(人教版英语优秀教案)：必修二(unit4 wildlife protection--period1 reading)

Period 1 Reading
The General Idea of This Period： This period includes Warming up ， Pre-reading ， Reading and Comprehending of Unit 4.It introduces the wildlife situation in Tibet， Zimbabwe and a rain forest.Students will realize the importance of wildlife protection by experiencing what Daisy has gone through.Meanwhile students can learn some reading strategies such as skimming and scanning. Teaching Aims： 1.Train the students’ reading ability. 2.Learn some useful words and expressions. 3.Learn more about the endangered animals and wildlife protection. Teaching Important Points： 1.Help the students to understand the passage better. 2.Learn and master some important words and phrases in this period. Teaching Difficult Points： 1.How to help the students improve their reading ability and understand the passage better. 2.How to master the important language points in this passage. Teaching Methods： 1.Fast reading to get the general idea of the text. 2.Careful reading to understand the passage better. 3.Explanation to help the students master some language points. 4.Discussion to help the students understand better what they’ve learned and to use the knowledge they’ve learned in this period. Teaching Aids： 1.A tape recorder 2.A multimedia. Teaching Procedures： Step 1 Lead-in 1.Greet the students as usual. 2.Introduce the topic of wildlife protection. Show the pictures of some endangered animals and let the students name them in English.（Through this task，students can have a general idea about what they are going to learn.Besides，students are expected to classify the animals and find out which are endangered animals.Then，teacher gives the definition of endangered.Students are expected to say out the problems that face these animals as well.） T：Boys and girls，today I am going to introduce some friends to you.Now let’s see whether you can name them in English correctly.

Suggested answers： polar bear，milu deer，rhino，tiger，crocodile，tropic fish，leopard， koala，giraffe，turtle，whale，dolphin，panda，gorilla. （Teacher shows a picture of an animal and students give the answers at once.Then teacher checks whether the answer is correct and asks the students to read after her/him.） T：Well，you all give the correct answers.You are really smart.OK， so can you be smart enough to find out their common?You see，there is bear， deer，tiger，fish，turtle and so on，different kinds of animals.Then， what species are they?Can you use an adjective to describe them? S1：Endangered. T：Good.They are all endangered species.Endangered means “faced with the danger of extinction” or “dying out”.Now，let’s take whale for example.What problem makes the whale endangered? S2：They are being hunted and killed. T：Well done.What else animals have the same problem?