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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Use adjectives to describe spiders.

My view on spiders is that they are __________.

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

human being

spider silk

spider poison

Spiders are the friends of…?

Answer:

Facts:

……

Other usages of spiders:

useful

as cartoon character

some spiders’ body is edible

as pet

……

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.

…………

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

Homework

1.Read the text at least five times.

2. Finish the exercise on page 50-51.