Unit2TheenvironmentProjectTeachingaims1.HelpSslearnanduseEnglishbydoingaproject.2.EncourageSstousetheyhavelearnttocompleteaproject.TeachingimportantpointsHelpSshowtoplananddoresearchforthereport.TeachingdifficultpointsHelpSshowtocooperateeachpartofworktogether.Teachingmethods1.Students-centered.2.Teacher&students’interaction.3.Multimediaway.Teachingaids1.Themultimedia.2.Theblackboard.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inShowsomepicturesoftheYangtzeRiverandtellSsthepurposeoftheclass.Step2Learningthetext1)DivideSsintogroupsandaskthemtoreadtheirassignedparagraphandreportthemainideaoftheiftotheclass.P1TheenvironmentalproblemsoftheYangtzeRiverhaveraisedconcern.P2ManypeoplehaverecognizedtheimportanceofprotectingtheYangtzeRiverandmanyenvironmentalorganizationsandprojectshavebeensetup.P3Twospecialgovernmentprojectsareunderwaytoprotecttheriver.Oneisthewaterandsoilpreservationproject.P4Thesecondprojectisanaturereserveforwhite-flagdolphins.P5TheenvironmentalsituationoftheYangtzeRiverisimproving.2)EncourageSsinothergroupstoraiseasmanyquestionsaspossible.3)AskSstoreadthereportcarefullyandanswerthequestions.4)AskSstoformintogroupsanddiscussthefollowingquestions.A.WhyhavetheenvironmentalproblemsoftheYangtzeRiverraisedconcernboth用心爱心专心115号编辑nationallyandinternationally?B.WhatdoestheGreenRiverorganizationdo?C.Whatproblemsdothetwogovernmentprojectsfocuson?D.Whatdidfarmershavetodounderthewaterandsoilpreservationproject?E.Whatdoesthesecondprojectconcern?Extensionquestions:F.DoyouthinktheenvironmentalsituationoftheYangtzeRiverisgettingbetter?Why?G.WhatelsecanwedotoprotecttheYangtzeRiver?5)AskSstoreadthearticleagainandanalysethestructureofit.6)AskSstodoclosetest.7)HaveSsdoPartB1&B2,D1&D2.Step3WritingareportPlanning●Workinsmallgroups.Discusswhatyoureadonthepreviouspage,brieflydiscussthequestionsbelowandthendecideonatopicforyourreport.Haveitapprovedbyyourteacher.WhatdoyouthinkarethebiggestenvironmentalproblemsinChina?Thetopicforyourreportwillbe___________________________.●Discussthetaskslistedbelowanddecidewhichgroupmemberswillberesponsibleforeachtask.Writethenamesbesidetheworkeachmemberisgoingtodo.(Remember,twoorthreepeoplecanworkonthesametask!)Research__________________________________________________Writetheoutline____________________________________________Writethereport____________________________________________Preparing●Membersresponsiblefordoingresearchneedtofindinformationfromvarioussourcesonthetopicyouhavechosen.Thegroupshoulddiscusstheinformationfound,anddecidewhattoincreaseincludeinthereportandwhattoleaveout.●Thoseresponsibleforwritingtheoutlineshouldorganizetheinformationthegrouphasdecidedtouseandwriteanoutlineforthereportusingthatinformation.Theoutlineshouldbeapprovedbythewholegroup.Producing●Groupmemberswhoarewritingthereportwillhavetowriteitbasedontheoutline.●Allgroupmembersshouldeditthereportbeforeitispassedontoanothergroupforediting.Yourgroupwillbeeditinganothergroup’sreportatthesametime.●Whileediting,youshouldreadthereportcloselyandlookforthefollowing:sentencestructureorganizationpunctuation用心爱心专心115号编辑vocabularygrammarspelling●Duringtheeditingstage,correctanymistakesyoufindandoffersuggestionstothegrouponhowtheycanimprovetheirreport.Askforcommentsonyourreportaswell.Presenting●Thereportshouldbewrittenandcheckedoncemoreformistakes.●Presentyourreporttotheclass.●Putyourreportuponthedisplaywallofyourclassroomforeveryonetosee.Self-assessment●readingforinformation?●presentingyourpointofview?●readingareportaboutenvironmentalprotection?●writingareport?Ifyouarenotconfidentaboutsomeoftheitemsabove,makeanactionplansoyoucanimproveonthem.用心爱心专心115号编辑
