Module6 Animal in Danger（Reading and vocabulary）

module6 animal in danger（reading and vocabulary）

teaching goals:
1. language knowledge goals:
1)key words: endanger, antelope, poacher, illegal, confiscate, ideal
2)key phrases: give one’s life to, on the spot, come into fashion, raid on, get tough with sb
3)key sentence patterns:
although surprised, the poachers had an advantage—there were more of them.
often working at night, the poachers shoot whole herds of antelopes at a time, leaving only the babies,whose wool is not worth so much.
2. language skill goals:
a. to know sth about the endangered antelopes.
b.to improve the students’ reading ability.
c. enable the students talk about how to protect animals
3.emotional attitude goals:
a. cultivate the students’ awareness of loving animals and the nature as well as protecting the environment. also encourage the students to take an active part in social practice and exploration.
b. guide the students to learn how to cooperate with others
c. help the students further enhance the ability of self-study
4. learning strategy goals:
train students’ cognition strategy, regulation strategy, communication strategy, resource strategy, self-learning strategy, and cooperative learning strategies through cooperative discussions, games, contests, and other forms of activities.
teaching important points:
a. key sentence patterns: although surprised(v-ed as adverbial), leaving only the babies(v-ing as adverbial of result)
b.key topics: how  to protect animals in danger
teaching difficult points:
a.improve the students’reading ability ,simultaneously train the students to capture the key sentence and seize the key information.
b. get students to talk about “what i have learnt from this passage” and “how can we protect the animals” through group cooperation.
teaching methods:
task-based teaching methods, reading, pair or group work, discussion.
teaching aids:
a multi-media computer& a tape recorder& a blackboard
teaching procedures:
step1.presentation
i.  four students in a group to list the animals they ever knew .ask them to say sth about the animals' speciality.( have a competition to see which group can list the most words with the limited time)
ii. ask students which animals are in danger , then show some pictures of giant panda, siberian tiger, ibis, antelope, red wolf
iii. students talk about the reasons why many kinds of wild animals are in danger.(group work)
iv. students work in pairs to make an interview (in this pair-work activity, students will use an interview format to practise talking about animals and animal protection.)