book6.1.6

The Sixth Period Integrating Skills (II)

Teaching goals教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

environment, council, attractive, permission, imagination, cross out

b. 重点句式 P45

We would like to turn ... into...

When we have finished the work, we hope ... will join us in ... so that...

2. Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to talk about environment.

Enable the students to write a letter asking for permission.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to talk about environment.

Help the students learn how to write a letter asking for permission.

Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点

Teach the students to write a letter asking for permission.

Teaching methods教学方法

Fast reading; careful reading; discussion.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A projector, a computer and a recorder.

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step I Reading Task

Task 1 Fast reading

T: At the beginning of this week, we have noticed that our school has been painted white and decorated with many famous works of art. They all make our school look more beautiful. Here is a letter on page 45 from a group of students who would like to make their school more attractive. Please read it as fast as possible to answer the questions on the screen.

Show the questions on the screen.

1. Why do they become worried?

2. What do they hope the headmaster to do for their project?

After a few minutes, check the answers.

Sample answers:

1. Lately their class has become worried about the environment at the back of the school and they would like to do something to make their school more attractive.

2. They hope their headmaster will give them permission for their valuable plan and help them donate 500 dollars.

Task 2 Careful reading

T: Suppose you were the president of the high school council and you received this letter. Prepare to make notes for a report about the letter to the school council, filling the blanks on page 46. Before reading, I’ll show you some tips about how to make notes.

Show the following on the screen.

1. Just write down some key words.

2. Use words or phrases.

3. Omit the small words like prepositions.

T: Now please read the letter carefully. When you read, please catch the key words. Then make notes for the report by filling the blanks.

A few minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.

Step II Speaking Task

Ask the students to discuss how to improve the environment of their school in groups of 4. Then ask some of them to speak out some proposals to make their school more attractive.

T: Now I would like you to discuss how to improve the environment of our school to make it more attractive in groups of 4. Practice the tasks according to the instruction in SPEAKING TASK on page 46.

After a few minutes.

T: I’d like some of you to give your opinions about what and how we should do to improve the environment of our school.

S: I suggest planting more trees, grass and flowers to make our school look like a beautiful garden. They can also make the air fresh. You’d better not to pick the flowers and stamp the grass.

S: I think we should not throw litter on the ground or floor. Instead, pick up rubbish and throw it into a dustbin, collect waste paper and bottles for recycling. We should put different rubbish into different dustbins.

S: We should prevent the factories from pouring waste and polluted water not only into the river near our school but also into the other rivers. We can go outside to hand out leaflets about protecting the environment. We also can visit the factories to tell the owners the serious result they will bring to the people.

S: Keep the schoolyard or the classroom clean. Don’t draw pictures on walls. Don’t carve names on the trees or on the desks and chairs. Do some cleaning carefully and regularly. We may draw some big posters about environmental protection. We shouldn’t throw about waste batteries and fruit peel.

S: I advise making our school a non-smoking place. I’d like to persuade both teachers and staffs not to smoke, telling them it’s a bad habit to smoke, and smoking does damage to one’s health and cause some deadly diseases.

T: It means that you have already done something useful to improve the environment. If everyone makes contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful. If all Chinese care about the environment, I’m sure China will become one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

Step Ⅲ Writing Task

Ask the students to write a letter to the headmaster of the school asking for permission to improve the environment of the school. Tell them while writing, they can refer to the instruction in WRITING TASK.

A sample letter:

Dear Mr. Wang,

As you know, our school used to look like a beautiful garden with green trees and many kinds of flowers in our schoolyard all year round. But great changes have taken place since a chemical work was built near our school two years ago. It produces poisonous gases and pours a large amount of waste water into the river. The terrible pollution has done great harm to students and teachers as well as to the surroundings. It’s time for us to do something to protect our school and prevent her from being polluted.

First, we must make great efforts to clean up polluted water and stop further water pollution. Ask the government to maintain and improve present facilities, and construct new project with health, safety, and protection of the environment as primary concerns.

Second, we must insist that water pollution control laws be passed and strictly enforced. This responsibility extends also to members of the general public in our surrounding community. An important aspect of this responsibility is making ongoing programs to protect the community’s air, land and water quality. This is of such importance, that is must be given precedence over operating productivity.

Finally, we can also protect ourselves against polluted water. We should take measures to clean the polluted water. To cooperate with government, industry and academia is supporting research and maximizing benefits for the general public in safety, health and environmental matters.

We hope you will give us a permission to carry out the project and donate 5,000 yuan we need. And we also require you to make a report to ask for the government’s rescue. By doing so, we will be able to live a healthier and happier life.

Yours sincerely,

Liu Wei