Animals in danger教案

s2: england and france. the exciting thing is to guess who will be the winner.
s1: oh, that sounds good. what time does it start?
s2: at four o’clock. let’s meet at half past three.
s1: ok. see you then.
s2: ok.
listening
then go on with activity 8. first ask students to guess what will be talked about. then play the tape and get the students to listen and answer the questions.
check the answers with the class.

step iii reading and writing (around the world: p76; 10-12: p79)
around the world
ask students to read the passages by themselves, and then finish the following exercises.
show the following.
fill in the blanks.
1. the largest animal in the world is ________. it lives in ________ and eats ________ for food.
2. the wild bactrian camel lives in _________ and ________. it is the _________ in the world with two humps.
3. many ________ live in india but you can find them in other counties as well. there are many elephants which ________ for people.
writing
first ask students to discuss in small groups to decide which animal they want to write about. find out about the animal. then write one or two short paragraphs about it.
sample version:
gray bats
gray bats only weigh up to half an ounce. their wings measure about 1.5 inches across. gray bats live in groups in caves. most gray bats live in caves in alabama, northern arkansas, kentucky, missouri, and tennessee. the caves are usually found near a river or lake. during the day, gray bats sleep. at night, they eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes or other pests in one hour. there are about 2 million bats, but their numbers become smaller because their living place are becoming smaller and some died from eating insects which is killed by pesticides. 

step vi homework
ask students to
1. finish activities 11—12 in workbook on page 147.
2. summarize what they have learned in the module.
teaching resources
i. animals are in danger!
all around the world there are species of animals that are about to become extinct --- disappear for ever. we need to do something to stop this happening. if we go on using nature as thoughtlessly as we have been doing, there will soon be nothing left. so nature has to be looked after carefully.
amazing facts
 the world's noisiest land animals are the howler monkeys. when the male monkeys call, their screams can be heard from 16km away.
 the world's largest land animal is the african elephant. an adult elephant grows over 3 meters tall and weighs 5.7 tons.
 cheetahs are the world's fastest animals on land. they can run up to 100km/h over short distances.