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Unit4 Topic1 Our WorldSection C Analysis of the teaching contentsI. Teaching Contents: Unit4 Topic1Section C RainforestsII. Teaching Students: Grade EightIII. Teaching aims and demands:Knowledge and skills: Ss will be able to recognize and memorize some words and phrases: cover, earth, surface, dark, forest, control, wood, protect, provide, nature, beauty, climate, die out, thousands of, make up, on earth, play an important part acquire scanning skills and predict the main idea of this passage. analyze the basic structure of expository passages:Three dimensions WhatWhyHow Process and method: Ss will be able to express views on rainforests and answer questions related to the passage. understand the whole meaning of the passage and make a summary: What are rainforests? / Why are rainforests so important to us?/ *How to protect rainforests?Emotional attitudes and values: Ss will be able to develop awareness of environmental protection.IV. Teaching method: PWP teaching methodTeaching PlansPre-reading(1min): 1. Lead-in : present the topic wordrainforest (divide the word into two parts: rain+forest) T: It is raining today and the ground is so wet. Be careful when walking! And today,we are going to learn a topic related to the word “rain”, it is a kind of forest called rainforest. 2. Look at the pictures and ask: what are rainforests like in your eyes? (Teaching purposes: to arouse students reading interest and activate the schema of rainforests already in students mind by showing pictures and discussing.) While-reading(8min):1. Reading-task One: Scan the passage and find the answers to two related questions. T: Now you have 5 minutes to read the passage carefully. While reading, think about two questions: What are rainforests? & Why are rainforests important to us? lets get started. (5mins later) Ask students: How many paragraphs in this passage? What is each paragraph mainly talking about? (Write on the blackboard: Features of rainforests& Importance of rainforests) 2. Reading-task Two: Read together and catch some key words and information. Ask students: Whats the difference, rainforests and forests? (para 1) (look at the first 3 sentences) Whats the number of rainforests? How many animals are living in rainforests? Where do animals live in forests? Ask students: Whats the topic sentence?(First sentence)(para 2) Without rainforests, what will happen? What can we get from rainforests?3. Review and conclusion: Ask students: After reading, do you know the style of this passage? (T:This passage is an exposition. And in this passage, we have learned what are rainforests and why are rainforests important to us. And in the end, the writer actually leaves us another question how to protect rainforests? Thats we need to think about.) Conclusion: So we can learn the basic structure of expository articles. They are often written from three dimensions: WhatWhyHow(Teaching purposes:to help students understand the whole meaning of this passage and acquiring the reading skills like scanning for key information; to help students follow the logic of different styles of articles and fully understand the reading text.) Post-reading(1min):1. Group work: discuss “how to protect rainforests” and invite some students to report to the whole class.(Teaching purposes: to expand students thinking and exercise their abilities to speak and report) Homework: 1.Write a composition on “how to protect rainforests”. You can base on the class discussion or search on the Internet to find out more ideas. Blackboard Unit4 Topic1 Our worldSection C RainforestsWhat thick、wet、dark and hotFeatures of rainforests cover 6% provide a home for plants and animals Why make the air fresher and cleaner hold and keep the waterImportance of rainforests keep the beauty of nature give us food,fruit,medicine and so onHowHow to protect them?Design
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