《牛津初中英语》8A  Unit 4 Wild animals

Comic strip& Welcome to the unit

一、教学目标

1 了解对话内容，掌握重点词组及初步了解if句型的用法

2. 熟悉学习更多有关野生动物的词语

二、教学重难点

学生讨论表达对动物的喜好

三、教学流程

Step1 Comic strip

Hobo and Eddie have a new problem now. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.

1 What does Hobo want to do?

2 Is Eddie willing to share his food?

Language points:

look delicious

talk to/with sb

look after/ take care of

Ask students to pay attention to‘if’clauses

Step2 Vocabularies

Ask students to look at the pictures and learn new words about wild animals.

bear  dolphin  giant panda  kangaroo   squirrel   tiger

Step3 Guessing games

Let students paly a guessing gane to engage them.One student describes and the other guess ‘What animal is it?’

Step 4 Make a survey

Ask stuents to work in pairs. Complete the survey form on P59

Step5 Discussion

A: Which animal do you like best?

B: I like ……best.

A: Why？

B: Because they are …...

A: Which animal do you like least?

B: I like…… least.

A: Why?

B: Because they are …...

Step 6 Homework

Remember all the words about wild animals and try to describe them.

《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals

  Reading1

一 教学目标

1.知识目标

 1.)知识并运用本课时的四会单词。

 2) 理解并掌握描述熊猫外貌特性、它们所面临的危险以及采取保护措施的词组和句型。

2.能力目标

 1)能根据上下文猜测词汇在文中的含义。

2)能通过阅读了解名叫“希望”的大熊猫的成长过程、面临的危险以及采取的保护措施。

3.情感目标

通过了解大熊猫的信息，我们意识到要善待大熊猫，它们是我们的朋友，我们应该尽力保护它们。

二、教学重难点

理解文章的大意，掌握语言知识

三、教学流程

Part One Pre-reading   

Step 1 Guessing game  

Today we are going to learn Unit 4 Wild animals Reading.

We learned many wild animals, such as tigers, bears, kangaroos…

First, let’s paly a game called ‘guessing game’

I’ll describe one kind of animals, please tell me what it is at once.

It is a sea animal and looks like a large fish. It is very clever and often plays some games for us in the zoo.

Yes, it’s a dolphin.

It’s a heavy wild animal with thick fur and sharp paws. It can walk upright.

Yes, it’s a bear.

It’s the king of the animal world. It has yellow fur and black stripes on its body.

Yes, it’s a tiger.

It jumps with its baby in its pocket. You can see it in Australia.

Yes, it’s a kangaroo.

It lives in China. It is black and white. Its favorite food is bamboo shoots and leaves.

Yes, it’s a giant panda.

Step 2 Practice   

Now, let’s have a discussion.   

Which aniaml do you like best?   Why?

Which animal do you like least?   Why?

Part Two While-reading     

Step 1 Presentation     

I like giant pandas best. Because I think they are beautiful black and white animals. They are very lovely, quiet and peaceful.

Today I will show you a passage about a giant panda called ‘Xi Wang.

Step 2 Reading   

We can divide the passage into three parts.。After reading, try to match the main idea.

The growth of Xi Wang,

The problems giant pandas meet

The actions we can take

Step3 Read and answer     

Now please read the passage again. This time, you should pass three levels after reading.

Level One The growth of Xi Wang

First, read from Line1-Line14, try to answer the following questions:

1. How much did Xi Wang weigh when she was born?

2. What did she look like when she was ten days old?

Well. I want to know if you know more about Xi Wang.

Millie is making a growth chart of Xi Wang. Open your books, turn to page 61. Help her match the sentences with pictures.

Let’s check the answers

Level Two The problems giant pandas meet

We know giant pandas are very lovely. But they may have many problems in the future, what are they? Read from Line 15 to Line 22.

You can see five problems here. What can you get from the passage?

1. If giant pandas live in the wild, the other big animals will eat them.

2. If farmers cut down trees and forests, they will have nowhere to live.

3. If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.

4. If the weather is too hot, they will have no food to eat.

5. If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.

Millie is telling Amy about the dangers that giant pandas are facing. Open your books, turn to page 62, finish Part D. Let’s check the answers. Read Part D together.

Level Three The actions we can take

Giant pandas are in danger, we should protect them. What can we do?

＊ build more reserves(保护区)

＊ make giant panda reserves bigger

＊ encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves

Remember: If we do nothing, soon there will be no giant pandas in the world.

Part Three Post-reading

Now, how much do you know about Xi Wang

Please open your books, turn to page 62, finish part E.Now, let’s check the answers.

Homework

1. Copy the new words and phrases.

2. Read the passage three times after the tape.

3. Surf on the internet to find more information about pandas.

 《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals

  Reading2

一 教学目标

1.知识目标

 1.)巩固第一课时所学内容

 2) 学习掌握重点语言知识点

2.能力目标

对重点语言知识点要求会运用

二、教学重难点

文章复述及语言知识点的运用

三、教学流程

Step one Revision

1 Say something about giant pandas

2 Finish the table about the growth of Xiwang

3 Review what danger giant pandas meet and what actions we can take

4. Fill in blanks with proper forms.

Step two language points

Explain the following language points to students

1. be in danger.

Many wild animals are in danger.

2. weigh v.    weight  n.

3.encourage sb to do sth.

The English teacher always encourages me to speak more in class.

4. following  adj.

We must take the following  actions to learn English well.

5. have nowhere to live

If farmers cut down trees and forests,  giant pandas will have nowhere to live.

6. at the very beginning

At the very beginning, I didn’t like maths.

7. up to

Tortoises can live up to 150 years .  

