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Unit 5
Fantastic friends!
Reading for writing
1.What are these animals ?
2.What do you think of them ? Why ?
Talk freely
Presentation
Unit 5 Fantastic friends
Reading for writing
Learning Objectives
Be able to introduce the basic information of an extinct animal.
Be able to describe the reasons for the extinction
of this animal.
Express the enlightenment gained from it and put forward their views on animal protection.
1.Where can you see them now ?
2.What happened to them ?
3.What do you think are the reasons ?
Talk freely
Today ,we are going to learn about this animal, dodo
Read quickly and answer .
What happened to dodos?
Dodos died out because humans arrived
at their island.
Read quickly and answer .
What do you think of dodos' story?
It's sad.
Read carefully and answer .
1.Where can you see dodos now?
There used to be thousands of dodos – for real.
But now you can only see them in museums
[a place to see and learn about art, history, or
science].
Read carefully and answer .
2.How was dodos' life in the beginning?
They lived on an island [a piece of land in
water] in the Indian Ocean [a very large sea].
There was plenty [a lot of] food to eat. All
the other animals were friendly [kind, nice].
Discuss in your group .
Why did dodos die out?
In 1598, humans arrived [to get to a place].
They cut down the trees and the lovely forest
[a large area of land covered with trees] was
gone. They hunted dodos. Their animals ate
dodos’ eggs. As a result, dodos soon [in a
short time] died out.
• Why did Dad and Mum write the letter?
Mia is now in ¹________. Dad and Mum want to share some ²________ with her.
• What is Dad and Mum’s advice?
Mia will face ³________.
Mia should try her ⁴________ and ⁵________ to reach her goal.
• What do Dad and Mum hope?
Dad and Mum hope this letter ⁶________ Mia in the future.
Retell the text according to table .
即学即练
Write a short passage according to the questions.
1.Where is the animal and where did it live?
2.What is the animal like ?
3.What was the habits of the animal ?
4.Why did the animal die out ?
5.What can you learn from its story ?
例文
The passenger pigeon once lived in North
America.It was grey and about 40 cm long . It lived in very large groups and could fly fast .In genery, 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 ptevent
more animals from becoming extinct .
1. What is the purpose of the passage?
2.How do people's actions influence animal?
Please give an example .
Think and share.
What did you learn?
Share your feelings with the class .
A wise child brings joy to a father; a foolish child brings grief to a mother.”
(智者子使父乐,愚者子使母忧。)——《箴言》
English Proverb
Thank you!
Goodbye!
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