Unit3LivingPlanet.doc

Unit 3 Living PlanetOur EarthI. Teaching AimsKnowledge aims:1. Get the students to learn new words2. Get the students to learn something about the earthAbility aims:1. Develop students ability to skim, scan and read carefully2. Enable students to learn to use different reading strategiesEmotion aims:Arouse students to protect our earthII.Teaching important points1. To train students reading ability2. Get the students to master the words and useful expressions in this partIII.Teaching difficult pointsHow to improve students reading abilityIV.Teaching Aids: A multi-media, a blackboardV.Teaching ProcedureStep1.GreetingGreet the students as usualStep2.Pre-readingLead-inT:Whats the date today?Ss:April 22T:Today is a special day, do you know what feast day it is today?Ss:T:Its Earth Day today. And our school held some activities to celebrate this festival.Do you want to take part in?Ss: Yes.T:OK. This is todays arrangements Activities1. Learn something about the earth2. Discuss the environment problems3. Take actions to protect our earthT:Now before we learn something about the earth,let us enjoy an earth day trailer.T:In the trailer, we can see beautiful sights and lovely animals on the earth, do you think our earth is beautiful.Ss:T:Whats the earth like in your mind?S1:T:Different people have different views.Do you want to know more about our earth?Do you want to explore the earth with me?Lets take part in the first activity.Step3 Whiling-readingTask 1 Fast readingSkim the text and rearrange the following phrases1. comparison bet.ween the land and the earth2. The biosphere3. the size and shape of the earth4. the formation of the earth5. The atmosphere of the earth6. Water on the earth surface7. Comparison between the highest mountain and the earthTask2 Careful-readingT:Now we have known the organization of the text, it can help us understand the text better.T:Read paragraph1and 2carefully,and answer the questions1. How was the earth formed?2. Is the earth a perfect ball?3. Put “North Pole, South Pole equator”in right placeT:If you know the answer, please stand up and I will give you a chance to the first one,and you will score for your groupT:Read paragraph3and 4,decide whether the following statements are true or false.4. Mountain Everest is the tallest mountain on the earth,so it can be seen from the space.( )5. Most of the earth surface is covered with water.( )T:Read paragraph5 to 7,and choose the best answers6. Much of the land on the earth is covered with A.sand and soil B.water C.forest D.rock7. The biosphere refers to A. Gas,soil and sand B. All living things C.any region on the earth D. The region from the bottom of the sea to the top of the thickest part of the atmosphereStep4 ConsolidationRead the text quickly and find out the numbers in the text,and then match each number with its related information7900 A.the depth of the soil which crops grow5.5 B.average depth of the ocean71% C.diameter of the earth2 D.height of the Mountain Everest above the sea levelOne-forth E.coverage of water on earths surface20 F.coverage of ice on earths surfaceOne-fifth G.coverage of land on earths surfaceStep5 Post readingDiscussionT:We have finished the fist activity, and learn much about the earth. We all know earth is the only planet on which we can live,and she gives us much,such as fresh air,clean water and so on.and at the beginning of the class,from the video we can see our earth is very beautiful,but do you think our earth is beautiful as before?T:look at the two pictures and compare them, do you think they are the same?T:whats wrong with our earth?T show some pictures of the earth pollutionT:Our earth is facing so many problems,have you seen these problem around you?did you do anything bad for the environment?What should we do to protect our earth?Step 8 Take actionT:well down,you did very good job in the first two activities,what did we learn from them?Ss:T:we know our earth is our home,our earth is the only planet we can live on,but now our earth is suffering a lot from human activities.We should protect our earth,so lets take part