1. Teaching aims:
(1) To know some basic knowledge of wildlife and wildlife protection.
(2) To learn the new words and expressions
2. Teaching important & difficult points
(1)To get the students to understand the article.
(2)To get the students to master the usage of the new words.
3. Teaching methods: Task-based Language Teaching
4. Teaching tools: Multimedia and other normal teaching method.
5. Teaching procedure:
Step 1. Greeting and Lead-in
The teacher will ask the students to read the new words of unit 4 and then the teacher will list the Chinese meaning of the new words and ask the students to say the English expressions. And vice visa.
Then the teacher will ask the students a question:
What makes the world around us so wonderful？
Supposed answer: Wildlife
T: Are wildlife all wild animals?
Ss: No. There are also wild plants.
After the students says their answers, the teacher will use the powerpoint to show the pictures of endangered wildlife::
Panda\South China tiger\ milu deer\antelope
While showing the wildlife, the teacher will five the students some simple explanations about them like
Step 2. Pre-reading.
T: Are these animals beautiful?
Ss: Yes.
T: Can you see them everywhere?
Ss: No.
T: Why?
Ss:…
T: Yes, because they are endangered and they dying out.
Language points:
The teacher will first ask the students to look at the usage of this word by themselves and then ask them to say it out .Then the teacher will give the students 2 minutes to memorize them and then check through the powerpoint.
Die out 灭亡，绝种
例句：
Dinosaurs have died out long ago.
在很久以前，恐龙就已经灭绝了。
其他搭配：
die of 死于（内部原因比如疾病，衰老，情感等）
die from 死于（外部原因，由环境造成的、主要指事故，地震等）
die off 一个个死去