8. Survive v.

Sadly, it’s difficult for wild animals to survive in the wild.

9. for the first time

She borrowed some books from the school library for the first time.

10. on one’s own

These children will live in foreign countries on their  own in the future.

Step three  exercises

Ask students to do some additional translation.

《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4  Wild animals

Vocabulary

一、 教学目标

1. To learn about some wild animals’ names.

2. To learn about these wild animals’ appearance , food and living areas.

3. To be able to make short dialogues about wild animals with their partners.

4. To know the importance of protecting wild animals.

二、 教学重点难点

1. Some wild animals’ names, food and living areas.

2. How to describe the wild animals about their appearances and abilities.

3. According to what they learnt in the class, make short dialogues and introduce the wild animals.

三、 教学过程Teaching  procedures:

Step One : Leading-in

Warm-up  1.Leading-in by the theme song of animal world.

         2. T: When hearing the music, what do you think of? S. Wild animals.

T: Today we’ll go into the world of wild animals.

Step Two: Revision

Revise the wild animals they have learnt in this unit by a guessing game. (Teach the word: stripe.)

Step Three: Learning the names of some wild animals.

1. T: In the forest , there will be a big party. Many wild animals are coming. Do you know them?

Show the pictures of the wild animals and teach the students how to read them.

2. Ask the students try to remember the places of the pictures and the names of the wild animals. Then play another guessing games about these.

3. T: You know the names of these wild animals. Can you say anything special about them?

Teacher describe one wild animal as an example. Help the students try to describe these wild animals’ special abilities and appearances. (Teach: turtle shell, smell, hearing, foxy, hump, eyelid)

Step Four : Learning about food and living areas of these wild animals.

1. T: Do you want to learn more about these wild animals? Do you know their food and living areas? For example, what do foxes eat?
   Show some pictures of insects and teach insect.
2.  Books open. Make students talk about part B animals’ food in page63 in pairs. Then check the answers in pairs in this way: Ask: What do camels feed on?  Answer: Camels feed on grass and tree leaves.
3. Show some pictures about wild animals’ living areas. (Teach: desert, wetland, grassland, North Pole)

Step Five : Task 1

1. Tell the students the wild animals are having the party and some reporter are coming, too. Ask them to make a dialogue between the reporter and the wild animals. Ask them to use the information and words teacher taught. Make the students work in pairs, in three and in four. ( Give them headgears of three animals: a tortoise, a zebra and a wolf)
2. Several minutes later, ask four groups to act out the dialogues.

Step Seven : Task 2

1. T: Audience like the programs very much. They want to learn more about the wild animals. Can you introduce the other wild animals like Zhao Zhongxiang? Then teacher should introduce one animal as an example.

Ask the students to begin it like this: Hello, everyone. This is Animal World. I’m … Today I’ll introduce you a wild animal---…

2. Give the students several minutes. And ask them to come to the front and talk about the last five wild animals.

Step Eight : Ending the class.

1. T: After watching the program, more people are interested in wild animals.

Show some pictures of some ferocity animals: a tiger, a lion, a bear and a crocodile..

T: How do you feel when you see these pictures? Look at their sharp teeth and paws. ( Teach: dangerous, endangered, in danger)

2. Show some pictures about people killing wild animals. Make the students think about two questions after class:

1. What problems do wild animals have?
2. How can we protect wild animals?

《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals

 Grammar1

一、教学目标

  1.知识目标

    1)学习并掌握 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句。

    2)学习并掌握 ‘because’, ‘because of’ 的用法及区别。

2.能力目标

    1)能运用 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句。

   2)能运用 ‘because’和‘because of’ 。      

二、教学重难点

‘if’引导的条件状语从句中，用一般现在时表示将来，主句用一般将来时。

三、教学流程

Grammar A

Part One Lead-in

In this unit, we learned a report about giant pandas. We know they are very lovely. But they are in danger. They may have many problems in the future.

Do you remember ‘the story of Xi Wang’.

Do you remember what problems they may have in the future?

Yes. If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.

If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.

If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.

Please remember:

If we do nothing, there will be no giant pandas in the world.

We can also say:

There will be no giant pandas in the world if we do nothing.   

Part Two learning for use

Step 1 Presentation

We really need to do something to protect wild animals. Amy also knew a lot about wild animals. Now she is thinking about wild animals. What will Amy do if she sees a snake?Let’s use coditional sentences to talk about the possible result of a possible action.

 Step 2 Practice

Now, open your books, turn to page 64, finish Part A1.

Let’s chek the answer.    

Then please read Part A1 together.

There will be a class visit to Beijing Zoo next week. Amy is writing a note to tell her parents why she wants to go. Please open your books, turn to page 65, help Amy complete her note. Let’s check the answers.

Part Three Rule out

Well, let’s work out the rule together!

‘if’引导的条件状语从句中用一般现在时表示将来，主句中用一般将来时。

Conditional sentences  (条件状语从句)

当我们把 ‘if’引导的条件状语从句放在句子开头时，我们需要在条件状语从句后用逗号。假如主句在开头，则没有必要加逗号。

We need a _______(comma, full  stop) after the ‘if’-clause when it is the first part of a sentence.

e.g.  If I go to Beijing Zoo, I will learn a lot about animals.

I will learn a lot about animals if I go to Beijing Zoo.   

Part Four Practice

Amy returned home from Beijing Zoo. Her father is asking her some questions about wild animals.

Open your books, turn to page 66, finish Part A3.

Let’s check the answers.

《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals

 Grammar2

一、教学目标

  1.知识目标

学习并掌握 ‘because’, ‘because of’ 的用法及区别。

2能力目标

能区分并运用 ‘because’和‘because of’ 。      

二、教学重难点<