Unit 3 The Earth
I. Material Analysis
The reading I'm going to teach is Unit 3 The Earth from Oxford English, published by Shanghai Educational Press. The reading text is about protecting the Earth. It introduces some environment pollution and aims to raise the awareness of environment protection.
II. Learners Analysis
My students are from Grade 7. They have the awareness of protecting environment, so it won't be hard to help them understand the theme. However, how to talk about these environment issues in English may be a little challenging for them.
III. Learning objectives
By the end of this lesson, my students will be able to
a. remember new words from the text like burn, provide, pollute and kill and explain them in English
b. introduce the environment on the Earth by using there be sentence structure
c. get familiar with the topic of environment protection
IV. Learning difficulties
a. The understanding of new words
b. The introduction of the environment on the Earth in English
V. Teaching procedures
Stages
Teachers’ activities
Students’ activities
Aims
Stage 1
Lean-in
1. Greeting and talk about the problems I met last weekend, i.e. I don't know how to put my wasted coffee cups into the rubbish bin.
Listen carefully
To arise students' interests.
2.Introduce the concept of garbage sorting, ,and ask them to tell the classification of each kinds of rubbish.
Listen and answer
To have a better understanding about the garbage sorting since the new policy about garbage classification just came out in Shenzhen
3. Ask students why do we need to do this since the classification is so hard-to protect the Earth
Also, ask them why do we need to protect the Earth?
Think and answer
To go smoothly to the next stage-While reading
Stage 2
While-reading
4. Point out the word protect, and ask them to explain it in English.
Think and explain it in English, that is, to keep...safe.
To evoke students' background knowledge since they have done the review.
5. Ask them to look at the poster and read it in 30 seconds, and then answer the 2Ws questions.
-What is the poster about?
-What things are there on earth?
Meanwhile, after they finish it, ask them how did they get the answer.
Read and answer the questions
To develop their skimming skill in reading.
6. Ask ss to read it carefully and then fill in the blanks
Read the passage carefully and finish the activities.
To develop students' scanning skill in reading and help them to understand the text better.
7. Ask ss to read again and answer the questions.
Stage 3
Post-reading
8. Review the two questions at the very beginning
-Why do we need to do the garbage sorting?
-Why do we need to protect the Earth?
Think and answer
As the enhancement of what they've learned within this lesson. The discussion is also the highlight of the whole class as we can check what they've learned and how well they've learned.
9. Ask them to discuss in groups about what else we can do to protect the Earth?
Discuss in groups and answer.
10. Show them some other pictures about environment protection, like save water, reuse paper etc.
Listen and take notes.
Homework
Design a poster about How can we protect the Earth?
Blackboard design
Teaching reflection
Basically, this lesson has achieved the objectives I set in the plan. The lead-in was very creative, and it related to the authentic context because Shenzhen was issuing the new policy about garbage sorting at that time. Meanwhile, the whole reading procedures was smooth and students were able to get the reading skills after reading it.
However, in this lesson, some speaking activities were missed since I didn't realize that students need to read the materials out loud no matter what they read, which means the whole lesson was too quiet because I didn't create any opportunities for them to read the text loudly.
课件11张PPT。初中英语牛津深圳版七年级上册
Unit 3 The Earth
-ReadingGarbage SortingWhy do we do this??
Protect the EarthWhy should we protect the Earth? Before you read1. What is the poster about?
It is about the Earth.
2. What things are there on Earth?
There are...Blanks-fillingbeautiful placeforests and rivers, mountains and fields largelight and wateranimalslandfly in the skywatermany peopleair, water and foodhomepollutionenergyrubbishkillsstop burning thingsand under the groundstop putting rubbish into the seas Read the poster again and answer the questions below in complete sentences.(1)What is the weather like in different places on
Earth?
Some places are very hot, and some are very cold.
(2)Where do animals live on Earth?
Some live on the land. Some fly in the sky.
Some live under the water.
(3)What does the Earth provide us with?
The Earth provides us with air, water and food.Why should we
protect the Earth? ?Because the Earth is a beautiful place and there is a lot of pollution.How should we
protect the Earth? ?We must stop burning things and stop putting rubbish into the sea and under the ground.What else?What else can we do to
protect the Earth? Discuss in groupsPlease design your own poster about
How can we protect the Earth?Homework
Thank you!
