Unit 4 Wild animals

 

period nine Main Task

【Aims and demands】

1. To present factual information in a report

2. To express opinions about animals in danger.

3. To produce a particular text-type for an audience using a given model.

【Teaching method】

Task-based approach.

【Teaching aids】

 A small blackboard & a computer

【Teaching steps】

Step1.Revision

1. Invite students to talk about what they like about giant pandas.

2. Brainstorm any information and general knowledge about the animals.

Step2. Presentation

1 Talk to Ss about the purpose of writing reports. Elicit from the different reports. Explain that in reports, we do not normally say ‘I feel…’ or ‘I like…’ and do not include personal comments.

2 Read the title of the report in Part A. Create an interest in the topic by asking what they have learnt about giant panda in this unit.

Step3 Skimming

 Ask students to skim through the report quickly and give each paragraph.

Step4 exercise

Get Ss to complete Simon’s report in Part C on their own. Ask more able Ss to read it aloud to check the answers.

Step5 Summary

Some language points

Spend a lot of time drinking their mums’ milk, at a time,

get smaller and smaller,

become farmlands,

keep taking the land,

what action can the club take?

Sharp paws,

walk upright

Homework

1. Do more exercise about this key point carefully.

2. Write a report for any wild animal you are familiar with.