1、Unit 3 Animals are our friendsLesson 17: Save the TigersI.Analysisofteachingmaterial:This unit is about animals. It aims to give students a greater understanding ofwhy animals are important and instill the idea that animals should be treated withcare and kindness. Students will learn about different
2、 animals in the wild andexplore the dangers that are threatening the existence of certain species. They willexplore ways in which they can help save our animals and develop a vocabulary thatwill help them express such ideas.II.Analysis of students background:The students are the eighth graders, they
3、 are interested in stories, more willingto express their own ideas, thinking more deeply.III.Teaching objectives:i i. . KnowledgeKnowledge objectives:objectives:1Enable the students to handle these target words: century, courage, brave,reason, kill, cut, balance, disappear, decrease2Help the student
4、s handle these key phrases: at the beginning of, drop to, inbalance, in danger, cut down3Make sure most of the students master the key phrases: the number of , anumber of ,several hundred, hundreds ofii ii. .SkillSkill objectives:objectives:Make sure most of the students are able to express their ow
5、n ideas by using thephrases that are learned in this lesson.iiiiii. .MoralMoral objectives:objectives:Help the students know the importance of helping keep all the living things in theworld in balance. Lead them to care about animals.IV.Teaching key points:Let the students know the differences betwe
6、en “a number of “ & “ the number of” ,”基数词+ hundred” &” hundreds of”, and then make sure they can use these phrasescorrectly.V.Teaching difficult points:Have the students get the skill of how to do a reading comprehension by using anew method FISHBONE.VI.Teaching approaches:Task-based Teaching appro
7、ach, Student-centered approachVII.Teaching aids:Multi- mediaVIII.Teaching period:One periodIX.Teaching procedure:StepStep 1:1: Warming-Warming- up:up:Give the students some English-riddles about the animals to arouse their interestin learning English. By the way ,lead in the topic word:animals.StepS
8、tep 2:2: Lead-in:Lead-in:Show the students some pictures or videos about animals killing to help them knowwhat we are going to learn today. Let them know how serious the problem is!StepStep 3:3: Presentation:Presentation:1.Show them the new words and teach the new words by using some interestingpict
9、ures or sentences:century, courage, brave, balance, reason, disappear, kill, cut2.Ask the students to read the lesson and match each paragraph with its mainidea.A. Tigers are in danger of going extinct.B.“Save the Tigers” is a volunteer group that hopes to stop the tigers from disappearing.C. Tigers
10、 are important to the environment.After the students have done the exercise individually, the teacher should teach them how to do the reading comprehension by the new methodFISHBONE.StepStep 4:4: Practice:Practice:After the scanning, the teacher should point out the two key pointsof this lesson: a n
11、umber of & the number of , hundred &hundreds of.Tell them the differences between the two, and give them enough exercises to help them handlethese languages points.After that, the students should be asked to read the lesson again and find some sentences to support the main ides of each paragraph. Th
12、estudents should be trained to master the skills of doing reading comprehension. Ask them only one “W” Why?Help them find the reason or the sentences to support the main idea.SavethetigersParagraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3StepStep 5:5: Production:Production:When the students finish reading this passa
13、ge, the teacher shouldreview the method again, and give them another passage for the students to practice. Make sure theyve handled the “5W+1H” method.StepStep 6:6: Evaluation:Evaluation:After they all have finished the reading comprehension, the teacher should ask them to talk about our main charac
14、ters in our passages-animals. Ask them to discuss some ways we can do to protect animals. Leadin the theme: care about the animals, living in a peaceful environment,no buying, no selling, no killing.StepStep 7:7: Homework:Homework:Do the exercises that assigned by the teacher.Blackboard Design:LessonLesson 17:17: SaveSave thethe TigersTigersthe number ofa number ofhundredhundreds ofTeaching reflection:
