Teaching Plans (the Specific One)Teacher: Lu Jianfang, Shu Ren International SchoolTeaching Materials: Unit Four, Reading II, FWE 8ATeaching Time: October 23, 2006Teaching place: No. 13 Middle SchoolTeaching aids: a computer, a projectorTeaching Objects:1.To Revise:1) To lead the students t o revise the main task of this unit “share our living ar eas and resourceswith animals, cherish them and protect them”2) To lead the students to revise all the information that they should have learned in ReadingPeriod One2. To expand their knowledge1) To lead the students to learn more about the life of giant pandas, their process of growth, theircharacters, the dangers they are facing and the actions we should take to help them2) To lead the students to know more words, phrases and sentences that they haven’t got thechance to learn in Reading Period One3) use different activities to lead the students to experience the specific usages of the words,phrases and important sentences in the textSpecific teaching aims:Words to remember:forest, wild, bamboo, shoots, leaf leaves, gram, kilogram, outside, reserveImportant Phrases:at the very beginning, up to..., leave ...on one’s own, eight months later, grow into, kill...for..., take away, have nowhere to live, take the following actions, encourage ...to do ...Phrases to remember:look like, be born, for the first time, because of, in the future, cut downImportant Sentence Structure:If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.Difficult Sentences:It is difficult for giant pandas to survive in the wild.Here are some of the problems that Xi Wang may have in the future if she lives in the wild.Teaching PlansLead in:Step One:Give the students a song as a gift to make them feel relaxed and remind them that they will have an English lessonStep Two: lead in the topic of “giant pandas”T: What are we talking about this week?S: Wild animals.T: What is your favorite animal?S: ...T: Can you guess what my favorite animal is?S: ...T: Giant pandas. (showing them a doll panda)Step Three: Lead in the revision of readingT: OK. Let’s start our lesson.(an E-mail appears on the screen)T: Oh, what is this?S: An e-mail.T: Who sent the e-mail to me?S: Wolong giant panda reserve.T: What did it say?S: Would you like to join our club?T: Would you?S: Yes, I’d love to.four levels appear on the screen→ lead the students to read themT: Oh, you have four levels to pass. Do you want to have a try?S: Yes.T: Now, let’s go.Practice: use four steps to revise all the information of Xi Wang and lead in specific usage of words and phrases1.the growth of Xi Wang2.the characters of Xi Wang3.the dangers that she is facing4.the actions that people should take to helpStep One:Level one (the growth of Xi Wang) → to revise important words in reading and use more exercises to lead the students to practice using them1.1) 10 days old:show a picture of a baby panda →the usage of “gram”T: How much did she weigh?S: She weighed 100 grams.2) at four months oldshow a picture of a panda at about four months old → the usage of “ kilogram”T: How much did she weigh?S: She weighed 10 kilograms.use super link to link to the exercises of “gram, kilogram”1 kilogram = _________ grams (1000)A 12-month-old panda weighs about 35 __________. (kilograms, grams) (kilograms)2) show a picture of a panda at about four moths old, staying outside in the wild → the usage of“ outside”T: What did she start to do?S: She started to go outside her home.use super link to link to the exercises of “outside”Giant panda reserves are always _______ the city.A. insideB. outsideC. onD. in (B)2.at six months old1) show a picture of a panda at about six months old -> the usage of “bamboo shoots and leaves”T: What did she start to eat?S: She started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.use super link to link to the exercises of “bamboo shoots and leaves”A six-month-old panda eats b________ s_________.A 20-month-old panda likes bamboo _______ (leaf) better. (leaves)2)show a picture of a panda sitting in a forest →the usage of “forest, reserve”T: Where can giant pandas get bamboo shoots and leaves?S: In a forest.T: Where can they find a forest?S: In a panda reserve.use super link to link to the exercises of “forest, reserve”three pictures appear on the screenWhich is a forest? (C)T: What about the second one?S: It is the wild.T: