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Unit 5 Green neighbourhood-C A green city (Reading & Grammar in use)
This unit focuses on the theme of "Green neighbourhood", and the reading passage "A green city" mainly introduces some measures and achievements of Singapore in building a green city, such as building parks and gardens, promoting public transportation, and recycling waste. Through this reading, students can not only learn some new words and expressions related to environmental protection and urban construction, but also understand the importance of building a green city and be inspired to take actions to protect the environment. In the grammar part, it mainly focuses on the present continuous tense for future actions, helping students master how to use this tense to express future plans and arrangements.
教学目标
1. Knowledge Objectives
Students can master the new words and phrases in the reading passage, such as "environmentally friendly", "public transportation", "recycle", "gardens by the bay", etc.
Students can understand the main idea and key details of the reading passage about Singapore as a green city.
Students can master the structure and usage of the present continuous tense for future actions, and be able to use it correctly in sentences.
2. Ability Objectives
Students can improve their reading skills, including skimming for the main idea, scanning for specific information, and inferring the meaning of new words from context.
Students can use the present continuous tense for future actions to express their own future plans and arrangements in daily communication.
Students can express their opinions and ideas about building a green city through group discussion and oral presentation.
3. Emotional Objectives
Students can raise their awareness of environmental protection and be inspired to contribute to building a green neighbourhood and city.
Students can enhance their cooperation ability and communication skills through group work.
教学重难点
1. Teaching Key Points
New words and phrases related to a green city.
The main idea and key details of the reading passage.
The structure and usage of the present continuous tense for future actions.
2. Teaching Difficult Points
How to help students understand some abstract concepts about building a green city, such as sustainable development.
How to make students distinguish the present continuous tense for future actions from the present continuous tense for current actions accurately, and use them correctly in different situations.
1. New Words and Phrases
environmentally friendly [ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmentəli ˈfrendli] adj. 环保的
public transportation [ˈpʌblɪk ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃn] 公共交通
recycle [ˌriːˈsaɪkl] v. 回收利用
gardens by the bay 滨海湾花园
landmark [ˈlændmɑːk] n. 地标
solar panel [ˈsəʊlə pænl] 太阳能板
energy - saving [ˈenədʒi seɪvɪŋ] adj. 节能的
2. Key Sentences in the Reading Passage
Singapore is one of the most beautiful and cleanest cities in the world. It is known as a "Garden City".
The city has many parks and gardens. Gardens by the Bay is a famous landmark.
The government encourages people to use public transportation.
People in Singapore recycle a lot of waste.
3. Grammar - Present Continuous Tense for Future Actions
Structure: Subject + be (am/is/are) + verb - ing + other components.
Usage: Used to express future plans or arrangements that have been decided or are likely to happen in the near future. For example, "I am visiting my grandparents this weekend."
教学过程
1. Lead - in (5 minutes)
Show students some pictures of different cities, some with beautiful natural scenery, clean environment, and advanced environmental protection facilities, and some with pollution problems. Then ask students: "Look at these pictures. Which cities do you like? Why? What makes a city a good place to live?" Let students discuss in pairs and share their opinions.
This activity can arouse students' interest in the topic of a green city and lead to the reading passage smoothly.
2. Pre - reading (8 minutes)
Vocabulary Teaching
Write some new words and phrases on the blackboard, such as "environmentally friendly", "public transportation", "recycle". First, read the words and phrases aloud for students, and let them repeat several times to get familiar with the pronunciation. Then, explain the meaning of each word or phrase with simple English and some examples. For example, for "recycle", explain "We can recycle paper, plastic bottles and metal cans. That means we can process them and use them again." Let students try to make their own sentences with these new words and phrases to check their understanding.
Prediction
Show students the title "A green city" and the pictures in the reading passage. Ask students to predict what the passage might be about. Guide them to think from aspects like what a green city is, what measures might be taken in a green city, etc. Let students share their predictions in groups.
3. While - reading (15 minutes)
Skimming
Let students read the passage quickly within 2 - 3 minutes without paying too much attention to details. Then ask them to answer the question: "What is the main idea of this passage?" Guide students to find the topic sentence of each paragraph to get the main idea. The main idea is that Singapore is a green city and it has taken many measures to build a beautiful and sustainable environment.
Scanning
Ask students to read the passage again carefully and find the answers to some detailed questions, such as "What are the famous landmarks in Singapore mentioned in the passage?", "What does the government encourage people to do?", "What do people in Singapore do with waste?" Let students underline the relevant sentences in the passage. After they finish, check the answers together.
In - depth Reading
Analyze some difficult sentences in the passage, such as "The city has made great efforts to be environmentally friendly. It uses solar panels to generate electricity and has many energy - saving buildings." Explain the key words, phrases and sentence structures in these sentences. Let students read these sentences aloud several times to understand and imitate.
4. Grammar Teaching (10 minutes)
Presentation
Show some sentences on the PPT, such as "I am going to the park tomorrow.", "She is visiting her aunt next week.", "They are having a party this evening." Point out to students that these are examples of using the present continuous tense to express future actions. Then summarize the structure and usage of this grammar point on the blackboard.
Practice
Give students some exercises. First, ask them to change some sentences from the simple future tense to the present continuous tense for future actions. For example, "He will go to school tomorrow." -> "He is going to school tomorrow." Then, let students make their own sentences using the present continuous tense for future actions according to the given time words or phrases, such as "next Sunday", "this afternoon", etc. Ask some students to write their sentences on the blackboard and check together.
5. Post - reading (5 minutes)
Group Discussion
Divide students into groups of 4 - 5. Give each group a topic: "How can we make our neighbourhood more green?" Let students discuss in groups and write down their ideas. After 3 - 4 minutes, ask each group to choose a representative to share their ideas with the whole class.
Summary
Summarize the key points of this class, including new words, phrases, the main idea of the reading passage and the grammar of the present continuous tense for future actions. Ask students if they have any questions.
6. Homework (2 minutes)
Ask students to write a short passage about their future plans using the present continuous tense for future actions, with at least 5 sentences.
Let students collect more information about green cities or environmental protection and share it in the next class.
教学反思
In this class, through various teaching methods such as lead - in, pre - reading, while - reading, grammar teaching, post - reading and homework assignment, students have a better understanding of the reading passage about a green city and master the relevant new words, phrases and grammar knowledge. The group discussion in the post - reading part can effectively stimulate students' thinking and cooperation ability. However, there are also some areas for improvement. For example, in the grammar teaching part, although students have done some exercises, some students may still be confused about the usage of the present continuous tense for future actions. In the future teaching, more real - life examples and interactive activities can be designed to help students distinguish and use it more accurately. Also, during the group discussion, some students may be less active. Teachers need to pay more attention to these students and encourage them to participate actively to ensure that every student can gain something from the class.
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