1.Write an artide about “what’s the relationship between wild animals and human beings?”

1.To understand the main idea of the article. 2.To learn how to take actions to protect the wild animals.

[Teaching method] Task-based approach; Reading method

[Teaching aids]　 CAI, A tape recorder.

[Teaching steps]

Step1 Warming-up

T: I’ve a wonderful song, would you like to share it with me ?

T: Boys and girls, shall we begin our class now? We know every one of us has many friends and we also have many animal friends. I think animals are usually very friendly to us , we should love them and protect them. If the animals live in the wild , we can call them wild animals. Now , look at the screen ,can you tell me what they are?

Step 2. Pre-reading

T: Can you tell me which is your favourite wild animal?

　And can you tell me which is my favourite wild animal?

T: Do you know why I like giant pandas best ? Because giant pandas are very lovely. They look like white mice when they were born. They look like bears when they grow up. They are friendly , too. They like eating bamboo leaves and shoots. They seldom eat meat or hurt other animals. But it’s a pity that there are not many giant pandas in the world . They’re in danger . Hunters catch them and kill them for their fur . And farmers cut down trees and forests. So they have nowhere to live. We should take actions to protect them.(let Ss read the words after the teacher)

Step3. While-reading

T: Here is a story of Xi Wang, a very lovely giant panda. Would you like to read it with me? Now open your books, turn to P.60. Read it quickly and answer the following questions .

1) What’s the story about?

2)What will happen to giant pandas if we do nothing?

T: Now , listen to the tape and read after it and then answer the six questions on the screen . Then encourage the students to find the main ideas about this story.

T: Now Let’s find the main ideas together and put them on the blackboard.

T: Look at the screen . Finish the table of “The growth of Xi Wang”. Catch more details about XiWang.

Step 4 Post-reading

T: Now please read the passage together . Then finish the exercises on P. 61 Part B And Part C.

T: Now , We’ve known the giant pandas very well , They are very lovely and we love them very much . But there are fewer and fewer pandas in the world . They’re in danger . Do you know why? Now, work in groups and find out “What problems can a giant panda meet in its life?”

Then ask some able students of each group to talk in front of the class. After that,finish the Note-making 2 on the screen.

T: Discuss with your partners: What other problems will the giant pandas have? What actions can we take ?And can you have a face to face interview about pandas?

Step 5 Summary

Teacher makes a summary that we should take actions to protect giant pandas.

Step 6. Homework

2.Sentences：　

We called her XiWang

When XiWang was born, she weighed just 100 grams.

XiWang drank her mother’s milk for up to 14 hours a day.

Sadly, it is very difficult for giant pandas to survive in the wild.

Difficult points:

1.New words and phrases：

Outside, bamboo, leaf, sadly, action, protect, encourage, survive,

the baby panda, look like, be born, grow into, at the very beginning

bamboo shoot, in the future, cut down, in danger, take the actions,

encourage sb. to do sth.

2.To enable the Ss to realize we must try our best to protect pandas.

[TEACHING KEY AND DIFFICULT POINTS]

Key points:

1.To enable the Ss to treat the giant pandas as our friends by learning more information about them.

3.To know 　the growth of Xiwang and how to protect them.

Emotion objects:

2.To train the Ss’ability of guessing the meanings of the words in the text.

1.To develop the Ss’ abilities of reading

2.Be able to use new words and Sentences

Ability objects: