Making Our World More Beautiful

q3: have you ever drawn on the walls? (      )
q4: have you ever cut down trees? (      )
q5: have you ever picked flowers in the yard? (      )
q6: have you ever collected the waste paper or bottles for recycling? (     )
q7:have you ever written articles on the environment to tv stations and newspapers?(      )
q8:have you ever stopped other people from hurting or harming the environment?(      )
q9:have you ever made noises in public?(     )
q10:have you ever planted trees in and around your neighborhood?(      )
q11:have you ever played basketball in the classroom while others are working?(      )
q12: have you ever relieved yourself in the street?(      )
q13:have you ever killed animals? are you friendly to the animals?(     )
（2）team work
collect the answers and see how many environment protectors there are in the class.
(3) class activity
   ask one of the students to tell the class how he or she protects and improves the environment using he or she has /has never …
  aims: (1)using the task-based language teaching method to continue drawing the students’ interest and going over the present perfect tense.
(2)at the mean while, the students’ consciousness of protecting the environment has been developed.
step four  reading comprehension
(1) the teacher assigns a task to the students.
t:next open your books on page 12.read the passage and answer the questions:
no 1: what did his friend’s father do as soon as he heard the music?
no 2:why did the rubbish truck produce music?
tell what we should do and what we shouldn’t do to improve the environment. complete the enclosed form.
what we should do? what we shouldn’t do?
 
 
 
 
(2)individual activity
the students finish off the reading task to promote understanding of the text.
(3) class activity
the students exchange views with each other.
aims: (1) train the students’ reading speed.
     (2) get the students to know how to read more effectively.
step  five   think and answer
(1) provide listening materials by multimedia.
(so, do you think that making our world a cleaner and better place is hard? well, to tell you the truth, it is very easy! you can help make our world cleaner and more beautiful by picking up at least 20 pieces of litter from the ground every day.