Unit 4 Wildlife protection 教學設計

useful phrases from about dinosaurs
during the history of the earth, live on the earth, tens of millions of years ago, came into being, eggs of five species, a rare new species, a bird-like dinosaur, climb tree, tell…from…, die out, hit the earth, put…into the air, get hot, live on, know for sure, in the same way, listen to the story about…, disappear from…
iv. reading to answer questions
read the questions in the table below and scan the text to answer them.
when did dinosaurs live on earth? 
when did dinosaurs die out? 
how did dinosaurs die out? 
v. speaking in pairs about helping the dodo
zhao yannan: the dodo was driven to extinction by sailors when they discovered the island of maritius in the 17th century. it is one of the first documented human induced extinctions.
zhao yanfei: what a pity that we can not find any dodo now. imagine we are with the dodo, yannan, what could we do to help it?
zhao yannan: then i would intend to hide it in a cave, so that sailors could not find it.
zhao yanfei: if i were there, i would try to trap them as they were catching and killing the dodo. putting man who is harmful to the dodo in a cage and attacking him is the best way to protect and save the dodo.
zhao yannan: i’d like to and i’m ready to, teach man how to be friends with animals, including the dodo. the man and the dodo can be living side by side on the earth. they can be happy together.
zhaoyanfei: i would rather not tell you what i think of man. he is selfish and cruel. he cares only for himself and that is why so many animals have disappeared from this earth. putting the bad men in a cage is the only way out, i am sure.
vi. closing down by writing to wwf
all right now, boys and girls, to end this period, next you are to write a letter or an email to wwf asking them to help you save your endangered animal.
give a sample writing to the class after their writing.
附： 備課資料
what is wwf?
wwf, the global conservation organization was originally known as world wildlife fund.
in 1986, it changed its name to world wide fund for nature (except in the us and canada) to better represent the spread of its work. it was founded on september 11, 1961 by, among others, the biologist sir julian huxley, prince bernhard of the netherlands, max nicholson and the naturalist and painter sir peter scott who designed the original black and white panda logo. it is one of the world’s largest environmental organizations, with a network of offices in nearly 60 countries and a secretariat in gland, switzerland.