冀教版八年级下册 Unit 8 Lesson 44 Enviroment Clubs 教案

Environment Club
一 教材分析
本课围绕环境来展开阅读，号召大家采取有效措施和从生活小事做起，提高学生珍惜和爱护地球的情感意识。
二 教学对象分析
学生对环保话题比较熟悉，也有比较强的环保意识
三 教学目标
词汇 ： imagine ,atmosphere, act ,cause, level, flood, soil, reach
拓展词汇：consumer, greenhouse effect, lifeless, environmentally friendly
阅读技巧：掌握predict, skim and scan等阅读策略，提高语言的综合运用能力
四 情感目标
让学生意识到环境问题的严重性，进而让学生更加意识到保护环境的重要性。要他们从小事做起，做一位环保人士来保护我们的地球，来关注未来世界的发展。
五 教学重点难点
掌握阅读的技巧，了解 “greenhouse effect” 的背景知识和如何做绿色消费者来保护我们的地球
六 媒体
1. 充分利用基本教学媒体，如课本、图片、录音、板书和教师的身体语言
2. 多媒体辅助教学
七 教学理念
以学生为主体，加强对学生阅读技能的训练，采用语篇教学法，阅读前作有效的导入，采用问题教学模式，有效地设问贯穿整个阅读过程，阅读后加强训练以巩固，同时通过丰富多彩的课堂活动来调动学生的积极性，同时课外扩大阅读量，形成一套科学的教学方法。
Teaching Steps
Objectives
1 To learn the cause of the greenhouse effect
2 To learn how to be a green consumer and how to save our earth
STEP 1 Warming up
1.Teach some important words by showing pictures
Destroying forests, flood, the greenhouse effect, environmentally friendly, rubbish…
2.What do you think of the things human beings do to the environment
STEP 2 While- reading
First reading.
Read the first paragraph and the headings in the review. Work out the answers.
1. What is the name of the book
__________________________________
2. A consumer buys and sells things. And then what is a green consumer
( A.) He/ she buys environmentally friendly things .
( B. ) A consumer who buys green vegetable
( C. ) A consumer in green
3. How many topics does the review cover
____________________________________
Second reading Choose the correct answers
1. Because of pollution, _____.
A. not enough sunlight is reaching Earth. B. not enough heat is leaving Earth
2 The greenhouse effect causes the level of seas to _____.
A. rise B. fall
3.If we cut down more trees, the greenhouse effect will be _____.
A worse B. better
4 Many people use things only once and then throw them away . This _____ rubbish.
A. reduces B. creates
5 The book’s aim is to make _____.
A. young people protect the environment more
B. more young people become consumers
Third reading
Scan the text and then answer the questions below:
1. What lets sunlight in and keeps much of the warmth from getting out
The_______________ around Earth.
2. What is making the greenhouse effect worse
_____________________________________________
3. What will create mountains of rubbish and pollute our land and seas
Our habit of using things___________and then ________hem __________
4. What is the book asking us to become
The book is asking us to become ___________________.
Step 3 Post-reading
1. Outline the passage
This book says the world is in d_______. The a__________ around our earth is essential to all living things. Pollution is changing the atmosphere. The pollution may cause the g__________effect, which could make the levels of the seas r______ and d_____ many cities. Destroying the rain f_____ make the greenhouse effect worse and causes f_________. We create mountains of rubbish. This book says we should be green c________ and only buy and use “e______________ friendly” things.
2. Choose one of the following topics and discuss in groups of four
1. The earth is in danger. What should we do to protect our earth
2. As middle school students, what can we do to be green consumers
3. Other topics on our environment
The teacher summarizes the result of the interview and then offers some suggestions on how to protect the environment. “We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children”让学生牢记这句名言，“地球不是祖先给我们的遗产，而是我们从子孙后代那里借来的。”
3. Listen to the music about environmental protection—Heal the World by Michael Jackson and sing together. At the same time, the teacher plays the video of the earth in danger.
Step 4 Homework assignment
1. Finish the following reading comprehension A & B;
2. Write your green promise
3. Search the Internet and prepare your speech on the greenhouse effect.
Reading comprehension
(A)
In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution. They join “environment clubs”. In an environment club, people work together to protect the environment.
Here are some things students often do.
No-rubbish lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be recycled. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least rubbish and report them to the whole school.
No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car- not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember:
Walk, jump, bike or run!
Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!
Turn off water! Did you know that some toilets can waste 20 to 40 cubic meter of water an hour In an hour, that would fill in a small river! In environment clubs, the members mend those broken toilets themselves.
