八年级英语上册
学情分析: Most students know more information about birds. They can describe
some birds and talk about their favorite birds. They are interested in birdwatchers.
教材分析: The reading help students learn more things that are connected with birds.
It gives students more language about birdwatchers in this unit. In this part students study more target language further.
教学目标: 1. Students can read the article.
2.Students can infer and get information from the reading ,then understand it.
学习目标:1. We can know the writer’s aim and understand why zha long is a special
place.
2. We can read the reading after listening to the tape more times.
重点: 1. read the article fluently.
2. Understand the article and know the purpose of the writer. 难点: 1. Judge and correct the information;
2. Design the questions about zha Long to act as a reporter. 教法: 1. Task-based teaching approach.
2. Oral methods
3. Communicative methods
学法: 1. Cognitive strategy: Students can looking at the pictures and the title ,then infer some information and learn more new language about birds ; Students can summarize the main idea of the article.
2.Control strategy: students can know their learning aims clearly and get to know how to realize aims. Students can also know how to make their study lists.
3.Communicative strategy: Students can design questions and help partners get information from the reading, learn to be a reporter，strengthen the ability of talking about Zhalong. 教学过程: Step1.Revise
1.Look and say：tell us the names of birds，by playing a guessing game Including: What does it look like? / Where does it live? / What does it eat? 2. Tell the students’ learning aims in this period
1）We can know the writer’s aim and understand why zha long is a special place. 2）We can read the reading after listening to the tape more times. Step2.Lead in
To teach the students main difficult new words in some situation： New words : wetlands/ in the wetlands 、provide ….for、live comfortably 、easily
catch fish for food、red-crowned-cranes、warm space、endangered birds、tourists、 importance、wildlife、rare Step 3 Pre-reading
1. Tell the students something about Zhalong
2. Teach the students some new words and phrases Step4 While-reading
Skimming: Ask the students to go through the passage quickly and answer the following questions:
1.What’s the article about? 2.What do we hope? Scanning:
1. Ask the students to go through the passage slowly and carefully, then find out the main idea of each paragraph.
2. Students read the passage again and do the exercises below: Paragraph 1: True or False:
1) Zhalong Nature Reserive is in Heilongjiang in south-east of China. 2) Zhalong is one of the most important wetlands in the world. 3) The area provides nothing for the wildlife.
Paragraph 2: Match the sentences:
1. Many birds live in Zhalong and 40 per cent of them live in Zhalong.
all year round,
2. Most birds are active so you can easily watch them there.
in the daytime,
3. There are not many cranes while some go there only for a short stay.
left in the world,
Paragraph 3: Read and answer:
What danger are the wildlife facing? Paragraphs 4-5: Read and fill in the blanks: Step 5 Post- reading : 1.Choose T or F:
1) Zhalong is an important wetland in the world. _________ 2) Birds can find food and cover in Zhalong. _________ 3) The birds in Zhalong live in large cages. _________ 4) Most birds are active at night. _________ 5) Forty per cent of cranes live in other parts of the world. _________ 6) The Chinese government has made laws to protect wildlife. _________ 7) Zhalong needs more people to feed the birds. ________ 8) Studying Zhalong helps us learn about protecting wildlife. ________ 2. What do you know about Zhalong?
Zhalong is a _____ ______. It is one of the world’s most important ________
because they ______ food and _______for the birds. Many birds live there_________. There are ____ cranes in the world. They are _________ .We should help more people _________ the importance of the wetlands. 3. Pair work:
A：May I ask you some questions about Zhalong? B：Yes, please.
A：Where is Zhalong? B：It is in…
A：Why is Zhalong a special place?
B：Because it is one of… and it can provide… A：… B：… Step 6 . Pratice
1.Listen and answer: 1) What is Zhalong? 2) Where is it?
3) What can it help us? And why?
4) What rare birds can we see in Zhlong?
5) Why do more and more birds have no enough space to live? 6) What activity do people do in Zhalong?
7) Do the bird watching club need more people to help ? 8) Why do they do like this?
2. Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat. Step7: Homework
1. Try to talk about Zhalong Nature Reserve with your friends. 2. Finish the exercises on P71-72.
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