Period 2 Reading
Teaching Aims:
get Ss to grasp the detailed information of the test.
enable Ss to master some words and expressions.
improve Ss’ reading ability.
Teaching Important Points:
ove the Ss’ reading ability.
er the useful words and expressions.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to improve the Ss’ reading ability.
Teaching Methods:
vidual activity.
tion and answer activity.
Teaching Aids: A tape recorder
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Ask the students some questions connected with pollution.
Q1: Did you use to go swimming in a river when you were young?
What about the children today? Why not?
Q2: Do you use one-off chopsticks while having fast food?
Q3: How do you deal with the plastic bags?
Q4: What do you think of the air today?
Q5: What do you think of the relationship between economy development and pollution?
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Discussion
Read the title and discuss in pairs what problems will be discussed at the summit.
( As the title states, problems related to the earth will be discussed at the summit, like air, water, forest, desert, grassland, etc.)
2. Prediction
Group work: Fill in the chart with what Ss predict about what each part of the text will be about.
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
3. Problem-solving
Go through the whole passage and compare whose guess is the closest to the content of the passage.
4. Find the answers to these two questions.
Q1: When and where was the Earth Summit held?
( In 2002 in Johannesburg in South Africa.)
Q2: Which Chinese officer attended the meeting? What did he say?
( Premier Zhu Rongji; Stressed the need for quality and fairness in the world.)
Step 3 While-reading
1. Individual word
Get the students to read the text carefully and ask some students to answer the following questions in their own words.
Q1: What was the meeting held in 1972 about?
Q2: what’s the main theme of the Earth Summit?
Q3: Do you know the “big three”? What are they?
Q4: Where do you think usually has “the big three”? Why?
Q5: What does global development mean nowadays? What should developed countries actually do?
Q6: What’s the use of conferences like the Earth Summit?
Q7: What’s the key to the future? As a student, what should you do?
2. Reading for information
Introduction Name The Earth Summit
When In 2002
Where Johannesburg, south Africa
Theme Sustainable development
How to continue developing the world without damaging the environment
Body The “big three” Contaminated drinking water; 20%
Poor sanitation
Air pollution: three million deaths; in rural areas in developing countries
Global development Equality Each country takes part in
Fairness
International cooperation Rich countries help poor countries; Prosperity of developing countries; Possible sustainable development
Conclusion Impact 1. Help to understand the existing serious problems
2. there’s still time to take action
3. Change the way we live to save the earth
4. Ss are learning “earth issues”
5. A place to find solutions for the future
Step 4 Post-reading
1. Retelling
Suppose you were the Chinese girl who attended the Earth Summit, tell what you heard and saw at the Summit. Begin with “Hello, everyone. I’m the luckiest girl to attend the 2002 Earth Summit in Johannesburg. Now let me tell you about the summit…”
2. Interview
Ss work in pairs, playing respectively the role of a newspaper reporter and attendant from different continents attending the Earth Summit. Finally the teacher invites some pairs to act out their interview.
3. Design the coming Earth Summit
Group work:
Task: Prepare the coming Earth Summit
Arrangement:
S1: organization
S2: Prepare necessities for the Summit
S3: Mess media
S4: Attendants invited
S5: budget
S6: Transportation & Accommodation
Have Ss present the preparations for the Summit in groups.
Step 5 Blackboard design
Introduction Name
When
Where
Theme
Body The “big three”
Global development Equality
Fairness
International cooperation
Conclusion Impact
