Unit 8 Protecting the environment 课件- 2025-2026学年冀教版英语八年级上册

Unit 8 Protecting the environment 第6课时 Understanding cultures: World Environment Day 1 Activity 1: Watch and answer What kinds of things can we do to protect the environment? What is the purpose of World Environment Day? Watch a video and talk about World Environment Day and answer the questions. 2 Activity 2: Read and answer 1.When is World Envionment Day? —————————————————————————————————— 2.What is World Envionment Day for? —————————————————————————————————— 3.What's the theme in the writer's school this year? —————————————————————————————————— Read the whole passage and answer the questions in Part 1. It’s on June 5. To encourage people from all over the world to take care of the environment. The theme in the write’s school was reducing plastic pollution. 3 Activity 3: Read and write Read the passage again and write true(T)or false (F) to finish Part 2. 1. The theme of World Environment Day is the same each year. ( ) 2. Using less fresh water is the theme in our school. ( ) 3. Using colouring pencils instead of plastic highlighters is a way to protect the earth. ( ) F T T 4 Activity 4: Read and complete Read the passage again and complete the mind map on the learning sheet. June 5 plastic garbage instead of colouring pencils plastic highlighters reminder take care of 150 change 5 Activity 5: Search and complete Search the internet and write the themes of different years. Then finish the table. 2025 End plastic pollution 2024 Land restoration,desertification and drought resilience 2023 Solutions to platic pollution 2022 Only one earth 2021 Ecosystem restoration 6 1. Finish the self-check on the learning sheet. (Required) 2. Write a passage about what we can do to protect the environment and share it in the next class. (Required) 3. Search the internet to collect more information about the World Environment Day. (Optional) Homework 7 $Unit 8 Protecting the environment 第5课时 Lesson 5 It is everyone’s duty! 1 Activity 1: Ask and answer What kinds of damage does global warming cause? What are the reasons about global warming? What can we do to solve the problem? 2 Activity 1: Ask and answer There are some kinds of pollution around us, like pollution in our school, pollution in our home and so on. What can we do to reduce the pollution? Watch some pictures and talk about some pollution around us. 3 Activity 2: Read and match Read the whole passage in Part 1 and match the correct headings for each paragraph. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Save water World Car-Free Day No-garbage lunches 4 Activity 3: Read and think Read the passage again and answer the questions. Let’s read the questions together first. 1.What can students do in an environmental club? 2.Why do environmental clubs encourage students and teachers to bring their lunches in reusable bags and dishes? 3.Who can come to school in a car on World Car-Free Day? 4.How many liters of water can a leaky toilet waste an hour? 5 Activity 3: Read and think Read the passage again and complete the mind map on the learning sheet. three activities in school enviromental clubs to reduce______________ and_____________the enviroment purpose No-garbage lunches World Car-Free Day Save water Environmental clubs encourage students and teachers to __________their lunches in ___________ bags and dishes. ___________ the students___________ the teachers come to school in a car. In environmental clubs, students ________ washrooms for __________ toilets or sinks and _________ their school to __________ them. pollution protect bring reusable Neither nor check leaky remind fix 6 Activity 3: Read and think Discuss with their partners and think of more activities to protect the environment and complete Part 2. walk or bike to school turn off lights and taps when not in use 7 Activity 4: Discuss and complete Discuss with partners about the environmental club slogans and complete them, and then gives more ideas to finish Part 3. Making the earth smile is our mission! A. Protecting our________________is the need of the hour! B. Plant trees, save nature,_______________better! C. Think green,______________green,______________green! D. Let's keep the earth_______________and clean. environment live act stay beautiful 8 Activity 5: Design and show Do you think it isimportant to protect the environment? Will you invite more students to join you to protect the environment together? Work in groups and design a poster together in Part 4. 