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8AUnit4Reading

8AUnit4Reading

（1）

Duration

●      1class45minutes

Type

●      ReadingⅠ

Objectives

●      Toreviewvocabularyforanimals

●      Toinfermeaningofthenewwordsusingstudents’ownbackgroundknowledgeandaccordingtothecontext

●      Togetgistbyskimmingthetext

●      Toidentifyspecificmeaningbyscanningthetext

Importantpointsanddifficulties

●      Togetlearnersfamiliarwiththegrowingprocessofgiantpanda

●      Togetlearnersguesstheproblemsgiantpandasface

●      Togetlearnersthinkofmoresolutionstoprotectgiantpandas

Preparation

●      PPTlessonprocedure

Teachingmethod

●      Students’orientedteaching

●      Communicativelanguageteaching

●      Task-basedapproaches

WrittenDesign（ontheBlackboard）

Paragraph1---3

Paragraph4---6

Paragraph7---8

ThegrowthofXiWang

Theproblem

Actionstotake

1dayold---100grams

10daysold---awhitemouse

4monthsold---

（1）about10kilos

（2）gooutsideforthefirsttime

6monthsold---eatbambooshootsandleaves

12monthsold---

（1）ahealthyyounggiantpanda

（2）35kilos

20monthsold---lookafterherself

（1）Ifhunterscatchagiantpanda,…

（2）Iffarmerscutdowntreesandforests,…

（3）Ifpeoplefindbabypandasalone,…

（1）makegiantpandareservesbigger

（2）buildmorereserves

（3）encouragefarmerstoleavethegiantpandareserves

Teachingplan

Step1Brainstorming（Pre-reading）

（1）Reviewthenamesofanimalsthatthestudentshavelearned.

Theteacherwilltellthestudents:

Wildanimalsusuallyliveintheforests.However,farmerscutdowntreestomakemorefarmlandandhunterskilltheanimalsfortheirfur.Ifthiscontinues,theseanimalswillhavenowheretosurvive.Weshouldtakeactiontoprotecttheseanimals,forexample,buildingreservesandencouragingmorepeopletohelpanimals.

（togetthestudentsfamiliarwiththenewvocabulary）

（2）Showapictureofgiantpandasandencouragestudentstothinkofasmanywordsorphrasesaspossibletodescribethepicturesaboutgiantpandas.Thefollowingcanbeincluded:

appearance:

（black-andwhite;looklikeabear…）

character:

（quiet;lovely…）

favouritefood（bambooshootsandleaves）

Tellthestudentsthatgiantpandaslikeeatingbambooshootsandleaves.

（3）GetthestudentstofinishpartB.Matchthemeaningsofwordswiththenewvocabulary.

1.bambooshoots（lines13）_d_a.keepsomeone/somethingsafefromdanger

2.survive（line15）_g_b.thickhairofanimals

3.fur（line18）_b_c.support

4.forests（line19）_e_d.giantpandas’favouritefood

5.protect（line24）_a_e.largeareasoflandwithtrees

6.reserves（line25）_f_f.specialareasforwildanimals

7.encourage（line27）_c_g.continuetolive

Step2Whilereading

ActivityⅠ:

Skimming

Tellthestudentsthatthepassagecanbedividedintothreeparts.

Paragraph1-3

Paragraph4-6

Paragraph7-8

Studentslistento“thestoryofXiWang”andtrytousesimplesentencesorphrasestotalkaboutthemainideaofeachpart.Studentsworkinpairsfirstandthenchoosesomestudentstotellthewholeclasstheirideas.

Possibleanswer

Paragraph1---3:

thegrowthofXiWang

Paragraph4---6:

theproblemsXiWangmayhave

Paragraph7---8:

actionstotakeandconclusion

ActivityⅡ:

Scanning

Askstudentstoreadthefirstparagraphquietlywiththefollowingquestionintheirmind.

Questions:

●      WhoisXiWang?

（Shewasababypanda.）

●      HowoldwasXiWangwhenthewriterfirstsawher?

（Itwas10daysold.）

●      WhatdidXiWanglooklike?

（Shelookedlikeawhitemouse.）

●      Whatdoes“XiWang”meaninEnglish?

（Itmeans‘hope’.）

（1）  ThegrowthofXiWang

1.Showthestudentsaseriesofpicturesofthegrowthofagiantpandaandtheytrytofindtheinformationabouteachpicturefromthetext.Thestudentsusecompletesentencestotalkaboutthemintheirnaturalgroupsfirst.Eachofthemshouldsayonesentence.Choosetwogroupstodosoinfrontofthewholeclass.

e.g.Whenshewas1dayold,sheweighed100grams.

Whenshewas10daysold,shelookedlikeawhitemouse.

Whenshewas4monthsold,sheweighedabout10kilogramsandstartedtogooutsideforthefirsttime,

Whenshewas6monthsold,shestartedtoeatbambooshootsandleaves.

Whenshewas12monthsold,shegrewintoahealthyyounggiantpandaandweighed35kilograms.

