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Unit 6 Fantastic Friends
Developing ideas—
Reading for writing
What are these animals
What do you think of them and why
Animals are amazing and helpful.
Animals are everywhere in our life.
Do you know these animals
Falklands Wolf
福克兰狼
passenger pigeon 旅鸽
dodo
渡渡鸟
thylacine 袋狼
short-faced bear
短面熊
Do you know these animals
1.Where can you see these animals now
2.What happened to them
Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you.
We can see these animals in museums and books now.
They died out.
Maybe because humans hunted them. Humans also cut down trees in the forest and their homes are gone.
3.What are the possible reasons
Extinct Animals
1
We are going to learn about one of the extinct animals–dodo.
Look at pictures and the title , try to predict:
what happened to dodos
2
Read the passage and check your prediction.
2
Dodos died out because humans arrived at their island.
1.Where can you see dodos now
2.How was dodos’ life in the beginning
3.Why did dodos die out
Read para 1-3 and answer questions.
Check the answer
Where can you see dodos now
In museums.
Check the answer
How was dodos’ life in the beginning
They lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. There was plenty of food to eat. All the other animals were friendly.So their life is happy, peaceful and safe.
Check the answer
Why did dodos die out
Human Activities
In 1598,humans arrived. They cut down the trees and the lovely forest was gone. They hunted dodos. Their animals ate dodos’ eggs. As a result, dodos soon died out.
Read along with the audio.
Let’s make a summary.
What happened to dodos
lived on an island...
plenty of food...
friendly...
peaceful, safe…
In the happy old days
In 1598
Today
arrived,
cut down trees, forest
hunted
ate eggs
died out
stand in the museums...
remember ...
full of…
try your best to help...
as happy as a clam…
Time order
Complete the display board with the words and expressions from the passage.
3
island
food
animals
Humans
trees
eggs
museums
Read and think
1. What do “as happy as a clam” and “as dead as a dodo” mean
People can easily catch clams during low tide(退潮) in the morning, but during high tide(涨潮) in the evening, clams are not easily caught as the sea water recedes, so clams are very happy during low tide.
clam(蛤蜊)
“As happy as a clam” means very happy.
“As dead as a dodo” means completely dead.
Simile (明喻)
Read and think
2.Why does the writer use the two expressions at the end of the passage
The writer uses the expressions to encourage readers to protect animals.
Think and share: What is the main purpose of the passage
The main purpose is to ...
Learning to think
You may find the writing purpose from the title, beginning or ending of the passage. Usually, the writer wants the readers to learn a lesson or take some action.
Think and share
How do people’s actions influence animals Give an example.
sell ivory products
air pollution
water pollution
What can we do to help animals
Think and share
What can we do to help animals
stop buying animal products
write articles to call for action
protect the
environment
Starting out & Understanding ideas（1）
Standard I can do it well. I can do part of it. I can’t do it.
I can describe dodos’ extinction story according to key words..
I can find out the writing purpose.
I can share other human actions which are bad for animals and my opinions about animal protection.
Self Reflection for the Lesson
Homework
1.Read the passage aloud.
2.Introduce dodos’ sad story to friends.
Must-do
Do some online research about an extinct animal you are interested in. (learn about its name, living places and reasons for their extinction)
Choose-to-do
Unit 5 Fantastic Friends
Developing ideas (reading for writing)
As dead as a dodo
What？
In the past VS Now
happy
peaceful in museums
safe
How？
remember their sad story
try our best to help
students’possible opinions:
stop buying and selling
animal products
protect the environment
call for action
Dodo
Why？
human activities:
cut down trees and the forest, hunted, animals ate dodos’ eggs

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