本单元主题为“Birdwatching”,属于“人与自然”主题范畴。整个单元语言技能及语言知识都围绕“观鸟”这个话题而展开。其中Reading板块,学生将掌握扎龙自然保护区的基本情况,了解人类为保护扎龙自然保护区和鸟类采取的措施,提出保护鸟类的方法,通过谈论观鸟者的做法,增强热爱鸟类、保护鸟类的意识,并呼吁采取更多保护鸟类和保护大自然的行动。
通过本节课的学习,学生能够:
1.读懂文章,了解扎龙自然保护区的基本情况。
2.复习和拓展有关保护野生动物的的词汇。
3.引导、教育学生保护鸟类、保护自然。
Step One Pre-reading
Activity 1 Guessing game
Guess the animals or birds according to the given hints.
〔设计意图〕教师给出野生动物的相关提示,学生猜测,复习巩固已学野生动物,唤起学生的表达欲,激发学生对本课话题的兴趣。
Activity 2 Read and learn
Activity 3 Read and predict
〔设计意图〕读标题,预测文章可能告诉我们什么,培养学生利用标题等进行预测推断的能力,形成阅读期待。
Step Two While-reading
Activity 1 Skimming
Read the article quickly and choose the main idea of each paragraph.
〔设计意图〕通过运用略读的阅读策略,引导学生归纳文章各段落大意,增强学生的整体篇章意识。
Activity 2 Careful reading
Para 1&2 About Zhalong Nature Reserve and the birds in Zhalong
In this paragraph, the writer tells us why Zhalong is a special place.
Can you find some adjectives or adjective phrases to describe it ?
〔设计意图〕通过问题链,观察学生获取信息的能力,鼓励学生大胆表达自己的观点,同时为接下来探讨如何保护鸟类做铺垫。
Para 3 Birds in Zhalong are in danger
Can you use ONE word to fill the blank above?
In this paragraph, the writer tells us what ________ Zhalong, the special place, is facing.
Which words describe the serious problem best?
Para 4 What the Birdwatching Society members do
Further thinking:
1.If you are a member of the Birdwatching Society, what may the results of your study be? ( types? numbers?)
2.What difficulties may you have and what help will you need in your study?
〔设计意图〕让学生代入角色,进行沉浸式思考,培养学生高阶创新思维。
Para 5 More people can help count and describe the birds
Step Three Post-reading
Activity 1 Group work
Introduce Zhalong in groups of four. Everyone offers ideas.
〔设计意图〕学生以小组合作的方式进行信息的交流,以促进学生全员参与。
Activity 2 Discuss in groups
What can we do to protect the wild animals?
Activity 3 Write a proposal to ask more people to protect wild animals
〔设计意图〕充分挖掘文本,让学生活用知识,培养语言输出能力,实现思维的创新。
Activity 4 Enjoy a video
〔设计意图〕进行情感教育,鼓励学生珍惜大自然,善待鸟类,保护动物,和动物和谐共处。
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