2.To express opinions about protecting wild animals

[Teaching method]Task-based approach.

[Teaching aids] A record tape & a computer

[Teaching steps]

Step1.Revision

1. To learn specific characteristics, appearance, abilities, eating habits and danger of animals

3.To develop the Ss’ abilities of communication

Emotion objects:

To arouse students’ emotion of protecting the wild animals by listening and speaking

[TEACHING KEY AND DIFFICULT POINTS]

2.To train the Ss’ ability of inferring general meaning from context and keywords.

1.To develop the Ss’ abilities of listening, speaking about the animals

2.To learn the new words and phrases for describing animals in the context.

Ability objects:

1.To grasp the sentences about specific characteristics, appearance, abilities, eating habits and danger in the context of animals

3.Make up some sentences which contain “because” or “because of”

Unit 4 Wild animals-- Integrated skills

[Aims and demands]

Knowledge objects：

2.Do more exercise about this key point carefully.

4. Why didn’t you go to the show? (the maths exam)

Step 4 Rule out

We can use ‘because’ to give the reason(s) for something. The word ‘because’ introduces the clause of reason and we usually put it in the middle of a sentence.　　　　　

We can also use ‘because of’ to give the reason(s) for something. We use a noun, a noun phrase or a pronoun after ‘because of’.

Step5 Homework:

1 Learn the language points by heart.