1、The Fifth Period Extensive Reading课题 必修 3 模块 4 拓展阅读 课时 5 授课班级考点、知识点 文章中出现的重点短语和语言知识点学习目标1. 掌握阅读文章中出现的重点短语和语言点的用法。2. 学会分析句子和归纳总结知识点。重、难点 1. 重点:重点短语和语言点的理解和运用;2. 难点:句子的分析和知识点的归纳;必修三 Module4The Fifth Period Extensive Reading Teaching goals 教学目标1 Target language 目标语言a.重点词汇和短语environment, environmental,
2、be better atb.重点句子Some countries are better than others at looking after the environment.There are laws that do not allow people to burn too much coal.The Chinese government is fighting desertification by improving farming methods and planting trees and grass.2 Ability goals 能力目标a Discuss the ways i
3、n which people improve the environment and a global problem: desertification. b. Discuss the questions about the passage:How do countries in Europe try to improve the environment?When did the “Green” movement begin?What does the “Green” movement try to do?What was the Dust Bowl and when did it happe
4、n?What parts of the world are affected by desertification?3 Learning ability goals 学能目标Enable the Ss to get to know about the way to improve the environment.Teaching important points 教学重点Talk about the way to improve the environment.Teaching difficult points 教学难点a. Discuss the answers to the questio
5、ns.b. Find the way to solve the problem.Teaching methods 教学方法a. Fast reading.b. Dealing with comprehension questions.c. Discussion. Teaching aids 教具准备A slide projector, and a computer. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step I RevisionCheck homework T: Last class we have learned different ways to dea
6、l with rubbish in different countries and the result of a warmer climate. Now answer the question: What should you do in your daily life to protect our environment?S1: We should put waste paper in a special bag in order to recycle it.S2: We should try to avoid using plastic bags.S3: We will put our
7、leftover food into a special can.S4: I wont step on the grass any more.S5: I wont pick the flowers in spring.S6: I will persuade people who smoke not to smoke.Step II Reading (Page87)This reading passage is about desertification and the Dust Bowl. After the first reading, let the Ss answer some ques
8、tions in Activity9. Show the questions on the screen. Then, let them finish Activity10 and 11 on Page 88 after reading the text again.(Show some pictures)T: Look at the pictures first. What can you see from the pictures?S1: The air is dirty.S2: We can see there is a lot of dust in the air.T: I will
9、tell you that the pictures are about the Dust Bowl in the 1930s in the United States. Have you heard of it?S3: No.T: Do you want to know something about it?S4: Yes.T: OK. Today well read a passage about the Dust Bowl.(Show some other pictures)T: Look at the pictures. Whats it? S: Its desert.T: The a
10、rea of the desert is increasing. Do you know the reason? Do you know its bad effect on environment?S: Because people destroyed the forest, turned grassland into farmland and destroyed the balance of nature. The bad effect is that more farmland is turning into desert. There will be less land to plant
11、 crops and more people will starve to death.T: Very good. Now well read the passage about desertification. Turn to Page87, read it quickly and try to find the answers to the questions.Questions: 1. What was the Dust Bowl and when did it happen?2. What parts of the world are affected by desertificati
12、on?Give the students some time to read through the passage and collect answers from the whole class.T: Now finish Activity10 and 11 on Page 88 after reading the text again.(A few minutes later,)T: All right. Well talk about the answers.Ask several students to answer them one by one, and then show su
13、ggested answers.Suggested answers:Activity10: 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.TActivity11: 1.d 2.c 3. e 4.a 5.bStep III Cultural Corner (Page39)Ask the students to read the passage quickly and answer the questions. Then check the answers.T: Just now, we learned something about the Dust Bowl and desertific
14、ation. Now well know something abut green movement. Read the passage and answer the questions.1. How do countries in Europe try to improve the environment?2. When did the “Green” movement begin?3. What does the “Green” movement try to do?Ask students talk about the following two questions:a. Are the
15、re organizations in China whose aim is to protect the environment?b. What do you know about the organizations?If students dont know any, present them some materials.Step IV Extra-readingHere are two supplementary reading materials on the screen. China Adopts Environment-Friendly Way to Dispose Rubbi
16、sh China is adopting an environment-friendly way of rubbish disposal by building its largest rubbish-burning fueled power plant in Shanghai, according to Fridays Chinadaily. The plant to be built in Shanghais Pudong New District is designed to have the capacity to generate 100,000 megawatts of elect
17、ricity annually by means of thermal energy generated through burning 365,000 tons of rubbish, the paper said. The project, expected to be completed in October 2001, will cost 670 million yuan (80.7 million U.S. dollars), including a low-interest loan of 30.17 million offered by the French government
18、. The majority of the loan will be used to buy some key technology and equipment from France for the new power plant, an official surnamed Tao who is responsible for the construction of the plant and the installation of the equipment was quoted as saying.The plant will keep a close eye on the discha
19、rge of waste gas and smoke and fume emissions in accordance with the emission standards set by the European Union, said the official, adding that the new plant will become a pilot project for neighboring areas of Shanghai and other big cities in terms of rubbish disposal. Shanghai now yields more th
20、an 10,000 tons of household waste every day, of which about 80 percent is buried after a fermenting procedure to decrease harmful elements.Chinas First Home-Made Rubbish Power Plant OperationalChinas first power plant using homemade equipment for generating electricity with rubbish was put into oper
