1、Writing and presenting ideasWriting an animal fact fileRead the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.1. What does the red-crowned crane look like?2. Where can you find it?3. Where does it migrate to?4. What does it eat?5. What symbolic meaning does the red-crowned crane hav
2、e in Chinese culture?Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.1. What does the red-crowned crane look like?It has white feathers except for some black ones on its face, neck and wings. It also has bright red skin on the top of its head.Read the paragraph about the red-
3、crowned crane and answer the questions.2. Where can you find it?It can be found in China, Russia, Mongolia, Japan and Korean Peninsula.Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.3. Where does it migrate to?It migrates to east-central China when the weather gets cold.Read
4、 the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.4. What does it eat?It eats fish, snails and water plants.Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.5. What symbolic meaning does the red-crowned crane have in Chinese culture?It has a symbolic meaning
5、of long life and good luck in Chinese culture.1. What does the red-crowned crane look like?2. Where can you find it?3. Where does it migrate to?4. What does it eat?5. What symbolic meaning does the red-crowned crane have in Chinese culture?After answering the questions, can we conclude the aspects t
6、hat we describe an animal?AppearanceHabitatMigrationDietSymbolic meaningLook at the picture and answer the question.Who are they?They are Siberian cranesLook at the picture and describe it.Animal:_Appearance:Habitat:Migration:Diet:Symbolic meaning:Siberian crane/ snow craneFeathers: snow whiteheight
7、: 140 cm; shorter than red-crowned craneface: featherless; reddishfish, insects, the roots and tubers of water plants.In Chinese culture, a symbol of elegance, purity, good fortune and long life.East Asiato China in winterUse the useful expressions to describe Siberian crane.1. It is. tall.2. It get
8、s its name from.3. Its unique feature is.4. Its food includes.5. It is a symbol of.Share your animal fact file with the class.Possible version The Siberian crane is also known as the snow crane. It is about 140 cm in height, generally shorter than the red-crowned crane. Its feathers are nearly all s
9、nowy white except for some black ones that are only visible in flight. Its featherless face is reddish in colour. The Siberian Crane is usually found in East Asia, where its numbers are known as the eastern populations. These migrate to China in winter. Other much smaller populations migrate to Iran
10、 in winter. The snow crane has a good and diverse appetite, including fish, insects, the roots and tubers of water plants and so on. In Chinese culture, the snow crane is a symbol of elegance, purity, good fortune and long life.Presenting ideasLook at the pictures and answer the question.Who is it?H
11、achiWhat does it talk about?It talks about a dogs love story.Enjoy a brief introduction to a film about relationships between humans and animals and complete the note.1. Time:_; 2. Place:_3. Main characters:_4. relationship between characters:1925JapanProfessor Parker, HachiThe dog is loyal to Park
12、and they love each other deeply5. Main plot:6. Message behind the story: The dog was abondoned by his owner. One day, Professor Parker came home from work, saw the dog and decided to adopt the dog. Everyday, Parker took good care of it and played with it. In turn, the dog sent Park to work and picke
13、d him up at the railway station every day. One day, Park died of disease. But the dog still went to the railway station every day for ten years, waiting for Park till he died. A dogs love and loyalty to Parker.Use the notes in Activity 1 and the expressions in the box to help you present your ideas.
14、1. The story is about.2. The main characters are.3. It takes place in.4. It is based on.5. It ends with.6.Its told through the eyes of.Useful expressionsShare your story to the class.Possible version The story is about a dogs love to his owner. The main characters are Hachi, the dogs name and Profes
15、sor Parker, who is an animal lover. The story took place in Japan, 1925, which was based on a real story. One day, Professor Parker came home after a days work. He got off the train and saw an abandoned dog. He is an animal lover. So he decided to take the dog home and take good care of it. Everday,
16、 Parker played with the dog and in turn, the dog kept Parker company to work and from work, during which they developed a hamonious relationship with each other. Unfortunately, Parker fell down in class and died of a kind of disease. After Parkers death, Hachi still went to the railway station, waiting for Parker until he died. People was deeply moved by his loyalty and love to his owner, so they built a bronze statue at the entrance of the railway station in memory of it.Thank You!
