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Unit 6 Fantastic Friends
Developing ideas (2)
英语外研版七年级上册
Learning Objectives
通过本课时的学习,学生能够:
1.读懂和渡渡鸟灭绝有关的文章,获取并梳理相关信息;
2.借助博物展示板的信息,复述渡渡鸟的悲剧故事;
3.通过研读文章,准确理解“As dead as a dodo.”的含义;
4.深入思考渡渡鸟灭绝的原因,感知人类对动物的影响,树立保护动物、
爱护自然的意识。
Revision
What are the animals?
They are the pigeon, monkeys and the dog Bingjie.
What do you think of them?
They are amazing and helpful.
Watch and answer
What’s the video about?
It’s about the disappearance of animals.
Free talk
Where can you see these animals now?
We can only see these animals in the museum now.
What happened to them?
They died out.
What do you think are the reasons?
Maybe because humans hunted them. Humans also cut down trees in the forest and their homes are gone.
museum animal human cut down
hunt die out
Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you.
n. 博物馆
v. 猎杀
消失;绝迹
adj. 友好的
Look and learn
It’s a dodo.
It lived on an island in India Ocean.
It couldn’t fly.
It laid (下;产) only one egg at a time.
It was friendly and didn’t afraid of humans at all.
It disappeared in 1681.
Do you know the bird? Let’s learn something about it.
n. 岛,岛屿
n. 海洋
n. 渡渡鸟
Observe and predict
Observe the pictures in the textbook and predict what happened to dodos.
The dodo’s life on an island.
The dodo’s extinction(灭绝) and its lessons.
The influence of human activities on wildlife.
What is the main idea of this article?
Scan and choose
Para. 1
Read and match
The living place and habits of dodos
The reasons for dodo’s extinction
The call for people to help protect animals
The introduction of dodos
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Read and answer
Read Para.1 and answer the question.
How many dodos were there?
There used to be thousands of dodos.
2. Why is the dodo “just a character” to some readers?
Because people don’t see them in the real world.
General information
Name dodo
Living place
Characteristics
The reasons for its extinction
Read and fill
Read Paras. 2-3 and fill in the blanks.
an island in the Indian Ocean
slow and couldn’t fly
Humans cut down trees, hunted dodos, and their animals ate dodos’ eggs.
What do “as happy as a clam” and “as dead as a dodo” mean?
“As happy as a clam” means very happy.
“As dead as a dodo” means completely dead.
2. Why does the writer use the two expressions at the end of the
passage?
The writer uses the expressions to encourage readers to look after animals.
Read and answer
Read Para. 4 and answer the questions.
n. 蛤蜊
Listen to the passage and
read after it.
Listen and read aloud
Fill and retell
Complete the display board with the words from the passage. Then retell the story.
island
animals
Humans
trees
museums
food
eggs
Further thinking
How do you feel about the extinction of the dodo bird?
regretful
sad
sorry
...
4. If dodo birds still existed, what would you do to protect them?
Never cut down trees on the island.
Never hunt them.
Protect their eggs from other animals.
...
What is the purpose of the passage?
The purpose is to tell people about dodos’ story and show how people influence wild animals. Also, it’s to call on people to protect animals in need.
Think and share
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.
Learning to think
How do people’s actions influence animals? Give an example.
Possible answer: People’s actions can change animals’ behiaviour. For example, birds sing differently in noisy cities. They do this so they can hear each other.
Think and share
Discuss and share
What can you see on these pictures?
What is the influence on animals?
What can people do to save animals?
1. Work in groups and discuss:
Dodos died out. But there are many other animals in the real world.
Discuss and share
2. Each group chooses one representative to share the idea in class.
Example:
We can see many trees were cut down and a lot of rubbish in the pictures.
Animals may get sick because of the rubbish and the monkeys may lost their homes.
To protect the animals, we should not cut down trees or throw rubbish everywhere...
Animals are amazing and helpful. Let’s try our best to protect them.
Discuss and share
Homework
1. Write a short passage to introduce dodos.
2. Do some research on an extinct animal. Find some information on WHAT, WHERE and WHY.
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