1、 To read and talk about Roots & Shoots, an educational organization To read for general understanding To read for specific information and answer questions on details To learn about and practise parallel structures To give a presentation about Roots & Shoots To complete a summary of the text.Look at
2、 the pictures. Discuss the following questions.ACTIVATE AND SHARELeave the tap running while you brush your teeth.Leave a light on when you go out.Drop a piece of litter and cannot be bothered to pick it up.1. What is happening in each picture?懒得做某事懒得做某事2. What other similar behaviors do you know?3.
3、 Have you ever done any of these things?4. What would happen if everybody did the same things?Look at the title of the passage “ROOTS & SHOOTS”, and guess what the passage is about.ROOTSSHOOTSRead and ExploreRead the first paragraph of the text. Discuss the questions.1. What is “Just-me-ism”? “Just-
4、me-ism” is a way of thinking that focuses on caring for just oneself and ignores the environment, animals and the community.2. Why is “Just-me-ism” a problem? There will be nobody to care and look after the environment.3. Do you have any suggestions on how to solve the problem? A solution would be t
5、o make them understand that even the smallest action can change the world, so they should take actions whenever possible for the environment, animals and their community. For example, they should turn the tap off when brushing their teeth, turn the light off when they leave a room and pick up even l
6、ittle pieces of litter they dropped on the road.Roots & ShootsThe time of its establishmentThe founderRead the rest of the text. Complete the table or use your own graphic organiser to illustrate what you have found about Roots & Shoots.The early 1990sDr. Jane GoodallRoots & ShootsThe purposeTo educ
7、ate young people, from pre-school to university students, so they can help to build a future that is secure and live together in peace with nature.Roots & ShootsThe meaning of its nameRoots move slowly under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but they can break ope
8、n brick walls to reach the light. The roots and shoots are you, your friends and young people all around the world. Hundreds and thousands of roots and shoots can solve the problem, change the world and make it a better place to live in.Read the text again. Answer the questions.1. What contribution
9、does Roots & Shoots make to society? It inspires young people to build a future that is secure and to live together in peace with nature.2. What makes Dr. Jane Goodall think Roots & Shoots can help solve the problem of “Just-me-ism”? It encourages individuals to play a part in making the world a bet
10、ter place instead of just thinking about themselves.3. What is your explanation for the two quotes from Dr. Jane Goodall?Her quotes mean that changing the role is an individual act, because there are millions of people who can make a difference if they all act on their own.Prepare a presentation to
11、introduce Roots & Shoots with the following information. Then give your presentation in class.l When and why it was establishedl The meaning of its namel The contribution it makes to societyWhat techniques does the writer use to make his / her view logical and convincing? Find at least one example f
12、or each technique.The techniques the writer uses are quotation, example, colloquial style, rhetorical question and repetition.Ordinary language used by common people in everyday life which can convey the writers message more clearly. TechniqueExampleQuotation It doesnt matter. Its just me. And, anyw
13、ay, no one knows. Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.TechniqueExampleExample say you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth, leave a light on when you go out or you drop a piece of litter and cant be bothered to pick it up.Tec
14、hniqueExampleColloquial style You know that all those things are wrong, but so what? in the world and Im just me.TechniqueExampleRhetorical question Do you think you help to make the world a better place when you make a sad person smile, when you water a thirsty plant? Do you want to use your life t
15、o make the world a better place for? Do you want to make Roots & Shoots rooted in ? Do you want to be a part?TechniqueExampleRepetition How can it matter if I leave one little tap running, one little light burning, one little piece of litter on the road? Millions of gallons of water would be wasted,
16、 millions of lights would be left burning, millions of pieces of litter would be dropped. Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.Can you suggest another title for the text?Say No to Just-me-ismIts time to Make a DifferenceTurn the Light Off
17、Save the EnvironmentThe text uses many parallel structures with the same pattern of words and sentences. Underlined these structures. Discuss why the writer uses them.They help show that two or more ideas have the same importance. They also help with getting the writers or speakers message across mo
18、re clearly and persuasively.Complete the summary with the correct form of the words and phrases below.harmful, individual, institute, just-me-ism, live in peace, involve, take action, a firm foundation, break open brick walls, leave the tap runningRoots & Shoots is a / an 1 _ established in the earl
19、y 1990s by Dr. Jane Goodall. It is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground making 2 _ and although shoots seem small and weak, they can 3 _.institutea firm foundationbreak open brick wallsThe purpose of Roots & Shoots is to educate young people who suffer from 4 _. Those peo
20、ple dont think their actions such as 5 _ while brushing their teeth can have negative effects on the environment. In fact, these actions are very 6 _. just-me-ismleave the tap runningharmfulharmful, individual, institute, just-me-ism, live in peace, involve, take action, a firm foundation, break ope
21、n brick walls, leave the tap runningTherefore, Roots & Shoots hopes to 7_ millions of young people in building a secure future so that we can 8 _ with nature. Dr. Jane Goodall believes every 9 _ matters. What we need to do is 10 _ and act together to make the world a better place.live in peaceindivi
22、dualtake actionharmful, individual, institute, just-me-ism, live in peace, involve, take action, a firm foundation, break open brick walls, leave the tap runninginvolveExpress YourselfImagine you are a volunteer of Roots & Shoots. Use what you have learnt to persuade one of the following people.Im j
23、ust a student. When I become a powerful person I can do more. Im doing what I can, but I dont know how to make my friends do the same.I know its important, but Im too busy and dont have time for small things like these. Prepare a presentation to introduce Roots & Shoots in groups. It can also be a role-play group interview. Write down the dialogues from “Express Yourself” and underline all the verb-ing and -ed forms.
