Unit15We’retryingtosavethemanatees!Ⅰ.AnalysisoftheTeachingMaterial1.StatusandFunctionInthisunit,studentslearntodebateanissue.Thetopicismeaningfulandpracticaltostudents.Itisveryimportantandnecessaryforstudentstolearnsomethingaboutit.Itisofgreatbenefittostudents.Itisveryusefulforstudentstousethetopictocommunicatewithothersintheirdailylife.Itisalsohelpfulforstudentstoimprovetheirspeakingability.Afterstudyingthisunit,studentsshouldbefullyawareoftheimportanceofreducingpollutionandprotectinganimals.Wemusttakeactiontoprotecttheenvironment.(1)ThefirstperiodmainlygivesstudentslisteningandoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguageIamlikethisanimalbecauseIamstrongandintelligent.Ilikewater,andIliketoeatvegetables.You’relikeanelephant.No.You’relikeamanatee.Yes!(2)Theactivitiesinthesecondperiodgivestudentsmorelisteningandspeakingpracticeaswellasgrammarfocustopractisethetargetlanguage.Thepracticecanhelpstudentsimprovestudents’listeningandspeakingskills.Italsohelpsstudentsreviewthefivetensesthattheyhavelearned.(3)Thethirdperiodprovidestwoletters.Studentsmustlearntogetdetailedinformationfromtheletters.Itisabasicreadingskill,andalsoitisofgreathelpforstudentstoimprovetheirreadingskill.Studentsalsolearntowritealettertoimprovetheirwritingskill.(4)Thefourthperiodnotonlyintroducessomenewwordsbutalsoprovidesstudentswithmanydifferentkindsofactivities.Inthisclass,studentslearnhowtoexpresstheirownopinionsusingthetargetlanguage.Theycanalsoimprovetheirlisteningability.(5)Alotofpracticeisdesignedinthefifthperiodtotrainstudents’readingandwritingskills.(6)AlltheactivitiesinthelastperiodinthisunitareusedtoprovidewritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguagetoreviewthestructuresfromUnit11toUnit14.2.TeachingAimsandDemands(1)KnowledgeObjectsInthisunit,studentslearnhowtodebateanissueandhowtoexpresstheirownopinionsusingthetargetlanguage.Theyalsoreviewfivetensestheyhavelearned.(2)AbilityObjectTotrainstudents’listening,speaking,readingandwritingskillsusingthetargetlanguage.(3)MoralObjectsAnimalsareourfriends,Butsomeofthemareendangeredbecauseofpollution.SowemustbefullyawareoftheimportanceOfreducingpollutionandprotectinganimals.Inordertolivehappilyandlonger,wemusttakeactionatoncetoprotectanimalsandtheenvironment.3.TeachingKeyPointsTomakestudentslearnandgraspthekeyvocabularywordsandthetargetlanguage4.TeachingDifficultPointsTotrainstudents’listening,speaking,readingandwritingskills.Totrainstudents’communicativecompetence.Tomastersometensesbyreviewing.5.StudyingWaysTeachstudentshowtodebateanissueandhowtoreviewwhattheyhavelearned.Ⅱ.LanguageFunctionDebateonissueⅢ.TargetLanguageIthinkthatanimalsshouldnotliveinzoos.Idisagreewithyou.Ifeelthatzoosprovidecleanandsafeplacesforendangeredanimalstolive.Ⅳ.StructureReviewofstructuresⅤ.Vocabularymenatee,cheetah,kangaroo,chimpanzee,recycle,aquatic,habitat,gentle,aggressive,playful,furry,gray,enormous,strong,spotted,underwater,mangrove,vegetation,swamp,save,environment,educate,public,politelyⅥ.Recyclingelephant,polarbear,trash,zoo,endangered,shy,noisy,Ithinkthat…Ibelievethat…Ifeelthat…Iagreethat…Iagree/disagreewithyou.Ⅶ.LearningStrategies1.Classifying2.ListeningforspecificinformationⅧ.TeachingTimeSixperiods
