第43/741期初二教案

刘霞波

 

Where are they going? (P2)

 

 

I. Pre-reading

Step 1 Lead-in                     

Guess: Can you guess the animal?

It is huge and grey.

It has a long nose and big ears.

It eats grass, leaves and fruit.

It is very strong.

 

News about the elephants

What happened to the elephants?

 

II. While reading

Step 2 Fast-reading                             

Predict

·In which section of a newspaper might this text appear?

  History  

  Culture     

  Nature     

  Technology

  

 

 

Step 3 While-reading

 

 

Reading Strategy 1

       Finding the structure of the passage can help us understand the passage more easily and quickly.

 

Blank filling (Paragragh1)

How far	500 kilometers
How many	15 wild Asian elephants
Habitat	In Xishuangbanna, Yunan province
Where	The herd was in the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan province.

 

Answer the question (Para.2)

·What damage have the elephants caused?

  They have damaged 561,333 square meters of crops.

  They have caused economic losses of nearly 6.8 million yuan.

 

·The elephants might be going north because _____.

a. they ran out of food and space to live in

b. they were losing their habitat

c. they could not stand the hot weather in the south

d. Earth’s magnetic field has changed

A. abc      B. abd      C. acd      D. bcd

 

Mindmap (Paragraph 4-7)

 

 

 

 

Reading Strategy 2

       If we want to know more details, a “Wh-” table、key words and mind map can help.

 

III. Post reading

Step 4 Post-reading              

Summary of the passage

What?

Where?

Why?

How?

More?

 

·Endangered animals     

  Do you know any other endangered animals?

  blue whale

  South China tiger

  polar bear

 

·Discussion

  Don't buy things made from wildlife.

  Protect forests and plant more trees.

  Participate in animal protection activities.

 

IV. Homework

1. Draw a poster about how to help animals.

2. Do some research online to learn how you can help animals yourself.­­­­­­­­­­