Unit8section1Section1.NewwordsandideasPROTECTINGOURENVIROMEMTBeforeyoureadIntroducethetitleprotectingourenviromentwithbooksclosed.Brainstormwiththeclassasmanywordsaspossiblethatarerelatedtotheenvironmentalprotection.Drawthefollowingoutlineontheboard.asaprereadingactivityhavetheclasspredictwhattheoutlineofUnit8mightlooklike.Makesureboolsareclosed.WritethewordEnvironmentasthetheme.Asktheclasswhatthe3mainthingsthattheycandotohelpsavetheenviroment.Discusswiththeclassandmakeaneducatedguess.Goonestepfurtherandpredictthesub—partsofeachcomponent.Readingthetext.Dividetheclassintogroups.eachgroupreadsthetextandusingthesameoutline,finstheinformationandwritesinthecomponents.Nowreadthetexttogetherasaclass.Ifpossibleputthetextonatransparencyanduseanoverheadprojector.Beginbyreviewingsomeofthethinkingstrategiesreadersuse:questioning,connectingwiththeideas,andinformationanddiscussexamplesusedinpreviouslessons.HavetheSsdivideapageintwocolumns.withthefirstheadedCONTENTSandthesecondcolumnheadedWHATIWONDER.Thisformistohelpthestudentskeeptrackoftheirevolvingthinkingastheyreredthetext.Afterreadingeachparalgivethestudentsafewminutestowritea“thinkingquestion”.Classmembersandtheteacherworktogethertoanswerthe“thinkingquestions”CONTENTWHATIWONDER1.Recyclethingsinsteadofthrowingthem1.WhatthingscanIrecycle?HowcanIrecycle?inthegarbage2.Iwonderwhatwecoulddowiththesegadgets.2.Throwingawayelectronicgadgetsis3.howcome---?harmfultotheenviroment.4.iamconfusedabout---5whatdoes---mean?TeachingtipIfstudentscanaskquestionsandrelatedthetexttotheirownlives,theyaremorelikelytobeabletounderstandthemeaningofthepara.Ratherthanhavingtomemorizeit.Apossiblefollow—upactivityoropeningforthenextlessonistoreenactthestory.Dividetheclassintopairstobethecharactersinthetext:dirkandjenny.Chooseonepairofstudentstomodelthereenactment.Walkthestudentsthroughthestoryaskingpromotes:whatdidshesaytohim?whathappenedafterthat?HavethetwostudentsactoutthestorybeginningwithDirk’schanting..usethedialoguedirectlyfromthestoryasthescript.Oncetheactivityhasbeenmodeled,getallofthepairsdoingthesamesothateverydaygetsachancetoreenactthestory.用心爱心专心用心爱心专心
