Period4ListeningTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod:Thisperiodaimsattrainingstudents’twoskills—understandinggeneralideaandgettingdetailedinformationbygettingfamiliarwithtonesandintonationinspokenEnglishandwritinganwell-organizedletterabouthowtosolveaspecificproblem.Studentscanimprovetheseskillsbylistening,writingandfinishingtherelativeexercises.Alsointhisperiodstudentscanmeetthethemeofthisunitagain.TeachingAims:1.MakesurethestudentsknowtheusageoftonesandintonationinspokenEnglishandgraspthemethodsofgettingthegeneralideaanddetailedinformation.2.HelptheSslearnhowtoorganizealettertosavetheendangeredanimaldodo.TeachingImportantPoints:1.MakesurethestudentsknowtheimportanceoftonesinspokenEnglish.2.Enablethestudentstoorganizealetterintheproperandefficientway.TeachingDifficultPoint:Howtowritealetterinthecorrectway.TeachingMethods:1.Listening-and-answeractivitytomakethestudentsknowtheimportanceoftonesinspokenEnglish.2.Practicetoimprovethestudents’writingability.TeachingAid:Ataperecorderandaprojector.TeachingProcedures:Step1RevisionT:Goodmorning,boysandgirls!LastclassIaskedyoutopreparethedescriptionofdinosaursandMiludeeranddodos,sonowIwillasksomeofyoutohaveatry.Anyvolunteers?S1:Dinosaurslivedontheearthlongbeforehumanscameintobeing.Thereweremanydifferentspeciesofthem,ofwhichararenewonewasabletorunaswellasclimb.Thereasonsfortheirdyingoutarenotsure.Maybebecauseofalargerockorduetothehotweather.S2:Dodoslivedontheearthlonglongago.TheylivedonanislandcalledMauritius.Theywerecuriousandkindheartedandquitedifferentfrommostoftheanimalsthere.Theywerebirds,buttheywerelargeandonlyhadsmallwings.Theirfavoriteactivitywastowanderalongthebeachandwaittilltheinsectswerereadytobeeaten.S3:MiludeerusedtobecommoninChina.Theylivedtogetherandlivedongrass.Butasaresultofhunting,theydisappearedfromChinalater.Luckily,someweretakentoBritainbeforethat.SoChinesegovernmentcanbringbacksome.NowtherearemoreandmoreMiludeerinChina.T:Everyonehasdoneaverygoodjob!Step2BrainstormingabouttonesinspokenEnglish(Teacheraskstwostudentstoanswertwoeasyquestions,thenexpressgratitudeusingdifferenttones.Oneis”Thankyou↘”.Theotheris“Thankyou↗.”)T:Well,justnowIsaid“Thankyou”,doyoufindsomedifferences?Ss:Youusedifferenttones.用心爱心专心1T:Good.Inthefirstone,thefallingtoneshowsthatIamverygrateful.Butinthesecondone,therisingtonemeansthatiswhattheSshoulddoandIwasnotreallygrateful.T:InspokenEnglish,tonesareusedtoexpressdifferentfeelings.Tounderstandhowthespeakerisfeeling,listenforfourmainthings:thevolumeofthelanguagearisingorfallingtonestressoncertainwordspausesinthesentencesStep3ListeningforgeneralideaT:OK,nowwearegoingtolistentothestoryaboutanotheranimalnameddodo.PleasehavealookatthepictureonP31.Whatdoesitlooklike?Ss:Itlookslikeaduck.It’sverylarge.T:Whataboutitswings?Aretheyverylargetoo?Ss:No,itswingsareverysmall.T:Canitflyhighintheskyeasily?S1:Idon’tthinkitcaneasilyflyhighinthesky.T:Doyouagreewithher?Ss:Yes.T:Sowhatmightbeitsproblem?S2:Itcanonlywalkonland.Andwhenthereisananimalattackingit,itcan’tescape.T:Youmightberight.Let’slistenandsee.Asforthefirsttime,youdon’thavetounderstandeveryword.Youcanignorewhatyoudon’tunderstandandconcentrateonwhatyoucanunderstand.NowpleaseopenyourbooksandturntoPage30togothroughtheEx.2andtrytopredictwhatmighthappentododo.(Twominuteslater)T:Whathappenedt...