Teaching plan of Unit 9

Teaching plan of Unit 9
Saving the Earth
Teaching aims
1. Talk about nature ecology and the environment
2. Discuss the measurement we should take to solve the problems facing the earth
3. Write an evaluation paragraph.
4. Learn the following new words and useful expressions:
Coal, attend, issue, environmentalist, summarize, content, introduction, representative, killer, access, violence, premier, stress, equality, fairness, responsibility, willingness, harmony, suffering, unfair, wipe, worldwide, alternative, defend, incorrect, affect, advise, take notes, the United Nations, take action, air conditioner, in harmony with,, put an end to, wipe out , advise sb. not to do sth,
Teaching procedures:
Period 1
Step 1. Preparation for learning
1. Read the new words and let Ss follow
2. Study some of the new words
Step 2. Warming up
Activity: discuss the question:
•What is the biggest problem facing the earth? Why do you think so?
•What cause the problem?
•What can we do to solve the problem?
Step 3. Pre-listening
1.Show some pictures of the earth problems
2.Group work: how serious the problems are.
Step 4. While-listening
1.Ss finish the listening task on page 66.
2.Ss listen to the tape again and check the answers.
Step 5. Listening skills
Give the students some tips on how to improve listening while checking the Ex.
a.make notes while listening;
b.grasp the most important information
Step 6. Homework
1. Remember all the new words and make sentences with the words we’ve studied.
2. Preview the next period (Reading)
Period 2
Step 1.Greeting and Revision
1. Greet the whole class as usual.
2. Have a dictation to check how well Ss remember the new words Step 2. Pre-reading
1. What can we do to protect the environment?
2. Lead in by presenting today’s reading task
Step 3.While-reading
1.Scanning: Ss read quickly and discuss:
What have you learned from the passage?
2.Ss read and divide the text into four parts and get the main ideas
of each part.
Step 4. Post-reading
1. Listen to the tape and follow
2. Discussion: how to solve the problem of pollution, and how to make the earth in which we live become more beautiful.
Step 5. Homework
1. Reread the text and try to retell the passage
2. Surf the internet and get more information about the topic..
Period 3
Step 1. Warming up
Ask some Ss to retell the passage that they have learnt in last period.
Step 2. Language Study
Teacher explain some language points in the text on page 67--68.
1.One of the main themes of the summit was “sustainable
development”, or the question how we can continue developing the world without damaging the environment.
同位语从句。

2.Only by changing the way we live can we save the earth.
Inversion
•Only in this way can we solve this problem.
•Only by learning to live in harmony with nature can we save the earth.
•Only after the meeting did I know the good news.
3. A better understanding of the environment is necessary, as is
the willingness to act.
As
•He is a patriot, as are his brothers.
Willingness
•I have the willingness to pass the exam .
4.With better education, people will be able to build a better
society in harmony with nature and perhaps put an end to the death and sufferings caused by the big three.
In harmony with
•His tastes are in harmony with mine.
•The color of the sofa is in harmony with the sitting room.
put an end
•We must put an end to the action.
5. 20% of the people on the earth do not have access to clean drinking water.
access to
•The only access to the farmhouse is across the field.
•Students must have access to a good library.
•She has access to our headmas ter’s office.
•Only few people are given access to the King
Step 3. Practice
Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 69 by themselves.
Step 4. Homework
1.Learn the useful expressions by heart.
2.Finish Wb. Ex1 –4 on page 139.。