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Unit 3 Trees and us
Grammar
Lead in
What do trees do for us?
Lead in
What are people doing to trees?
They are cutting down trees and polluting the water and the air these days.
Tree Planting Day is coming.
Look! What are the students doing now?
Lead in
Li Na is talking to Wang Jie on the phone. They want to call on
more students to protect trees.
Focus on form
He is watching a TV programme about trees now.
Li Na and Su Su are working on a group project these days.
He is staying with his grandmother this week.
The present continuous
② to talk about temporary things (not happening now)
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Focus on form
1. Be quiet! The students are having a class about tree protection right now.
2.What are you doing to save trees at the moment?
3. We are learning about the importance of trees in science class this term.
Be quiet!
right now
at the moment
this term.
Focus on form
Humans are not treating trees in a kind way. People are cutting down trees all over the world. We are polluting water and air, which harms trees greatly. Now many trees are dying. Are we doing enough to save them? It’s time for us to protect trees. Tree Planting Day is coming, so students are having some activities to protect trees.
Find V-ing used in the the present continuous tense and try to conclude the rules.
Main verb -ing from words in text
+ing
remove e+ing
+ing
remove ie+ying
double the last letter and add-ing
Let's find out the rules and give more examples.
see→
pollute→polluting
die →dying
cut →cutting
treat →treating
Focus on form
Most verb
Words end with a silent e
Words end with a pronounced e
Words end with ie
stressed closed syllable
"cvc"
seeing
Focus on form
Classification Game
Focus on form
Humans are not treating trees in a kind way. People are cutting down trees all over the world. We are polluting water and air, which harms trees greatly. Now many trees are dying. Are we doing enough to save them? It’s time for us to protect trees. Tree Planting Day is coming. So what are students having some activities to protect trees?
Find the changes of sentence patterns in the text.
Negative sentence
主语 + be(is/am/are)+ not V-ing
Yes-no question
Be(is/am/are)+主语+ V-ing?
Wh-
question
特殊疑问词+be(is/am/are)+主语+ V-ing?
Focus on meaning
Humans are not treating trees in a kind way. People are always cutting down trees all over the world. We are polluting water and air, which harms trees greatly. Now many trees are dying. Are we doing enough to save them? It’s time for us to protect trees. Tree Planting Day is coming.
So what are students having some activities to protect trees?
Find more usages of the present continuous tense.
are not treating
to show temporary situation (not right now)
are
always cutting
to show strong feeling
to show future plans/coming events
is coming
are having
We do not usually use the verbs in the box below in the present continuous tense. Instead, we use them in the simple present tense.
believe hear like prefer love hate
smell look taste
understand know see realize want
✔ I know my deskmate well.
✘ I am knowing my deskmate well.
Special rules
有些动词通常不可用于现在进行时,而用一般现在时
A: What _____ you _____(do) at the moment?
B: I ______ (make) a poster about protecting trees.
A: What _____ you usually ______ (do)to help protect trees in your free time?
B: I usually ____ (plant) trees with my sister in the park.
A: Great! ____ you ___(do) something bad to trees these days?
B: No, I _____. I ________ (not hurt) trees. I think trees are important. But some people ______ always ______ (pollute) the water and air and it _____(be) bad for trees.
A: Okey, thank you for your interview.
Production
are doing
am making
do do
plant
Are doing
am not
are polluting
is
Fill in the blanks with correct forms of the given verbs.
Here are two pictures and choose one picture and have an interview about it.
(pair work:one is a reporter, the other is a student )
Content: What/ Who/Why...? How do you feel?
Production
A(reporter): Hello, I am the school reporter.What are you doing for Tree Planting Day?
B (students) :
A:Are you....?
B:
A:
B:
A: Great! Thank you for your interview.
B: You’re welcome.
Production
content 内容
voice 音量
speaking 表达
Summary
Small actions can make a big difference!
1.Finish exercise in the textbook.(page 42)
2.Make a presentation about trees.
Homework
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