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　　8A Unit 5  Birdwatchers
　　Content: Reading (1)
　　Period：10－2
　　Teaching aims and demands:
　　1. To develop the ability to infer the general meaning from title and context.
　　2. To revise and expand vocabulary in the context wildlife and conservation.
　　3. To reinforce students ability to skim text for overall meaning and scan for details
　　4. To encourage the students to join Birdwatching Club.
　　Key points:
　　To develop the ability to infer the general meaning from title and context.
　　Difficult points:
　　. To reinforce students ability to skim text for overall meaning and scan for details
　　Teaching aids:
　　Recorder and pictures
　　Teaching methods:
　　Reading and skimming
　　Teaching procedures:
　　Step 1 Presentation
　　1. Ask the students to talt their favorite birds.
　　Ａ：Which bird do you like best?     
　　B: I like …best.
　　A: Why?                              
　　B: Because…
　　2. Have a dictation of the new words and phrases
　　go birdwatching      at the market     learn more about
　　encourage… to do sth.     Crane     northern    
　　3. Talt a picture of Zhalong.
　　E.g. What can you see in the picture? ( Birds, water and land with plants)
　　Why are so many birds here? ( They can swim and find food here.)
　　What birds, do you think, are they?
　　4. Talt a picture of ‘red-crowned cranes’ and learn the new words, like wetland/shelter/crane/rare…
　　Step 2. Practice
　　1.  Listen to the tape and find the answers to the following questions:
　　What and where is Zhalong?
　　Is it a great place for wildlife? Why?
　　2. Read the passage silently and focus on the questions:
　　Why is Zhalong a special place?( special land / special birds)
　　What dangers does the reserve have?( danger to Zhalong/ danger to wildlife)
　　What actions can we take to protect birds?( government/ Birdwatching Club)
　　3. Listen to the tape and practice reading the passage..
　　4. Get the students to complete the following table
　　ZHALONG---A SPECIAL PLACE
　　LOCATION North-east China
　　LAND TYPE Wetland
　　IMPORTANCE An ideal home for wildlife
　　Provide food and shelter for wildlife
　　RARE BIRDS Rare red-crowned cranes
　　DANGERS Less and less space for wildlife
　　ACTIONS PEOPLE TAKE Make reserves to protect birds. The birdwatchers do a bird count each year. They are studying the changes in birds’ numbers
　　HOPE Everyone should do something to protect wildlife
　　Step3. Production
　　1. Do C1 on Page 79 and check the answers to
　　2. Retell the passage according to the keywords on the blackboard.
　　(Location/ land type/ importance/ rare birds/ dangers/ actions people take)
　　3. Talt Zhalong and then do Part B2 on Page 78
　　( Complete the conservation between Sandy and Daniel)
　　4. Read and complete the passage about red-crowned cranes.(见练习)
　　Step 4. Homework
　　1. Recite the new words
　　2. Recite the passage about red-crowned cranes.
　　3. Find out useful words and phrases in Reading
　　Do B1 on Page 78 and C2 on Page 79. 复备栏目