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2. Whose birthday is it?
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Section B (2a-2e)
人教版 英语(八年级下)
2. Whose birthday is it?
教学目标
语言能力
1.学习词汇bamboo, wild, endangered, keeper, awake, excitement, illness, walk into, fall over等。
思维品质
启发学生深入思考人、动物、自然三者的关系,增强学生保护濒危动物的责任意识和环保意识,体现学科育人价值。
1.通过阅读训练,掌握速读,寻读(重点)和精读策略;
2.学会对事实和数字的比较。
学习能力
树立保护动物意识和人与自然和谐相处的观念,践行保护生态环境行动。
文化意识
情景导入
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02
读前感知
03
读中操练
04
读后拓展
05
回顾总结
06
07
随堂小测
家庭作业
CONTENT
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家庭作业
2. Whose birthday is it?
01 情景导入
Scenario import
Watch a video
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02 读前感知
Before reading
Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you.
2a
big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect
appearance
food
Habitat(栖息地)
Situation(处境)
black and white, big, cute,
beautiful
bamboo
forest, Sichuan, zoo …
famous, endangered, protect
popular
Pandas are big. They like eating bamboos.
B: Pandas are in black and white. I think they are very cute.
A: But they are endangered now.
B: Yes, we should try to protect them.
……
Have a look at Chengdu Research Base
A panda keeper.
It was founded in 1987.
成都大熊猫繁育研究基地(Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding)位于成都北郊斧头山,距市区10公里,是一个专门从事濒危野生动物研究、繁育、保护教育和教育旅游的非营利性机构。该基地建有一座大熊猫博物馆,存有珍贵的资料和丰富的展品。
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03 读中操练
While reading
①
②
③
④
Skimming(跳读)
Read and think:
What’s the main idea of each paragraph?
___ People love pandas.
___ People are doing things to save pandas.
___ Pandas’ life at Chengdu Research Base.
___ There are only a few pandas in the world.
①
②
③
④
It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas' breakfast. At 9:00 a.m. , they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. When the babies see the keepers,they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says, "They're so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they're my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They're very special to me." In fact,many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.
1.What do pandas have for breakfast?
Milk.
2.What is Lin Wei’s job?
panda keeper.
Careful Reading
Read Para. 1 and 2
Read Para. 1 and 2, then fill in the blanks.
Panda keepers are preparing _____ for the baby pandas’ breakfast. Pandas _____ ____ to keepers. They _____ ____ their friends and _____ ____ .
Pandas are _____ and _______. They are _______ to Li Wei. Pandas have become popular and a ________ of China.
Pandas’ activities
Li Wei’s thoughts
milk
run over
walk into
fall over
cute
lovely
special
symbol
Read Para. 3 and find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.
1.What does 10 mean?
adult pandas eat about
10 kilos of bamboo a day.
It means
2.What does 12 mean?
adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
It means
amount
of food
2b
length of
eating time
Read Para. 3 and find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.
3.What about 300,2000?
Endangered !
number of
pandas
2b
Read Para 3 and finish the mind map.
Why pandas are endangered?
Pandas may have ____________
every two years.
The baby pandas often _________
_______ and do not live very long.
Adult pandas eat about _________
bamboo a day.
Human __________the bamboo forests.
only one baby
die from
illnesses
10 kilos of
cut down
There are _________
________.
There is __________
_____.
fewer baby
pandas
not enough
food
Pandas are __________.
endangered
An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. And the Chinese government is trying hard to help save the pandas. Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.
Government
Read Para.4 and answer the questions.
Education program
Scientists
How many ways are mentioned in this paragraph?
Three.
Who What(Actions) Why(Purposes)
teaches children
send people to school
are doing research
to tell...
the importance of...
to help save the pandas
to better understand the habits of pandas
Read Para.4and fill in the chart.
An education program
The Chinese government
Scientists
is trying hard
Ways to save pandas
Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.
The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _______ breakfast for the baby pandas.
prepare
2.In ____, pandas have become so ______ that they are now a symbol of China.
popular
3. Adult pandas do not have babies very ____, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _______.
often
illnesses
4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _______ about why pandas are __________.
children
endangered
5. The Chinese government is helping to ____ the pandas. Scientists also want to better _________ the habits of pandas.
save
understand
fact
2d
keepers
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04 读后拓展
After reading
Try to retell the passage by the mind map.
Pandas’ daily life.
Pandas
in danger.
Protect
pandas.
Pandas only have one baby every ______ years.
Babies often _______ illnesses and don’t live very long.
Babies pandas like _____for breakfast.They run over to the keepers with ________.
Adult pandas spend 12 hours_______ about 10 kilos....
People _________ the forests. ________ food to eat.
Education program __________children about the ____________of saving…
Chinese government ______________ the animals.
scientists are doing ________to better understand...
Pandas are so _____and _____,They are now a _____of china.
eating
Less
research
trying hard to save
importance
die from
cute
milk
excitement
lovely
symbol
two
cut down
After reading
Low panda birth rate
less food
smaller forests
teaches
Further thinking
After reading
What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?
Realize Pandas in danger
Be aware of Pandas’ protection
The writer uses the panda as a representation.
To call on(呼吁) people to protect animals in danger.
Know Pandas’ general information
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05 回顾总结
Summary
Protect the
bamboo forests
Give away money to the Research Centers
Don’t buy
fur products(毛皮制品)
Build more reserves
When the buying stops, the killing can too!
没有买卖,就没有杀害!
We hope we can get on well with nature!!
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08 家庭作业
Homework
2. Whose birthday is it?
Homework
1.Memorize the words and sentences.
2.Retell the passage in your own words.
3. (Optional)Write a paragraph about other endangered animals and then make a poster.
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Thanks
for watching!
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