1、Unit 1 Nature in the balance Integrated skills (II) Lead-in Step 1 Brainstorm what we learnt in the last lesson. 1. Whats the title of the news report we learnt? 2. How are human activities harming animals according to the news report? Human activities cause increasing harm to animals Some human act
2、ivities, such as hunting and fishing, directly cause populations of many animals to fall. Other human activities have an indirect impact on animals. Lead-in Step 1 3. According to the video we watched, why are animals important? 4. What are the ways mentioned in the video to protect animals? They ma
3、ke our world more beautiful and lively; they provide food and medicine for us; they play a role in maintaining the balance of our ecosystem. Make hunting endangered animals against the law; protect animal habitats by creating well-planned and well-managed protected areas and taking small actions lik
4、e using less paper; make people understand the problems facing animals. Discussion in pairs Step 2 Questions Why should we protect animals? How are animals harmed by human activities? What action should be taken to protect animals? . 1. Talk about animal protection. Useful expressions Animals are in
5、 danger/at risk when we . We can take care of/protect animals with these measures. Protecting animal habitats is of great importance because . We can take measures to/make efforts to . We should call on people to . Discussion in pairs Step 2 2. Share the dialogue about animal protection. Discussion
6、in pairs Step 2 3. Read the sample dialogue together. A: I read a news report that animals, especially wild ones, are at risk when we dont see them as important to our world. Do you think we should protect animals and their habitats? B: Yes, its of great importance because they help maintain the bal
7、ance of our ecosystem. They provide us with many things such as food, clothes and happiness. A: Youre right. Dont forget theyve also led us to key advances in science and technology. Unfortunately, some human activities have done much harm to them, directly and indirectly. B: What do you mean? Discu
8、ssion in pairs Step 2 A: For example, hunting and fishing directly cause animal populations to fall, while indirectly, the cutting down of trees leads to the loss of animal habitats. B: Thats true, but we can take measures to help save them. A: Definitely! What do you suggest? B: We can reduce how m
9、uch beef we eat because forests are often cut down to make room for cattle farming and can also reduce our use of wood and paper. Most importantly, we should call on people to pay attention before its too late. What do you think? A: Agreed! Writing an article about it for the school newspaper is a g
10、ood way to start! Discussion in pairs Step 2 1. Fill in the following form using information in parts A, B and C. Animal protection The importance of protecting animals How human activities harm animals Ways to protect animals Pre-writing Step 3 Animal protection The importance of protecting animals
11、 They make our world more beautiful and lively. They provide food and medicine for us. / They provide us with many things such as food, clothes and happiness. They play a role in maintaining the balance of our ecosystem. / They help maintain the balance of our ecosystem. They have led us to key adva
12、nces in science and technology. . Animal protection How human activities harm animals Some human activities, such as hunting and fishing, directly cause populations of many animals to fall. Other human activities have an indirect impact on animals. / Some human activities have done much harm to anim
13、als, directly and indirectly. When we build farms or factories, we destroy animal habitats. Air, water, noise and light pollution can all have a deep and damaging influence. . Animal protection Ways to protect animals Make hunting endangered animals against the law. Protect animal habitats by creati
14、ng well- planned and well-managed protected areas and taking small actions like using less paper. Reduce how much beef we eat. Make people understand the importance of animals and their need for protection. . 2. Fill in the chart below to work out the outline of the article. Explain how human activi
15、ties harm animals: Come up with ways to protect animals: State the importance of protecting animals: Call for the protection of animals Animals are very important. Human activities have done much harm to animals. We must try our best to help protect animals and there are a lot of things that can do.
16、 Pre-writing Step 3 3. Learn some tips on the language of the article. Give examples when explaining how human activities harm animals, with expressions like for example, for instance, take the example of, etc. Human activities have done much harm to animals. For example/For instance, fishing and hu
17、nting directly cause populations of many animals to fall. Farming, tourism and industry damage or even destroy animal habitats, leaving them with nowhere to live or no food to eat. Pre-writing Step 3 Human activities have done much harm to animals. Let me take the example of the Amazon rainforest, w
18、hich is the “lungs of the planet”. Over the past 50 years, about 17 per cent of the rainforest has disappeared due to human activities such as agriculture and cattle farming. As human activities continue to grow, the list of species in danger of extinction becomes longer. Give examples when explaini
19、ng how human activities harm animals, with expressions like for example, for instance, take the example of, etc. Use powerful and emotive words and phrases to make a strong impact on the reader. Animals are very important. Animals play a very important role. We cannot live/survive without animals. A
20、nimals mean a lot/a great deal/much to us. The importance of animals can never be ignored/denied/doubted. Animals is to us what water is to a fish/the heart is to a human. . Pre-writing Step 3 Human activities have done much harm to animals. We cannot ignore the fact that . No one can deny the fact
21、that . There is no denying that . However, some changes have taken place that . . Use powerful and emotive words and phrases to make a strong impact on the reader. We must try our best to help protect animals. Its high time that we did/should do something to . Lets join our hands and take action imm
22、ediately. In my opinion, we should . and spare no effort to . because only in this way can we . Please start from now on! We will never know what we can do until we try! If everyone makes some contributions, . will become . In a word, if everyone pays more attention to ., there will be less/fewer .
23、and . will be better. Im calling for your active participation in . . Use powerful and emotive words and phrases to make a strong impact on the reader. Write the article for school newspaper calling for everyone to protect animals. Come up with a short and impressive title. Draft a topic sentence fo
24、r each part. Remember to make it clear and straightforward. Support the topic sentence with explanation, examples, quotes, statistics, etc. Steps Writing Step 4 Check the writing. Mistakes in terms of Punctuation Spelling Grammar Choice of words Style (formal/informal) Structure Post-writing Step 5 Work in pairs Self-review Peer review Find mistakes. Correct them. Make comments. Read comments your partner make. Improve your writing. 1.Review whats been learnt in class. 2.Polish up the article according to the suggestions given by others.
