The world around us教案

unit 10  the world around us

goals:
a. achieve language skills and related knowledge about the topic of environment protection;
b. learn to express causes and effects:
c. vocabulary in this unit:
the words and expressions listed on the teacher’s book
d. grammar:
review direct and indirect speech

lesson 1
main points
1.words
in danger; fur; cut down; left;sometimes;discuss; make sure; find out
2.sentence patterns
...,tigers can no longer hide and hunt.
3.functional item
questions and answers
difficult points
no longer&no more
teaching procedures
step 1 lead-in
ss tell the reasons why some animals have died out.
t:we know there are far fewer kinds of animals in the world than before.they have died out for different reasons.
ask several students to tell the reasons.get ss to know about the fact many animals have died because of human beings.
step 2 warming up
1.ss talk about the three pictures.
what kinds of animals are they?
why are they in danger?
why do people hunt them?
2.divide the class into groups and discuss the three questions.
3.several groups report their answers.
step 3 listening
one of the reasons why animals are in danger is pollution.next you will listen to a report about pollution to know how serious it is.
1.go through each task and understand what to do.
2.play the tape two times as necessary.pause at important points and give the students help.
3.let the ss discuss their answers in pairs.
4.check the answers.
5.discuss part two in groups for a few minutes and then report the answers.
step 4 speaking
1.read the instructions.
2.ss practise asking and answering in pairs.
3.ask two pairs to act out.
step 5 language points
1.no longer/no more
no longer =not ...any longer
no more=not...any more
it is later. i can't wait any more.
time lost will not return any more.
2.make sure(that)
ep: make sure that you understand what your teacher says.
ep: arrive early at the cinema to make sure of(getting) a seat
step 6 homework
practise asking and answering questions.

lesson 2
main points
1.words
die out, act, measure, original, respond, vaheatle , keep...from...,live a better life, that is, first of all, by doing, pick up.
2.sentence patterns
...but we don’t always do as we say...
the good news is that there is a lot we can do to help.
difficult points
the predicative clause
teaching procedures
step 1. revision
check the homework
step 2. pre-reading
1.q:what do plants and animals need to survive?
a:encourage the students to compare animals and humans.animals and plants also have basic needs and animals live in social groups.