1、Unit 13 Were trying to save the earth!Section A(3a-3b) 一、一、教学目标教学目标： 1. 语言知识目标语言知识目标 基 本 词汇基 本 词汇： litter, fisherman, bin, shark, fin, cruel. harmful, chain, ecosystem, industry, law, scientific, afford, 基本词基本词组组： be harmful to, at the top(of sth.), take part in, turn off, take action, throw away 基本
2、句型基本句型：Were trying to save the earth! The river used to be so clean No scientific studies have showed that shark fins are good for health. We should help save the sharks. 2. 情感目标情感目标: be friendly to nature, call for people notFinningany more. 3. 能力目标能力目标： use reading skill （skimming， scanning， caref
3、ul reading） to get the main idea. 二、二、教学重教学重难难点点： How to catch the main idea of the passage and how to call for people to protect the endangered animals. 三、教学用具：三、教学用具： 多媒体，小组比赛用品 四、教学方法：四、教学方法： Skimming, Scanning, careful reading 五、五、教学步骤教学步骤: Step1Presentation（pre-reading） Picture talking：展示鱼翅美味图片
4、，人类残忍杀害鲨鱼及鲨鱼濒临灭绝的 图片，谈论美味的鱼翅背后的残忍真相鲨鱼濒临灭绝，让学生对本文 有了背景知识的输入，预测本文内容，同时为下面的学习作好铺垫 Step2 Skimming Read the passage quickly.Find out what the main idea of each paragraph is? Paragraph 1Take action to protect the sharks Paragraph 2Sharks are endangered Paragraph 3Talk about shark fin soup Step3Scanning (f
5、ast reading) Complete the fact sheet in 3a. Where shark fin soup is popular Number of sharks caught and traded every year How much the numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen in the last 20 to 30 years Two environmental groups which are against “finning” Step4Intensive reading (careful reading)
6、把全班学生分成六组，以比赛积分的形式对三个段落进行 careful reading，以比赛的形式激发学生阅读的热情。 1）Read Para 1. and answer（播放第一段听力,加以听力的形式输入） 1.Is shark fin soup famous and expensive all around the world? 2.Do you realize that youre killing a wholeshark when you enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup? 拓展提升：Further thinking：If your parents order
7、 shark fin soup, what should you do or say? 2）Read Para 2. and tell “T” or “F” 1. Without a fin, a shark can still swim and never dies . 2.If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. 3. Sharks will never be endangered because they are the strongest in their food chain. 4.
8、The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent every year. 3）Read Para 3. and answer 1. What are WildAid and the WWF doing ? 2. What else have they done ? 3. Have scientific studies shown that shark fins are good for our health ? Step5further reading.Guess by reading thecontext(语
9、境语境)-before or after the sentence. What does the word” they” mean? They have even asked governments to develop laws to stop the sale of shark fins. Step 6 post-reading 1)Fill in the blank and find the conjunctions(连词） in this passage . Some people like to eat shark fin soup, especially in _China . B
10、ut getting the shark fin is very _. When people catch sharks , they _ _theirfinsand_thesharksbackintotheocean.Theshark slowly_ because it cant swim without a fin . And it is also _to the environment .Sharks are at the top of the food_ . If the number of sharks _too low , it will _the balance of the
11、nature .Please say no to eating shark fin soup, and take action to_ the sharks ! 2) finish 3b Step 7 retell the passage. Give some main words, and then try to retell the passage. Step 8 Homework. 此环节要求学生在学习这篇文章的基础上，根据提示内容，自己做一张关于如何 保护濒临灭绝动物的海报。Try to make a poster about How you help protect the endangered animals.
