Introduction + Reading Period 2 Grammar + Function Period 3 课时分配 课时 板块结合范例 Period 1 Introduction + Reading Period 2 Grammar + Function Period 3 Vocabulary and Listening + Everyday English+Speaking Period 4 Reading and Writing ＋ Cultural Corner

Reading and Writing Cultural Corner Period 4 Module 6 Animals in Danger Reading and Writing Cultural Corner

It can be found in part of Siberia and Northeast China. Reading and Writing –1. Reading (5m) Read the form and find out what animals they are. It is the world’s biggest land animal; a fully grown adult can weigh five tons. It can be found in part of Siberia and Northeast China. They feed mostly on insects and small reptiles, but also eat fish and frogs. The population is supposed to be less than 5,000; some experts believe the figure could be nearer 2,000 African Elephant Siberian Tiger Northern Bald Ibis Blue Whale

Talk about these animals and find more information. Reading and Writing –2. Dialogue (5m) Read the form and ask and answer. Talk about these animals and find more information. You may do like this: A: What kind of animal is the Siberian tiger? B: It is the largest member of cat family. A: Where can Siberian tigers be found? B: It can be found in Siberia of Russia and parts of Northeast China. … …

What animal?----give a description of the appearance Reading and Writing –3. Writing (10m) Read the description and find how it is organized. What animal?----give a description of the appearance Where to live?----the habitat What to eat?--- the food Why in danger?---the reasons How many left?---the facts or results

What kind of work does WWF do? Cultural Corner – 1. Prediction (5m) Look at the title and the pictures and predict the answers. What does WWF stand for? What kind of work does WWF do?

What’s the aim of the WWF when it was founded? Cultural Corner – 2. Reading (8m) Read the passage and answer the questions. What’s the aim of the WWF when it was founded? Does the organization always have the same focus of attention? When did the WWF set up an office in Beijing? To protect the natural habitats of wild animals in danger of extinction. No. In 1995.

F T F F F T The WWF was founded in Switzerland in the year 1961. Cultural Corner – 3. Scanning (8m) Read again and decide the following statements are True or False F The WWF was founded in Switzerland in the year 1961. Peter Scott was both a painter and a naturalist. At present the organization has branches in 130 countries. The WWF only pays attention to protecting wild animals in danger. It was Dr George Shaller who set up an office of WWF in Beijing. Saving the panda is one of the projects that the WWF is carrying out in China. T F F F T

A: an official working for the branch of the WWF in China Cultural Corner – 4. Role play (5m) Ask students to do the role-play and give an interview. Four students a group to have an interview, talking about how to save the endangered animals. A: an official working for the branch of the WWF in China B: a volunteer working for the WWF C: a reporter from CRI D: a reporter from CCTV

Homework – Task of the lesson Write a passage of a certain kind of endangered animal, its description, habitat, numbers left and the way to save it must be included.