Unit 19 Modern Agriculture教案
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homework:
find out some sentences you enjoys most, & try to recite them as possible as you can.
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/greenhouse/wenshitiandi
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period 3 speaking
task:
the ss are to discuss & reach a conclusion.
goals:
enable the ss to invent their own ideas based on some specific situation first & give the reasons why they make the conclusions as well.
teaching procedure
1 pre task
1. describe the farm in the picture.
2. what else should be included at a farm besides what you see in the picture?
3. suppose you are a farmer. you have a big farm. what will you do with your farm?
4. what’s the percentage of the arable land in china?
the ss may not know the exact number, so the answer may be “the arable land in china is less than before”.
5. what’s the population of china?
about 1.3 billion people.
there are so many people, but there is so little arable land in china, how to solve the problem?
make the best use of the land.
2 speaking
a group of farmers in your area have been given a large piece of land. together with the village leader, they have to decide how to use the land. work in groups of 5. each group member will play one of the roles. prepare role cards, discuss the problem & try to make a decision.
role a
you are a rice farmer. you think that we should grow rice on the land. rice is an important product & we can make good money growing rice. another reason why you think we should grow rice is that _____. you don’t think we should grow sugarcane on it because _________ & because ____________.
role b
you are a sugarcane farmer. you think that the land should be used for growing sugarcane, because ___________ & because __________. you don’t think it would be a good idea to grow rice because _______.
role c
you are a local farmer. you think that we should grow trees on the land because _________ & because _______. you don’t think we should use the land to raise pigs because _______ & because ___________.
role d
you are a local farmer. you want to use the land to raise pigs because ________. you think that growing trees is a waste of time & will not make good money because _____________.
ask the ss to use the expressions below.
useful expressions:
in my opinion you should … i think he is right…
if i were you … we have to make a choice …