Period 3 Extensive ReadingThe General Idea of This Period：This period is about the reading of the passages： the disappearance of thedinosaursand the dodos； the returnof the Miludeer.Itwillhelp the studentslearnmore about wildlifeand realizewhat made the animalsdisappearand what we shoulddo to protect the environment.Teaching Aims：1.Train the students reading ability.2.Learn some useful words and expressions：disappear ，come intobeing ，species ，country ，rare ，die out ， dust ，dusty ，forsure ， recently， build a good friendship，be common in ， care for3.Learn some useful drills：Our fur is being used to make sweaters like yours.There are so many of them that a new park has been opened for them in HubeiProvice.4.Enablethestudentstogetmainideaofdinosaurs speciesandthedisappearance of the dinosaurs， dodos and the return of the Milu deer.Teaching Important Point：Help the students to understand the passages and realize the importance of protecting our environment.Teaching Difficult Points：1.How to improve the students reading ability.2.How to helpthe studentsunderstandrealreasonsof the disappearanceoftheanimals and realize the importance of our environment.Teaching Methods：Asking-and-answering activity to check the students understanding of thetext ； individual，pair or group work to finish each task.Teaching Aids：1.A tape recorder.2.A multimedia computer and a blackboard.Teaching Procedures：Step 1 RevisionRevise some information about some endangered animals.T： Last class we learned something about some endangered animals.Remember?Ss： Yes.T： Can you name some animals which are endangered?Ss： Yes.S1： Polar bears.T： Good.S2： Rhino.T： Well done.S3： Milu deer.T： Yeah， very good.用心爱心专心1S4： Pandas， which appear only in China.T： Terrific!S5： Tibetanantelopes.Aswe see in the film可可西里， theyare being hunted dayby day ， and as result， there are only a little number of them left.It is really ashame for us human beings.T ： Yeah， absolutelyright.Sometimeswe human beingsaretoblame.We aredestroyingthe worldwhere we are livingand killingour dear friendsby destroyingtheir environment.So what should we do?Ss： Try our best to protectour environmentand fightagainstany behaviourdoingharm to animals and their surroundings.Step 2 Lead-inT： Look at the screen please.Do you know anything about these animals?（ Show the following pictures on the screen.）S1： Dinosaurs and dodos have died out.They lived on the earth many years ago.S2： The Milu deer still live on the earth， there are some in China.T： Yes.Do you want toknow more about them?Let s come to theshort passage onPage 30.Step 3 ReadingTask 1 PredictionT： Can you guess what the reasonsmight be forthe disappearanceof the dinosaursand dodos?S1： Because the weather changed much at that time.用心爱心专心2S2： Because the human beings killed them.Task 2 Fast reading for the main ideaT： Maybe you are right.Let s read the text.After reading ， you should find out the main idea of the text.One minute for you to read.（ One minute later.）T： You may talk about it with your partner and now report your work.S1： The main idea is species and the reasons for dinosaurs dying out.T： That s right.Task 3 Detailed readingT： Now read the text for a second time to underline the important words and expression and try to find out the answers to these questions.1.When did the dinosaurs live?2.What s the rare new species dinosaur like?3.What could the rare new species dinosaur do?4.Why did the dinosaur die out?T： I ll give you four minutes to prepare.Check the answers：1.When did the dinosaurs live?Tens of millions of years ago， long before humans came into being.2.What s the rare new species dinosaur like?The rare new species dinosaur looks like a bird.3.What could the rare new species dinosaur do?They could not only run but also climb trees.4.Why did the dinosaur die out?Maybe that s because a large rock hit the earth or because the earth got too hot to live on.Step 4 Reading task on WorkbookT： Now let s come toanotherkindofrare animal ： Can you guess what s that?Ss： Milu deer.Yes or no?T： Yes.You are right.Today we ll read a passage about this kind of deer.Read the passage on Page 65 and try to collect information for research into Milu deer and fill in the table on Page 65.用心爱心专心3