Module5Unit2TheenvironmentProjectWritingareportTeachingaims;KnowledgeaimsMastertheusageofsomenewwordsandsomeusefulexpressions.Getafirmunderstandingofthewholetext.Knowthepurposeofthepassage.Abilityaims:Improvethestudents’readingandwritingabilitiesandprovidethemwithachancetoputtheirthoughtsintopractice.Emotionalaims:Makethestudentsawareoftheseriousproblemofpollutionandencouragethemtotrytheirbesttosavetheearth.Teachingimportantanddifficultpoints:MakethestudentsunderstandthetextandtheimportanceofprotectingtheYangtzeRiver.Writeareportandpresentittothewholeclass.Teachingprocedures:Step1Showsomepicturesconcerningwaterpollutiononthescreen.Askquestionslikethese:Whatkindofpollutiondothesepicturesshowus?Whatcausedwaterpollution?Whataretheresultsofwaterpollution?Pleasegivesomeexamples.Whoshouldbeblamedforwaterpollution?Whatmeasureshasthegovernmenttakentoprotectwaterresource?WhatarethepresentsituationofwaterpollutioninChina/intheworld?…orwecanusethediagram:专心爱心用心1Waterpollutioncausesphenomenaresultssituationmeasures……Thenleadthestudentstotherighttopic“ProtectingtheYangtzeRiver”Step2FastreadingAskthestudentstogothroughthetextquickly.1.In2000,howmanytonsofuntreatedhumanandindustrialsewagewasdepositedintotheriver?2.WhatistheGreenRiverorganization?Whatdoesitdo?3.Whatistheresultofthewaterandsoilpreservationproject?4.Howmanywhite-flagdolphinsremainintheYangtzeRiver?Step3ListeningforsomeinformationAskthestudentstolistentothetapecarefully,andthenreadafterthetapebythemselvesifpossible.DosomeTrueorFalsequestionsafterlistening.1.YangtzeRiveristhethirdlongestriverintheworld.2.TheenvironmentalproblemsoftheYangtzeRiverraisedconcernonlynationally.3.OnlyafewpeoplehaverecognizedtheimportanceofprotectingtheYangtzeRiver.4.TheGreenRiverorganizationisagovernmentalorganizationofprotectingtheYangtzeRiver.5.TwospecialgovernmentprojectsfocusonproblemsalongtheYangtzeRiversuchaswaterconservation.6.Thewhite-flagdolphinisarareChinesemammalwhichdependsontheYangtzeRiverforsurvival.7.BoatsareprohibitedfromenteringthelowerreachesoftheriverinZhenjianginordertokeepthedolphinssafe.8.WehavesolvedalltheproblemsconcerningtheYangtzeRiveralready.Step4ReadingforspecificinformationAskthestudentstoreadthewholepassagecarefullyandthengetthemainideaofeachparagraph.Paragraph1TheenvironmentalproblemsoftheYangtzeRiverhaveraisedconcern.Paragraph2ManypeoplehaverecognizedtheimportanceofprotectingtheYangtzeRiverandmanyenvironmentalorganizationsandprojectshavebeensetup.Paragraph3Twospecialgovernmentprojectsareunderwaytoprotecttheriver.Oneisthewaterandsoilpreservationproject.Paragraph4Thesecondprojectisanaturereserveforwhite-flagdolphins.Paragraph5TheenvironmentalsituationoftheYangtzeRiverisimproving.(Ifthestudentsstillhavesomedifficultyinunderstandingthispassage,专心爱心用心2raisesomequestionstohelpthem.)Step5StructureofthepassageStep6FurtherunderstandingAskthestudentstofillinaformonthescreenwhichisrelatedtothecontextofthewholepassage.causesagriculturalandindustrialdevelopment,hugepopulationgrowth,untreatedsewagedeposition…damagesthreatenpeople’shealth,pollutetheriver,harmtheecology,killmanyplantsandanimals…solutionssetupsomeorganizationsandprojectstodealwiththeproblems…Step7PractisingandWritingareportAskthestudentstothinkabouttheenvironmentalproblemofTaihuLake,andaskthemtowriteasimilarreport.Encouragethestudentstogetsom...