Do you know any panda reserves?S: Yes. Wolong Panda Reserve.e pictures to practice reading those words we have just revisedStep Two:Level two (characters of Xi Wang) → to revise the usage of important phrases1.show a picture of a baby panda drinking her mother’s milk →“at the very beginning”T: When did she start to drink her mother’s milk?S: At the very beginning.use super link to link to the exercises of “at the very beginning”在一开始的时候, 熊猫看上去像是只白老鼠._____________________, the baby panda looked like a white mouse. (At the very beginning) 2.lead in the usage of “up to”T: How long did she drink her mother’s milk a day?S: For up to 14 hours a day.use super link to link to the exe rcises of “up to”What does “up to” mean?(B)A. at leastB. as many asC. aboutD. more thanpare two pictures to lead in the usage of “leave, leave ...on one’s own”T: Look at these pictures carefully, can you find the difference?S: ...T: Who is with Xi Wang in the first picture?S: Her friends. Her mother.T: Her mother. But where is she in the second picture?S: She left Xi Wang because she had another baby.T: So leave→ left.T: Yes, her mother left her for two whole days on her own.use super link to link to the usage of “leave, leave ...on one’s own”What does “leave” mean in each of the two sentences?离开→让某人独处pare four pictures to lead in the usage of “grow, grow up, grow into”T: Look at the screen carefully. What happened?S: She grew into a healthy young giant panda.use super link to link to the usage of “grow, grow up, grow into”Xi Wang _______ (grow) quickly.Soon she has ________(grown up, grown into).Now she has ________(grown up, grown into) a healthy young giant panda.(grows, grown up, grown into)5. use an extra exercise to give a conclusion of what we have learned in level twoask the students to finish the extra exercises one (use the following phrases to fill in the blanks) on students learning aidsFill in the blanks with the correct phrases:20 months later, grow into, at the very beginning, up to, leave ...on one’s own1). During Xi Wang’s childhood, she drank her mother’s milk for _______four months.2). It is difficult for pandas to ________ a healthy young panda because of too many hunters.3). ___________________, Xi Wang was very small and weak.4). ___________________, her mother had another baby so she had to look after herself.5). Mother pandas like to _____their children ____________when they are 20 months old.Step Three:Level three (pandas’ dangers and actions)→ to revise the left parts of important phrases and the sentence structure “if sb. do/does..., sb will do....”1. T: If hunters catch a giant panda, what will they do?S: If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.practice “if” clause, using “ if farmers cut down trees and forests,if people find baby pandas alone,”e pictures to revise the phrases “kill...for..., have nowhere to live”and “if” clauseTwo pictures of hunters killing pandas for their fur appear on the screenT: Oh, what happened again? Two pictures. I am near-sighted. Can you describe them for me? S: If hunters catch giant pandas, they will kill them for their fur.Another two pictures showing the fact that pandas have nowhere to live appear on the screen T: What about these two pictures?S: If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.e a song to lead in other problems that pandas are facingT: Do you know any other problems that pandas are facing?S: ...show the students a song to lead in the problem of “ flowers on bamboos’ coming out”T: What problems can you find?S: Flowers on bamboos come out.T: If flowers on bamboos come out, pandas will have nothing to eat.T: If we do nothing, what will happen?S: If we do nothing, soon there will be no giant pandas in the world.4.lead in the actions we can take to protect pandas lead in the phrases “ encourage...to do ...”T: So what actions can we take to help pandas?S: We can encourage farmers to leave the reserves.T: What other actions can you take to protect pandas?S: ...T: What is the best one?S: ...T: We should encourage more people to join our club.You can e-mail us at Wolong@5.practice reading the words and phrases we have learned just nowStep Four:Level four ( to be a good reporter)1. there are some other useful phrases in the passage which are important but with no need to explain their usages. So we lead the students to find those phrases and underline them2. there are two important sentences in the passage, lead the students to find them and learn totranslate them into ChineseIt is difficult for giants pandas to survive in the wild. 