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课件网) （外研版）七年级 上 Developing ideas (Reading for writing) Fantastic friends Unit 6 Learning Objectives By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: 1. master useful words and phrases to talk about the extinct animal—dodo; 2. learn the influence of human activities on animals 3. write a short paragraph about another extinct animal. 掌握谈论已灭绝动物渡渡鸟的有用单词和短语； 了解人类活动对动物的影响 写一段关于另一种已灭绝动物的短文。 What do you think of these animals AMAZING HELPFUL Warming-up Animals are everywhere in our life. Falkland Island wolf 福克兰群岛狼（南极狼） Tasmanian tiger 塔斯马尼亚虎（袋狼） Passenger pigeon 旅鸽 Dodo 渡渡鸟 Atlas bear 阿特拉斯棕熊（金熊） Lead-in Do you know these animals Pre-reading Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 1. Where can you see these animals now 1 P104 museum animal cut down hunt human die out 2. What happen to them We can only see these animals in the museum now. 3. What do you think are the reasons They died out. Maybe because humans hunted them. People also cut down trees in the forest and their homes are gone. Pre-reading Extinct animals Look at the title and pictures. Let’s read the passage to find out. Pre-reading What happened to dodos Task 1 Read and choose. While-reading What’s the passage about A. It’s about dodo’s happy life on an island. B. It’s about how to protect dodos. C. It’s about the sad story of a dodo. Task 2 Read and match the main ideas. The hope of dodos Introduction of dodos Happy time of dodos’ life The reasons why dodos die out Introduction of dodos Why is the dodo “just a character” to some readers Because people don't see them in the real world. We now can see dodos in museums. thousands of dodos in museums Task 3 Read Para.1 and answer. 《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》是一部经典儿童文学作品，讲述了主人公Alice在她的梦境中跟随一只兔子来到一个奇异的世界，遇上了各种奇特的生物，并进行了一系列冒险。渡渡鸟是故事中的一个角色，但在现实中渡渡鸟已经灭绝。 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Happy time of dodos’ life How was dodos’ life in the beginning They lived on an _____ in the Indian Ocean. There was _____ food to eat. All the other animals were _____. island plenty of friendly happy peaceful safe Task 4 Read Para.2 and complete. Why did dodos die out In 1598, humans _____. They _____ the trees and the lovely _____ was gone. They _____ dodos. Their animals ate dodos’ ____. As a result, dodos soon _____. arrived cut down forest influence？ (影响) The reasons why dodos die out hunted eggs died out Task 5 Read Para.3 and complete. Dodos lost their homes, lives and children. 1. What do “as happy as a clam” and “as dead as a dodo” mean like a clam because it is in safe and peaceful living condition like a dodo because it died out It means completely dead. It means very happy. 2. Why does the writer use the two expressions at the end of the passage The writers ... ...
