SavingtheEarthABriefIntroductiontothisDesignInthisteachingdesign,Idesignapieceofreadinglesson.TheaimsIwillgetare:enablestudentstolearntooutlineapassage;helpstudentsdealwithsomegoodsentencestructures;introducesomemethodstohelpthemimprovetheirreadingability.ThroughthePre-readingletstudentslearntopredictapassage’scontents.Inthispart,letthemworktogether,whichcantraintheircooperativelearning.IntheWhile-reading,throughlisteningletthemoutlinethetextandcompareitwiththeirprediction.Duringthecourseofanalysis,helpthemdealwithsomegoodsentencestructuresandintroducesomemethodstohelpthemimprovetheirwritingandreadingability.InthePost-reading,Idesignadiscussion,throughit,studentscanfurtherunderstandthepassageandknowitpaystoprotectourenvironmentandletthemunderstandournation’spolicy—sustainabledevelopment—understandhowimportantitis.Itmainlycontainsthesepartsinthisdesign.IbelievefromtheseactivitiesIcanrealizemyteachingaims:learntooutlineapassage,understandsomestructures,mastersomereadingmethodsandknowtheimportanceofsavingtheearth.TeachingAims:Enablestudentstomakeanoutlineofthetext.Helpstudentsanalyzesomeimportantsentences.TeachingImportantPoints:Dealwithsomegoodsentencestructures.Helpstudentsimprovetheirreadingability.TeachingDifficultPoints:Howtohelpstudentsimprovetheirreadingability.Howtohelpstudentsunderstandsomegoodsentences.Howtoletstudentsrealizetheimportanceofsavingtheearth.TeachingMethods:Readingmethod.Task-basedlearning.Cooperativelearning.TeachingAids:Arecorderandablackboard.Acomputerandsomeslides.TeachingProcedures:Step1:GreetingsandRevisionGreetthewholeclassasusual.Reviewwhattheyhavelearnedbyinvitingtwogroupstoactouttheirdialogue,whichisabouthowtheydealwithsomekindsofpollutionproblems.Step2:Pre-reading(CooperativeLearning)T:Wehaveknownthatwehumanbeingshavebeenconfrontedwithmanykindsofpollution.Whenweseethetitle“SavingtheEarth”,I’msurethatyoucanthinkofalotofwaystodealwithit.Todaywewillfurtherdiscussit.Beforewecometothepassage,Let’sfinishthePre-readingfirst.Inthelastunitwehavestudiedhowtopredictthecontentsofapassage.Nowpleasepredictwhatwillbetalkedaboutinthispassageaccordingthetitle.Pleasediscussitwithyourdeskmate.ThenI’dliketoshareyouropinion.Youhavethreeminutestodoit.Ifyoustillhavequestions,youcanraiseyourhandforhelp.Ss:…(Threeminuteslater,studentsgivetheirprediction)Step3:While-reading(TBL;listeningandreading)T:Terrific!Youallhavedoneagoodjob.Nowlet’scometothepassage“WelcometotheEarthSummit”.Wewilllistentothetape.Afterwefinishlisteningtoit,yourtaskistodivideitintoseveralpartsandmakeanoutlineofthepassage.Youcancompareyouroutlinewithyourprediction.Areyousure?OK.Let’slistentothetapecarefully.Ss:…(Afterstudentsgivetheiropinion,teachershowstheoutlineofthepassageonthecomputerscreen)Outline:Part1(Para.1):TheoriginoftheEarthSummitandthepurposeofholdingit.Part2(Para.2-3):ThecontentsoftheEarthSummit.1).TheBigThree:a.contaminateddrinkingwaterb.poorsanitationc.airpollution2).Othermajorproblemsfacingtheearthpoverty,warandviolencePart3(Para.4-7):Tellustheimportanceofprotectingtheenvironmentandhowtosavetheearth.Waystosavetheearth:a).bychangingthewayweliveb).abetterunderstandingoftheenvironmentc).withbettereducationStep4:Analysisofthepassage(Explanation)T:Wehavegottheoutlineofthetext.Thatis,wehavealreadyknownthemainideaofthewholepassage.NextI’dliketohelpyoutodealwithsomegoodse...
