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T or F:1. Betty thinks spiders are nasty and should be killed.
2. Winston changed his view on spider by reading.
3. Spiders are insects.
4. To the insects in the field, spiders are harmless creatures.
5. The natural method of pest control is useless.
6. Spiders silk have its unique prosperities.
7. All spiders’ bites are dangerous to people.
8. Spiders’ poison can treat brain disorders.
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Spiders are the friends of …?
Spiders are the enemies of …?
Answers:_______ _______ _______
Answers: ______ ______ ______
Facts: ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Facts: ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Try to fill in the table with the information from our text and your own knowledge.
Spiders are the friends of…? farmers
The spiders _______ winter by living in ________ built by farmers. In spring, they eat ______ that attack farmers’ _____.
surviveshelters
insectscrops
Answer:Facts:
the natural method of pest control
Spiders are the enemies of…?the insects in the fields
They will be ____ when ready to attack farmers’ crops in spring.
Answer:Facts:
eaten
other creaturesAnswer:
Facts:
Spiders are the enemies of …?
birds, rats, snake …
rarely dangerous to people
be eaten as food
Don’t kill me! ...
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Role-play
Suppose you are all spiders and you are in great danger because humans can’t understand you. Please introduce yourselves and ask for help.
Key words: not an insect, survive winter, shelters built by farmers, eat, protect crops, silk , strong, light, elastic, poison, treat, brain disorders, enemies of, friends of, useful, harmless,
You can begin your introduction with this pattern:
I’m a little spider. Although I’m ugly ,I’m useful and lovely.
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Please don’t value me by my appearance.Help me because we are good friends.
Can you list some other creatureswhich have similar experience like spider ?
frogs, owls, earthworms, bees, …
Discussion
One theme of 2008 Olympic Games is “Green Olympic”. One of its meanings is to keep the balance of nature. Suppose you are all the volunteers of 2008 Olympic Games, what can you do to persuade others to protect those creatures. Please choose one of them as your presentation.
Protect frogsKey words: useful insect, protect crops, pest control, eat 70 insects per day, poison, medical prosperities,
Key words: beneficial bird, catch rats or snakes,…… keep the balance of nature,
Protect owls
friend of, enemy of,useful, harmless
To protect ____________
We decide to __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We should try to understand things in nature and not destroy them.
Never judge a book by the cover.
Conclusions