1． living-active: lively

2． Culture note: Many Westerners are extremely concerned about animal welfare and often support organization to protect them． Such protection includes the ethical treatment of farm animals and animals in zoos． Some people feel that we should not eat any food made from animals or wear any animal products, including leather shoes．

Step Ⅲ 3b

This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language．

go through the instructions with the class．

Invite a student to read the letter to the class． Correct any pronunciation errors to make sure the student is providing a good model for the rest of the class．

Ask students to read the letter again． Then finish the work on their own or in pairs． When they work, walk around the classroom, checking the progress of the pairs and offering help as needed．

Check the answers． Answers will vary but a good letter will take the points from the letter opposite to their point of view and argue with them．

A sample answer

Dear Editor,

After reading the two letters, I realize that I must say something about animals and zoos． I don’t agree with Disgusted． In fact, many animals only eat once a day or once every few days, so feeding them just once a day is not a problem at all． I think zoos are very important to animals． They can stop many endangered animals from being killed or hunted． They can provide man with places for research work． Also we can visit the animals in the zoos to learn some knowledge to protect the animals better．

Sincerely,

×××

Write the letter on the blackboard as an example．

Notes

Step I Revision

T: Yesterday we learned the target language and reviewed some grammar． Now who can make sentences using the grammar we reviewed yesterday．

S₁ : I’m answering a question．

S₂ : My mother goes shopping every week．

S₃ : She used to live in the countryside, but now she lives in the city．

S₄ : He was made to do so．

S₅ : She has learned a lot of new words．

T: Very good．

Step Ⅱ3a

This activity provides reading practice u-sing the target language． Show the key vocabulary words on the screen by a projector．

Read the words and ask students to re-peat again and again until they can pronounce the words fluently and accurately． Go through the instructions with the whole class．

Invite a student to read the letter to the class． Correct any pronunciation errors to make sure the student is providing a good model for the rest of the class．

Get students to read the letter on their own again and underline the reasons why the writer is opposed to zoos．

Check the answers with the class．

Answers

Zoos are terrible places for animals to live．

The animals are kept in tiny cages and can hardly move at all．

And they are only given food once a day．

Notes

1． tiny-very small

1． A projector

2． Groupwork and pairwork

1． Fast-reading method

How to improve students’ integrating skills．

Train students’ integrating skills．

3． Moral object

Animals are our friends． We must know how to love them and how to protect them． That way, It is good for both animals and us．

2． Ability Objects

(1) Train students’ integrating skills．

(2) Train the ability of expressing students’ own opinions．