对大熊猫来说生存在野外很困难.Here are some of the problems that Xi Wang may have in the future if she lives in the wild.以下是希望将来的野外生存中会遇到的麻烦.4.lead the students to read the words and phrases on the blackboardkilogram outsideleaf leaves survive forest action protect reserve look likebe bornfor the first timegrow intobamboo shoots and leaves in the futureleave ...on one’s own encourage ...to do ...T: Do you want to be a reporter when you grow up?S: Yes.T: Would you like to be a good reporter for giant pandas?You know, pronunciation is very important for a good reporter. Do you think so?S: Yes.T: So now let’s read these words and phrases after me.4. lead them to read the text with the tapeFollow ups: show time:tell students rules and give them key wordsTopics: 话题1. The growth of pandasbe born, gram, at four months old, kilograms, eight months later, grow into, up to, bamboo shoots and leaves2. the dangers they havehunters, kill...for..., farmers, have nowhere to live, take away,3. the actions we should taketake the following actions, encourage...to do ...Rules: 规则1.Students in Line 1&2 talk about the first topic2.Students in Line 3&4 talk about the second topic3.Students in Line 5&6 talk about the third topic4.Work in groups of four5.Choose one of you to talk about that topicSum up: Finish doing Part D on page 62, unit four FWEgive them a certificate of joining the club and give them a gift which is the exercises Part D on the textbookHomework:Finish exercises on page 59-60Read the text twiceSurf on the internet to find more information about pandasPostscript:1. The using of “an e-mail from Wolong Panda Reserve” to combine the whole teaching is useful.2. The using of “teaching the specific usages of words, phrases and sentence structures by revising the life of Xi Wang” is useful.3. It is bette r to choose another song named “heal the world” to lead in the topic “we should protect animals and the world”.4. It is better to divide the class into teams and lead them to compete and thus the learning atmosphere will be better.Blackboard Designkilogram outsideleaf leaves survive forest action protect reserve look likebe bornfor the first timegrow intobamboo shoots and leaves in the futureleave ...on one’s own encourage ...to do ...Students’ Learning AidsTeaching Aims:教学目标Words: forest, wild, bamboo, shoots, leaf leaves, gram, kilogram, outside, reserveImportant Phrases: at the very beginning, up to..., leave ...on one’s own, eight months later, grow into, kill...for..., take away, have nowhere to live, take the following actions,encourage ...to do ...Other Phrases: look like, be born, for the first time, because of, in the future, cut down Important Sentence Structure:If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.Difficult Sentences:It is difficult for giant pandas to survive in the wild.Here are some of the problems that Xi Wang may have in the future if she lives in the wild.Main Task:情感目标arouse students’ love for giant pandas and thus try their best to help giant pandasExtra Exercises:1.Fill in the blanks with the correct phrases:20 months later, grow into, at the very beginning, up to, leave ...on one’s own1). During Xi Wang’s childhood, she drank her mother’s milk for _______four months.2). It is difficult for pandas to ________ a healthy young panda because of too many hunters.3). ___________________, Xi Wang was very small and weak.4). ___________________, her mother had another baby so she had to look after herself.5). Mother pandas like to _____their children ____________when they are 20 months old.2. Show TimeLevel Four: to be a good reporter for giant pandasTopics: 话题1. The growth of pandasbe born, gram, at four months old, kilograms, eight months later, grow into, up to, bamboo shoots and leaves2. the dangers they havehunters, kill...for..., farmers, have nowhere to live, take away,3. the actions we should taketake the following actions, encourage...to do ...Rules: 规则1.Students in Line 1&2 talk about the first topic2.Students in Line 3&4 talk about the second topic3.Students in Line 5&6 talk about the third topic4.Work in groups of four5.Choose one of you to talk about that topic。
