牛津译林版英语八年级上册U5 Task 教案

《英语》（八年级上册）

Unit 5 Wild animals

Task

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. know the importance of writing an outline before writing;

2. master the steps of writing an outline;

3. know how to write a good introduction and conclusion;

4. know how to write a good paragraph in the main body.

II. Teaching contents

1. New words and phrases: report, move, slowly, daytime

2. New structure: They are good at climbing and swimming.

They seldom hurt people.

Sadly, many hunters catch bears for their fur and paws.

We should take action to stop this.

III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty

M aster the steps of writing an outline.

Know how to write a good introduction and conclusion.

IV. Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

Brainstorm

Talk about in what aspects you would like to write about wild animals.

T: Hello, everyone! Today, we will learn to write a report on an animal in danger. I hope that you will know how to write a perfect report and use it to call on people to protect wild animals. First, I want to ask in what aspects you would like to write about wild animals. Let’s have a brainstorm.

You may write about wild animals from the following aspects, such as looks, food, abilities, qualities, danger and so on. In this lesson, we will learn a report on bears. Let’s find out how the writer describes the bears.

【设计意图】利用思维导图，探讨可以从哪几个方面写野生动物，为下一步分析文章结构做铺垫。利用图片直观分析范文从哪几个方面入手写关于熊的这份报告，培养学生的段落大意的意识。

Step 2 Presentation

1. Try to describe the bears

(1) What are the bears like?

T: Please look at the picture. What are the bears like? Obviously, they have a big and heavy body. They have short and strong legs, sharp paws and a short tail.

(2) What do they live on?

T: What do they live on? Of course, most of them like eating meat and fish. But some of them also eat plants and insects.

(3) What are they good at?

T: Do you know what they are good at? From these pictures, we can see that they are good

at running, climbing and swimming.

(4) What qualities do they have?

T: In fact, they are very friendly, you see, the bear is saying “Hello” to us. They like moving around slowly in the daytime and they sleep through the winter.

(5) What problems are the bears facing?

T: People usually like to buy expensive clothes made of animals’ fur. Some people like

to eat the bears’ paws and they think it is a very delicious meal.

2. Make a comparison

(1) Summarize the passage about bears

T: Until now, we have a general idea of what a bear is like. Can you use one word to

summarize the main idea of each paragraph?

(2) Compare the passages

T: Here, I have a question for you. Is it a perfect report? In the period Reading, we have

learned a report on giant pandas. Let’s make a comparison between them.

T: We can see that the report on giant pandas includes three parts. The main body covers weight, food, problems and action. It also has short and impressive introduction and

conclusion. But this report on bears seems to only have a main body. I think it also

needs the important introduction and conclusion. Also, some paragraphs need rewriting. 【设计意图】利用“阅读”部分关于大熊猫的报告与“任务”部分关于熊的报告的比较。帮助学生分析完整的报告结构是什么。

Step 3 Preparation

1. Make an outline

T: Before rewriting, let’s talk about h ow to write a good article. It is a common idea that we

need to make an outline before we write something on the paper. Why is the outline so

important? There are two reasons. First, an outline will help make your article more

organized. A careful plan will help your body paragraphs stay focused on the ideas in your thesis statement. Second, an outline saves time for writers. Preparing an outline can take time, but when you are finished, you will be able to write the rough draft of your essay more

quickly t han if you didn’t have an outline.

T: Here is an example of an outline. Please take a close look at it. An article usually has three parts, introduction, main body and conclusion. Each paragraph of the main body usually has

a topic sentence and supporting details that explains the topic sentence.

2. Write an introduction

T: First, let’s see how an introduction work s. The introduction must give a clear idea of what the main body of your article is about. That means what you are going to write and what you are