Unit8ProtectingtheEnvironment-vocabulary教案PROTECTINGOURENVIROMEMTBeforeyoureadIntroducethetitleprotectingourenvironmentwithbooksclosed.Brainstormwiththeclassasmanywordsaspossiblethatarerelatedtotheenvironmentalprotection.Drawthefollowingoutlineontheboard.asaprereadingactivityhavetheclasspredictwhattheoutlineofUnit8mightlooklike.Makesureboolsareclosed.WritethewordEnvironmentasthetheme.Asktheclasswhatthe3mainthingsthattheycandotohelpsavetheenvironment.Discusswiththeclassandmakeaneducatedguess.Goonestepfurtherandpredictthesub—partsofeachcomponent.Readingthetext.Dividetheclassintogroups.eachgroupreadsthetextandusingthesameoutline,finstheinformationandwritesinthecomponents.Nowreadthetexttogetherasaclass.Ifpossibleputthetextonatransparencyanduseanoverheadprojector.Beginbyreviewingsomeofthethinkingstrategiesreadersuse:questioning,connectingwiththeideas,andinformationanddiscussexamplesusedinpreviouslessons.HavetheSsdivideapageintwocolumns.withthefirstheadedCONTENTSandthesecondcolumnheadedWHATIWONDER.Thisformistohelpthestudentskeeptrackoftheirevolvingthinkingastheyreadthetext.Afterreadingeachpara.givethestudentsafewminutestowritea“thinkingquestion”.Classmembersandtheteacherworktogethertoanswerthe“thinkingquestions”CONTENTWHATIWONDER1.Recyclethingsinsteadofthrowingthem1.WhatthingscanIrecycle?HowcanIrecycle?inthegarbage2.Iwonderwhatwecoulddowiththesegadgets.2.Throwingawayelectronicgadgetsis3.howcome---?harmfultotheenvironment.4.iamconfusedabout---5whatdoes---mean?TeachingtipIfstudentscanaskquestionsandrelatedthetexttotheirownlives,theyaremorelikelytobeableto用心爱心专心understandthemeaningofthepara.Ratherthanhavingtomemorizeit.Apossiblefollow—upactivityoropeningforthenextlessonistoreenactthestory.Dividetheclassintopairstobethecharactersinthetext:dirkandjenny.Chooseonepairofstudentstomodelthereenactment.Walkthestudentsthroughthestoryaskingpromotes:whatdidshesaytohim?whathappenedafterthat?HavethetwostudentsactoutthestorybeginningwithDirk’schanting..usethedialoguedirectlyfromthestoryasthescript.Oncetheactivityhasbeenmodeled,getallofthepairsdoingthesamesothateverydaygetsachancetoreenactthestory.用心爱心专心