1. Module 7 Unit 3 Under the Sea Old Tom the Killer Whale Reading I WZMS Chen Lu

3. Writer Occupation Type of the article ( 文体 ) Place Time Clancy a whaler anecdote a short interesting or amusing story about a real person or event a whaler at the beginning of the 20th century southeastern coast of Australia

4. ______ whale _______whales baleen killer whalers

5. What is anecdote1 about? Killers helped whalers catch baleen whales. When did the writer believe that killer whales could help whalers catch huge whales? After he witnessed it with his own eyes. see something happen

6. Put the following sentences in order of time. ( ) The killers dragged the whale's body down into the depth of the sea. ( ) Old Tom threw itself out of the water and crashed down again. ( ) The killers raced between our boat and the whale. ( ) Old Tom swam by and circled back to the boat. ( ) Some killers threw themselves on the top of the baleen whale's blow-hole. Other killers stopped it diving or fleeing. 5 1 3 2 4 pull with effort run away or escape

7. killers' actionspurpose threw...out and crashed back... swam by and circled back... threw...on the top stopped it diving... raced between... dragged the whale's body down... told led attacked/killed... asked for help had a good feed on

8. announced led told had a good feed on attacked brought the body attacked / helped headed the hunt / asked for help What did the whalers do?

9. teamwork What made the hunt so successful? 1. Old Tom threw..., telling... 2. Old Tom led the whalers to the spot 3.The killers worked in a team to kill the whale... How did they work in a team?

10. What is anecdote 2 about? Old Tom protected a whaler James. How did Old Tom help James out? Old Tom held James up firmly.

11. What’s the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers? Why?

12. Whales are now an endangered species, what should we do to protect them?

13. Homework 1. Use some key words to retell the story. 2. Find more information about whales on the internet.