外研社八年级英语Module 9 Animals in danger.doc

Module 9 Animals in danger
Unit1 We need to protect animals.
ⅠTeaching model
Listening and speaking
ⅡTeaching method
Bottom-up approach
ⅢTeaching aims
Key vocabulary: danger, protect, orange, cousin, brown, mad, kill, hard, away,
dirty, awful, peace, find out, example, nature
Key structures: I was so excited to see the pandas …
It was interesting to learn …
We need
ⅣTeaching Objectives
1. To understand the conversation of giving directions.
2. To understand the sentences telling positions.
3. To learn how to give directions.
ⅤTeaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP, multimedia, handouts
ⅦTeaching Steps
Step1 Warming-up
1. Show some pictures and talk something about the pictures.
2. Complete the quiz with the words in the box.
Step 2 Listening
1. Listen and answer the questions in Activity 2.
2. Listen the tape in Activity 3
3. Answer the questions.
1) What's the conversation about?
2) Why do some people kill whales and elephants?
4. Listen and read.
1) Play the tape and have the students read and follow.
2) Act it out.
3) Learn Everyday English
Step 3 Exercise
1. Answer the questions in Activity 4.  
2. Complete the sentences with the correct from of the words and expressions in
the box.
3. Work in pairs. Read the sentences and say what you think:
Step 4 Explain the important and difficult points
1. I was so excited to see the pandas …
2. It was interesting to learn …
3. We need...
Step 5 Pronunciation and speaking
1. Listen and repeat.
2. Work in pairs.
Ask and answer the questions.
3. With a partner, talk about the animals in the pictures in Activity 1. Decide which
one is the most important. Tell the class.
Step 6 Exercise
Finish the exercise in the workbook Ex. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 &10
Unit 2 The government is working hard to save the panda.
ⅠTeaching model
Reading and writing
ⅡTeaching method
Interactive approach
ⅢTeaching aims
Key vocabulary: research, mainly, live on, reason, less and less, situation,
symbol, cause, feed
Key structures: infinitive
ⅣTeaching Objectives
1. To get information from the reading material about pandas.
2. To understand the main idea of each paragraph of the article.
3. To learn some new words.
ⅤTeaching aids
OHP, tape recorder, multimedia
ⅥTeaching Steps
Step1 Warming-up
1. Review the text of Unit 1.
2. Show some pictures. Say what you know about pandas.
3. Introduce the new words.
Step 2 Reading
1. Read through the four headings with the students.
2. Ask the students to read and match individually.
3. Check with a partner.
4. Call back the answers from the whole class.
5. Play the tape and have them read and follow.
Step 3 Exercise
1. Match the beginnings with the endings to make sentences.
2. Answer the questions.
3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
Step 4 Writing
1. Look at this paragraph about the panda.
2. Choose another animal in danger such as a bear, camel, elephant, lion, tiger, turtle, snake or whale.
3. Answer the questions and write a passage about it.
4. Learning to learn
Step 5 Exercise
Finish the exercise in the workbook Wb. Ex. 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Unit 3 Language in use
ⅠTeaching model
Revision and application
ⅡTeaching method
Formal and interactive practice
ⅢTeaching aims
Key vocabulary: for example, provide, clean
Key structures: infinitive
ⅣTeaching Objectives
To summarise and consolidate.
ⅤTeaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP, handouts
ⅥTeaching Steps
Step 1 Revision
Review the text of Unit 2
Step 2 Language practice
1. Read through the example sentences in the box with the whole class.
2. Ask them what language point they illustrate. (Adjectives expressing emotion; verb + infinitive with to.)
3. Grammar: verb + infinitive with to
Step 3 Exercise
1. Write sentences.
2. Underline the correct words in Activity 2.
Step 4 Work in pairs.
Role-play the conversation between Katy and Samantha in Activity 2.
Step 5 Exercise
1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
2. Match the two parts of the sentences in Activity 5.
3. Put the words in the correct place in each sentence.
4. Play a class game. Read the beginnings of the sentences and think of an ending for each one. Use to and a verb. How many different sentences can you make?
Step 6 Listening
1. Listen and answer the questions in Activity 8.
2. Wb. Ex. 7, 8 & 9.
Step 7 Exercise
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions in the box in Activity 9.
Step 8 Around the world: Animals in danger.
1. Read through the information with the whole class.
2. Discuss the details with the students.
Step 9 Module task: Writing about animals in danger
1. Work in small groups. Decide which animal you want to write about. You might
want to do more research before you decide. Find out about the animal. Find these
things:
2. Write one or two short paragraphs about it. Look at the paragraphs in Unit 2,
Activity 2 to give you some idea.
3. Read and explain your paragraph(s) to the class. Answer the questions they may
have.
Step 10 Homework
Finish the exercise in the workbook Ex. 11 & 12.