unit 3 project man versus nature教案

   unit 3 project man versus nature
teaching aims
1.improve students’ ability and provide practice
2.master and use some useful words and expressions
3. have a debate to express and support your opinions
procedures:
step 1 leading in
1. appreciate some film pictures about “man versus nature”
2. ask and answer some relevant questions such as:
  are you afraid that something similar may happen in the future?
what’s your opinion towards the relationship between human beings and nature?
step 2 reading
1. listen to the tape then give out the gist of each paragraph
2. read again then answer some questions such as:
  1. what have people done to nature?
2.if we continue in this way, what might happen?
3. which is more important, economic development or protecting nature?
4. do you think the problem of humans winning and nature losing can be settled? if so, can you      suggest some solutions?
step 3 introduce the project
1. planning
•         choose a topic that interests you
•         split into for and against
•         assign roles and tasks
•         use different medias to search for relevant information
2. preparing
•         discuss the collected information and tick the strong points to be the start and the end.
•         make a list of all your points.
•         think about the opposite points and think about how to argue against them.
3. producing
•         practise in your group to check everyone’s task.
•         practise many times to make it better.
•         decide the time of each section.
4. presenting
•         present the debate in front of class.
•         display your research on the wall when debating.
•         make rules of winning before the debate and check which group wins at the end.
step 4 homework
write an essay on any topic that you’re interested in by using the techniques you learned from a debate.