Unit 2 Wildlife Protection

Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking

【教学目标】

1. Guide students to understand the content of listening texts in terms of using visuals to predict content.

2. Cultivate students’ ability to guess the meaning of words in listening; discuss with their peers how to save endangered wildlife and help wildlife in their neighborhood.

3. Instruct students to use functional sentences of the dialogue such as “I am concerned about…” “What do you know about the endangered animals in…” and so on to talk about one of the endangered animals.

4. Instruct students to use functional sentences of the dialogue such as “This is used for…” “I did it to/in order to/so as to…” and so on to talk about how to help wildlife in Ss’ neighborhood.

【教学重难点】

1. Guide Ss to use the prediction strategy of reading pictures accurately to understand the content of listening texts;

2. Guide Ss to express their opinions on how to participate in wildlife protection, and communicate with their peers about the living conditions and protection measures of wildlife in simple English.

【教学过程】

Part 1: Listening and Speaking

Step 1: Lead in

The teacher is advised to have a small talk about the topic:

What messages do these posters share?

Work in pairs and discuss. And then share your view after discussing.

Step 2: Prediction

After their small talk, the teacher can ask students to predict what the listening text is about by looking at the pictures.

Some animals are endangered and why and how we can protect them from being extinct.

Listening tip: use visuals to predict content

Before listening, look at the pictures, videos, charts and other visuals to help you predict.

Step 3: Summary of the main idea

Play the audio which is about the dying wildlife on earth. And after finishing listening to the first part of the tape, the students need to solve the following task.

Fill in the blanks while listening.

Our planet’s ____________is dying out at an alarming rate. Between 150 and 200 species are becoming ___________ every day. This mass extinction is caused by hunting, habitat _________and pollution. We must make people aware of the problem and help_______ the endangered wildlife before it’s too late!

After finishing the task above, the teacher plays the second part of the tape and after finishing listening, the students need to solve the following task.

Listen and answer the following questions:

1. How many elephants are killed on average every day?

2. What did Prince William say about China?

3. What does “change begins with you” mean?

If you want things to change, you must change yourself first and not wait for others to be the first one to do something, you must be the number one to start to take the first action. In this way, we can change the world for the better.

Step 4: Speaking Project

In pairs, discuss the questions, role play the example, and then talk about one of the animals in the photos below.

1. What do you know about the animals in the photos?

2. What is being done to help them?

A: I’m concerned about the blue whales. What do you know about them?

B: Well, I know that they’re being hunted and their number is getting dramatically smaller, so they’re in danger of extinction. Blue whales need large and clear water habitats, so it’s difficult for them to adapt to the changes.

A: That’s terrible. What measures are being taken to help them?

B: The authorities are under pressure to make laws to ban illegal hunting whales and tell people not to buy whales products.

Part 2. Listening and Talking

Step1: Listen to the tape, for the first time, and then ask the students to solve the following tasks.

Choose the right ending for each sentence.

1. Binoculars ___________.

2. Build bird feeders ___________.

3. Use a bird field guide ___________.

4. Put paper cut-outs on windows ___________.

A.      in order to identify birds

B. so that birds do not crash into them

C. to make sure that birds have enough food

D. are used for watching birds from far away

Listen and answer the questions.

1. Who are the teenagers?

2. Where are they?

3 What are they doing?

4. Why are they doing it?

Step 2: Listen again and use the phrases you hear to fill in the blanks.

Expressing   purposes This is used   for.../so as to…/in order to/He has done it so that… /in order that…

1. They got up early _____________search for wild birds.

2. I’ve brought a field guide ___________we can look up the birds we see.

3. My dad gave me the binoculars ______________we can see the birds better.

4. Bird watching clubs clean up habitats build bird feeders, and put paper cut-outs on windows ________________protect birds.

Step 3: Speaking Project

Work in groups. Ask Ss to think of the wildlife in neighborhood and their needs. What can they do to care for them? Find out the solutions. Role play a dialogue with their partners.

A: I often see wild cats and dogs in our neighborhood. Maybe we should do something to care for them.

B: Should we put out bowls of food for them?

C: Sure, and I think we could also put out boxes or other things for them, so that they can find shelter when it’s cold or wet outside.

D: What else can we do for them?

A: Why not raise money and form a pet’s homeless shelter where homeless pets can find a home and may be adopted by others.

C: Sounds great. Let’s make a plan and try it.