1Period3ExtensiveReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod:Thisperiodisaboutthereadingofthepassages:thedisappearanceofthedinosaursandthedodos;thereturnoftheMiludeer.Itwillhelpthestudentslearnmoreaboutwildlifeandrealizewhatmadetheanimalsdisappearandwhatweshoulddotoprotecttheenvironment.TeachingAims:1.Trainthestudents’readingability.2.Learnsomeusefulwordsandexpressions:disappear,comeintobeing,species,country,rare,dieout,dust,dusty,forsure,recently,buildagoodfriendship,becommonin,carefor3.Learnsomeusefuldrills:Ourfurisbeingusedtomakesweaterslikeyours.TherearesomanyofthemthatanewparkhasbeenopenedfortheminHubeiProvice.4.Enablethestudentstogetmainideaofdinosaurs’speciesandthedisappearanceofthedinosaurs,dodosandthereturnoftheMiludeer.TeachingImportantPoint:Helpthestudentstounderstandthepassagesandrealizetheimportanceofprotectingourenvironment.TeachingDifficultPoints:1.Howtoimprovethestudents’readingability.2.Howtohelpthestudentsunderstandrealreasonsofthedisappearanceoftheanimalsandrealizetheimportanceofourenvironment.TeachingMethods:Asking-and-answeringactivitytocheckthestudents’understandingofthetext;individual,pairorgroupworktofinisheachtask.TeachingAids:1.Ataperecorder.2.Amultimediacomputerandablackboard.TeachingProcedures:Step1RevisionRevisesomeinformationaboutsomeendangeredanimals.T:Lastclasswelearnedsomethingaboutsomeendangeredanimals.Remember?Ss:Yes.T:Canyounamesomeanimalswhichareendangered?Ss:Yes.S1:Polarbears.T:Good.S2:Rhino.T:Welldone.S3:Miludeer.T:Yeah,verygood.S4:Pandas,whichappearonlyinChina.2T:Terrific!S5:Tibetanantelopes.Asweseeinthefilm可可西里,theyarebeinghunteddaybyday,andasresult,thereareonlyalittlenumberofthemleft.Itisreallyashameforushumanbeings.T:Yeah,absolutelyright.Sometimeswehumanbeingsaretoblame.Wearedestroyingtheworldwherewearelivingandkillingourdearfriendsbydestroyingtheirenvironment.Sowhatshouldwedo?Ss:Tryourbesttoprotectourenvironmentandfightagainstanybehaviourdoingharmtoanimalsandtheirsurroundings.Step2Lead-inT:Lookatthescreenplease.Doyouknowanythingabouttheseanimals?(Showthefollowingpicturesonthescreen.)S1:Dinosaursanddodoshavediedout.Theylivedontheearthmanyyearsago.S2:TheMiludeerstillliveontheearth,therearesomeinChina.T:Yes.Doyouwanttoknowmoreaboutthem?Let’scometotheshortpassageonPage30.Step3ReadingTask1PredictionT:Canyouguesswhatthereasonsmightbeforthedisappearanceofthedinosaursanddodos?S1:Becausetheweatherchangedmuchatthattime.S2:Becausethehumanbeingskilledthem.Task2FastreadingforthemainideaT:Maybeyouareright.Let’sreadthetext.Afterreading,youshouldfindoutthemainideaof3thetext.Oneminuteforyoutoread.(Oneminutelater.)T:Youmaytalkaboutitwithyourpartnerandnowreportyourwork.S1:Themainideaisspeciesandthereasonsfordinosaurs’dyingout.T:That’sright.Task3DetailedreadingT:Nowreadthetextforasecondtimetounderlinetheimportantwordsandexpressionandtrytofindouttheanswerstothesequestions.1.Whendidthedinosaurslive?2.What’stherarenewspeciesdinosaurlike?3.Whatcouldtherarenewspeciesdinosaurdo?4.Whydidthedinosaurdieout?T:I’llgiveyoufourminutestoprepare.Checktheanswers:1.Whendidthedinosaurslive?Tensofmillionsofyearsago,longbeforehumanscameintobeing.2.What’stherarenewspeciesdinosaurlike?Therarenewspeciesdinosaurlookslikeabird.3.Whatcouldtherarenewspeciesdinosaurdo?Theycouldnotonlyrunbutalsoclimbtrees.4.Whydidthedinosaurdieout?Maybethat’sbecausealargerockhittheearthorbecausetheearthgottoohottoliveon.Step4ReadingtaskonWorkbookT:Nowlet’scometoanotherkindofrareanimal:Canyouguesswhat’sthat?Ss:Miludeer.Yesorno?T:Yes.Youareright.Todaywe’llreadapassageaboutthiskindofdeer.ReadthepassageonPage65andtrytocollectinformationforresearchintoMiludeerandfillinthetableonPage65.T:I’llgiveyoufourminutestoprepare.(Fourminuteslater.)Atfirst,letthestudentsdiscusstheinformationcollectedwiththeirpartnerandthencheck4themwiththewholeclass.Suggestedanswers:AppearanceofMiludeerAtfirsttheyappearedinChina.FeaturesofMiludeerTheylivedtogetherandategrassandsoftpartsoftree.ReasonsfordisappearanceTheywerenotprotectedandmanywerekilled.MiludeerinBritainTheyliketheweatherthereandthenumberincreasedyearbyyear.HowtheyreturnedThegovernmentofChinaaskedtobringbacksomeandtheDukehelped.PresentsituationTheyarehappyforthenumberhasgrownrapidly.ValueofthecooperationThisisagoodexampletoshowthefriendshipandunderstandingbetweentwocountries.T:Nowreadthetextforasecondtimeandunderlinetheimportantwordsandexpressions.Ifyouhaveanyquestion,pleaseaskme.Step5AssignmentT:Inthisclass,we’vereadtwopassagesaboutdinosaursandMiludeer,andlistentoapassageaboutdodos.Pleasetrytodescribedinosaurs,Miludeeranddodosinyourownwords.Atthebeginningofthenextclass,I’llasksomeofyoutotellme.Step6HomeworkT:FinishtheexercisesinLearningaboutlanguage.Step7TheDesignoftheWritingontheBlackboardUnit4WildlifeprotectionPeriod31.longbefore很久以前beforelong不久以后2.comeintobeing=begintoexist形成;出现;产生Step8RecordafterTeaching