冀教版英语八年级下册Unit 3：Lesson 17 Save the Tigers. 教案

Lesson 17 Save the Tigers一、教材分析本单元是冀教版八年级下册unit 3 animals are our friends.主要围绕animals这一主题展开各种教学活动，本课是这个单元的第五课时，通过描述救助老虎的组织机构、老虎对于环境的重要性及老虎面临灭绝的危险，号召人们保护老虎，保护野生动物。

二、教学目标知识与技能目标1. 单词和短语Century, fur, symbol, courage, brave, chain, balance, reason, disappear, kill, cut, decrease.At the beginning of, drop to, the number of, in balance, in danger, cut down, as well.2. 重点句子At the beginning of the 20th century, the number of tigers in the wild was around 100000.Today that number has dropped to a few thousand.The tiger is at the top of the food chain.It helps keep the number of other wild animals in balance.In recent years tigers have been in danger of disappearing.People have cut down a lot of trees as well.过程与方法目标在学习本课的过程中了解与掌握阅读的技巧。

情感态度与价值观目标通过对本课的学习，让学生树立热爱动物，保护动物与我们生存环境的意识。

三、教学的重点难点1. New words and phrases; the meaning of text.2. Talking about the animals and how to protect the animals.四、教学过程StepⅠ Lead-in1.A guessing GameT: It is at the top of the food chain.It is symbol of strength and courage.It has orange fur and dark stripes.Let students guess what the animal it is.2.Watch a video of the report.① Let students see a report about the tigers’ situation.②Discuss the following questions:a.Where can you usually see a tiger?b.Do you think tigers need our help ? Why or why not?Step II Presentation1.Listen to the tape and get the main idea.2.SkimmingRead the lesson and match each paragraph with its main idea.A.Tigers are in danger of going extinct.B.“Save the Tigers”is a volunteer group that hopes to stop the tigers from disappearing.C. Tigers are important to the environment.3. Scanning①Read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions.T: a.What does “Save the Tigers” mean?b. Finish the blank and find out the changes of tigers.Time The number of tigersat the beginning of the 20th centurytodayStudents read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.②Read paragraph 2 and finish the Mind map.③Read paragraph 3 and finish the blanks.In recent years, tigers have been disappearing. Some people tigers for money. People have a lot of trees as well. As forests disappear, tigers their homes. The number of tigers in the wild is quickly and we must do something about it. T: Can you find the ways how we protect tigers?Ss: Don’t hunt and kill tigers for money .Ss: We should plant more trees to protect their homes.Step III Language points①Read Paragraph 1 and find out these phrases.▲at the beginning of 在……初拓展：反义词at the end of 在……的结尾Eg：At the beginning of this term, I found it easy to learn English.At the end of the story，I found the mother was so generous.▲the number of “...的数目”拓展：a number of “许多，很多” = a good many ；manyA number of boys and girls are at the party.The number of them is 48.在聚会中有许多男生和女生。

数量是48。

▲drop to 下降到；跌至Eg: The temperrature will drop to three below zero.②Read Paragraph 2 and explain the key phrases in it.▲ keep ... in balance使... 保持平衡Eg：We should try our best to keep the nature in balance.③Read Paragraph 3 and learn this new phrases in it.▲ in danger / in danger of ... 处于危险状态Eg: These animals are in danger.The animals are in danger of going extinct.▲ cut down 把……砍倒；减少Eg: Our teacher told us not to cut down the tree,but Tom cut it down. ▲ as well还; 也Eg: I write my own songs and I play the guitar as well.Students learn these phrases and know how to use them.Step IV PracticeLet the students do the exercises and then check the answers.根据提示完成句子1.The number of wild animals _______(have) become less and less in recent years.2. A number of books in our school library _______(be) about the young.3.我们应该阻止人们砍到树木。

We should stop people from_____ _____the trees.4.如果你深夜单独出门可能会有危险。

You may be_____ _____if you go out alone late at night.5.荷兰队已降至第五名。

The Dutch team_______ ______ ______fifth place.6.自然界的食物链应该保持平衡。

The______ ____in nature should keep_____ _________.7.许多学生喜欢玩电脑游戏。

____ _______ ____students____ ____computer games.8.我们学校老师的数量是210人。

____ _____ __the teachers in our school____210.Step V Summary1.Try to retell the passage according to the following clues.Save the tigers At the beginning of .../the number of…But today .../drop to live in be symbol of at the top of hunt and kill cut down lose their homes decrease do sth.2.Students in groups retell the passage.3.Some students perform their dialogues.Step VI Moral educationLet students see some pictures about wild animals to educate them protect wild animals and our earth.Step VII Homework1.Dictate the words and phrases after class.2. Recite the passage.五、板书设计Lesson 17 Save the Tigers1. at the beginning of2. the number of / a number of3. drop to4. keep... in balance5. in danger of6. cut down7. as well六、课后反思After learning this lesson, most students can master the main idea of this passage. They can use the phrases to make sentences correctly. However,they need some time to recite the passage and try their best to use what they have learned in later learning.。