《英语》（八年级上册）Unit 6 BirdwatchingReading (I)I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:1. develop the ability of getting the general meaning of the text from the title and its context;2. get a good understanding of the text through thinking and answering some questions based on it;3. retell the passage with the help of key words and phrases;4. to understand the importance of the wetlands as well as the wildlife, and learn to love and protect them.II. Teaching contents1. New words and phrases: nature, wetland, provide, cover, wildlife, perfect, round, all year round,while, stay, easily, cent, per cent, in order to, space, lead, lead to, lessand less, moreover, fisherman, fish, government, prevent, society,record, change, tourist, count, describe, understand, importance2. New structure: It’s one of the world’s most important wetlands.Many birds live in Zhalong all year round, while some go there only for a short stay.Some people want to make the wetlands smaller in order to have more space for farms and buildings.Moreover, fishermen keep fishing there.As a result, the birds do not have enough food to eat.We hope this will help people understand the importance of the wetlands.III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficultyUnderstand the text through thinking and answering the questions based on it.Understand and retell the text with the help of key words and phrases.Understand the organization of the text and what each paragraph tells about.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-in1. Have a guessT: Today, I will take you to a special place for birdwatching. There lives a special kind of birds.They are tall. They have long legs and long thin neck. What’s more, there are rare in theworld. What are they?2. Describe a pictureShow a picture with the words: describe, provide, cover and prevent.T: Look, this is the special place where we are going. It’s Zhalong Nature Reserve. Look at the picture and tell me what can you see in it?T: Let’s describe the picture in details. It is a beautiful picture with flying birds, green plants and clean water. What do we call this kind of land ? Yes, it is a wetland. The wetlandprovides food and cover for the birds. I mean, it gives birds something to eat and somewhere to stay, play and sleep. The wetland gives protection for birds. It prevents bad thingshappening to the birds. So special!3. Predict about the titleT: Now, let’s open our books and go to the special place for birdwatching. First, look at the title.Can you guess what the passage may tell us after reading the title. Yes, the passage may tell us why Zhalong is a special place. Also, it may tell us what is special in Zhalong, etc. Inwhich paragraph may the writer give us the answer?T: Good. At the very beginning of the passage we may find the answer.【设计意图】通过图片及师生互动不仅教授了本课的核心词汇，而且有助于学生对扎龙自然保护区形成初步的感性认识，有效激发学生的阅读兴趣。
