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Unit 3 Trees and us
Writing
Do you want to be a reporter?
How would you report live from Tree Planting Day?
Describe students' actions that you see in the video!
Lead in
dig a deep hole
Lead in
挖一个深坑
Look at the pictures from Tree Planting Day and discuss what the students are doing.
Look and label
How much do you know about trees? Let’s label the different parts of a tree with the given words.
fruit
branch 树枝
trunk
root 根茎
flower
leaf(leaves)
Talk in pairs
Talk in pairs about what trees do for us.
What do trees do for us?
What else do trees do for us?
They also take in greenhouse gases like CO2. ...
Think:Trees can also ...
They provide us with different fruits.
Scan and choose
The text type of this passage is .
A. narration (记叙文)
B. argumentation (议论文)
C. exposition (说明文)
D. novel (小说)
Language notes
9. wood /wWd/ n. 木;木头 He used a piece of wood to make a toy car for the boy.
10. treat /tri:t/ v. 以……态度对待;以……方式对待 Her parents still treat her like a child.
11. to begin with 首先;第一点 To begin with, we should stop cutting down so many trees.
12. come from 来自 All the furniture in this room comes from trees.
13. look around 环视;环顾;四下察看 Jack happily looked around his new bedroom.
14. be made of 由……制成 This table is made of pine tree wood.
15. for example 例如;譬如 We get a lot of things from trees. For example, rubber is from rubber trees.
Before you read
—Prediction
It’s mainly about the importance of trees.
What is the article mainly about?
(Pay attention to the introduction, title, pictures and the first sentence of each paragraph.)
Read and complete
What do trees do for us?
Trees are very important for all living things on Earth.
•Forests are home to _______________________.
•Trees take in ______________________
and produce _________.
•Trees also make our lives ___________________.
•Things like _________________ come from trees.
•A lot of the furniture in our homes ________________.
•We get __________________________ from trees (e.g. tea).
animals, insects and plants
greenhouse gases like CO2
oxygen
more convenient
paper and pencils
is made of wood
delicious fruit and wonderful drinks
Think and answer
Q1: What is the purpose of the article? What does the writer want to tell us?
This article shows us the importance of trees in our daily lives. And the writer wants to tell us to protect them.
Q2: How do you understand the sentence “We can’t imagine a world without them (line 17)”?
Trees are important for us and they do so much for us, so we can’t live without them.
Exposition
(说明文)
常用写作手法:
Giving examples
(举例子)
While-reading—Applying
Two trees are talking. What might they talk about?
Tick the possible sentences according to what you’ve learnt from the article.
Oh! I am under attack!
There’s too much sun on the left. It’s so hot.
My branches enjoy the right side better.
I can hear the sound of water. My roots will get there.
It is dark down in the earth. My roots will lose their way!
It’s getting cold these days. It’s time to change our coats.
A good reporter should … Points
1. uses easy, everyday words. (5points)
2.uses short sentences and gives quick updates. (5points)
3. sounds exciting or urgent. (5points)
4.uses present continuous tense. (5points)
Assessment for the reporters
使用青鹿点阵笔
A: 15-20 分 B: 10-15分 C:<10分
What kind of text is a booklet about trees?
Writing style (体裁):
Narration(记叙文): to describe or record an event
Exposition(说明文): to describe or explain an idea or something
Argumentation(议论文): to argue, reason, or discuss to support an idea.
Understand the text type
How to make a booklet ?
Step 1: Decide what facts you want to include.
Step 2: Give details about each fact.
Step 3: Make full sentences with the detailed information.
Step 4: Combine all the sentences and make them into a complete fact file.
Step 5: Add pictures if necessary.
Step 6: Put the fact files together in a booklet.
Practise
Today is Tree Planting Day, and we are going to focus on the many benefits of trees!
We do not often think about the trees around us. They are (1)__________: they don’t complain, no matter how we (2)__________them. However, trees are very important for all living things on this planet, so we should be kind to them.
To begin with, they provide us with (3)__________ and clean the air for us. Trees also make our daily lives easier and more(4)__________. For example, we use the (5)___________ from trees to make furniture. We also use it to produce paper.
In short, we cannot live without trees.
silent
treat
oxygen
convenient
wood
convenient treat oxygen wood silent
Fill in the blanks with the words below.
careful 小心的
helpful 有帮助的
hopeful 充满希望的
careless 粗心的
hopeless 绝望的
helpless 无助的
Read and learn
后缀
Read the rule below and give more examples.
Language notes
1. booklet /9bWklRt/ n. 小册子 This booklet is very helpful to disabled children.
2. ginkgo /9GINkRW/ n. 银杏(原产中国) There is such a huge ginkgo tree here!
3. belong to 属于 These magazines may belong to her.
Self-assessment
评价内容 评分(1-5)
1. 我能正确辨识和正确朗读含/bl/、/br/、/fl/、/fr/、/Gl/、/Gr/、/kl/、/kr/的单词。 1 2 3 4 5
2. 我能了解项目任务的主题。 1 2 3 4 5
3. 我能和同伴一起收集资料。 1 2 3 4 5
4. 我能与同伴合作完成项目任务。 1 2 3 4 5
5. 我能与同伴合作展示和分享研究成果。 1 2 3 4 5
Step6 Call on more people to protect trees
1. Why not take action now?
2. If all of us protect trees, the world will become greener and better.
3. When everyone takes a small step, there will be a huge change.
4. It is important/significant/essential(必要的) to protect trees. Protecting trees is protecting our eys.
*5. As the saying goes, “Green mountains are gold mountains.”
page 3-4 探究案
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Practice:
I want to write this paragraph by using __________________
My writing of last paragraph:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
n I used one or more sentence patterns to call on more people to protect trees.¨
n I checked the spelling of the words. ¨
Assessment
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