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课件网) Unit 8 Lesson 3 The elephants' journey home Language Goals: 1.Master new words and expressions: save, flag, forget, place, water, be in great danger,cut down,get lost... 2.Master new sentences:(1) The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. (2) But people kill the elephants for their ivory... Ability Goals: 1.To observe and describe animals 2.To talk about their preferences 3.To increase the students' reading strategies. Emotional Goals: We should protect animals and make friends with them. Because we are on the same earth. Teaching Goals Guess 猜一猜 It is very big. It has a long nose. It has two large ears. I like elephants. .... Lead-in What do you think of them They're kind of/really... friendly/cute/lovely smart They are from _____ . ['ta l nd] 泰国 Thailand Thailand's flag [fl g] 国旗 one of Thailand's symbols [ simb l] 象征 they are in great danger. But now 处于极大危险之中 People cut down too many trees. [k t] [da n] 砍倒 People also kill (猎杀）elephants for their ivory. Things made of ivory 由...制成 Pre-reading Look at the picture and predict 1.What kind of passage is it 2.What animal may be talked about A. a diary B. a website article(网络文章） √ Elephants Check(√) the best title for the article. √ Skimming(略读）: Pay attention to the key words and sentences. (关注关键词句） While-reading Fast reading 1 3 2 Find the topic sentence(主题句) of each paragraph. Reading tip(技巧): You can often find the topic sentence(中心句) from the first sentence or the last sentence of each paragraph（每段的首句或末句）. Elephants are smart animals. Elephants are in danger and we must save them. Elephants are important in Thailand. While-reading Fast reading Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. Para.1 Careful reading While-reading What do the students from Thailand want to do 2.Why are elephants important in Thailand They want to save the elephants. Because it is one of Thailand’s _____. the first flag had _____on it. it is a symbol of _____. symbols a white elephant good luck What can elephants do While-reading Careful reading Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. Abilities can play _____ can also _____well can _____ places with food and water Careful reading soccer or music also remember While-reading Para.2 draw can _____ for a long time and never_____. walk get lost Elephants are smart but they are in great danger While-reading Careful reading But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are on ... ...
