Teaching aims:

(1) Make students pay attention to the environment around them and do their best to protect the environment.

(2) Get the Ss to improve oral English by talking.

Important points & difficult points:

(1) Students are expected to express their own opinions on protecting the environment.

(2) Encourage students to speak freely.

Teaching methods

(1) Discussion

(2) Ask and answer

Teaching aids

1) A tape recorder

2) A computer

Procedure:

Step 1 Lead-in

Show Ss some nice pictures to enjoy and ask them whether they want to live in such beautiful places. (make Ss love our earth)

Step 2 Picture-talking

1. Show Ss some pictures about different kinds of pollutions and let them guess what they are and what they think of them.

2. Show Ss several pairs of pictures and ask them to find out the differences.(let them know the change of the places because of the pollution)

Step 3 Discussion(1)

1. Who should be responsible for that?

2. What will be the result of the pollution? (Show Ss some pictures)

3. Talk about the natural disasters:

Step 4 Discussion(2)

1. Did you do anything bad for the environment in your daily life?

2. What should we do to protect the environment in our daily life?

1.Using the handkerchief instead of the paper napkin.

2.Using paper bag instead of plastic bag.

3. Don’t use one-off chopsticks.

4. Go to work on foot or by bike not by car.

5. Throw cans, bottles, paper and plastic into the dustbin.

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End: A nation destroying its environment destroys itself.-----F.D. Roosevelt

Step 5 Language points

1. one:

2. man:

Step 6 Appreciation

Enjoy the song “Heal the world”

Step 7 Homework