内容正文:
Developing
Lesson 7
Oral Communication
& Reading for Writing
Unit 8 Our Blue Planet
CONTENT
01
Lead in
02
Oral Communication
03
Reading for Writing
04
Writing time
05
Language points
06
Exercise&Homework
Lesson Objectives:
In this lesson, we will be able to:
1. Get and master the key information from the listening text to
understand the knowledge related to World Water Day.
2. Be able to summarize the key information for creating a World
Water Day promotional poster.
3. Use relevant language expressions to discuss more water-saving
measures. And write down an essay about saving water.
Lead in
Do you know what these signs mean?
Free talk
World Water Day
What can we do for this day?
Why do we have World Water Day?
Free talk
Talk about dos and don’ts on the poster about World Water Day.
Dos Don’ts
World Water Day
take a short shower
reuse water
Don’t litter
in the rivers
Don’t let water run when brushing teeth
Listening
Activity 1 A. Listen to the conversation and put the pictures in the correct order.
4
2
1
3
What can we do for this day?
Listening
Activity 1 B. Listen again and complete the table.
Making a poster for World Water Day
Date _________ 22nd
Topic How to ______________
Purpose To make a list of dos and don’ts
Tasks Asking our _________ and ___________ for suggestions
Searching for information __________
__________ the poster to the class
March
save water
teachers
online
classmates
Introduce
/sə'dʒestʃən/ n. 建议;提议
/'sɜːtʃ/ n./v. 搜索;搜查
search for
寻找;搜索
/,ɪnfə'meɪʃn/ n. 信息(不可数)
/,ɪntrə'djuːs/ v.介绍
Listen again and fill in the blanks. Then listen and follow.
Kangkang: Tomorrow is March _________. It’s World Water Day.
Li Xiang: Yes. Our group needs to _________ a poster for this day.
Lingling: I think we can talk about ________ ______ save water.
Kangkang: Good idea! We can do many things to save water,
like _________ a short shower and _________ water.
Li Xiang: Yes. And it’s also important to ________ water ________,
so we can’t _________ in the rivers or lakes.
Lingling: All sound like great ideas! ______ _____ make a list of
dos and don’ts?
Kangkang: Great! And we can ask our teachers and classmates
for their ______________.
Li Xiang: I can ________ ________ information online.
Lingling: OK. Let me introduce the poster to the class _______
this World Water Day.
22nd
make
how to
taking
reusing
keep clean
litter
Why not
suggestions
search for
on
Post-listening
Make a list of dos and don’ts.
Then make a poster for them.
Dos Don’ts
...
...
take a short shower
reuse water
keep water clean
Don’t litter in the rivers or lakes
Dos Don’ts
World Water Day
Speaking
Retell the main content of this listening text in your own words
with the help of the chart.
Making a poster for World Water Day
Date日期 March 22nd
Topic主题 How to save water
Purpose意图 To make a list of dos and don’ts
Tasks任务 Asking our teachers and classmates for suggestions
Searching for information online
Introduce the poster to the class
make a list (of...) 列一个(....的)清单
ask sb. for sth. 向某人寻求某物
ask sb. for help 向某人求助
ask sb.(not) to do sth.
要求某人(不要)作某事
suggestion“建议”(可数名词)
常与介词for, about或on连用。
→suggest v. 建议
suggest doing sth.建议做某事
对比:advice“建议”(不可数名词)
search for 寻找;搜索 可与look for互换
introduce sb./sth. to sb. 把某人/物介绍给某人
Speaking
Activity 2 Group work. Talk about the pictures and discuss what else you can do to save water. Write your ideas in the blank.
collect rainwater
take a quick shower
turn off the tap
reuse water
Don’t litter in the toilet.
Run the washing machine only with a full load.
洗衣机装满衣服了才运行。
Every drop counts
Reading for Writing
Read for the structure.
Actions of saving water
·at home
·outside your home
Title
Beginning
Body
End
Saving Every Drop of Water
We all need water, but there isn’t enough water on the earth. So, we need to save water.
You can start with little things to save water at home. For example, turn off the tap when brushing your teeth; don’t use the washing machine for just a few dirty clothes; and take a shower, not a bath. You can also save water outside your home. You can collect water when it rains. Don’t throw away drinking water bottles when there is still water in them.
Always be careful! And you are sure to find many ways to save water.
Analyze the text structure and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Ways of saving water
Hopes for saving more water
Reason of saving water
1
2
3
Saving Every Drop of Water
We all need water, but there isn’t enough water on the earth. So, we need to save water.
