8A Unit 4 Reading ( 1 ) Duration 1 class 45 minutesType Reading ⅠObjectives To review vocabulary for animals To infer meaning of the new words using students’ own background knowledge and according to the context To get gist by skimming the text To identify specific meaning by scanning the textImportant points and difficulties To get learners familiar with the growing process of giant panda To get learners guess the problems giant pandas face To get learners think of more solutions to protect giant pandasPreparation PPT lesson procedureTeaching method Students’ oriented teaching Communicative language teaching Task-based approachesWritten Design (on the Blackboard)Paragraph 1---3Paragraph 4---6Paragraph 7---8The growth of Xi Wang The problem Actions to take1 day old---100 grams10 days old--- a white mouse4 months old--- (1) about 10 kilos (2) go outside for the (1) If hunters catch a giant panda,…(2) If (1) make giant panda reserves bigger(2) build first time6 months old--- eat bamboo shoots and leaves12 months old ---(1) a healthy young giant panda (2) 35 kilos20 months old --- look after herselffarmers cut down trees and forests,…(3) If people find baby pandas alone,…more reserves(3) encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reservesTeaching planStep 1 Brainstorming (Pre-reading)(1)Review the names of animals that the students have learned.The teacher will tell the students: Wild animals usually live in the forests. However, farmers cut down trees to make more farmland and hunters kill the animals for their fur. If this continues, these animals will have nowhere to survive. We should take action to protect these animals, for example, building reserves and encouraging m...