9 Activity 5: Design and show Make a poster show in the class and vote for the five most popular posters in the class according to the evaluation form. 10 1. Finish the self-check on the learning sheet. (Required) 2. Polish your group’s poster and show it on the wall in your classroom. (Required) 3. Write a short passage about how to protect the environment according to the text. (Required) 4. Watch more videos about the pollution and ways to improve the environment to get more information. (Optional) Homework 11 $Unit 8 Protecting the environment 第1课时 Lesson 1 Let’s clean it up! 1 Activity 1: Lead in Look at the two pictures and tell me the answers. How do you feel about them? The first one is clean,the second one is dirty. What can we do to keep our house clean? We can clean the room every day. How often do you clean your house? Every day. 2 Activity 1: Lead in What happened to the ocean? How does plastic pollution affect sea life? What can we do to save the sea life? 3 Activity 1: Lead in Look at the picture in Part 2 in Lesson 1. What are Jenny, Danny and Brian doing? 4 Activity 2: Listen and answer Let’s listen to the conversation and then answer the questions below the text. Jenny, Danny and Brian are on a beach vacation with their families. 5 Activity 2: Listen and answer 1.Who is having a vacation on the beach? ______________________________________________ 2. Who finds the plastic in the ocean? _____________________________________________ 3. What is Brian 's idea about the garbage on the beach? ______________________________________________ 4.How do they feel after cleaning up the beach? ______________________________________________ Jenny, Danny, and Brian. Jenny. Clean up the beach. They feel proud. 6 Activity 3: Read and role-play I’ll invite some of you to present in front of the class. Let’s work in groups and read the dialogue in roles. 7 They decide to_________thebeach and explain the plan to their family members. Everyone________help. They spend___________ the afternoon___________ garbage on the beach.They feel proud that they________________at the beach. They think such behaviour___________the ocean and its creatures. If they do nothing,the situation will______________. Jenny stepped on a______and Danny sees a man________________on the beach. Activity 4: Read and complete beach living his garbage is harmful to get worse clean up agrees to the rest of picking up make a difference Jenny, Danny and Brian'svacationon thebeach What happened? What do they think? What do they do? 8 Jenny, Danny, and Brian were on a beach vacation with their families. Jenny stepped on a____________. Danny saw a man leaving his garbage on the beach. They thought the situation would______________if people did not take action to protect the beach. So they decided to________________the beach. They asked their family members to help. They spent the afternoon__________________all kinds of garbage on the beach. They_________________that they made a difference in keeping the beach clean and protecting the ocean and its creatures. Let’s listen again and then fill in the blanks in Part 3. Activity 5: Listen and fill beach get worse clean up picking up felt proud 9 Let’s listen to another dialogue in Part 4 and write true (T) or false (F). Activity 6: Listen and write Danny is talking with Jenny and Brian. A. lt's a beautiful day today. （ ） B. They are studying geography in class this week. （ ） C. They will ask their classmates to help. （ ） D. They are going to pick up the garbage on the street. （ ） 10 Activity 7: Make a conversation and act it out Make a conversation in Part 5 and present it in class. Then evaluate the performance each other. S1:What do you usually do to protect the enviroment? S2: When l see garbage on the street, l pickit up and throw it in the garbage bin.How about you? S1: l save water and take shorter showers. 11 Activity 7: Make a conversation and act it out Make a conversation in Part 5 and present it in class. Then evaluate the performance each other. 12 1. Finish the self-check on the learning sheet. (Required) 2. Polish your conversation about what people can do to protect the environment in Part 5 and talk with your partner. (Required) 3. Search the internet to collect more information about the pollution. (Optional) Homework 13 $Unit 8 Protecting the environment 第4课时 Lesson 4 Global warming 1 Activity 1: Watch and talk Why is this happening? Is it good or bad for the humans? What do you see in the video? Let’s watch the video The melting of Arctic ice. 2 Activity 1: Watch and talk The earth is getting hotter. It is called global warming. Look at some pictures and lead in the topic: Global warming. 3 Activity 1: Watch and talk What problems do you think our environment is facing now? Read the questions in Part 1 and talk about them. Do you think these problems are related to human activities? 4 Activity 2: Read and judge Read the passage in Part 2 and write true (T) or false (F). 