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Unit 8 Green Living
Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots教学设计
Teaching Objective:
· To read and talk about green living
· To read for general understanding of Roots and Shoots
· To read for specific information and understanding words in context
Difficult points
· Students may need time to answer the comprehension questions.
· Students may need to know how to use the vocabularies.
· Students may need help to figure out the difficult sentences.
Teaching Process:
Step 1:Lead-in
Let students watch a short video about wasting water. And ask the questions.
(1)What is happening in the video?
(2)Have you ever done any of these things?
(3)What can we do to solve this problem?
Step 2:Pre-reading
Look at the picture and the title and answer two questions.
(1)What’s your understanding of “Roots and Shoots?”
(2)What does the title Roots and Shoots mean?
The teacher will explain the meaning of Roots and Shoots.
Step 3:While-reading
Fast-reading:
Read the text carefully for the first time and answer the follow two questions.
1. What does each paragraph mainly talk about?
2. Can you use a few sentences to conclude the text?
Para.1 A. The meaning of its name.
Para.2 B. What is “Just-me-ism”?
Para.3 C. The establishment of Roots & Shoots.
Para.4 D. A call to action
Careful-reading:
1.Read para1 and answer the following questions.
· What are the behaviors of “Just-me-ism”?
1.Leave the tap running while you brush your teeth.
2. Leave a light on when you go out.
3. Drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up.
· What problems will “Just-me-ism” cause?
1.Millions of gallons of water would be wasted.
2. Millions of lights would be left on.
3. Millions of pieces of litter would be dropped.
· How do we solve these problems?
1.WE should turn off the tap while brushing our teeth.
2.WE should turn off the light when we go out.
3.WE should pick up litter whenever possible.
Step 4:Post-reading
Group work.
1. Dis