Unit8ProtectingtheEnvironment-reading教案READINGFORTHEENVIROMENTTherearethreereadingsinthissectionthatareexpectedtoexpandonthethemeoftheunitThefirstoneisabouttheimportanceofkeepingthebalanceofnature.Thesecondisaboutapioneer---ahistoricalfigureinenvironmentalprotection,RachelCarson.ThethirdoneisanencouragingexampleofenvironmentalprotectioninChina---thebeautifulJiuzhaigouValley,Sichuan.OURNATURALENVIROMENTDividetheclassintogroups.Identifyaleaderforeachgroup.MakesurethateachgroupcontainsastrongEnglishspeakerandreader.Informthestudentsthattheywillbeworkingtogetherasagrouptocreateasummaryofeachparagraph.Readthroughournaturalenvironmentonpage99.demonstratethefirstpara.Withtheclass.Haveeachgroupreadthepara,discusstheparawitheachother,createasummarysentenceofthepara,andaskeachgrouptosharetheirsummarysentence.Explainthatthisisaco—operativeactivity.Thestudentscandiscussthesummaryintheirfirstlanguage.Themainpurposeistofacilitatetheunderstandingofthetext,thediscussionofthemeaningandthenegotiationofthebestsummarysentence,thusthediscussioncanbedoneinChineseandsummarysentencecanlaterbetranslatedintoEnglish.UsetheFocusQuestionandPost—readingactivitiesforfurtherdiscussionofthereading.RACHELCARSONAssignthereadingashomework.EachstudentistowritehisorherownanswerstothePost—readingActivities.studentsmustprovideanexampleorcommentsabouttheiranswers.ENVIROMENTALPROTECTIONINTHEJIUZHAIGOUVALLEY,SICHUANThestoryprovidesanexampleofenvironmentalprotectioninasignificanttouristspotinChina.Thepost—readingActivitiesaskstudentstodotwothings:1.tounderstandanddiscusstheinformationinthetext,and2.tothinkaboutwhattheycandointheirownlivestoprotecttheenvironmentfrombeingdestroyed.Thesecondactivitycanbeusedasawayofconnectingstudentswiththetext.Itis,afterall,importantforthemtorelatewhattheyhavereadtotheirowndailylives.WRAPITUPThiswordsearchisdesignedtohelpstudentsreviewsomeofthewordstheyhavelearnedregardingenvironmentalprotection,andtoreinforcetheideaofecologicalbalance.
