Unit13 Section A（3a-3b）
一 Teaching aims
Target language:
No scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for health. The number of some kinds of sharks have fallen be over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.
Grammar: Present perfect
Words and expressions:
Curriculum words: shark, cruel, harmful, chain, ecosystem, industry, law, scientific, afford, reusable, transportation
Useful expressions: be harmful to, at the top of, the food chain, take part in, turn off, pay
二 Teaching key points
Target Language
三 Teaching difficult points
How to improve students’ integrating skills．
四 Teaching steps
Step1 Warming up
Step2 Learning
3a. To give Ss practice in reading for specific information.
Learning more about sharks
Ask Ss to do some additional research to find out more about sharks before this lesson.
3b. To give Ss the opportunity to review the use of conjunctions.
Shark fin soup is a Chinese delicacy that is popular not only in China, but also among the Chinese population in other countries like Singapore and Malaysia.
Review of conjunctions
○so: used to say that something is a result of something else that has just been mentioned.
e.g. I was tired, so I decided to take a map.
○ although: used to contrast one part of a sentence with another, has the effect of making the main idea in the sentence seem surprising or unexpected.
e.g. Although she studied hard, she did not pass the exam.
○ if: used to talk about the circumstances in which something else might happen; gives the condition for something else to happen.
e.g. If you study hard, you will do well.
○but: used to contrast two parts of a sentence and show that they are opposite or very different in meaning.
e.g. The children stopped plying when they heard the bell.
Step3 Practice
Retell the passage according to the words on the screen
Language points
Step4 Blackboard Design
Unit 13 we’re trying to save the earth
Section A 3a -4c
No scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for health.
The number of some kinds of sharks have fallen be over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.
Step5 Teaching Feelings
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