Unit 8 Green Living-Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots 教案-2025-2026学年高中英语北师大版必修第三册

Unit 8 Green Living Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots 教案 I. Learning objectives 1. Learn key information about Roots & Shoots (founder, time, purpose, meaning). 2. Apply reading strategies (skimming and scanning) to analyze structure and ideas. 3. Reflect on “Just-me-ism” and develop an awareness of environmental protection. 4. Take practical action by designing a youth-led community programme to show that every individual matters. II. Key and Difficult Points 1. Key Points 1.1. To help students understand the structure of the text. 1.2. To help students understand the true meaning of "Roots & Shoots". 2.Difficult Points 2.1. To help students gain a clear idea of "Just-me-ism" and its negative impacts. 2.2. To guide students to turn their environmental awareness into practical actions on campus and in daily life, and further develop an inner sense of environmental responsibility. III. Teaching Methods 1. Task-based Language Teaching 2. Situational Language Teaching 3. Group Work 4. Reading Strategy Training IV. Teaching Aids PowerPoint slides,reading materials, task worksheets V. Teaching Procedure Step 1: Lead-in 1.Lead in the topic with guiding questions. T: Have you ever heard of this concept? Do you know its meaning? S: Yes, it means... 2. Show three pictures to list some common behaviors in our daily life. T: What’s the cost of these behaviors? Wasting water? Wasting energy? Littering? S: They waste water and energy/ They pollute the environment... T: Have you ever done any of these things? S: Yes... Purpose: By demonstrating these behaviors to lead in today’s topic --- “Just-me-ism”. Step 2: Pre-reading Look at the picture and the title “Roots & Shoots” and guess: What do you think this text is going to talk about? T: Dear students, today we are going to learn an article named Roots and Shoots. Do you want to know its meaning and what may the article talk about? Let’s make a guess! S: It may be about... T:Great！Now let’s explore the article and check our guess together. Purpose: To cultivate students’ ability to predict, and guide them to infer the main idea and core topic from non-textual information. Step 3: While-reading T: Here please read the article quickly and use the reading strategy of skimming to find the main idea of each paragraph. 3 minutes for you. Activity 1: What’s the main idea of each paragraph? Para. 1: What is Just-me-ism Para. 2: Basic information about Roots and Shoots Para. 3: The meaning of its name Para. 4: A call to action Activity 2: Read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions. (3 minutes) T: Let’s move on. In this part, please read paragraph one carefully by using the strategy of scanning. 1. What is “Just-me-ism”? 2. Why is “Just-me-ism” a problem? 3. Do you have any suggestions to solve the problem? Activity 3: Read the rest of the text and fill in the form. Activity 4: Read the text again and discuss the meaning of Roots and Shoots. T: Dear students, till now, Do you have any ideas about the title “Roots and Shoots”? Let’s explore deeper. Root: The part of the plant that grows underground. Roots grow slowly under the ground to form a firm foundation. Shoot: The first part of the plant that grows above ground. Shoots seem small and weak, but they can break through brick walls to reach the light. Why is the organization called Roots & Shoots? S:... Purpose: To help students master reading strategies (skimming and scanning), understand "Just-me-ism" and the meaning of Roots & Shoots. Step 4: Post-reading 1. Critical Thinking T: What is truly green? What can we do to protect the environment? S: Paper bags... T: In fact, paper bags consume four times more energy and three times more water, and plastic bags are hard to break down and may easily cause harm to animals. So neither is truly eco-friendly. So when we go shopping next time, please reduce the frequency of using them. T: Can we find other bags to replace them? What are they? S: Cloth bag, as... 2. Group Task: Design Your Own "Roots & Shoots" Project T: Imagine you are creating a new environmental group at school. Work in teams to design four parts: name, purpose, slogan, action. Environmental Group Name Purpose Slogan Three small actions Purpose: To help students tell a truly green lifestyle apart, turn the idea “every individual matters” into daily practice, and build their environmental awareness. VI: Summary T: What have you learned from this passage? S: ... VII: Homework Suppose our school is facing problems such as food waste, littering, and improper rubbish disposal. Write an article for the school English newspaper, calling on students to protect the campus environment and save resources. Blackboard design Unit 8 Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots 1.Problem: Just-me-ism → waste, harm 2.Group: Roots & Shoots 3.Founder: Dr. Jane Goodall 4.Purpose: inspire, educate 5.Idea: Every individual matters 6.Action: save food, no littering, save water... 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $