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课件网) Unit 6 Fantastic friends Developing ideas (阅读) 册 次：七年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） Animals are everywhere in our life. Do you know these animals 1. We can see them in the museum. 2. They died out. 3. Humans cut down trees and hunted them. Extinct animals Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Read and answer the questions. 1. What’s the name of the animal Dodo. 2. What do you think of dodos’ story It’s a sad story. Read and complete the display board. island food animals Humans cut down hunted eggs died out Read and complete the display board. How was dodos’ life in the beginning happy peaceful safe plenty of food friendly neighbours lived on an island Read and complete the display board. Why did dodos die out Humans and their pigs, cats and dogs: cut down the trees hunted dodos ate their eggs lost their homes got smaller in number had no more children Dodos: 1. Why is the dodo “just a character” to some readers 2. What do “as happy as a clam” and “as dead as a dodo” mean Read and answer the questions. 3. What’s the writing purpose of the passage Let’s check. 1. Why is the dodo “just a character” to some readers 2. What do “as happy as a clam” and “as dead as a dodo” mean As happy as a clam means very happy. As dead as a dodo means completely dead. Why does the writer use the two expressions at the end of the passage To show us the purpose of the passage. Because some people don’t see them in the real world. Let’s check. 3. What’s the writing purpose of the passage To call on people to protect animals. Brainstorm and discuss. Do people’s actions influence other animals Give an example. What can we do to help animals in danger Write a passage to let more people know we should help animals in danger. Do some research on an extinct animal. Find the following information. Homework 1. What is the animal 2. Where did it live 3. What was the animal like 4. What were the habits of the animal 5. Why did the animal die out Unit 6 Fantastic friends Developing ideas (写作) 册 次：七年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） Review What’s the animal Where did it live Why did it die out Write a short paragraph about another extinct animal. Step 1 Do some research on an extinct animal. Use the chart to help you. Write a short paragraph about another extinct animal. Use the information you find to answer the questions in the chart. It’s... / It’s called... / The name of this animal is... It lived on / in... What is the animal and where did it live Write a short paragraph about another extinct animal. It was about the size of... / It looked like... / It had... / It could... What was the animal like Use the information you find to answer the questions in the chart. (look, ability...) Write a short paragraph about another extinct animal. Use the information you find to answer the questions in the chart. It usually… / It liked… What were the habits of the animal Write a ... ...
