Giraffes are found in most part of Africa.They travel about in herds.A full——grown bull giraffe can reach a height of nearly twenty feet.It is the tallest living animal in the world.In spite of its size, it is usually very gentle.It feeds on leaves from the upper branches of trees.When it takes a drink, it spreads its forelegs wide apart to enable its mouth to reach the water in the river.
The giraffe in Africa are sometimes attacked by lions.Although it is now illegal to hunt giraffes, poachers sometimes manage to kill them for their lovely skin.Those giraffes kept in the zoos are luckier than those in the wild.
Presentation
1.Read silently the above passage.阅读理解范文
2.The difficult language points.范文中的生词释义
strange——looking 相貌古怪的
patches of brown all over 全身长满了棕色斑纹
in herd 成群
a full——grown bull giraffe 一头成年雄性长颈鹿
feed on 以……为主食
spread its forelegs wide apart 分开它的前肢
illegal 非法的
poacher 偷猎者
3.Note what each paragraph tells about.
各段所写的主要内容
Para 1─——Appearance of giraffe
Para 2─——Its habitat and feeding habits
Para 3─——Survival of giraffes
4.The picture of an elephant and the title.
根据大象图片仿写作文。
The Elephant
5.The facts on the elephant and some helping words.
用下面所给词汇描述大象
trunk, tusks, 3000kg, plant——eater, suck water,
bathing, no enemies…
6.Write the composition─——The Elephant, using the same paragraphing, the same tense as the passage on the giraffe.
用与范文同样的段落和时态完成作文
Para 1 ─——Fill in the blanks
Para 2 ─——Complete the sentences
Para 3 ─——Write a few sentences with helping words given and include a few sentences of your own.
Writing activity 写作活动
The Elephant
(1) The Elephant is a animal.It can be and two .Its skin is , and wrinkled（皱）.
(2) Wild elephants .They move
.A full——grown bull elephant and is .Even though, it can .It uses its trunk
.It also for
.
( Helping words for Para 3: no enemies, poacher, tusks, skin, zoo)
(3)Elephants
Model Passage 6
Australia
As we all know, Australia is the sixth largest country in the world and it is also one of the world’s richest countries.The area of Australia is 7.60 million square kilometers and its population is about 18 million.It lies between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.It is made up of six states and two territories.Sydney is the largest and most famous city where the 2000 Olympic Games were successfully held but the capital of Australia is Canberra.
It is well known that Australia is a young nation on an ancient continent.The Aborigines arrived in Australia about 50,000 years ago and Europeans began to settle in Australia in 1788.It was not until 1901 that the commonwealth of Australia came into being.
Presentation
1.Read the given passage and think carefully what to write about a country.
读范文，了解对一个国家的介绍应包括哪些方面
(1) location 位置(2) area 面积 (3) population 人口(4) administration 行政(5) famous cities 著名城市(6) history 历史
2.Write about China (use a map of China)following the example of the model passage.观察中国地图，按照范文的结构、段落和时态写中国简介
Map
3.Information on China 关于中国的信息
Placethe third largest, one of the developing countries in the world location in the east of Asia,the Pacific on its east coast,15 countries on the other 3 sides
Area9.6million,km2population 1.3 billion
Famous citiesBeijing,capital,2008 Olympics will be held; Shanghai, the largest and most famous
Historya long history of more than 5,000 years, four famous inventions; the People’s Republic of China was only founded in 1949
Writing activity 写作活动
China
As is known to all, China and it is .The area of China is and its population is .It has and it borders .
China is made up of .Shanghai Beijing .
It is well——known that China
Model Passage 7
An Interesting Animal——Kangaroo
The kangaroo is an interesting animal.It is a mammal.It is bigger than a dog but smaller than a horse.This animal can jump very fast.The kangaroo is usually brown in color.It has a long tail.It moves on two legs.
The kangaroo is found in Australia.It lives in the woods and eats leaves and plants.When it sees an enemy, it will run away.It does not attack man.The mother kangaroo keeps her baby in a pouch in front of the stomach.
Although the skin and meat of the kangaroo are useful to man, it is protected by the government.We can teach a kangaroo to box with a man.We can see kangaroo in the zoo.There are also pictures of this animal in books and postcards.
Presentation
1.Read the passage carefully.仔细阅读理解范文
2.Then introduce the panda of China ( a picture of the panda).介绍中国的大熊猫
Title（题目）: A Lovely Rare Animal——Panda
3.Write about the panda according to the box.根据范文的组织结构、段落和时态，依据下表的提示写作
sizecolorwhere it is foundwhere it liveswhat it eats
bigger thansmaller thanblack/white Chinaforestbamboo leaves
dogbear
Writing Activity 写作活动
A Lovely Rare Animal——Panda
(1) The is aanimal.It is a .It is bigger but smaller .This animal moves slowly but cantrees.The skin is usually in color.It has a .It moves .
(2)The .It lives and .When it Sometimes, it can attack .The mother .
(3)Although
Model Passage 8
Dolphins
Dolphins are warm——blooded animals.They are mammals, not fish.They belong to the same family as the whales.Most of them are found in warm seas.The most common dolphins are the Bottle——nosed Dolphins.
Dolphins spend all their lives in water.They have no legs.They use their flippers and their powerful tail fins to swim.Dolphins feed mainly on fish.Like other mammals, dolphins give birth to live young.The mothers feed the young with milk that is produced in the mother’s body.
Dolphins are intelligent and playful animals.They are often seen performing in aquariums and amusement parks.They can leap out of the water to reach for the food from the trainer’s hand.They can also ‘walk’ backwards on the powerful tail fins.Scientists believe that dolphins can ‘talk’ to each other using certain sounds.
Presentation
1.Read the above passage and deal with some difficult words.阅读理解范文，处理生词
dolphins 海豚warm——blooded热血的
mammals哺乳动物
flippers鳍状肢
tail fins 尾鳍
aquariums 水族池
2.The organization of the passage.
范文的组织结构和内容
Paragraph 1.tells us what dolphins are
Paragraph 2.tells us how dolphins move
Paragraph 3.tells us what tricks dolphins can perform
3.Pictures of sea lions and the title of the parallel text.
仿写作文题目
Sea lions
4.New words will be used in the writing.参考词汇
seals 海豹Californian Sea Lions 加利弗尼亚海狮
