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Unit 8 Green Living
Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots教学设计
Teaching Objective:
· To read and talk about green living
· To read for general understanding of Roots and Shoots
· To read for specific information and understanding words in context
Difficult points
· Students may need time to answer the comprehension questions.
· Students may need to know how to use the vocabularies.
· Students may need help to figure out the difficult sentences.
Teaching Process：
Step 1：Lead-in
Let students watch a short video about wasting water. And ask the questions.
(1)What is happening in the video
(2)Have you ever done any of these things
(3)What can we do to solve this problem
Step 2：Pre-reading
Look at the picture and the title and answer two questions.
(1)What’s your understanding of “Roots and Shoots ”
(2)What does the title Roots and Shoots mean
The teacher will explain the meaning of Roots and Shoots.
Step 3：While-reading
Fast-reading:
Read the text carefully for the first time and answer the follow two questions.
1. What does each paragraph mainly talk about
2. Can you use a few sentences to conclude the text
Para.1　　 A. The meaning of its name.
Para.2 B. What is “Just-me-ism”
Para.3 C. The establishment of Roots & Shoots.
Para.4 D. A call to action
Careful-reading:
1.Read para1 and answer the following questions.
What are the behaviors of “Just-me-ism”
1.Leave the tap running while you brush your teeth.
2. Leave a light on when you go out.
3. Drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up.
What problems will “Just-me-ism” cause
1.Millions of gallons of water would be wasted.
2. Millions of lights would be left on.
3. Millions of pieces of litter would be dropped.
How do we solve these problems
1.WE should turn off the tap while brushing our teeth.
2.WE should turn off the light when we go out.
3.WE should pick up litter whenever possible.
Step 4：Post-reading
Group work.
Discuss the information of Roots & Shoots according to pars2--3.
Read para4 and answer the following questions.
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The value and importance of each individual.
“ Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.”
) What does Roots and Shoots advocate？ Can you give an example
Exercises.
Most people suffer from “Just-me-ism". You leave the tap 1. (run) while you brush your teeth, leave a light on when you go out or you drop a piece of litter
2. do not pick it up, which is3.______( harm ) to our world. Jane Goodall, 4. is the world's best- known expert on wild chimpanzees, set up Roots & Shoots. Its purpose is 5. ( educate) young people to help to build a future that is secure and live together in peace 6. nature. Roots move7. ( slow) under the ground to make a firm foundation , and shoots seem small and weak, but they can break open brick walls to reach the light. Hundreds and thousands of roots and shoots can solve the problems, change the world and make it a better place 8. ( live) in. Roots &. Shoots is all about : the value and
9. ( important ) of each individual-human, animal or plant. Jane Goodall believes that every individual has a role to play and every individual makes10. difference.
高考链接
The Xi'an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China's long history. It ___41___ (build) originally to protect the city ___42___ the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored (修复). It is possible ___43___ (walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.
We accessed the wall through the South Gate. The wall is 12 meters high and from here you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.
After ___44___ (spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we decided it was time for some action and what ___45___ (good) than to ride on a piece of history!
We ___46___ (hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky ___47___ did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all ___48___ way around the Xi'an City Wall. Supposedly you can do it in two hours, but we stopped at the different gates and ___49___ (watchtower) to fake pictures or just to watch the local people going about their ____50____ (day) routines.
Step 5：Homework
Prepare a presentation to introduce Roots & Shoots with the following information.
When and why it was established
The meaning of its name
The initiative(倡议) of it

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