Animals in Danger Reading Saving the Antelopes SMART

Animals in Danger Reading: Saving the Antelopes 双流中学 覃梅

SMART Objectives Specific （具体的） • Describe the story of Jiesang. Measurable who lost his life for saving the Tibetan （可�� 的） antelopes. “理解主旨大意” Achievable（可达成的） Relevant（相关性） • Explain the reasons why antelopes are endangered and find the measures and results of the battle. 寻找具体信息 Time-bound（� 限性） • Explore the structure of the passage. • 理解文段的基本逻辑结构 新课程标准：听、 说、读、看、写 • Develop reading and viewing , speaking skills, such as read for gist, read for specific information, view the pictures for prediction. • Realize the importance of wildlife protection and be aware that they should treasure the life of different species. 理解作者意图和态度

巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Key points 1. Explain the reasons and find the measures and results of the battle. 2. Explore the structure of the passage Difficult point: be aware that they should treasure the life of different species and take action.

巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 • Problem-based Learning • Task-based learning • Communicative learning

巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Textbook, handout, a blackboard, a computer and a projector

Step 1(a)：Lead in (video) 巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Teaching aim (设计意图） ： Stimulate students’ learning interest and lead to the story of Jiesang and antelopes

Step 1(b)：Lead in (prediction) 巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Qs: Who are they? What are they doing? Teaching aim (设计意图） ： Arouse the curiosity and guide the students to know a true story by prediction

Step 2：While-reading (para. 1) 巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Be based on the text （基于文本） 可检测（ Measurable ） Teaching aim (设计意图） ： Check the prediction

Step 3：While-reading (para. 2) 1. Why did poachers go to Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau on such a freezing cold day? 2. Why do poachers kill antelopes for their wool? 3. How much is it? $5, 000 Teaching aim （设计意图）： let Ss understand the real reasons behind it 巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Be based on the text （基于文本） Questionbased learning

巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 Step 4 Read for details(para. 3）group work 科学规划 Huge profits Illegal business expensive shawl 抱团发展 共同提升 Q: How did they make huge profits illegally? shot exported skinned made into deep into the text (深入文本） taken Teaching aim (设计意图） ： To train Ss the ability to explore deep into the text and find the logic relation.

Step 5：Obtain the structure situation (introduction) a true story Jiesang sacrificed his life to save the antelopes. (para. 1) Problem (reasons) Wool (para. 2 -3) 巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Key points 自下而上 ? ? ? What? Teaching aim (设计意图） ： To explore the structure of the whole passage

巴蜀好教育联盟 Step 6：Read for details（para. 4 -5） 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 measures Results battle Explore deep into the text (深入文本） Teaching aim (设计意图） ： To help Ss find the measures and results of the battle

Key points China measures create the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve catch poachers confiscate vehicles international cooperation Foreign countries officials / volunteers(Jiesang) get tough with dealers

巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Key points At the beginning of 20 th Century, millions of… The antelope population results win 1990 s, 50, 000 e l t at b 1997, the population e Since th The number of poachers has slowly begun to grow 3000 poachers were caught , the number of poachers has fallen

巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Why are so many numbers listed in this passage? Beyond the text （超越文本） powerful, reasonable and persuasive. Viewing/ Thinking Teaching aim（设计意图） ： train the viewing skill

巴蜀好教育联盟 Step 7 Post-reading(group work) 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 Role play Suppose you were one of the antelope babies left by the poachers, please describe 1. what happened to you and parents 2. what your present life is like. beyond the text （超越文本） Communicative learning eg: It was a … day. Teaching aim(设计意图） ： Consolidate what they have learned and explore beyond the text by imaging the present life.

Step 8：Homework 巴蜀好教育联盟 聚众取暖 抱团发展 科学规划 共同提升 1. Do a survey about other endangered animals. 2. Write a report following the text pattern we’ve learned today. Teaching aim (设计意图） ： To develop the ability of independent study and information surfing.

§Saving the Antelopes • Situation: Jiesang was killed for saving endangered antelopes. (para. 1) • Why endangered? • Problem: antelopes are killed for wool (para. 2) • • the population of antelopes has decreased (para. 3) China Solution: measure & results (para. 4 -5) (international cooperation). • • • foreign countries Result: the population of antelopes has begun to grow again

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