1、sharks:endangerous or endangered？Unit 5 understanding ideasWhat comes to your mind when it comes to sharks?ninterestingn powerfulncutenintelligentnflexiblen dangerousn endangered n man-eatingn terrifyingn huge;ocean giantn sharp teethn aggressiveHave you ever watched the film Jaws?Whats your feeling
2、s about sharks in this film?about the film Jawsfast readingMatch the main idea of each paragraph.Jwas had an impact upon its audiences.Jwas depicts the shark as a dangerous animal.A deep change took place in Peter after he saw sharks being killed.Finning leads to a quick decrease in the number of wh
3、ite sharks.More understanding of sharks leads to more people protecting them from extinction.para 1para 2para 3para 4para 5Read para 1-2 and answer1.Whats the function of paragraph 1?2.How sharks are described in the film Jaws？3.Whats the impact of this film Jaws upon people?To lead in the topic.Sha
4、rks are described in the film as dangerous and bad animals that eat humans.3.Whats the impact of this film Jaws upon people?Read para 3 and answerWhat is finning?And its impact on the number of white sharks?Finning is a type of fishing where sharks are caught and their fins cut off.The sharks are th
5、rown back into the sea where they die slowly and painfully.Finning kills millions of sharks a year.Read para 4 and think How do you think Peter Benchley felt after diving in 1980?In experts view,why do sharks attack people?He might feel regretful and guilty for depicting the great white shark as a d
6、angerous animal in his book.There is a possibility that he will rewrite the book.He might feel angry about the finning and sad for the sharks being killed.Sharks attack people by mistake and they do not see peole as food.Read para 5 and answercomplete the chart1 as dangerous animals2 sharks were bad
7、 animals that ate humans3 swimming in the sea4 fish for sharks5 fear of sharks and finning6 was wrong about sharks behaviour7 to protect8 sharks do not see people as food9 understanding sharks10 protect sharks from extinctioncomplete the structure of this passagesharks:dangerous or endangeredpara_ dangerouspara_ endangeredpara 5 _1-23-4More people want to protect sharks from extinction.What other films or books do you know that feature wild animals?Do they“paint”a good or bad picture of these animals?Say how the animals are described.Anaconda,Prey,The Call of the Wild,Grizzly Falls.
