《牛津初中英语》8A Unit 4 Wild animals Integrated skills
常州市24中 高晓娟
一、年级：八年级
二、教学内容： 8A Unit 4 Wild animals
三、课型：Integrated skills
四、教学目标
1.知识目标
1)掌握并运用描写野生动物外貌、性格、能力、食物以及面临危险的词汇和句型。
2)掌握表达观点的句型。
2.能力目标
1)能从听力材料中获取不同野生动物的外貌特征、性格特点、能力长处、主要食物
以及各自所面临的危险。
2)能综合所听、所读的信息将一封关于野生动物信的空缺内容补充完整。
3.情感目标
通过了解野生动物面临的危险，激发学生保护、爱护野生动物的情感。
五、教学重难点
从听力材料中准确捕获相关有用的信息。
教学流程
Part One Pre-listening
Step 1 Revision
In this unit, we learned a lot about wild animals.
在这一单元中，我们学习了许多有关野生动物的知识。
Please look at this picture. We are very familiar with it. It’s a giant panda..
请同学们看这张图片。我们很熟悉。这是一只大熊猫。
Please have a free talk about giant pandas. Try to say something about their appearance, ability, character, food and the danger they meet.
Step 2 Presentation
Look at this picture. It’s a tiger. Do you know anything about tigers?
Yes. They have black stripes. Hunters hunt them for their fur ans bones. Because they want to make medicine. (教学生词stripe, medicine)
This is a wolf. 请同学们注意wolf的复数wolves。
Can you say something about wolves? Yes. They have good eyesight, hearing and smell. They eat insects, snails and vegetables. They are in danger because they have nowhere to live. Because of the loss of living areas, their number is getting smaller and smaller. (教学生词 hearing, smell, snails, loss)
Part Two While-listening
Step 1 Presentation
Amy and Millie want to help wild animals. They read a book about animals. 想帮助野生动物。他们看了一本关于动物的书。Now they are making a conversation. What are they talking about?
现在他俩正在谈论有关动物。他们在谈论什么呢？
Step 2 Read and finish the exercises
Let’s read and listen.
Open your books, turn to page 68, first read the notes about tigers carefully, then listen to the tape, try to complete the fact sheets. 请同学们把书打开，翻倒６２页，仔细阅读有关老虎的内容，然后听对话，完成书上的填空。
Let’s check the answers from No1 to No 5
Then read the notes about wolves carefully, listen to the tape, try to complete the fact sheets. 请同学们仔细阅读有关狼的内容，然后听对话，完成书上的填空。
Let’s check the answers from No6 to No 12
Part Three Post-listening
Now, we’ve learned a lot about tigers and wolves. 现在我们已经了解了许多关于老虎和狼的知识。
Amy and Millie want to write a letter to the chairperson of the Wild Animals Club. They want to explain why the club should help protect tigers and wolves. Open your books, turn to page 69, Let‘s help Amy and Millie to finish the letter with the information in Part A1 on page 68.
请同学们把书打开，翻倒69页。请根据68页A1部分的信息帮助他们完成这封信。
Read the letter together.
Part Four Speak up
Step 1 Preasentation
Now, many people like to wear clothes made of animal fur. They think they look smart and modern on clothes like this. And they think they can keep warm on these clothes.
Step 2 Read and answer
Millie’s Mum like clothes made of anmal fur, too. What about Millie?但米莉的想法是什么呢？
Please listen to the dialogue between Millie and her mum, try to answer the following questions.
1. Why does Millie’s Mum like to wear clothes made of animal fur?
2. What is Millie’s opinion(观点)?
3. Does Mum agree with Millie at last?
Setp 3 Read and practice
Now, open your books, read the diaolgue, then try to act it out. You can replace the underlined words with your own ideas. 打开书阅读对话，并表演。同学们可以用自己的想法和观点来替代划线部分。
Making up a new dialogue
A: I don’t think you should …
B: Why? …
A: Many animals lose their lives because …
B: If I …, …
A: If no one …, then …
B: Maybe you are right.
…
Homework
1. Remember the information about tigers and wolves.
2. Recite the dialogue.