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课件网) Unit 6: Fantastic friends Reading for writing Content 01 0 Lead-in Writing Reading Language points 01 Lead-in Writing Reading Language points 01 0 02 01 0 03 01 04 Teaching objectives: 1. Learn some new words and expressions. 2. Understand the main idea of reading passage. 3. Understand the importance of protecting animals. 4. Write a passage about extinct animals. Lead-in Lead-in What are these animals What do you think of them They're dodos. They’re amazing/ They died out. Reading Look at the pictures on the right and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. museum animal human cut down die out hunt Pre-reading Where can you see these animals now We can see these animals in museums. Pre-reading What happened to them They died out. Pre-reading What do you think are the reasons Humans cut down trees and hunt them! These are extinct animals. Pre-reading While-reading Skimming Read for main idea. What happened to dodos They died out. While-reading Skimming Introduction Body Conclusion Read for structure While-reading Introduction Body Conclusion Skimming Dodos Once: thousands of dodos. Now: only see dodos in museums. The dodo lived a peaceful and safe life before. But because of humans, they soon died out! Try our best to help animals. While-reading Read again and answer the following questions. Scanning How was dodo’s life once now thousands of dodos can only see dodos in museums. While-reading Read again and answer the following questions. Why did dodos die out Scanning Humans cut down trees and forest. Humans hunted dodos. Humans' animals ate dodo’s eggs. While-reading Scanning 3. Complete the display board with the words and expressions from the passage. island food animals Humans trees eggs museums While-reading Why is the dodos “just a character” to some readers What do “as happy as a clam” and “as dead as a dodo” mean Why does the writer use the two expressions at the end of the passage Because they died out and we can only see them in museums. The first one means being very happy. The second one means dying out like dodos. To call on people to protect animals. Post-reading Retell the story As dead as a dodo Para. 1 Para. 2-3 Para. 4 Once: thousands of dodos. Now: only see dodos in museums. There was plenty of food to eat. All the other animals were friendly. Cut down the trees and forest; Humans hunted dodos; Humans' animals ate dodos' eggs. Try our best to help animals. Post-reading What’s the purpose of the passage To call on people to protect animals. How do people's actions influence animals Give an example. They cut down the trees and the forest was gone. They hunted the animals. Their pigs, cats and dogs ate the animals’ eggs. Learning to think for question 1 You may find the writing purpose from the title, beginning or ending of the passage. Usually, the writer wants the readers to learn a lesson or take some action. Post-reading Refle ... ...
