1、1Title of the unitUnit 3The EarthTitle of the lessonProtect the EarthClass typeReading Period 1GradeSeven ADesign PrinciplesBased on the English Curriculum Standard, the general teaching aim is to develop thestudents abilities of reading comprehension. To achieve this target, we should pay more atte
2、ntiontoarouse the studentsinterest in the reading material,develop good reading skills,form the studentsleaning strategies,strengthen the cooperating abilitiesAs far as I can see, as a teacher, we should make full use of the teaching material instead ofjust teaching the text. We should find more rel
3、evant materials to help the students understand whatthey will learn better.AnalysisonLearnersThe students have learned English for many years and they are used to junior high school life.They have the ability to understand a passage. And also they have learned some useful languagestructures and the
4、knowledge about the environment . However, they are lack of vocabulary. Somestudents are not active in class because they are afraid of making mistakes. So I must try my bestto help them recall what they have learnt and build their confidence in expressing their opinions inEnglish.AnalysisOntheTeach
5、ingMaterialTeachingContentProtect the EarthTeachingObjectivesLanguage KnowledgeMaster the vocabulary as well as get familiar with the topic of the Earth.Language Skills1. Master the basic reading skills such as skimming and scanning.2. Learn to guess the meanings of new words.3. Listen for specific
6、information after watching a relevant video.4. Practice making a poster by using what they have learnt this class.Emotion and AttitudeMake the students know the importance of the Earth and protect the Earth from now on.Learning Strategies1. Social communicative strategies,2. Cooperation learning str
7、ategies.ImportantPoints1. Train the ability of reading.2. Get to know how important it is to protect the Earth.DifficultPoints1 . The use of some phrases and language structures.2. The post-reading task i,e, the students may have difficulty making a poster.Teaching AidsA computer and a multimedia co
8、urse ware.A screen.Expectationsof the Teaching ResultsStudents are expected to express some facts about the Earth in English. They are also supposed tograsp specific information in a relevant material. At the same time, they are expected to make aposter about Protecting the Earth by group work.Proce
9、dures & Methods1. See “Teaching Procedures & Class Activities” for details.2. The Task-based Approach, including question and answer activity teaching method, watch andlisten activity, free discussion method and group work or individual work method.Teaching Procedures & Class ActivitiesS
10、tudentsActivitiesTeachers RolesPurposeStep 1Warming UpListen to an English song andgreeting.A.Play the song Heal the worldB. Greeting.1. Warm up.2.Createpleasantatmosphere.Step 2Leading inTask: Watch and answer.Watch a short video about theEarthandthenanswertheteachers questions.A. Show the students
11、 the video.B. Give the students questionslike How is the Earth andWhatswrongwiththeEarth?1. Lead in the new topic forthis lesson.2. Think more about Earth.3.Arouse studentsinterest.Step 3Pre-readingTask: Brainstorm a mind-mapabout the Earth.Work in groups and exchangethe information about Earth.A. I
12、nspect the group work tomake sure they speak Englishand they are talking about therelevant topic.1.Getmoreinformationabout the Earth.2. Make them more active intalking about the Earth.2Draw a mind-map about theEarth in groups and talk abouttheir ideas about the mind-map.B. Encourage students to spea
13、kin front of others.C. Help them solve the difficultpoints.3. Make students feel moreconfident in class.4. Enable them to cooperateand share opinions withgroup members.5. Solve the difficult points.Step 4ReadingTask:Individualwork ReadthepassageProtect the Earth1. Skimming:Read the passagequicklyand
14、answerthequestions.2. Scanning:Readagainforsome specific informationand fill in the table on theself-learning plan.3.Readforlanguagelikefield/large/providewith .and then finish theexercise on the study planA. Walk around and provide helpwhen necessary.B. Ask a few students to retellsome information
15、about thepassage in front of others.Anything is OK.C.Explainsomewordsandphrasesappearedinthispassage.1. Make students get themain idea of the passage.2. Learn to use new wordsand phrases freely.3. Solve the difficult pointsand important points.4. Practice scanning.Step 5Post-readingTask: Retelling a
16、nd making aposter.1. Retell the text according tothe pictures and the key words.2. Make a poster about how toprotect the Earth in groups .A. First, organize the students toretell the text according to thepictures and the key words.B. Give the students some helpwhen they make the poster.1. Train stud
17、ents to retellsomethingsaboutthepassageasmanyaspossible.2. Learn to use what theyhave learned freely.3. Give the students morerelevant information.4.Trainthestudentscooperationability.Step6Homework1. All the students finish theexercise on page 30and 32.2. The top students surf onlineto find a passag
18、e about howto save the Earth.Give students an example.Makethestudentssolveproblems in English.Blackboard DesignUnit 3The Earthbeautiful1.places2.animals and plantsHome3.peoplepollution1. air pollution2. rubbishFeedbackTo involve every student in class activities, I need to design more tasks of various forms anddifficult levels. In future, I should offer more help to the low-level students so that they canexperience more feelings of success and achievement.ProtecttheEarth
