Unit 7 Protect the Earth (Period 1)

Teaching contents：Story time

Teaching aims:

1. The Ss are able to understand, read and say the words and phrases: earth, protect, coal, oil, energy, useful, plastic, waste, save, reuse, wood, paper, use…to…, should (not)…

2.The Ss are able to talk about the four ways to protect the Earth and they are able to retell the story.

3. The Ss know the importance and necessity of protecting the Earth.

4. The Ss know how to do and they are willing to tell others how to do.

Main points：

1.Enable the Ss to understand, read and say the words and phrases: earth, protect, coal, oil, energy, useful, plastic, waste, save, reuse, wood, paper, use…to…, should (not)…

2.Enable the Ss to understand and read story time.

Difficult points：

The Ss are able to talk about the four ways to protect the Earth with the help of the teacher.

Teaching procedures

Step 1  Pre-reading   1.Greetings.   2.Find homes.

Step 2  While-reading  1.Skim the headines and tick

(1)Save water  （2）Save energy   （3）Save trees   (4)Don’t use too much plastic 

2.Save water  1)Scan   2)Let’s say  3) Match and say  4)Read together  

3.Save energy 1)Let’s say  2)Listen and choose  3)Retell 

4.Save trees 1)Watch and judge 2)Memory check

5.Don’t use too much plastic 1)Read and fill in the blanks 2)Let’s say

Step 3  Post-reading 1)Discuss  Do you have more ways to protect the Earth?

2)Make posters and show

Summary:We have only one Earth.Let’s love and protect the Earth from now on.

Step 4  Homework

1.Listen to the tape and read Story time.

2. Put your posters at the school gate or in your classroom.

3. Show your posters to more people and tell them how to protect the Earth.