Module 3 Unit 5
Save the endangered animals
This lesson is is helpful to make the Ss learn the knowledge of this unit, for the task in the next periods is to practice reading . It plays a very important part in the English teaching of this unit. Ss can learn and review some useful words, making them knowing more knowledge about save the endangered animals and train their reading ability.Train their four skills of listening,reading,
Speaking and writing.
【知识目标】
1．Get students to learn the useful words and expressions in this period.
endangered，file，giant panda，wild，bamboo，adult，weight，kilogram，population，behaviour，birth，patch，shoulder，central，menu，fur；in the wild，at birth。
2．Help students to learn about useful expressions..
【能力目标】
To read the passage and answer some questions about cartoons and comic strips.
【情感目标】
1．Help them understand more about animals.
2．Develop students' sense of cooperative learning.
【教学重点】
How to train their reading ability step by step.
【教学难点】  　
1．Develop students' reading ability.
2．Help students understand the difficulties.
                         
Multimedia
Part 1
step1 Getting ready
1). Look at the cartoon and answer the questions.
What are Hi and Lo doing?
What are the pandas oating?
Why doos Hi say"Pandas like old films”?
2) Look at the cartoon and tell what giant pandas look like.
step2. Brainstorm.
What do you know about …?
How much do you know about pandas? Try the short quiz below. Circle the correct
answers.
1 How many pandas still live in the wild?
a About 1,600. b About 160,000
2 Can pandas climb trees?
a Yes, they can. b No, they can't
3 What do pandas usually eat?
a Bananas  b Bamboo.
4 How long can pandas live in the wild?
a About 20 years.  b About 50 years
5 Where do pandas live?(There is more than one answer.)
a In Sichuan
b In Shaanxi
c In Gansu
d In Jiangsu
                                             
Step3. Before reading
1. Look at the pictures, the title, the introduction and the sub-headings of the article on page 67. Then answer the questions below.
● Where does this article most probably come from?
    a  A novel.                 
    b  A science magazine.
● What information about pandas can you get from the article?
    a  Their numbers.     
    b  Their behaviour.
    c  Their food.   
    d  Their relationship with humans.
    e  Their future.   
    f  Their uses.                 
    g  Their looks.
Step4. Scanning
Scanning
When you need to find certain information in a text, you do not have to read
every word. Instead, you can move your eyes quickly over the text to find
the information you need. This is called scanning. The exercise in B on page
66 is a scanning exercise.
kilogramLook at the article on page 67. Complete the facts about pandas.
Panda facts
Adult weight: about   1          kilograms
Life:Pandas live for about  2            in the wild
but in zoos they can live for  3                    .
Food:A panda eats about   4              of bamboo a day.
Home:Pandas live high up in the mountains of  5              .
Population: There are about 6              pandas in the wild.
Behaviour:Pandas spend more than  7                      day eating.
Step5. Think and learn
Pandas are endangered animals.
There are not many giant pandas living in the wild because there is not enough food for them.

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