8A Unit5 Wild animalsTaskTeaching aims:1. To know the words and expressions about describing animals looks, food, abilities, qualities and danger.2. To learn how to protect wild animals.3. To write an investigation report.Important and difficult points:1. To organize the information into an investigation report.2. To use the knowledge they have learned in former parts.Teaching aids:Tape recorder, multimedia courseware & picturesTeaching procedures:Step1 Preview1. Preview the new words in groups.2. Collect the pictures and information about wild animals and learn about their looks, food, abilities, qualities and danger.3. Collect the pictures and information that people destroy the environment to make wild animals and human survive hard from the Internet or books。Step2 Lead-inShow the pictures, videos or sounds on the screen by multi-media. Then ask the students to guess the names of the animals and describe them. Meanwhile, check and present the new words, such as: upright, sharp, daytime, peaceful and so on.Step 3 Task One: Reading 1. Have a discussion about pandas:Use flashcards to display the photos to students. Ask students to discuss in groups. Then the group-leaders describe the giant pandas in their own words. Guide students to list some characteristics of giant pandas from the following four items: looks, food, abilities, qualities, danger. 2. Listen and read Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:1). How many babies do mother giant pandas have at a time?2). How many giant pandas are there in the world? 3. Pair workRead the report carefully and fill in the following table to know more about giant pandas.Giant pandas are in dangerBaby pandasGiant pandasLookslook like_ animals, look like _Qualities_ animalsFooddrink _ for _a daybamboo shoots and leavesDangeronly _ giant pandas in the world because their _ are becoming _.If farmers _, giant pandas_If people_, then _Actions_about the giant pandas in China, tell them about the problems for giant pandas4. Read the passage as quickly as possible and give a title of each paragraph.(These steps aim to train the students ability of reading.)5. Ask students to show their pictures and information prepared before class. Make a list of the pictures of the eco-environmental destruction.a. The forests are being cut down.b. The farmers are taking the landc. The hunters hunt animals for their fur and bones. and so on.Display the pictures and information by ppt.Then discuss: What problems can the pandas meet because of pollution and destruction (破坏) in their life and how can we protect them? (The dangers and actions are displayed on the screen.)(This process aims to enhance their awareness of eco-environmental destruction and pollution, thus improving the determination to protect the environment and wild animals. Also, foster the students abilities in discovering, analyzing and solving problems.)Step4 Task Two: Writing1. Play a video about bears. Help students describe the bears, including looks, food, abilities, qualities, danger.Then ask students to finish the report“Bears are in danger” within five minutes.2. Guide students to make a conclusion on how to write a report. Present the strategies of writing on the screen.a. Collect some related information.b. Make an outline.c. Think about the sentence patterns, and write them down.d. Make a draft.e. Read through your report, and see if there are any mistakes.f. Decorate and copy.3. Group work Present the information on the screen, and ask students to write a report in groups with the title “are in danger”.(Work in groups of five. Each student writes one paragraph)Paragraph 1: LooksParagraph 2: FoodParagraph 3: Qualities Paragraph 4: AbilitiesParagraph 5: Danger and actions(This task aims to train the students writing skills and abilities of making a conclusion. )5. Present the students reports in class and make some comments. (The more encouragement and praise, the better.)Assessment: A A A+ AStep5 Task Three: MakingMake a poster (with pictures and words) on an animal in danger for school newsletter to call on people to protect eco-environment and wild animals. Discuss in groups before making.（This task aims to consolidate and reinforce language skills and foster the students abilities of making by hand）.Step6 Homework:1. Write a completed article about wild animals in danger.2. Continue to make the poster.3. Finish the relative exercises.Blackboard design:8A Unit5 Wild animalsMain task are in dangerUseful expressions: Main ideas of the passage:spend drinking Looks:at a time Food:get smaller and smaller Abilities:keep taking the land