1. In most parts of the world, many students like to join environment clubs to _____
A. help do something to protect the environment.
B. work together
C. travel around world together
D. play with each other
2. From the passage we know the students usually have lunch______
A. at school B. in clubs C. at homes D. in restaurants
3. On a no-car day,______ will drive a car to school
A. both students &teachers B. only students
C. neither students nor teachers D. only teachers
4. The club members mend toilets to save ______
A. a small river B. a lot of water
C. a toilet D. their own club
5. The writer wrote the passage to ask readers to ________.
A. clean school B .join the “environment club”
C. pick up rubbish D. make less waste and pollution
(B)
Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and lack of consumer demand for environment (环境) friendly products have contributed to the pollution problem. One result is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic, and metal containers are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.
However, today, more and more consumers are choosing "green" and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. Before they buy a product, they ask questions like these: "Will this shampoo damage the environment " "Can this metal container be reused or can it only be used once "
A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the way they make and sell their products to make sure that they are "green," that is, friendly to the environment.
Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products carry labels (标签) to show that the product is green. Some companies have made the manufacturing (生产) of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising.
The concern for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink how they do business. No longer will the public accept the old attitude of "Buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it." The public pressure is on, and gradually business is cleaning up its act.
1. It becomes clear from the text that the driving force (动力) behind green products is __________.
A. public caring for the environment B. companies' desire for bigger sales
C. new ways of doing business D. rapid growth of supermarkets
2. What would be the best title for the text
A. Business and People B. Business Goes Green
C. Shopping Habits Are Changing D. Supermarkets and Green Products
3. The underlined word "it" in the fourth paragraph refers to __________.
A. a selling point B. the company name
C. a great demand for health foods D. the manufacturing of green products
附： Heal the World 拯救世界 BY Michael Jackson
There's a place in your heart 在你心中有个地方，
And I know that it is love 我知道那里充满了爱。
And this place could be 这个地方会比明天更灿烂。
Much brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try 如果你真的努力过，
You'll find there's no need to cry 你会发觉不必哭泣。
In this place you'll feel 在这个地方，
There's no hurt or sorrow 你感觉不到伤痛或烦忧。
There are ways to get there 到那个地方的方法很多，
If you care enough for the living 如果你真心关怀生者，
Make a little space 营造一些空间。
Make a better place... 创造一个更美好的地方...
Heal the world 拯救这世界，
Make it a better place 让它变得更好，
For you and for me and the entire human race 为你、为我，为了全人类。
There are people dying 不断有人死去，
If you care enough for the living 如果你真心关怀生者，
Make a better place for you and for me 为你，为我，创造一个更美好的世界。
If you want to know why 如果你想知道缘由，
There's a love that cannot lie 因为爱不会说谎。
Love is strong 爱是坚强的，
It only cares of joyful giving 爱就是心甘情愿的奉献。
If we try 若我们用心去尝试，
We shall see 我们就会明白，
In this bliss 只要心里有爱，
We cannot feel fear or dread 我们就感受不到恐惧与忧虑。
We stop existing 我们不再只是活着，
And start living 而是真正开始生活。
Then it feels that always 那爱的感觉将持续下去。
Love's enough for us growing 爱让我们不断成长，
So make a better world 去创造一个更美好的世界，
Make a better world... 去创造一个更美好的世界...
Heal the world 拯救这世界，
Make it a better place 让它变得更好，
For you and for me and the entire human race 为你、为我，为了全人类。
There are people dying 不断有人死去，
If you care enough for the living 如果你真心关怀生者，
Make a better place for you and for me 为你，为我，创造一个更美好的世界。
And the dream we were conceived in 我们心中的梦想，
Will reveal a joyful face 让我们露出笑脸。
And the world we once believed in 我们曾经信赖的世界，
Will shine again in grace 会再次闪烁祥和的光芒。
Then why do we keep strangling life 那么我们为何仍在扼杀生命，
Wound this earth 伤害地球，
Crucify its soul 扼杀它的灵魂？
Though it's plain to see 虽然这很容易明白，
This world is heavenly be God's glow 这世界天生就是上帝的荣光。
We could fly so high 我们可以在高空飞翔
Let our spirits never die 让我们的精神不灭
In my heart I feel you are all my brothers 在我心中，你我都是兄弟
Create a world with no fear 共同创造一个没有恐惧的世界
Together we’ll cry happy tears 我们一起流下喜悦的泪水
See the nations turn their swords into plowshares 看到许多国家把刀剑变成了犁耙。
Heal the world 拯救这世界，
Make it a better place 让它变得更好，
For you and for me and the entire human race 为你、为我，为了全人类。
There are people dying 不断有人死去，
If you care enough for the living 如果你真心关怀生者，
Make a better place for you and for me 为你，为我，创造一更美好的世界。
You and for me 为你为我
You and for me 为你为我
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