Unit 5 Fantastic friends Developing ideas ③教学课件 -2024-2025学年外研版英语七年级上册 2024-2025学年外研版七年级英语上册

Unit 5 Fantastic friends Developing ideas (写作) monkey beaver dodo camel It is... / It is called... Look and answer. What do you think of dodos? Think and answer. friendly slow ugly beautiful fat cute It is... Why did dodos die out? cut down island plenty of Where can you see dodos now? hunted safe in the museum Ocean peaceful Where did they live in the past? Because humans cut down the trees and hunted them. We can only see them _in th_e m_u_s_e_u_m_now. They lived on an island in the Indian _O_c_e_a_n_. They had a peaceful and safe life. What were the habits of dodos? were slow and couldn’t fly. There was plenty of food to eat and they Review. Think and answer. What can you learn from dodos? We should protect animals and take good care of them. Think and answer. How can we protect and take good care of animals? We should make a poster to call on people to protect animals. reduce pollution to protect the environment. take an active part in planting trees. raise money for an animal protection organization. call on our government to build more nature reserves. We shouldn’t throw rubbish everywhere. take away animals’ land. hunt or kill animals. cut down trees. The purpose is to tell people about the story of an extinct animal and show how people influence wild animals. Also, it’s to call on people to protect animals in need. Think and answer. What’s the purpose of the story? Where did it live? It lived in / on... Review. the sad story of dodos Why did the animal die out? Humans cut down the trees and hunted... What were the habits of the animal? They ate plenty of food... the story of... Ending Beginning Tell the story. What animal is it? Where did it live? What was it like? What were the habits of the animal? Why did the animal die out? It is... / It is called... It lived in / on... friendly / cutte //sllow //llovelly.... grey and fat / It had... / It was the size of... It couldn’t fly. / It walked slowly. They ate plenty of food . Humans cut down the trees and hunted . We should protect and respect... What do you learn from its story? Share the story. the sad story of dodos What a pity! From the story, I have learned that we should protect animals. That is also to protect ourselves. Let me tell you about an extinct animal. Its name is the dodo. Dodos lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. They were grey and fat, about one metre in size, and looked very cute. There was plenty of food to eat. They lived a peaceful life. However, it changed after humans arrived in 1598. They cut down the trees and dodos’ lovely forest was gone. Humans hunted dodos easily because they couldn’t fly and walked very slowly. What’s more, their pigs, cats, and dogs ate dodos’ eggs. So they soon died out. passenger pigeon Look and say. What animal is it? habitat It lived in North America . appearance It was g_re_y . habit It could e_a_t _p_la_n_t_s_. reason It died out in 1914 because humans hunted it . view We should protect animals in need . Discuss in groups. What do you learn about it? an extinct animal name habitat appearance habit feature reason passenger pigeon North America grey about 40 cm long living in very large groups eating plenty of plants flying fast Humans hunted it. Think and write. Where did it live? What was it like? It lived in North America. It was grey and about 40 cm long. Think and write. Beginning: The name of the extinct animal is the passenger pigeon. It lived in very large groups and could fly fast. It ate plenty of plants. What were the habits of the animal? Why did the animal die out? It died out because people hunted it. Ending: As a student, the best way to help animals is to call on people to protect them as much as possible. Think and write. Share the story. an extinct animal The name of the extinct animal is the passenger pigeon. Let me tell you something about it. The passenger pigeon once lived in North America. It was grey, about 40 cm long, and looked very cute. It ate plenty of plants. It lived in very large groups and could fly fast. Often, millions of passenger pigeons flew together. The animal died out because people hunted it. They were easy to shoot. The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914. We should protect wildlife to prevent more animals from becoming extinct. They are our friends. Self-evaluation Evaluation Yes No Content Cover key facts of the extinct animal (place, appearance, habits, reasons of extinction). Structure Include beginning (name), key facts of the extinct animal, and ending (views). Language Use words and useful expressions we have learned in this unit. Homework Must do Write about a story of another extinct animal. Homework Choose to do Make a poster about another extinct animal with your group members. $$