Step 1. Lead-in    Watch a video

Q: What can you see in the video?   A tortoise

    What is special about it?        very big

    What else do you know about tortoises?

Step2.Before reading

1. Guess: what is actually "乔治"in the Chinese title "孤独的乔治"?  A tortoise

2. How do you understand the title "One of a Kind"?    Lonely/lonesome

Step3.While reading

1.Go through the contents,  in which part can we know it is lonesome? （Chapter2 One Rare Animal）

1)A Very Large Tortoise

2)One Rare Animal

3)Giant Tortoises Disappear

4)An Amazing Discovery

5)A New Home for Lonesome George

6)Gone Forever

2. Skim the whole article, divide it into two periods

Part1 Chapters1-3 Before George’s Discovery

Part2 Chapters 4-6 After George’s Discovery

3. Read the first part P2-7

Read P4-5

 Underline the sentences which explain George’s loneliness

He was a very rare animal. He was the last tortoise of his kind in the world.

Questions: Was George always lonely? How do you know?

        Where did other giant tortoises live? (Pinta Island) （可用PPT展示地点）

Read P2-3 P6-7

Now let’s trace back to a long time ago   (开始画时间线轴)

Questions:  1)What happened on this island?Many giant tortoises lived on this island.

2) What is special about the giant tortoises on Pinta Island? Why?

(They didn’t need their shells to protect them. Because they didn’t have predators.)

3) What was the most possible reason for giant tortoises’ disapearance?

Think about: They were so large, how did the pirates take them away? (答案在P7)

4. Read the second period P8-13

1）Read the passsage on P 8

How old could George be when he was found? Is that old really old for a tortoise?

find some sentences to support your answer.

2) Read the passage on P10-11

  Questions: Do you agree that the scientists carried George to a new place? Why or why not?

3) Let’s go to the end of this article.P12-13

   Is it a happy ending for the giant tortoise George?

   What is your understanding of LONESOME George at the end of the article?

   Why do scientists take the baby giant tortoises back to Pinta island?

Step4. Post reading

Something to think about:

This is an expository writing, in this kind of writing,usually the writer gives out lots of facts, can you find out

Important Fact:

Interesting Facts:

Step5. Homework Search for more information about giant tortoises and “Lonesome George” on the Internet.