Teaching aims （教学目标）

1. 能用所学知识谈论动物。

2. 能理解大象是泰国的象征。

3. 能够知道要保护动物。

4. 掌握英语阅读的技巧。

Language points  (语言点)

1. 词汇：1) 名词n.  symbol, flag, place, water, danger, tree, ivory, zoo, Thailand, Thai

        2) 形容词adj. Thai

      3) 动词 v. save, forget, cut, kill  

     4）介词 prep. over

     5） 副词 adv. Down

2.短语：(be) in danger, cut down, get lost, made of, symbol of, kill…for

3. 句子：1)  People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes.

      2) They can also remember places with food and water.

Difficulties （教学难点）

1.learning the target languages and new description words

2.learning the reading skills to understand the article

Teaching steps （教学步骤）

1. Warm-up and revision（课堂热身和复习）

Ask some Ss to describe their descriptions of their favorite animals to the class.[源:Zxxk.Com]

【教学设计说明】通过对动物的描述，激发学生学习兴趣。复习描述动物的形容词。为完成2a做好铺垫。

2. Presentation （呈现新知识）

Work on 2b. Read the article, finish the exercises。

【教学设计说明】阅读文章应先略读再细读。通过讲解阅读技巧帮助学生对文章有整体理解。层层深入的设计能够帮助学生更好的理解文章，读懂细节。

3. 布置作业：教师引导学生课后完成本课时对应练习，并预习下一课时内容。

4. 反思：课时通过背景介绍法吸引学生兴趣，结合读写训练，提高学生的阅读、写作能力，同时培养和增强学生热爱动物、保护动物的意识

 

 

 

 

 

Unit5 section B 2a—2c 导学案

-----Preview before class

 

课前预习	写一写	1.救助              2.旗帜               3.忘记               4.地方    5.水                6.危险               7.超过               8.杀死
	译一译	1.处于危险之中                  2.砍倒 3.迷路                          4.由……制成
	背一背	1. 人们砍伐大量树木，所以大象正失去家园。   2.他们也能记住有食物和水的地方。

 

-----Lead-in

talk about the animals according to the chart below.

Using the sentences like this:             I like…, because they are….

                                    I don’t like…, because they are….

Animals	Description
koalas   ×	lazy and shy
elephants	cute and smart
giraffes	beautiful and friendly

 

-----work on 2b

-----Read the article quickly and find out the topic sentence in each paragraph.

 

Para. 1

Para. 2                                   the best title of this article

Para. 3

 

-----Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.

1. Where are the students from?

2. What do they want to do?

3. Why are elephants important in Thailand?

it is one of Thailand’s _________.

Because  the first flag had ______________ on it.

it is a symbol of __________.

 

 

-----Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions.

1. Are elephants smart animals?

2. What can they do?

can play ______ or ______.

They  can also ______ very well.

      can ____ for a long time and never _______.                   

      can also _________ places with food and water.

 

----- Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions.

1.Are elephants in great danger? And why?   Elephants are ______________.

people _________ many trees.

Because   elephants are losing  ___________.

          people kill elephants for _________.

2. How can they save elephants?

Ø Don’t cut down so many _____.

Ø Don’t ____ things made of ivory.

Ø Remember that March 13th is _________________.

—— Read the article again ,find out the words that refer to and fill in the blanks.

1. Our first flag had a white elephant on it.

“our” refers to _________          “it” refers to ___________________

2. This is a symbol of good luck.

“this” refers to _______________

3.  They can play soccer or music.  

“they” refers to ___________

4.  This helps them to live.

“this” refers to ______________________________________________.

5.  People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes.

“their” refers to __________

----Summary & Exercise