You can start with little things to save water at home. For example, turn off the tap when brushing your teeth; don’t use the washing machine for just a few dirty clothes; and take a shower, not a bath. You can also save water outside your home. You can collect water when it rains. Don’t throw away drinking water bottles when there is still water in them.
Always be careful! And you are sure to find many ways to save water.
Read for more information.
Para.1 Beginning
We all need water, but there isn’t enough water on the earth. So, we need to save water.
Why do we need to save water?
Because there isn’t enough water on the earth.
Read for more information.
Para.2 Body
You can start with little things to save water at home. For example, turn off the tap when brushing your teeth; don’t use the washing machine for just a few dirty clothes; and take a shower, not a bath. You can also save water outside your home. You can collect water when it rains. Don’t throw away drinking water bottles when there is still water in them.
What can we do
to save water at home?
➸_________ the tap when
__________ your teeth.
You can start with ____________ to save water.
➸Don’t use the _______________ for just ________ dirty clothes.
➸Take a shower,
not a ________.
little things
Turn off
brushing
washing machine
a few
bath
Read for more information.
What can we do
to save water outside?
Para.2 Body
You can start with little things to save water at home. For example, turn off the tap when brushing your teeth; don’t use the washing machine for just a few dirty clothes; and take a shower, not a bath. You can also save water outside your home. You can collect water when it rains. Don’t throw away drinking water bottles when there is still water in them.
➸Don’t ____________ drinking water bottles
when there is still _________ in them.
➸__________water
when it rains.
You can also save water ________
your home.
outside
Collect
throw away
water
Reading
Activity 1 Read the text and complete the main idea and detail chart.
Main idea:
_________________________
Detail 1: At home
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Detail 2: Outside
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
① Collect water when it rains;
We need to save water.
①Turn off the tap when brushing
your teeth;
② Don’t throw away drinking
water bottles when there is
still water in them.
②Don’t use the washing machine
for just a few dirty clothes;
③Take a shower, not a bath.
Read for the key points.
Para.2 Body
You can start with little things to save water at home. For example, turn off the tap when brushing your teeth; don’t use the washing machine for just
a few dirty clothes; and take a shower, not a bath. You can also save water outside your home. You can collect water when it rains. Don’t throw away drinking water bottles when there is still water in them.
/mə'ʃiːn/ n.机器
/'dɜːti/ adj.肮脏的
/bɑːθ/ n.洗澡;浴盆
/θrəʊ/ v.投;仍
/ə'weɪ/ adv.离开
/stɪl/ adv.仍然
adj.静止的
start/begin with... 从...开始
a few 几个;一些(修饰可数名词)
take/have a bath 洗澡;泡澡
bath n.洗澡;澡盆;澡堂
v.给....洗澡
对比:take/have a shower 淋浴
take/have a bath 盆浴
throw away 扔掉
throw sb. sth.
= throw sth. to sb.
把某物扔给某人
start sth. 开始某事
start doing/to do sth. 开始做某事
Read for more information.
Para.3 End
Always be careful! And you
are sure to find many ways
to save water.
Can you find more ways to save water?
You can writer down your own ideas about saving water.
be careful 小心;当心
be/make sure to do sth. (sure是形容词)
一定会做某事;肯定会做某事
be sure of/about (doing) sth.
对某事有把握
be/make sure+(that)从句 确信/确保.....
链接:sure 作副词,意为“当然”,
相当于of course/certainly。
Post-reading
Retell the text with the help of the summary.
Reasons: ·need water
·no enough water
At home:
Outside:
Hopes: Hope for more ways to save water
Beginning: Reason
Body: Ways
End: Hopes
Saving Every Drop of Water
Writing
Activity 2 Draw your own chart about how to save water.
Main idea:
_________________________
Detail 1: ...
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Detail 2: ...
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pre-writing
Step 1 (审题)
审
(审题
和要点)
主题
每一滴水都很重要
时态
一般现在时
人称
第一人称&第二人称
要点
(布局)
第一段:引出话题。水对人类的重要性以及水资源
短缺的问题。
第二段:主体。介绍在家和学校节约用水的具体
方法,如集中洗衣、缩短淋浴时间、关闭
水龙头、制作海报、收集雨水等。
第三段:强调每一滴水都很重要,呼吁大家立即
采取行动节约用水。
Every Drop of Water Counts
Pre-writing
Step 2 (列提纲)
列
(列提纲)
Title
Every Drop of Water Counts
Beginning
The importance of water
Body
End
Every drop of water counts and call on everyone to take action to save water.
