with the class. $$