Unit5 Saving animals in danger Writing.教学课件2025-2026学年沪教版八年级英语下册

Unit 5 Saving animals in danger Writing （沪教版 2024）八年级 下 1 0 2 Pre-writing While-writing 4 Post-writing 6 Summary Assessment Homework 1 3 5 7 Learning objectives Lead in By the end of the lesson, I will be able to... 1 2 3 use subheadings for an endangered animal blog; describe its appearance, home, food and danger reasons; check and revise with a checklist. 00 Learning objectives Think and share. Lead-in 01 What makes a good blog post? Facts about the animal (what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, how it lives, how long it lives). Dangers the animal is facing. A call to protect the animal. Simple, true words everyone can understand A clear title and introduction to tell readers what the blog is about. Beautiful pictures .… (1)_____________________ Asian elephants are huge and grey. They weigh up to 5,400 kilograms and can be up to 3.2 metres tall at the shoulder. (2) _____________________ Asian elephants live in the grasslands and forests of South East Asia. (3) _____________________ Asian elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruit. (4) _____________________ Asian elephants often move in large groups. (5) _____________________ In the wild, Asian elephants may live for up to 60–70 years, but most do not live that long. (6) _____________________ People are cutting down forests. They are also killing Asian elephants for their tusks. It is important for us to protect them. Read and answer. Pre-writing 02 Six parts. Q: How many parts are there in the blog post? What are they? Q: What tense did the writer mostly use? Present simple. Read and match. Pre-writing 02 (1)_____________________ Asian elephants are huge and grey. They weigh up to 5,400 kilograms and can be up to 3.2 metres tall at the shoulder. (2) _____________________ Asian elephants live in the grasslands and forests of South East Asia. (3) _____________________ Asian elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruit. (4) _____________________ Asian elephants often move in large groups. (5) _____________________ In the wild, Asian elephants may live for up to 60–70 years, but most do not live that long. (6) _____________________ People are cutting down forests. They are also killing Asian elephants for their tusks. It is important for us to protect them. Appearance Home Food Behaviour Life Why in danger (1)_____________________ Asian elephants are huge and grey. They weigh up to 5,400 kilograms and can be up to 3.2 metres tall at the shoulder. (2) _____________________ Asian elephants live in the grasslands and forests of South East Asia. (3) _____________________ Asian elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruit. (4) _____________________ Asian elephants often move in large groups. (5) _____________________ In the wild, Asian elephants may live for up to 60–70 years, but most do not live that long. (6) _____________________ People are cutting down forests. They are also killing Asian elephants for their tusks. It is important for us to protect them. Read and learn. Pre-writing 02 A call to protect the animal. Facts about the animal (what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, how it lives, how long it lives). Beautiful pictures Appearance Home Food Behaviour Life Why in danger Dangers the animal is facing. A clear title and introduction to tell readers what the blog is about. Read and learn. Pre-writing 02 What makes a good blog post? A clear title and introduction to tell readers what the blog is about. Facts about the animal (what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, how it lives, how long it lives). Dangers the animal is facing. A call to protect the animal. Simple, true words everyone can understand Beautiful pictures Blog post (1)_____________________ Asian elephants are huge and grey. They weigh up to 5,400 kilograms and can be up to 3.2 metres tall at the shoulder. (2) _____________________ Asian elephants live in the grasslands and forests of South East Asia. (3) _____________________ Asian elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruit. (4) _____________________ Asian elephants often move in large groups. (5) _____________________ In the wild, Asian elephants may live for up to 60–70 years, but most do not live that long. (6) _____________________ People are cutting down forests. They are also killing Asian elephants for their tusks. It is important for us to protect them. Appearance Home Food Behaviour Life Why in danger Read the text and underline the useful expressions. Pre-writing 02 Read and underline. 介绍动物外形 栖息地介绍 Food 食性介绍 Life 寿命介绍 濒危原因 & 保护呼吁 行为习性介绍 (1)_____________________ Asian elephants are huge and grey. They weigh up to 5,400 kilograms and can be up to 3.2 metres tall at the shoulder. (2) _____________________ Asian elephants live in the grasslands and forests of South East Asia. (3) _____________________ Asian elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruit. (4) _____________________ Asian elephants often move in large groups. (5) _____________________ In the wild, Asian elephants may live for up to 60–70 years, but most do not live that long. (6) _____________________ People are cutting down forests. They are also killing Asian elephants for their tusks. It is important for us to protect them. Read the text and take notes. Pre-writing 02 Read and take notes. Appearance Home Food Behaviour Life Why in danger weigh up to 5,400 kilograms — 重达 5400 公斤 be up to 3.2 metres tall — 高达 3.2 米 live in the grasslands — 生活在草原上 move in large groups — 成群活动 live for up to 60-70 years — 寿命长达 60-70 年 cut down forests — 砍伐森林 Draw a mind map. Pre-writing 02 What makes a good blog post? A clear title and introduction to tell readers what the blog is about. Facts about the animal Dangers the animal is facing. A call to protect the animal. Simple, true words everyone can understand Beautiful pictures Blog post people cutting down forest elephants are killed for their tusks Home: the grasslands and forests of South East Asia Food:grass, leaves and fruit Appearance: huge and grey Weight: up to 5,400 kg Height: up to 3.2 metres at the shoulder Behaviour: move in large groups Life: can live for up to 60–70 years in the wild 2 Refer to the example above and write a blog post about an animal in danger. Writing a blog post. While-writing 03 Step 1 Plan Choose one animal from the list below, or choose your own animal. Do some research on it. Then make a mind map. giant panda South China tiger red-crowned crane blue whale While-writing 03 2 Refer to the example above and write a blog post about an animal in danger. Writing a blog post. Step 1 Plan Choose one animal from the list below, or choose your own animal. Do some research on it. Then make a mind map. 