Unit 4 Wildlife Protection

Step 1 Lead-in Who am I ?

I am very huge. I have a long nose. elephant

I live in forest. I am called “King of the Forest”. tiger

I come from China. I like eating bamboo. panda 熊猫

Q1: How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the video?What are they? Q2:What are the elephant killed for? Five. Tiger, rhino, elephant, turtle, bear. Ivory(象牙)

Reading How Daisy Learned to Help Wildlife

Find out the main idea of the passage: Step 2 Fast reading Find out the main idea of the passage: A. It is about some protection of wildlife. B. It is about a journey of a flying carpet. C. It is about Daisy’s wonderful journey with some animals.

Fast reading There are three places and three animals mentioned in the passage. What are they? Fast reading

Daisy para 2 How Tibet Zimbabwe Rainforest para 1 para 3 antelope elephant monkey Tibet Zimbabwe Rainforest para 1 para 2 para 3 How With the help of the ____________ flying carpet

Step 3 Careful reading Task 1 True or False

1. One day Daisy woke up and found a flying ship by her bed. carpet 2.Daisy saw many antelopes in Tibet. only one antelope 3.The antelope may die out in the future.

Task 2 Multiple choice 1. The sentence “No rainforest, no animals and no drugs” means _________ A. There was no drug in the rainforest B. Animals in the rainforest didn’t need drugs C. Rainforest, animals and drugs affect each other D. Drugs were important for animals and the rainforest

2. From the end of the story we can conclude that ___. A. The WWF will help Daisy to make the powerful drug B. The WWF has done little to protect wildlife C. People will stop killing animals with the help of the WWF D. Daisy will continue to help protect

Step 4 Post reading Try to retell the story according to the key words.

called Not long ago there was a girl 1 (call) Daisy, who went to see the animals that gave fur to make her sweater 2 the help of a flying chair. In Tibet, she saw an antelope with a sad face 3 (look) at her, who told her that they were killed for the wool 4 was taken from under their stomachs. In Zimbabwe, the elephant Daisy saw said they used to be endangered there because they 5 (consider) to have destroyed the farms and farmers used to hunt them in large number. with looking which/that were considered

Later, the government tried to help the farmers earn 6 money by asking the tour companies to bring more 7 (tour) to the areas and setting the number of animals to be hunted, and as a result, farmers started to protect them. In the thick rain forest, Daisy saw a monkey rubbing 8 insect over his body to protect 9 mosquitoes. With all her experience, Daisy learned 10 to work with WWF to protect wildlife. more tourists an from how

Show yourself!

--高考链接-- 以“该不该禁止旅客和动物拍照”进行议论， 内容包括： （1） 人们在参观动物时为什么喜欢和动物拍照 （2）假如你处在动物的处境，你会有什么反应 （3）你认为是否应该禁止游客和动物拍照

Step 5 Role play

1. Taking photos with the animal 2. Try to stop the behavior Imagine one of you are an animal(e.g.monkey,tiger...) in the zoo, and your group members are visitors. Choose one or two of following situations to make a short play(短剧). 1. Taking photos with the animal 2. Try to stop the behavior 3. Show the feeling of the animal. 4. Tell why we should stop taking photos with animals......

Here is a sample for you. (M=monkey, A=visitor A, B=visitor B) A：Look! There is a monkey here. Let's take a photo... M: Oh, god... B: No, no,no.... A: Why not?... B: Because... M: I like you if you don't trouble me. ... ...

Step 6 Discussion

1. Why do people like to take photos with animals while visiting them? Discuss with your group members on the topic " Should tourists take photos with animals". Then make a short speech including: 1. Why do people like to take photos with animals while visiting them? 2. If you are the animal, what would you feel? 3. Do you think we should stop tourists taking photos with animals, why?

Reflection!(反思) What have we learned today?

A=Not comfortable B= Comfortable C=Very comfortable Self-assessment自我评价 How comfortable do you feel having this lesson? A=Not comfortable B= Comfortable C=Very comfortable

Write a passage based on the topic" Should tourists take photos with animals".(120 words)