1、Justin FosterJustin went missing and the police were puzzled.We call Justins disappearance a _.mysterymystery?something that is difficult to understand or explainExamples of the mysteries?Crop circlesUFOStonehengeBermuda TriangleYetis Lets read Searching for the YetiYetis1.Have you ever seen a Yeti
2、with your own eyes?2.According to your imagination,what does a Yeti may look like?Peoples reports about seeing Yetis:_,_,walks on two feet like_Purpose of Yetis coming down from the mountains:_largehairya human beingattack villagersthe HimalayasWhen:in 1998Who:an American mountain climber Where:_“It
3、 walked like a _,but it had _ black fur and was about _ feet tall with _ shoulders,very _ arms and _ hands.”on the Chinese side of the Himalayashumanthicksixhugelonglarge Their abilities:run with amazing speed and strength walk like a man attack peopleWhen:in 2007Who:an American TV teamWhat they fou
4、nd:_ Length:_Where:_How to deal with the tracks:_ The scientists report:_33 cm looked like the tracks of Bigfootnear Mount Qomolangmalarge tracksYeti and Bigfoot have something in common:Yeti tracks made copies of them;had the copies examined by a scientist in the USAShennongjia Nature Reserve in we
5、stern Hubei Province,ChinaYeti and Bigfoot are similar to a creature in Shennongjia-_.reports of seeing a wild man in this areasome engineers once ran after the creaturediscovered large tracksthe Wild Man of Shennongjiafound no strong evidenceorganized searches for this creature?A Yeti was found on
6、the Chinese side of the Himalayas in 1998.Yeti tracks were found in the snow near Mount Qomolangma in 2007.A Wild Man and its tracks were found in the Shennongjia Nature Reserve.Lets read more Do scientists all believe yetis exist?How are their opinions divided?opinions about Yetis by Dr Grover Kran
7、tz:1.The strange creatures exist.lived in Asia about 300,000 years agomade its way to other parts of the worldcontinues to survive even today2.These creatures have a common ancestor.a common ancestorYour opinions about Yetis:1.Yetis exists.We still have not found them.2.No Yetis.They are just monkey
8、s and chimpanzees.3.No Yetis.People make up such amazing stories.Para 1:Para 2:Para 3:Para 4:Para 5:Para 6:some facts and details are first givenan opinion from a scientistan open endingto make readers think more about the mysteryto give some explanationsto attract the readers interestLets learn to
9、write Do you enjoy reading this story?If you are supposed to write a story about yetis,how will you write it?How did the writer write it?Collect information:1.What do they look like?2.What can they do?3.When and where were they found?4.What do scientists think about it?Writing skills 1.an interesting title 2.an attractive beginning 3.illustration(photos/pictures)4.an open end for readers to think more
