Unit8section1Section1
NewwordsandideasPROTECTINGOURENVIROMEMTBeforeyoureadIntroducethetitleprotectingourenviromentwithbooksclosed
Brainstormwiththeclassasmanywordsaspossiblethatarerelatedtotheenvironmentalprotection
Drawthefollowingoutlineontheboard
asaprereadingactivityhavetheclasspredictwhattheoutlineofUnit8mightlooklike
Makesureboolsareclosed
WritethewordEnvironmentasthetheme
Asktheclasswhatthe3mainthingsthattheycandotohelpsavetheenviroment
Discusswiththeclassandmakeaneducatedguess
Goonestepfurtherandpredictthesub—partsofeachcomponent
Readingthetext
Dividetheclassintogroups
eachgroupreadsthetextandusingthesameoutline,finstheinformationandwritesinthecomponents
Nowreadthetexttogetherasaclass
Ifpossibleputthetextonatransparencyanduseanoverheadprojector
Beginbyreviewingsomeofthethinkingstra