新人教版高中英语必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Reading and Thinking教案一

Unit 2 WildlifeProtection-Reading and Thinking教案

A Day in the Clouds教学设计

The listening and speaking part aims at how to protectand help endangered animals by listening, speaking and talking about the factsand reasons. This lesson analyzes the decreasing clause of Tibetan antelopepopulation and the measures of protecting Tibetan antelopes. So students can beguided to learn to analyse the title and use different reading skills orstrategies, like scanning, skimming and careful reading.

1.Read quickly toget the main ideas and the purpose of going to Tibetan; read carefully tounderstand what the author see and think.

2.Understand thesentences of the present continuous passive voice such as “Much is being doneto protect wildlife.” and the inverted sentence “Only when we learn to exist inharmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.”

3.Enhance theawareness of protecting wildlife.

4.Cultivate thereading methods according to different materials.

1.Read quickly toget the main ideas and the purpose of going to Tibetan; read carefully tounderstand what the author see and think.

2.Understand thesentences of the present continuous passive voice such as “Much is being doneto protect wildlife.” and the inverted sentence “Only when we learn to exist inharmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.”

3.Cultivate thereading methods according to different materials.

Step 1 Leading-in

Watch a video about elephants and whales and then ask:
Why are they endangered ?
They are killed/hunted

Step 2 Before reading--- use visual reading
Look at the pictures. What do you think thetext is about ?
It is about Tibetan antelopes.

Step 3: Analyze the title

A Day in the Clouds

Step 3: Scanning the whole text and getting thebasic information

1. Answer the following questions.
Q1：Is it easy for the writer to go on theshort hike? Why ?
No, it’s difficult. Because the airis thin and we have to rest several times. Then it’s cold because there aresnow-covered mountains disappear into clouds that seem almost close enough totouch.

Q2: Why did the writer visitTibet ?

To observe Tibetanantelopes.

Q3: Where do the Tibetanantelopes live ?

They live on the plains ofTibet, Xinjiang and Qinghai.

Q4: What happened to theTibetan antelope in the 1980s and 1990s ?

They population dropped bymore than 50 percent. Hunters were shooting them to make profits. Theirhabitats were becoming smaller as new roads and railways were built.

Q5: How to protect them ?

The government placed themunder national protection.

Volunteers watched overthem day and night to keep them safe.

Bridges and gates wereadded to let them move easily and keep them safe from cars and trains.

Q6: Why did the Chinesegovernment stop the protection program after the population has recovered ?

Because the threats havenot yet disappeared.

2.Find the topic sentences of each paragraph

Paragraph 1: This is why we’re here-- toobserve Tibetan antelopes. Thepurpose

Paragraph 2: I am stuck by their beauty, butalso reminded of the danger they are in. The danger

Paragraph 3: My guide is Zhaxi. Introduce the guide and his opinion.

Paragraph 4: The 1980s and 1990s were badtimes for the Tibetan antelope. Thedangerous period of Tibetan antelopes

Paragraph 5: Save this species fromextinction. Protection

Paragraph 6: The measures are effective. The result
Paragraph 7: When we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being athreat to wildlife and to our planet. The thought of the writer

Step 4: TravelJournal
What the writer saw:
1.the snow-covered mountains disappear intoclouds.
2. the antelopes move slowly across thegreen grass.
3. the stars in the evening.