1、第 1 页 共 3 页 Book 3 Unit 1 Nature in the balance Integrated skills 1 Calling for the protection of animals 一、一、教学目标教学目标 By the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. learn about how human activities have caused harm to animals; 2. be aware of the importance of animals and come up with ways
2、 to protect animals; 3. write an article for the school newspaper calling for everyone to protect animals. 二、二、教学重难点教学重难点 To learn to analyze the reasons for endangerment. 三、三、教学过程教学过程 步步 骤骤 教学活动教学活动 设计意图设计意图 互动时间互动时间/ /模式模式 Lead-in Step 1 The teacher introduces the topic by asking students the foll
3、owing questions: 1. Do you know these animals? 2. What do they have in common? The teacher draws students attention to different kinds of rare animals and the current situation they face. Students get to know about endangered species and think about their situation and the causes behind. 导入话题， 通过自由
4、发言， 激发学生的学习兴 趣， 激活学生已有的相关 知识和经验。 让学生有话 可说，有话能说。 5 Individual Work Class Work Step 2 Students share their ideas in groups of four by asking the following question: What are the reasons for their being close to 通过小组讨论， 让学 生融入课堂，增强参与 感， 既达到让学生热身的 5 Group Work 第 2 页 共 3 页 extinction? After discussion, t
5、he teacher asks one or two students to report. 效果，又能顺利切入主 题， 为实施后续活动打下 基础。 Reading Step 3 The teacher guides students to read the news report on Page 8 and has students analyze the structure of the report by asking the following questions: 1. What does the writer want to tell us through the title? 2
6、. What has the writer mentioned in the first paragraph? 3. How does the writer classify the impact of human activities on animals? 阅读范例， 引领学生 从文本的内容、结构、语 言三方面深入思考， 培养 学生的语篇分析能力， 为 写作环节做好充分准备。 8 Class Work Step 4 Students answer the two questions in Part A on Page 8. 1. What are the three main reason
7、s why people hunt animals? 2. How do human activities indirectly have an effect on animals? After reading, the teacher has students further discuss in groups about the following question: Is it possible to reduce the impact of human activities on animals? 以阅读引导思考， 旨 在激发学生的思辨精神。 让学生将所学知识转换 为实际语言运用能力。
8、 5 Individual Work Group Work Viewing Step 3 Students watch the video about protecting animals and answer the following questions in Part B1 on Page 9. 通过以视频为模态 的语篇输入， 让学生有针 对性地获取所需要的相 10 Individual Work Class Work 第 3 页 共 3 页 1. What happened to several whale species in the last century? 2. What ca
9、n protected areas ensure? 3. What causes the loss of animal habitats in the Amazon rainforest? 4. What will we be better able to do if we learn more about how human activities harm the environment? 关信息，并通过回答问 题，把握对话大意，形成 整体理解。 Step 4 Students watch the video again and complete the notes in Part B2 on Page 9. After listening, students check the answers in groups. 引导学生通过二次 看视频，获知细节信息， 形成清晰的文本框架。 10 Class Work Homework 1. Plan your report. 2. Finish the workbook. 2