21、ation recently in east Chinas Zhejiang Province. Costing a total investment of 90 million yuan (US$10.84 million), this non-government-run plant is able to handle 320 tons of rubbish per day and generate 25 million KWH of electricity per year. Smoke and gas discharged after treatment, tested by the
22、Chinese Academy of Sciences, has measured up to the environmental standard set by the country. The Sixth Period WritingTeaching goals 教学目标1 Target language 目标语言a 重点词汇和短语 environmental, summarize, protectionb 重点句子Finally, write two or three sentences that summarize what you have said.Then design a po
23、ster that encourages people to protect the environment.2 Ability goals 能力目标Enable the Ss to design a poster that encourages people to look after the environment. Learn to express personal opinions about environmental problems.3 Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the Ss to learn to design a poster and w
24、rite a short passage to the Internet environment discussion group.Teaching important& difficult points 教学重点和教学难点Teach the Ss how to design a poster and write a short passage to the Internet environment discussion group.Teaching methods 教学方法a. Task-based learning.b. Discussionc. Writing.Teaching aids
25、 教具准备A projector, and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step I RevisionThe materials about environment protection are put in the Appendix.Step II Writing (Page38)The purpose of this writing is for students to describe one environmental problem and say what we should do about it. Its a goo
26、d opportunity for a discussion about the problems and the solutions. After the discussion, they can write down the problems and the way to solve them.T: Last class we have read some materials about environmental protection. Do you know some major environmental problems?S1: air pollution, petrol poll
27、ution, waste water and noise pollution.T: OK. There are many types of pollution. But choose a major one around you and find out the solution to solve it. Now discuss the problem in pairs and write down in a few sentences.T: Have you finished it? Ill ask some of you to read your short passage.S1: One
28、 major environmental problem is indoor air pollution. There are many sources of indoor air pollution. Tobacco smoke, cooking and heating appliances, and vapors from building materials, paints, furniture, etc. cause pollution inside buildings. Air pollution can affect our health in many ways with bot
29、h short-term and long-term effects. So we shouldnt stay in the room for a long time. We need to go outdoors to breathe fresh air and do some exercises.S2: One major environmental problem is black carbon pollution Black carbon pollution is the release of tiny particles into the air from burning fuel
30、for energy. Now it constitutes a serious and widespread problem, not only to human health, but also to the entire global environment. We must find a new and less-polluted energy to replace coal.T: Excellent! Now turn to Page40.Step III TaskThe purpose of this writing task is for the students to desi
31、gn a poster that encourages people to look after the environment.T: Read through the passages that we have read in this module and find out seven things you can do in your everyday life for environmental protection.T: Have you found them?S1: We should put waste paper in a special bag in order to rec
32、ycle it.S2: We should try to avoid using plastic bags.S3: We will put our leftover food into a special can.S4: I wont step on the grass any more.S5: I wont catch the bird.S6: I will persuade people who smoke not to smoke.S7: I will join an organization that protects the environment.T: Now prepare a
33、large piece of paper. Think of a heading for your poster.(The teacher goes around the classroom to help students)T: Now show your headings to the whole class.S1: SAVE OUR EARTHS2: SAVE THE BIRDSS3: KEEP OFF THE GRASSS4: NO SMOKINGS5: LEFTOVER FOOD HERET: Now complete the poster with a few sentences
34、using pictures if necessary.(Ask several students to show their posters)Show sample poster:SAVE OUR EARTHPlant trees every year.Keep off the grass.Ride a bike or walk to work or school.No smoking.Dont throw away rubbish.Step IV WritingAsk students to read the message on an Internet environment discu
35、ssion group and find out the detailed information. Then write a message to the Internet environment discussion group to show your opinions about an environmental problem.T: Now read the message and answer the three questions on top of Page90, Activity17.(After read the passage)T: Have you found the
36、answers? Now well check the answers. Now well come to Activity18.First you should choose a topic and then follow the instructions to write a message.Suggested message:Im very concerned about global climate change. Its a very serious global problem today.From what I understand, there are many factors
37、 for global warming. The doubling atmospheric carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, would cause rising ocean temperatures, which will cause an increase in evaporation. The added water vapor, also a greenhouse gas, will enhance the greenhouse effect, which would further increase global warming.There is e
38、vidence that for nearly two hundred years our planet has been warming. This is seen not only in climate observations, but also in some physical and biological indicators of environmental change. Some scientists, supported by concerned environmental organizations such as Greenpeace and the World Wild
39、 Life Fund, have concluded that many of the patterns associated with this warming can be attributed to the growing impact of human activity on the planet. They have forecast that over the next hundred years we will create a climate on earth that will be warmer than any so far experienced by the huma
40、n species. They believe that this rate of change may be unprecedented in the history of our planet and will be so great that many of our ecosystems and wildlife species will fail to adapt.In recent years, more and more people are paying attention to this problem. But few of them take the measures. We need to stop people from doing it. We should do all that we can to reduce such pollution.Step V HomeworkSum up the whole unit.