1、Learning aims:1. Students can understand the main idea and the structure of the passage. 2. Students can grasp some useful reading skills, and know how to describe a story about animals using the new words and expressions.3. Students can understand their relationship with nature and know how to resp
2、ect animals.Jinan Zoo Why do people like going to zoo?An Encounter with NatureTask 1: Predict what happened in the story.Look at the word cloud and the pictures.Read the passage quickly and check your prediction.The story is about a photographers frightening and magical experience. Genre : a narrati
3、ve (记叙文) 资料Read the whole passage quickly and divide the passage into 3 parts and match each part with divide the passage into 3 parts and match each part with its main idea.its main idea.Part 1 (para._)Part 2 (Para._)Part 3 (Para._)a. About the encounterc. About the authorb. About the writers thoug
4、hts1&234Read para.1&2 carefully and answer the questions:1. 1. What is my job?What is my job?2. 2. Why do I love my job?Why do I love my job?3. 3. Where is my best place to take photos and why?Where is my best place to take photos and why?4. 4. What words (adj.)can be used to describe the bears?What
5、 words (adj.)can be used to describe the bears? A nature photographer He enjoys working outside in the wild. He can observe animals in their natural environment. Yellowstone National Park. Because it is famous for the variety of its wildlife, but it is probably best known for its bears.What might ha
6、ppen between them? huge, strong, heavy and quick small and weakRead para.3 carefully and answer the questions:1. When and where did the encounter happen?1. When and where did the encounter happen?2. What did I come across?2. What did I come across?3. How did I encounter it?3. How did I encounter it?
7、4. What happened when we saw each other?4. What happened when we saw each other?5. How did the encounter end?5. How did the encounter end?I followed a path and stepped out of the trees. I was attracted by the breathtaking view. While I was focused on photographing this amazing scene, I suddenly had
8、a feeling that I was being watched. A bearTime stood still as the bear and I both waited to see who would move first. My legs started shaking. Somehow, I forced my fingers to press the button.Last spring in Yellowstone. A Second later, the bear turned and ran back into the forest. Reading tip: when
9、you come across an unfamiliar word, pay attention to the sentences before and after it. Why?what?a. surprisingb. not surprisingTimeCharactersCause 起因起因 Process 经过经过 Result When and where did the story happen?What did I come across?How did I encounter it?What happenedHow did the encounter end?Writing
10、 tip: when you write a story, you should include the six elements (要素要素), that is time, place, character, cause, process and result.placeStory Read para.4 and find what the author learned from his experience. He took it as a reminder to show respect to all animals.It is after all we who are the visi
11、tors to their world.What can a visitor do?why?No!No!Discuss: what can we do to show our respect to animals?(Work in groups of 6/8, and write down at least 3 ways.)(Work in groups of 6/8, and write down at least 3 ways.)n Animals are our close friends.n We are all members of the big worldnature.n Res
12、pecting nature is respecting ourselves. Retell the story. 123456 walk through admire being watched see take a photo run away1.Setting, character, plot2.The first person3.The past tense4.Descriptive wordsRetell the story. 13L a s t s p r i n g i n Yellowstone, I walked through a dark forest. When I f
13、inally stepped out of the trees, the view was breathtaking. I admired the amazing landscape.I suddenly felt I was being watched. I turned and froze. 2Retell the story. I saw a bear only meters away from me. The bear and I both waited to see who would move first. 5I pressed the button and took a phot
14、o of the bear. A second later, the bear turned and ran back into the forest.46zoologistgroomerpolice dog handlervetLook at the pictures and choose a job to talk about. 资料资料资料资料Job descriptionWildlife photographers aim to photograph animals in their natural habitats.Job requirementsBeing a wildlife p
15、hotographer requires good photography skills, knowledge of animal behaviour and a lot of patience.Rewards of the jobWildlife photographers have the opportunity to see animals in the wild and help improve peoples un-derstanding of them.A samplezoologistgroomerp o l i c e dog handlervet资料资料资料资料Job des
16、criptionJob requirementsRewards of the job资料Write a short story which happened between you and one of your favorite animals. You should also include the 6 elements in your story. In about 100 words. Time Place Character Cause Process Result Useful expressionsThe story is about The main characters are It takes place in It starts with It ends with Its written for Its told through the eyes of Its based on
