IconicanimalsinAustraliaUnit2IconicAttractionsReadingforWritingWarmupWhatcomestomindwhenwetalkaboutAustralia’siconicanimals?KoalaKangarooPre-readingLookatthetitle,subtitles,andpicturesofthetext,andthinkaboutthequestion:whatisthegenreofthetext?THEAMAZINGANIMALSOFAUSTRALIAAustraliahaslotsofuniqueanimals,butwhichanimalsisasymbolofthecountry?Koalasarecute,andweseesomanypicturesofpeopleholdingthem.ButinmanyplacesinAustralia,itisagainstthelawtoeventouchthem.Canyouclarifythat?So,we’vetalkedaboutsomecuteanimals.Whataboutanimalswhicharen’tsocute?Australiaalsohassomeanimalsthatmanypeoplehaveneverheradof,forexample,theduck-biiledplatypus.Isthatsomekindofbird?Anarrative?Anargumentative?Anexpositoryessay?QuestionandanswercolumnQAPre-readingLookatthetitle,subtitles,andpicturesofthetext,andthinkaboutthequestion:whatisthetypeofthetext?THEAMAZINGANIMALSOFAUSTRALIAAustraliahaslotsofuniqueanimals,butwhichanimalsisasymbolofthecountry?Koalasarecute,andweseesomanypicturesofpeopleholdingthem.ButinmanyplacesinAustralia,itisagainstthelawtoeventouchthem.Canyouclarifythat?So,we’vetalkedaboutsomecuteanimals.Whataboutanimalswhicharen’tsocute?Australiaalsohassomeanimalsthatmanypeoplehaveneverheradof,forexample,theduck-biiledplatypus.Isthatsomekindofbird?Anarrative?Anargumentative?Anexpositoryessay?Anexpositoryessayintheformofnewmedia.Whatanimalswillbeintroducedintheexpositoryessay?kangarookoala??Skimthesubtitles.Identifythenamesofthelasttwoanimalsintroducedinthetextandfindthekeycharacteristicsofthefouranimalswhichcanbegotinthesubtitles.Kangaroo:__________________Koala:____________________

：

________________________Tasmaniandevil

:_______________________PlatypusasymbolofthecountrycutebutcannotbetouchednotsocutemanypeoplehaveneverheardofReadandlistentothetextcarefullyandtakenotes.ThentrytocompletethefourmindmapsofthekeyinformationabouttheiconicanimalsKangaroo

Appearance：Uniqueness：Relationshipwithothers：Babies：cannot

,havea

.tonursetheirbabies.babykangaroosweigh,to

inmother’spouch.

look

.cutewalkbackwardspouchstaysafeandwarm2gnotforpettingKoalaAppearance：uniqueness：Relationshipwithothers：Others：cutebut

.interactionwithhumanscan

.

governmentbeganto

.eating,

&

ontreetrunkssensitivecausethemalotofstresssleepinghangingmakelaws

againsttouchingkoalasReadandlistentothetextcarefullyandtakenotes.ThentrytocompletethefourmindmapsofthekeyinformationabouttheiconicanimalsTasmaniandevil

Appearance：Diet：Relationshipwithothers：Others：hunt

,alawaysmake.whenfightingoreating---could

.aboutthesizeof

andlooklikerather

.

towardspeoplemostly

.smalldogslargeblackratsdeadanimalsnotviolent

atnight

loudcries

wakethedeadReadandlistentothetextcarefullyandtakenotes.ThentrytocompletethefourmindmapsofthekeyinformationabouttheiconicanimalsDuck-billedplatypusAppearance：uniqueness：Others：

likeaduck’s

inanestbutisa

,withaunique

.can

underthewater;use

tofindfood.noseandfeet

biologylayeggs

primitivemammalelectricalsensors

diveReadandlistentothetextcarefullyandtakenotes.ThentrytocompletethefourmindmapsofthekeyinformationabouttheiconicanimalsReadthetextagain.Howdoesthewriterdescribetheseanimals?Findatleastthreerhetoricaldevicesthewriterusestoarousethereaders’interests.Whatrhetoricaldevicesdoyouknow?Personification擬人Simile明喻Metaphor暗喻Hyperbole夸張Repetition重復...andthattheyarehandledforonlyalimitedtimeandonalimitedfrequencyofoccasions.(paragraph2)Thenoisetheymakecouldwakethedead.(para.3)Theyareaboutthesizeofsmalldogsandlooklikeratherlargeblackrats.(para.3)Whileitmaylayeggsinanestlikeabird,it’sreallyaprimitivemammal,withauniquebiology.(para.4)Itsnoselookslikeaduck’sbill,andithasfeetlikeaduck’ssoitcandiveunderthewater...(para.4)repetition重復hyperbole夸張

simile明喻simile明喻simile明喻WRITINGTIMEBrainstormalistoficonicanimalsinChina.

giant

pandagoldenmonkeyTibetanantelopeSouthChinatigerred-crownedcraneWriteadescriptionofaniconicanimalinChina.

giant

panda1.Dosomeresearchandmakeamindmapwithyourgroupmembers.Forexample:wheretheylivewhattheyeatwhattheylooklikehowtheyaredifferentfromotheranimalshowtheyinteractwithpeopleanyotherunusualorinterestingfactsaboutthem2.

Usingyournotes,describeoneoftheseanimals.

Remembertouse

some

rhetoricaldevices(修辭手法)tomakeyourwritingvividandinteresting.giantpandahabitat:food:appearance:differencefromothers:

interactionwithpeople:

bambooinSichuanblackandwhitefur(皮毛);cuteaverylowbirthrate…;regardedasthe"nationaltreasure"wildanimals;shouldnotbeapproachedinthewild1.大熊貓棲息在四川省的山區(qū)。Giantpandaslivein/inhabitthemountainousareasofSichuan.2.大熊貓以竹筍和竹葉為食?！璵ainlydepends/feedsonbambooshootsandleaves.1.Dosomeresearchandmakeamindmapwithyourgroupmembers.Forexample:wheretheylivewhattheyeatwhattheylooklikehowtheyaredifferentfromotheranimalshowtheyinteractwithpeopleanyotherunusualorinterestingfactsaboutthem2.

Usingyournotes,describeoneoftheseanimals.

Remembertouse

some

rhetoricaldevices(修辭手法)tomakeyourwritingvividandinteresting.usesimilietodescribepanda’sappreance3.它圓圓的身體像一個巨大的雪球。Thepandahasablackcirclearounditseyes,asif

.wearingapairofsunglasses2.它的尾巴短短的、毛茸茸的，像一個毛線球(ballofyarn)一樣。Itstailisshortandfussy,

.likeaballofyarn1.熊貓的眼睛周圍有黑色的一圈，好像戴著一副太陽鏡

.It