1.Global warming is mainly caused by nature. ( ) 2. Global warming affects everything on the planet. ( ) 3. Planting trees is a great way to slow down global warming . ( ) F T T 5 Activity 3: Read and complete Read the passage in Part 2 again and complete the mind map in Part 3. gas oil coal cut waste melt rise walk bike devices activities 6 Activity 3: Read and complete Circle these key phrases and learn their usages. cut down 砍树 get a fever 发烧 for example 例如 lead to 导致 慢下来 slow down instead of 代替 turn off 关闭 play a role in 在……起作用 7 1.Use energy sources such as solar and wind power. 2.Let people around you know about the harm of global warming. 3.Take shorter showers to save water and energy used for heating the water. 4.Choose environmentally-friendly products with less packaging 5.Use things again or recycle them for other purposes. 6.Attend environmental clubs to learn more about the environment. 7.Try to eat less meat and more vegetables. Activity 4: Think and tick Work in pairs, think and tick the things we can do to slow down global warming in Part 4. 8 Activity 5: Retell, discuss and write Fill in the blanks on the learning sheet according to the mind map in Part 3 and retell the passage. The earth is getting hotter.We call it_____________ .There are some reasons: people burn things like_________,__________,and___________.They also___________ trees and create a lot of______________. There are some damages of global warming. For example, snow and ice in the North Pole are starting to_______________and the oceans’water level____________ . But how to solve the problem? We can choose to__________or______________ instead of driving. Turn off____________we aren’t using. We can also plant trees and do other “green” ___________. Let’s make small___________ in our daily lives, and then we can____________ in addressing global warming. global warming gas oil coal cut down waste melt to rise walk bike devices activities changes play a role 9 Activity 5: Retell, discuss and write Discuss about environmental problems in Part 5 in groups. 10 Activity 5: Retell, discuss and write Choose an environmental problem and write a passage about it according to the given structure. Problems: plastic pollution/air pollution/water pollution/noise pollution Structure: problem→cause→damage→solution 11 Activity 5: Retell, discuss and write Exchange your writings and give suggestions for improvement. 12 1. Finish the self-check on the learning sheet. (Required) 2. Polish your passage and share it with your classmates. (Required) 3. Introduce more things to slow down global warming and make a change in your daily life. (Optional) Homework 13 Lavf58.20.100 $Unit 8 Protecting the environment 第3课时 Lesson 3 The green miracle 1 Activity 1: Watch and talk Do you want to travel to Saihanba? Why? Where is Saihanba? Let’s watch a video. 2 Activity 1: Watch and talk What do you think led to the difference? What’s the difference of Saihanba between the two pictures? 3 Activity 2: Read and complete Read the passage in Part 2 and complete the timeline. 4 Activity 2: Read and complete Check the answers in Part 2. hardly see to change this dead land into a forest man-made forest in the world the largest The story is organised in time order. 5 Activity 3: Read and think Read Part 2 again and finish the tasks on the learning sheet. Do you think it was easy to plant trees in Saihanba? What difficulties did the foresters face at the very beginning? the difficulties the harsh working conditions no trees no flowers the bad weather ... 6 Activity 3: Read and think Read Part 2 again and finish the tasks on the learning sheet. How did they solve the difficulties? The solutions used science and technology organised a group worked hard ... 7 Activity 3: Read and think Read Part 2 again and finish the tasks on the learning sheet. What achievements do they have in Saihanba now? The achievements play an important role in environmental protection the largest human-made forest in the world fresh air birds singing beautiful scenery ... 8 Think and summarize the Saihanba Spirit. Activity 4: Think and summarize After learning the story, how do you feel now? What can you learn from them? What is the Saihanba spirit? The Saihanba Spirit never give up carry on overcome the challenges use science and technology work hard with hearts and minds for more than half a century ... 