Unit 3 Animals Are Our Friends Lesson17教案冀教版八年级下册

Unit 3 Animals Are Our Friends Lesson 17 Save the Tigers LESSON PREPARATION LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE 掌握词汇：century, courage, brave, reason,kil, cut(cut, cut) 接触词汇：fur, symbol, chain, balance, disappear, decrease 短语和句型：at the beginning of., drop to, food chain, in balance, in danger, cut down, as well RESOURCES audiotape. red, yellow and green construction paper strips. poster paper plain slips of paper (see Extension) LESSON STRUCTURE CLASS OPENING Greeting Greet the class and introduce the topic of today's lesson. Teacher: Good morning/afternoon, class. Today's lesson is about a very important topic. It's about protecting our animals. Our animals are a very important part of the environment. Some of our animals are in danger of disappearing. Can you think of some reasons why these animals are in danger Write the phrase in danger and the word reason on the board. Explain. Students should master this phrase and word. Discuss the questions above as a class and create a list or a mind map on the board. Review 1) Homework check. 2)Choose some students to present their"Just Joking"comic strip. KEY CONCEPTS FOCUS STRUCTURES: But today that number has dropped to a few thousand. The tiger is at the top of the food chain. In recent years, tigers have been in danger of disappearing. People have cut down a lot of trees as well. STEP 1: Present CLASS WORK: Think About It 1)Do some pre-reading activities. Discuss the title and layout of the reading. Teacher: What can you tell me about this lesson just by reading the title Students: This lesson is about saving the tigers. Teacher: That's right. How many paragraphs are there in this lesson Make sure that the students understand what a paragraph is. Student: There are three paragraphs in this lesson. Teacher: Very good. Today we are going to learn about the parts of paragraph. 2) Teach the traffic light system for writing paragraphs. Step 1: Give each student I green strip, 3 yellow strips, and 1 red strip. Draw a traffic light diagram on the board (see the example below). Brainstorm topics with the class and write one on the board. Step 2: Choose a topic and explain that students are going to learn how to write a paragraph using the Traffic Light System. Point to the diagram and discuss that there are three parts to a paragraph— a beginning (topic sentence), a middle (supporting sentences), and an end (ending sentence). Step 3: Take out a green strip and have students do the same. Have students come up with a topie sentence based on the topic they have chosen. For example, the topic is animals. The topic sentence can be: Everyone writes the topic sentence on a green strip. Explain that green means "go" and we have begun our paragraph. Step 4: Have students take out their 3 yellow strips. Explain that they have to think of three supporting sentences, or sentences that are about the topic sentence. Ask the students to write their sentences on the yellow strips. Step 5: Explain to students that they now ... ...