Making Our World More Beautiful
step one revision
ask the students to act out the dialogue in sb page 11.
aim: help the students review the knowledge of lesson 9.
step two lead-in
(1)interaction
t: look at these pictures on the screen. an outbreak of sars happened throughout china this spring. over 5,000 people were infected with the disease and more than 300 people were killed only on the chinese mainland. sars affected every individual’s life. did sars bring you any trouble?
ss: luckily we didn’t have any trouble. but we know that it is really a terrible disease. we hate it.
t: how did people catch this kind of disease?
s: it is said that sars comes from some animals. people ate the animals and caught it.
aims: (1) use a vivid picture to attract the students’ interest to learn.
(2) use this picture to lead to the new lesson.
(3) stimulate the students to exprore their thinking.
(2) pair work
the teacher asks how to stop people from getting the disease of sars? each pair is supposed to write their answers on a piece of paper, which the teacher handed out.
(3) class activity
the students exchange views and ideas between pairs and ask one of the pairs to present their answers to the class.
measures taken to protect ourselves from sars are as follows:
a: don’t spit in public.
b: don’t throw any litter onto the ground.
c: keep our living environment clean.
d: cover your mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing.
e. treat animals in a friendly way.
……..
draw a conclusion: to protect the environment is to protect ourselves.
aims: (1) train the students’ communication in english and make them more active in class.
(2) at the same time, help the students learn the new words and phrases, which will be helpful to understand the text easily.
step three survey
（1）the teacher assigns a task to the students.
t: here are 13 questions for you to ask and answer using the present perfect tense.(handing out the question to every student) .
if you get less than 2-3 yeses, it means that you’re an environment protector;
if you get 4-5 yeses, it means that you’ve already made a contribution to protecting the environment;
if you get 6-7 yeses, it means that you’ve done something useful to take care of the environment;
if you get 7-8 yeses, it means that you’ve already helped protect the environment;
if you get more than 9 yeses, it means that you are supposed to improve your behaviors.
questions are:
q1: have you ever thrown any litter on the ground? ( )
q2: have you ever spat in public places? ( )