A New Home for the Yellow-Eye

New Century Senior EnglishSenior 3, Book 1

Unit One

Activity 1 : Surf on the net to search for the information about the yellow-eyed penguins

Step 1: Go to the website www.google.comStep 2: Type “ yellow-eyed penguins” in the blank.Step 3: Press the “enter” button.Step 4: Choose your favorite website and get some basic facts about the Yellow-Eye, such as pictures, its size, weight, color, habitat, lifespan,etc.Step 5: Rearrange the information by using power-point and show your slide to the class.(Just one is ok.)Step 6: EvaluationTeachers recommend the following efficient websites:http://www.yellow-eyedpenguin.org.nz/index.html http://www.penguin.net.nz/yep/yeps.html http://www.penguin-place.co.nz/

size adult 65-68 cm

weight 5-8 kg

colorback: grey/bluebreast and belly:whiteeyes: yellowfeet:flesh colored

habitat forest and bushes

lifespan at least 22 years

population At present about a couple of thousand

basic facts about the Yellow-Eye

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Reflection

Activity 2: Catch the main ideas of the text

Step 1: Number the paragraphsStep 2: Divide the text into two parts Part I ( Para.1-3 ) Part II ( Para.4-8)Step 3: Scan the paragraphs and do questions and answers according to the contents.Step 4: Write down the main ideas of your part “ Part I gives …” “ Part II gives…”Step 5: the Presenter shows their ideas to the class (elmo)

Reflection

main ideas of the text

Part I gives a brief introduction to the Yellow-Eye and their new home.

Part II gives an account of our experience with the Yellow-Eye at their new home.

Activity 3: retell the text

Step1: Prepare it for a few minutes by yourself

Step2: Each group will retell one or two paragraphs to us

Step3: Volunteers will retell the whole text

Para. 1 & 2

to a sheep farma breeding groundwas situated

nest in…clear / forest and busheswas deprived of /habitatattack / nests, break eggskill/ parents birdspopulation / drop to …

Para. 3

…has valleys sloping down to……is covered with …the owner of the farm believed that…remain untouched…after a few years of protection…

Para. 4 & 5

keeping a sharp look-out for… waddled to … crept through the bushes and lay down was staring at the spot where…came into view looked back into …and …gazed at…

Para. 6 & 7

stared at…,twisting …to see…turned around and …rose and …hugged… made my way back to …

took the photographsput him downgave … a patfilmed…

Para. 8

I wondered…so heartless as to…or…

I was comforted that…

Homework

Write a summary of the text