Whenshewas20monthsold,shehadtolookafterherselfandbecausehermotherhadanotherbaby.

2.Askstudentstocompletethefollowingpassage.

WhenXiWangwasborn,shewasonly10daysold,likea_____.Sheweighed__________anddrank____________for_____________aday.At4monthsold,sheweighed___________.At6monthsoldshestartedtoeat_______________________.8monthslater,sheisnotababy__________,weighed___________.

3.ActivitiesofXiWang:

*WhenXiWangwas4monthsold,shestartedtogooutsideherhomeforthefirsttime.

*WhenXiWangwas12monthsold,shegrewintoahealthyyounggiantpanda.

*WhenXiWangwas20monthsold,shehadtolookafterherself.

（2）  TheproblemsXiWangmayhave

Becauseofpeople,itisdifficultforgiantpandastosurviveinthewild.Askthestudentstofindthe3problemsinthetext.Thewholeclassreadthethreeparagraphsaloudtogether.

●      Ifhunterscatchagiantpanda,theywillkillitforitsfur.

●      Iffarmerscutdowntreesandforests,giantpandaswillhavenowheretolive.

●      Ifpeoplefindbabypandasalone,theywilloftentakethemaway.

（3）  Theactionsweshouldtake

Thestudentsworkingroupsoffourandreadlasttwoparagraphssentencebysentencetooneanother.

●               Makegiantpandareservesbigger

●               Buildmorereserves

●               Encouragefarmerstoleavethegiantpandareserves

Studentstrytofindtherelationshipbetweentheseactionsandtheproblemsandfillintheblanks:

Weneedtomakethereservesbigger.Farmersarenotallowed（被允许）tocatchand_______________________fortheirfurinthereserves.Wecanalsobuild_______________tostopfarmersfromcutting_________________________.Weshouldencourage_______________thegiantpandareserves.Ifso,noonewilltake______________,whentheyareinthewildontheirown.

Step3Post-reading:

Report

Askthestudentstothinkofmoreactionsthattheycantaketoprotectgiantpanda.Theteacherwilllistsomekeypointsontheblackboard.

Studentsaredividedintogroupsoffourandchooseonetopic（growth,problemsandactions）toreporttotheclass.

Writesomewordsandphraseswillbegiventothemashints.Theycanwritedownwhattheyaregoingtosayontheworksheet.

GrowthofXiWang:

likeamouse,100grams,upto14hoursaday,

10kilograms,bambooshootsandleaves,

35kilograms

ActivityofXiWang:

forthefirsttime,growinto,lookafter

Problemsandactions:

killforfur,nowheretolive,survive,take…away

make…bigger,morereserves,encourage

Askstudentstodiscussingroupsfirstandthenreporttothewholeclass.Whentheyarereporting,theyarenotallowedtoreadfromtheirbooks.

Step4Homework

（1）  Readthearticlefor3timestogetmorefamiliarwithit

（2）  Thinkofmoreactionsthatwecantaketoprotectanimals

（3）  ExerciseBook（Period3Reading1）

Reflection

Weexplainedthestructureofthearticletomakeiteasierforstudentstounderstandandremembertheinformationhere.Wedesignedsomeactivitiestogetthestudentsworkcooperativelyinpairsandgroupssothatstudentsofdifferentlevelscanscaffoldeachotherandshareresponsibilities.Whentheywerefulfillingthetasksaccordingtotheguidanceprovided,theirself-studyabilityimprovedaswell.Thestudentstookanactivepartinthereadingprocessandmadewonderfulreports.Relyingontheirbackgroundknowledge,thestudentsthoughtofalotofusefulsuggestionsonprotectinggiantpandas.Weusedblankfillingtaskstochecktheirunderstanding.Weshouldhavedesigneddifferenttypesoftaskstochecktheirunderstandingbyvariedways.

WorkSheet

1）Dividethepassageintothreepartandwritedownthemainideasforeachpart.

Paragraph

Mainidea

1-3

4-6

7-8

2）Fillintheblankstocompletethefollowingpassage.

WhenXiWangwasborn,shewasonly10daysold,likea_____.Sheweighed__________anddrank____________for_____________aday.At4monthsold,sheweighed___________.At6monthsoldshestartedtoeat_______________________.8monthslater,sheisnotababy__________,weighed___________.

3）Trytofindtherelationshipbetweentheactionsandtheproblemsandfillintheblanks:

Weneedtomakethereservesbigger.Farmersarenotallowed（被允许）tocatchand_______________________fortheirfurinthereserves.Wecanalsobuild_______________tostopfarmersfromcutting_________________________.Weshouldencourage_______________thegiantpandareserves.Ifso,noonewilltake______________,whentheyareinthewildontheirown.

Report

GrowthofXiWang:

likeamouse,100grams,upto14hoursaday,

10kilograms,bambooshootsandleaves,

35kilograms

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ActivityofXiWang:

forthefirsttime,growinto,lookafter

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Problemsandactions:

killforfur,nowheretolive,sur