9 Activity 5: Learn the grammar Read the passage again and underline the sentences using the to-infinitive. In1962, the local government decided to change this dead land into a forest. To carry out the task, the government organised a group of 369 foresters, mostly in their 20s. They used science and technology to help trees tosurvive harsh conditions. The Saihanba Spirit inspired the foresters to complete the difficult task. 10 Activity 5: Learn the grammar Read the passage again and underline the sentences using the to-infinitive. In1962, the local government decided to change this dead land into a forest. We use the to-infinitive after certain verbs. 11 Activity 5: Learn the grammar Read the passage again and underline the sentences using the to-infinitive. Some verbs are followed by a direct object and then the to-infinitive. They used science and technology to help trees tosurvive harsh conditions. The Saihanba Spirit inspired the foresters to complete the difficult task. 12 Activity 5: Learn the grammar Read the passage again and underline the sentences using the to-infinitive. We also use the to-infinitive to express purpose. To carry out the task, the government organised a group of 369 foresters, mostly in their 20s. 13 Activity 5: Learn the grammar Finish the exercises on the learning sheet. 1.What do you do______________ ( protect ) the environment? 2.The teacher asks us____________ the rubbish everywhere. a. throw b. to throw c. not throw d. not to throw 3.To realise your dream, you should work hard. (英译汉) _____________________________________________________ to protect d 为了实现你的梦想，你应该努力。 14 Activity 5: Learn the grammar Read and complete the conversation in Part 4. C A B 15 Activity 6: Retell and design Retell the story about Saihanba according to the timeline and mind maps. 16 Activity 6: Retell and design Watch a video and work in groups to design a poster to learn from the Saihanba Spirit. What can you learn from the Saihanba Spirit when you face difficulties? What can you do to protect the environment in your daily life? 17 Activity 6: Retell and design Present posters and vote for the three most popular posters in class. Now it’s your show time. Every group come here to show your poster. 18 1. Finish the self-check on the learning sheet. (Required) 2. Polish your poster and share it with your classmates. (Required) 3. Watch more videos about Saihanba and get more information. (Optional) Homework 19 Lavf58.20.100 Lavf58.20.100 $Unit 8 Protecting the environment 第2课时 Lesson 2 Look at the plastic! 1 Activity 1: Lead in What plastic products do you see in your daily life? What can we do to avoid using too many plastic products? Let’s watch a video. 2 Activity 1: Lead in Look at the picture in Part 2 and guess what the passage is talking about. The passage talks about plastic pollution. 3 Activity 2: Read and talk Read and find out the sentences with the new words and then try to understand them. Humans produce millions of tons of plastic every year. produce v. 生产 millions of 数百万的 tons of 大量的 plastic n. 塑料 人类每天生产数百万的塑料。 4 Activity 2: Read and talk Read and find out the sentences with the new words and then try to understand them. We use many plastic products only once or twice before they become waste. product n.产品 once 一次；曾经 twice 两次 waste v.浪费 我们使用许多塑料制品，只用一两次就把它们变成了废弃物。 5 Read the passage and then write true (T) or false (F) in Part 2. Activity 3: Read and answer A. Plastic waste can stay in the ground for years. （ ） B. We can 't use fewer plastic products because they provide convenience. （ ） C. This passage draws attention to pastic pollution . （ ） T F T 6 Paragraph 1 Plastic pollution is a global problem. Human__________millions of tons of plasticHumans every day. About_________is for packaging goods. Paragraph 2 Plastic pollution affects the natural_____________ of the environment. It_________animals and_________the soil and water. lf our environment__________,humans will do too. Paragraph 3 reasons for using plastic products _________to carry and________to buy. ways to reduce our use of plasticproducts bring your________shopping bag; carry a reusable water bottle; choose__________with less packaging; learn to recycle properly Activity 4: Read and complete produce half beauty killed stayed suffers Easy cheap own products 7 Observe the structure of the passage and read the sentences in Part 3,then retell. Activity 5: Read and retell 8 Activity 6: Discuss and present Work in pairs and discuss the questions in Part 4 and make a report. Then present report. A. How do you sort the waste? ·vegetable leaves ·fruit peels medicine ·waste paper ·plastic bottles ·paint pots ·used batteries ·light tubes B. Do you think it is important to sort waste? Why or why not? C. What can we do to reduce the amount of waste? 9 1. Finish the self-check on the learning sheet. (Required) 2. Polish your report and present it in class. (Required) 3. Search the internet to collect more information about plastic pollution. (Optional) Homework 10 Lavf58.20.100 $