Unit 1 Nature in the balance Reading 教学设计-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版(2020)必修第三册

Book 3 Unit 1 Nature in the balance Reading 1 Teaching Aims By the end of the class, students will be able to : 1. summarize the basic information about the Amazon rainforest; 2. evaluate the importance of the Amazon rainforest and the dangers it is facing. Teaching Important Point Summarize the basic information about the Amazon rainforest. Teaching Difficult Point Evaluate the importance of the Amazon rainforest and the dangers it is facing. Teaching Methods Seven-step method Discussion method Co-operating study Teaching Procedures Step 1. Lead-in T shows Ss a video and discuss the following question： What plants or animals do you know about? What is special about them? Step2. Learning Aims By the end of the class, students will be able to : 1. summarize the basic information about the Amazon rainforest; 2. evaluate the importance of the Amazon rainforest and the dangers it is facing. Step3. Self-Study 1.agriculture ______________ 2.impact __________ 3.thus __________ 4.due to __________ 5.variety__________ 6.survive __________ 7.beneath________________ 8.break down __________ Step 4. Guidance and Exploration Exploration 1: predication What do you think this script is about judging from the title and the pictures? Exploration 2: While-reading 1.Read the script and write the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1：Introduction to the Amazon rainforest Para. 2：Basic information about the rainforest Para. 3：__Plant biodiversity; levels of the rainforest Para. 4： _Animal biodiversity; food chain Para. 5：_The rainforest’s value to the human race; threats to the rainforest 2.Read the documentary script again carefully and fill in the blanks with the figures. 3.Listen to the tape from para.2 and complete the blanks with correct numbers. 4.Read para.3 carefully and try to understand the rainforest’s different levels. 5.Read para.4 and complete the following chart about the food chain in the rainforest. Exploration 3: Post-reading 1. Can we afford to damage th