沪教牛津版8BU5-1 Reading_ The Giant Panda教案

Teaching Plan
8B Unit 5 Reading: The giant panda
I.Analysis of the learning material:
This is a reading passage from the compulsory textbook for Grade 8 students, aiming at developing their core competences of English, namely language ability, thinking quality, learning ability and cultural awareness.
Based on the topic of Saving the endangered animals: the Giant panda, the passage is a fact file of giant panda. It is an expository writing mainly introducing five interesting facts of panda. Students are encouraged to learn about these national treasure and are inspired to protect wild animals.
II.Analysis of the learners:
The learners are Grade 8 students who have the basic ability to understand the main idea and the detailed information of the passage. With the increasing pollution and over-exploitation of the planet, massive wild animals are in danger. It’s a good time for students to learn about them and learn about the importance of saving them. In this lesson, they will not only obtain language skills and reading strategies, but also learn about our national treasure and other wild animals.
III.Learning objectives:
At the end of this lesson, students are expected to:
Language ability: Understand the main idea and detailed information of the five facts about giant panda.
Learning strategy: Find out the main ideas quickly with the help of locating words, such as sub-headings, numbers, nouns, etc. and check the understanding of the detailed information by scanning.
Thinking quality: Be able to form mind maps of a passage.
Cultural awareness: Realize the importance of protecting the wild animals and learn
to appreciate the grandness of mother nature.
IV.Learning key points:
Skim to get the general idea of an article and use key words and useful expressions to talk about fact file of animals.
V. Learning difficult points:
Read beyond the lines to think critically about the facts of the giant animals.
VI.Teaching procedures。