One two three fourDenver, the last dinosaurHe's my friend and a whole lot moreDenver, the last dinosaurShows me a world I never saw beforeFrom a hot, hot jungle. A long time ago. Comes a cool cool friend my pal dinoDenver, the last dinosaurShows me a world I never saw before Everywhere we goWe don't really careIf people stop and stare at our pal dinoCreating history thru the rock n' roll spotlightWe've got a friend who helps us, we can do alrightThat's Denver, the last dinosaurHe's my friend and a whole lot moreDenver, the last dinosaurShows me a world I never saw before.

Denver, the last dinosaur

Dinosaurs

School: Songjiang Rongyi Middle School (松江区民办茸一中学 )Teacher: Tan Xiaoxia(谭晓霞 )Student: Grade EightMaterial: Oxford English 8A Module 2 Unit 5 P75 DinosaursDate: Nov. 8th, 2010

What do you know about …?

1. You can find dinosaurs in zoos.a. True b. False

2. Dinosaurs are all dead.a. True b. False

3. Humans and dinosaurs live at the same time.

a. True b. False4. Dinosaurs were all large and

fierce animals.a. True b. False

Listen and tick the information about dinosaurs.

A. where they lived

B. when they lived

C. their sizes

D. their families

E. their diets

F. how they were

G. how we can know about dinosaurs today

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Read the 1st paragraph and answer the following questions.

• 1. Where did dinosaurs live?

• 2. When did dinosaurs live?

• 3. Did people live at that time?

• 4. What sizes were they?

• 5. Could some dinosaurs fly? Why (not)?

This was a long time before people existed.

liveddied

Read the 2nd paragraph and find out the following information.

1. Their diets 2. Some adjectives about dinosaurs.

harmless

gentleharmful

fierce

Many dinosaurs ateplants.

Others ate meat.

harmless

harmful

gentle

fierce

A.

B.

They were as gentle as sheep.

They were fiercer than tigers.

Say something about dinosaurs.

…were harmless

…were as gentle as…

…were harmful …were fiercer than…

Read the 3rd paragraph and answer the question.

From the skeletons, eggs and footprints they left behind.

How do we know about the lives of dinosaurs today?

Read through the passage again.

About dinosaurs Words and phrases

Where they lived

When they lived

Their sizes

Their diets

How they were

How we can know about dinosaurs today

on the Earth

over 60 million years

as small as chickensas big as ten elephants

plants, meat

harmless, as gentle as sheepharmful, fiercer than tigers

from the skeletons, eggs and footprints

Homework

• 1. Listen and imitate the recording to read the article fluently.

• 2. Write 6 sentences about the dinosaurs.