要点
At home: do not take long showers...
turn off the tap...
wash as many clothes as...
Ways of saving water
At school: make a poster...
collect the rainwater...
tell the teachers when...
Writing
Activity 2 And then draft your essay.
TIPS
The title should summarize the main idea of the passage. It should be short and clear.
______________________
Water is _______________________. We _________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
___________________________________________________________Let’s _______________________________________________________
While-writing
Step 3 (拟稿)
Title
Beginning
Body
End
Ways of saving water
At home
At school
引出话题
具体介绍
再次呼吁
_____________________________
Water is _____________. We __________________ __________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________Let’s _____________________________________.
Every Drop of Water Counts
important to us
need water for drinking,
cooking and washing. But there’s not enough water on the earth. So, we need to save water.
It’s not hard for us to help save water. There are many things we can do at home.
as many clothes as possible at a time. Do not take long showers. Turn off the tap each time after using the water. Don’t keep the water running when brushing the teeth.
For example, wash
As students, we can also help
save water at school. Collect the rainwater to do cleaning or water plants. Tell the teachers when we find a tap leaking(漏水).
take actions from now on
Writing
Activity 3 Rate your draft, and then complete your essay.
Every Drop of Water Counts
Water is important to us. We need water for drinking, cooking and washing. But there’s not enough water on the earth. So, we need to save water.
It’s not hard for us to help save water. There are many things we can do at home. For example, wash as many clothes as possible at a time. Do not take long showers. Turn off the tap each time after using the water. Don’t keep the water running when brushing the teeth. As students, we can also help save water at school. Have a class activity about saving water, such as making a poster and giving speeches(演讲). Collect the rainwater to do cleaning or water plants. Tell the teachers when we find a tap leaking(漏水).
Remember, every drop of water counts! What are you waiting for? Let’s take actions from now on.
TIPS
After writing your draft, you can read it aloud to check every sentence, as well as your spellings and punctuation.
Activity 3
Rate your draft, and then complete your essay.
How well can you ______________ ? Self-rating Partner's rating
express your view of saving water
organize the main idea and details
write about saving every drop of water
organize ideas into a well-balanced structure
use the theme vocabulary of the unit
use the imperative sentences
use punctuation
spell the words
Please ask your partner to review your draft and offer suggestions for improvement.
1-Needs improvement; 2-Satisfactory; 3-Good; 4-Excellent
Exercises
I. 根据语境及所给提示填空。
1. Our lesson starts ________ an English song.
2. I like to drink tea with a few ________ (drop) of milk.
3. There is something wrong with my washing __________ /mə'ʃiːn/.
4. Can you ____________ (introduce) me _______ your new teacher?
5. I don't know which to buy. Can you give me some ____________
(suggest)?
6. As students, we should ________ our classroom ________.
(保持......干净)
with
drops
machine
introduce to
suggestions
keep clean
Exercises
I. 根据语境及所给提示填空。
7. They will spend all day __________ (search) the forest _______
the lost child.
8. We plan to go for a holiday to Chongqing. Please look up some
____________ (information) online.
9. March 22nd is ________ ________ ________. (世界水日)
10. People should reuse water and _______ ______ ______ _____ it.
(充分使用......)
searching for
information
World Water Day
make full use of
Exercises
II. 完成句子。
1. There is enough space in the room for three beds. (改为否定句)
________ ________ enough space in the room for three beds.
2. Throw your classmate the ball like this. (改为同义句)
________ the ball ________ your classmate like this.
3. We're sure we will do better next time. (改为同义句)
We are ________ ________ do better next time.
4. 人们经常东西用一次就扔掉。(完成译句)
People often use things once and then ________ them ________.
5. you, my friend, let me, to, introduce (连词成句)
___________________________________.
There isn't
Throw to
sure to
throw away
Let me introduce you to my friend
Summary
We learn:
to predict the main idea of the listening text from the given pictures.
to have a better understanding of World Water Day.
to draw a thinking map to organize our structure of writing.
to reflect in the process of ratings and improve our writing.
We can:
1. talk about the ways to save water.
2. call on people to save more water.
Homework
Must do:
1. memorize the new words and phrases.
2. make a poster about World Water Day.
3. better your writing according to the ratings.
Choose to do:
Search for more ways to save water. Perfect your writing according to the ratings.
Thank you!
Blues
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