Saving the earth(The Second Period)
the second period
teaching aims:
1.improve the students’ reading ability.
2.learn some useful words and expressions.
3.learn something about the earth summit to help the students know the importance
of protecting our earth.
teaching important points:
1.improve the students’ reading ability.
2.master the useful words and expressions.
teaching difficult points:
1.how to help the students master the usage of the useful words and phrases in the passage.
2.how to improve the students’ reading ability.
teaching methods
1.fast reading and reading to get the general idea and the detailed information of the passage and to improve the students’ reading ability.
2.explanation to help ss master the usage of the important words and phrases.
3.individual or pair work to make every student work in class.
4.listening and repeating method to improve the students’ pronunciation.
teaching aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a projector
3.the blackboard
teaching procedures:
step i greetings and lead—in
greet the whole class as usual.
t: in the first period of this unit,we talked about our environment.we know that our environment is in great danger.it’s being seriously polluted.
what can we do to protect the environment?
s:we can help more people to know the importance of protecting our earth.
s:we should not use the things that pollute the environment,such as plastic bags,air—conditioners and so on.
s:…
step ⅱ pre—reading
t:very good.today we’re going to read the passage “welcome to the earth summit”.it is about the earth summit and some of the major problems facing the world.before reading the text,try to predict its content.work in pairs and write down what you think each part of the text will be about.
(allow the students a few minutes to finish the task.then ask some students
to say their answers.compare the answers and choose the best of them.)
step iii reading
t:well done.now, please read the passage quickly make the outline of the text.compare it with the outline you made just now,find out how they are different from each other,which one do you think is better? are you clear?
ss:yes.
(give ss enough time to read the text,make the new outline and compare it with the one made in the pre-reading.finally, ask some students to answer the questions.students may have various answers.)
sample outline:
introduction:introduce the earth summit to the readers.tell readers when and where it is first held and what it is about.
body:give more detailed information about the problems discussed at the meeting.