unit2theenvironment project teachingaims1。helpsslearnanduseenglishbydoingaproject。 2。encouragesstousetheyhavelearnttocompleteaproject。 teachingimportantpointshelpsshowtoplananddoresearchforthereport。 teachingdifficultpoints helpsshowtocooperateeachpartofworktogether。 teachingmethods 1。studentscentered。 2。students’interaction。 3。multimediaway。 teachingaids1。themultimedia。 2。theblackboard。 teachingprocedures: step1leadin showsomepicturesoftheyangtzeriverandtellssthepurposeoftheclass。 step2learningthetext 1)pidessintogroupsandaskthemtoreadtheirassignedparagraphandreportthemainideaoftheiftotheclass。 p1theenvironmentalproblemsoftheyangtzeriverhaveraisedconcern。 p2manypeoplehaverecognizedtheimportanceofprotectingtheyangtzeriverandmanyenvironmentalorganizationsandprojectshavebeensetup。 p3twospecialgovernmentprojectsareunderwaytoprotecttheriver。oneisthewaterandsoilpreservationproject。 p4thesecondprojectisanaturereserveforwhiteflagdolphins。 p5theenvironmentalsituationoftheyangtzeriverisimproving。 2)encouragessinothergroupstoraiseasmanyquestionsaspossible。 3)asksstoreadthereportcarefullyandanswerthequestions。 4)asksstoformintogroupsanddiscussthefollowingquestions。 a。whyhavetheenvironmentalproblemsoftheyangtzeriverraisedconcernbothnationallyandinternationally? b。whatdoesthegreenriverorganizationdo? c。whatproblemsdothetwogovernmentprojectsfocuson? d。whatdidfarmershavetodounderthewaterandsoilpreservationproject? e。whatdoesthesecondprojectconcern? extensionquestions: f。doyouthinktheenvironmentalsituationoftheyangtzeriverisgettingbetter?why? g。whatelsecanwedotoprotecttheyangtzeriver? 5)asksstoreadthearticleagainandanalysethestructureofit。 6)asksstodoclosetest。 7)havessdopartb1b2,d1d2。 step3writingareport planning workinsmallgroups。discusswhatyoureadonthepreviouspage,brieflydiscussthequestionsbelowandthendecideonatopicforyourreport。haveitapprovedbyyourteacher。 whatdoyouthinkarethebiggestenvironmentalproblemsinchina? thetopicforyourreportwillbe。 discussthetaskslistedbelowanddecidewhichgroupmemberswillberesponsibleforeachtask。writethenamesbesidetheworkeachmemberisgoingtodo。(remember,twoorthreepeoplecanworkonthesametask!) research writetheoutline writethereport preparing membersresponsiblefordoingresearchneedtofindinformationfromvarioussourcesonthetopicyouhavechosen。thegroupshoulddiscusstheinformationfound,anddecidewhattoincreaseincludeinthereportandwhattoleaveout。 thoseresponsibleforwritingtheoutlineshouldorganizetheinformationthegrouphasdecidedtouseandwriteanoutlineforthereportusingthatinformation。theoutlineshouldbeapprovedbythewholegroup。 producing groupmemberswhoarewritingthereportwillhavetowriteitbasedontheoutline。 allgroupmembersshouldeditthereportbeforeitispassedontoanothergroupforediting。yourgroupwillbeeditinganothergroup’sreportatthesametime。 whileediting,youshouldreadthereportcloselyandlookforthefollowing: sentencestructureorganizationpunctuation vocabularygrammarspelling duringtheeditingstage,correctanymistakesyoufindandoffersuggestionstothegrouponhowtheycanimprovetheirreport。askforcommentsonyourreportaswell。 presenting thereportshouldbewrittenandcheckedoncemoreformistakes。 presentyourreporttotheclass。 putyourreportuponthedisplaywallofyourclassroomforeveryonetosee。 selfassessment readingforinformation? presentingyourpointofview? readingareportaboutenvironmentalprotection? writingareport? ifyouarenotconfidentaboutsomeoftheitemsabove,makeanactionplansoyoucanimproveonthem。