高一英语教案：the world around us教案

Unit 10  The world around us

Goals:a. Achieve language skills and related knowledge about the topic of environment protection;

b. Learn to express causes and effects:

c. Vocabulary in this unit:

the words and expressions listed on the teacher’s book

d. Grammar:

Review Direct and Indirect Speech

Lesson 1

Main points

1.Words

in danger; fur; cut down; left; sometimes; discuss ; make sure; find out

2.Sentence patterns

...,tigers can no longer hide and hunt.

3.Functional item

Questions and answers Difficult points

No longer&no more

Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-inSs tell the reasons why some animals have died out.

T:We know there are far fewer kinds of animals in the world than before.They have died out for different reasons.

Ask several students to tell the reasons. Get Ss to know about the fact many animals have died because of human beings.

Step 2 Warming up

1.Ss talk about the three pictures.

What kinds of animals are they?

Why are they in danger?

Why do people hunt them?

2.Divide the class into groups and discuss the three questions.

3.Several groups report their answers.

Step 3 Listening

One of the reasons why animals are in danger is pollution. Next you will listen to a report about pollution to know how serious it is.

1.Go through each task and understand what to do.

2.Play the tape two times as necessary. Pause at important points and give the students help.

3.Let the Ss discuss their answers in pairs.

4.Check the answers.

5.Discuss Part Two in groups for a few minutes and then report the answers.

Step 4 speaking

1.Read the instructions.

2.Ss practise asking and answering in pairs.

3.Ask two pairs to act out.

Step 5 language points

1.no longer/no more

no longer =not ...any longer

no more=not...any more

It is later. I can't wait any more.

Time lost will not return any more.

2.make sure(that)

Ep: Make sure that you understand what your teacher says.

Ep: Arrive early at the cinema to make sure of(getting) a seat

Step 6 HomeworkPractise asking and answering questions.

Lesson 2 Main points

1.Words

die out, act, measure, original, respond, keep...from...,live a better life, that is, first of all, by doing, pick up.

2.Sentence patterns

...but we don’t always do as we say...

The good news is that there is a lot we can do to help.

Difficult points

the predicative clause

Teaching procedures

Step 1. Revision

Check the homework

Step 2. Pre-reading1.Q:What do plants and animals need to survive?

A:Encourage the students to compare animals and humans.Animals and plants also have basic needs and animals live in social groups.

2.Q:What do animals do to survive in places where it is very hot or cold,where there isn't much water?

A:Animals adapt to change in their habitat and try to learn to survive when the conditions of their habitat change.

Step 3 ReadingT:From last period we know many animals are in danger.Then do you know why some plants are in danger and even human beings? Let's try to find the answer to the question above from the text and what we can do to stop it.

Ask students to read quickly in silence and find the answer to the following question.

Q:What can we do to protect the environment?

A:We should create more space for animals and plants.We should stop pollution.

Step 4 Post-readingAsk students to read the text again and answer the following questions.

1.Why do animals and plants become endangered?

A:Animals and plants become endangered when their habitat is destroyed or when conditions in the habitat change too quickly or too drastically.The text lists three main reasons: habitat change, the arrival of new species in the habitat, and the overuse of the species itself or the resources in the habitat.

2.A species can become endangered when its habitat is changed or destroyed. Can you think of things human beings do that may destroy or cause change in a habitat?

A:Various answers are possible. Encourage the students to think of human behaviour that can cause problems:pollution, land use, hunting, farming, etc.

Step 5 Language points

1.as conj.