Module 6 Animals in Danger- Reading & Vocabulary Learning objectives :1. Learn to predict before learning and improve reading competence (skimming, scanning, summary etc. )2. Master the important language points3. Know the importance of protecting animals and our environment.Teaching procedures :Step 1 Lead-in Ss look the pictures and guess what the animal is.Step 2 Pre-reading Prediction Look at the picture and guess what the passage is about.What is this species of animal in the picture?What are these people in the picture?Where is this happening?What is this passage about ?Step 3 While-reading Skimming Match the main ideas with each paragraphPara 1 The business of antelope wool is illegal but it is not easy to by stopped.Para 2 Process has been made in protecting the antelope.Para 3 A large number of antelopes have been killed for their wool. Para 4 Jiesang Suonandajie died when protecting antelopes. Para 5 The Chinese government began to take an active part in protecting the antelope.Scanning Task 1 Choose the best answers.1.How did Jiesang Suonandajie die?(a) He froze to death. (b) He was killed by criminals (c) He had an accident in his jeep2. Why are Tibetan antelopes in danger?(a) They have lost their natural habitat (b) They are killed for their wool(c) They cannot survive at high altitude3. What has the Chinese government done to help the antelopes? (a) It is protecting the antelope in a nature reserve.(b) It has sent police to countries where “shahtoosh” is sold(c) It has closed the border with India.4. Whats happened to the trade in “shahtoosh”?(a) It has grown quickly (b) It has become legal(c) It has become harder to sell “shahtoosh”.Task 2 Say what the numbers and dates refer to50,000 $ 5,000 1975 138 1997 Important expressionsStep 4 Post-reading Retell the passage by filling the blank.At the beginning of the twentieth century there were millions of antelopes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. By the 1990s the number _ _ to about 50,000.the reason is that the wool of the Tibetan antelope is the very_ A shawl _ _the wool can sell for $5,000.The business is completely _-there has been a ban on the trade since 1975. But in the 1990s the shawls _ _ _ among rich people. A police raid on a shop found 138 shawls. About 1,000 antelopes or 2% of the worlds population- _ _ _to make them.The Chinese government began to _ _ _ _ in protecting the antelopes .Over the next ten years about 3,000 poachers_ _ and 300 vehicles _.The officials who work in the reserve are also _ by volunteers who _ _for the difficult conditions of life at 5,000 meters. Since 1997 the antelope population has slowly begun to _again.Step 5 Discussion What can we do to save the endangered animals?Step 6 Assignment Write a passage about Endangered AnimalsAnimals: Siberian Tiger Blue Whale African Elephant Northern Bald IbisAspects: Description Habitant Food Why in danger Numbers left