模块 内容 Appearance（外形） black and white, cute, round body, big black eyes Home（栖息地） bamboo forests in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, China Food（食物） bamboo (eats 12-18kg of bamboo a day) Behaviour（习性） good at climbing trees, likes to live alone Life（寿命） 20-30 years in the wild, up to 30+ years in zoos Why in danger（濒危原因） loss of bamboo forests, low birth rate How to protect（保护方法） build nature reserves, plant more bamboo giant panda For example: While-writing 03 2 Refer to the example above and write a blog post about an animal in danger. Writing a blog post. Step 1 Plan Choose one animal from the list below, or choose your own animal. Do some research on it. Then make a mind map. Facts about the animal Dangers the animal is facing. A call to protect the animal. Simple, true words everyone can understand Beautiful pictures Blog post loss of bamboo forests, low birth rate Appearance: black and white, cute, round body, big black eyes Behaviour: good at climbing trees, likes to live alone Life: 20-30 years in the wild, up to 30+ years in zoos Home: bamboo forests in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, China Food: bamboo (eats 12-18kg of bamboo a day) Step 2 Write Use your mind map to help you write the blog post. While-writing 03 Write an article. Remember to: use subheadings to help readers quickly find what they are looking for; add a picture of the animal to attract readers' attention. 1 Appearance 2 Home 3 Behaviour 4 Food 5 Life 6 Why in danger 16 Step 2 Write Use your mind map to help you write the blog post. While-writing 03 Writing a blog post. giant panda 1 Appearance 2 Home 3 Behaviour 4 Food 5 Life 6 Why in danger … have ... They are ... … live in ... They spend ... They like ... … eat ... In the wild, … can live ... In zoos, they ... People ... It is ... for / of people to ... Our Cute Friend — Giant Panda Appearance Giant panda is black and white. They have big black eye. They look very cute. They weight up to 160 kilogram. Home Giant pandas live in bamboo forest in Sichuan, China. They like live in cool mountain. Food Panda love eat bamboo. They eat 12-18kg bamboo every day. Bamboo is they favourite food. Why in danger Now pandas is in danger. People cut down many tree, so pandas lose their home. We must help they. Post-writing 04 Read and correct. are eyes kilograms living pandas their are them Save the South China Tiger! What is South China Tiger? South China tiger is a beautiful big cat. They have orange fur with black stripe. They are very strong and run very fast. They live in forest of southern China. What do they eat? South China tigers is meat-eater. They eat small animal like deer and pigs. They usually hunt at night. Why are they in danger? Long time ago, people kill many tigers. They also cut down forest, so tigers have no home. Now there is very few tigers in wild. How to help? We must protect tigers. We should stop kill tigers and build more nature park. Let's help these amazing animal live happy! Post-writing 04 Read and correct. stripes forests are animals killed are killing happily I used subheadings to present the information. I included interesting facts about the animal. I added a picture of the animal to attract readers’ attention. I used the words and expressions I learnt in this unit. I used correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. Tick (√) the boxes to check your writing, and then revise it. Check and revise. Post-writing 04 The words we have learned 一、根据句意及提示填空 Asian elephants are h________ and grey. (外貌) They live in the g________ and forests of South East Asia. (栖息地) They usually eat grass, l________ and fruit. (食物) People are c________ down forests, so elephants are losing their homes. It is important for us to p________ animals in danger. (保护) Summary 05 uge rasslands eaves utting rotect The words we have learned 二、短语翻译 外貌特征 ________________________ 栖息地 ________________________ 砍伐森林 ________________________ 濒危动物 ________________________ 保护动物 ________________________ Summary 05 appearance features habitat cut down forests endangered animals protect animals The words we have learned 三、句子翻译 亚洲象体型庞大，呈灰色。 _______________________________________________________________ 它们生活在东南亚的草原和森林里。 _______________________________________________________________人们砍伐森林，还为了象牙猎杀亚洲象。 _______________________________________________________________对我们来说，保护濒危动物很重要。 _______________________________________________________________我们应该用小标题来组织博客内容。 _______________________________________________________________ Summary 05 Asian elephants are huge and grey. They live in the grasslands and forests of Southeast Asia. People cut down forests and hunt Asian elephants for their tusks. It is important for us to protect endangered animals. We should use subheadings to organize the blog content. Assessment 06 Self-assessment I can use subheadings for an endangered animal blog. I can describe its appearance, home, food and danger reasons. I can check and revise with a checklist. Basic (基础) Improving(提升) Extend (拓展) Homework 07 整理本节课核心词汇（appearance, habitat, tusk, in danger），每个词造 1 个句子。 修改课堂初稿，完善博客内容，确保结构完整、语法正确，字数 80-100 词。 在博客结尾添加 1-2 句保护倡议（如 It is necessary for us to...），并为博客设计一个吸引眼球的标题。 $