Unit 1 Living GreenUnit 1 Living Green School of Foreign LanguagesSchool of Foreign Languages ChunyanChunyan Wei Wei New Progressive College English New Progressive College English Integrated CourseIntegrated Course Many decisions we make in our everyday lives have a major impact on the planet Learn how you can make small changes that are eco friendly and will have a lasting effect Text A Living Off the Grid How a Family of City Dwellers Discovered the Simple Life Reading 1 The Free Wheeling Family Car Free in Suburbia Reading 2 China s Solar Roof Water Heaters 1 Teaching Materials 2 Teaching Objectives Knowledge objective Ability Objective Moral Objective Background information about Live Green Grasp the key ideas of Text A Practice in Reading Skimming Scanning Know the importance and means to live a green life speaking Discussion Key words Expressions Teaching Focus n Discuss Live Green n Read for the key ideas of Text A n New words Key Expressions Teaching Difficulty n Lead students to express themselves on the topic of this Unit 3 Teaching Focus Difficulty 4 Teaching Methods Learning Methods Teaching Methods n Interactive Teaching n Lecturing n Task based Teaching Learning Methods n Cooperative Study n Summarizing Analyzing n Independent Study Part 5 Teaching Plan Of Unit 1 5 1 Design of Teaching Activities Part 1 Lead in Activities 1 What is living green 2 What are the possible means to live a green life T lead in to the topic of this unit and elicit Ss to figure out the possible answer to the following questions Summarize Ss answers and provide more information about Live Green Part 2 Text Structure T Show the Ss directly the structure of Text A Para 1 4 Para 5 10 Para 11 Reasons to move Place to move to Challenges they met benefits they got Summary Is it worth it 5 1 Design of Teaching Activities Part 3 Reading Practice 1 Why did the author and his family want to live off the city 2 What was so unusual about the place they finally decided to move to 3 What were the challenges they met the first 4 months 4 How did the family solve the problems of electricity and water 5 What are the lessons or benefits they get from the experience of living off the grid 6 What are the ways suggested in the article as to how to live a green and sustainable life T Design reading tasks for Ss based on the key information of Text A Divide Ss into groups and allocate reading tasks for each group 5 1 Design of Teaching Activities Part 4 Key Words Expressions 1 T Present the key words in this Unit and ask Ss to read the following words T corrects the mistakes in their pronunciation 5 1 Design of Teaching Activities Part 4 Key Words Expressions 2 T Present the key words and useful expressions in this Unit and ask Ss to guess the meaning of them by context 5 2 Design of Ss Activities Part 1 Lead in Activities 1 What is living green 2 What are the possible means to live a green life Ss Group work Ss do discussion or research in advance to figure out the possible answers to the following questions Part 2 Text Structure Ss Ss have a first impression of Text A after T s lecturing of the major structure of Text A Para 1 4 Para 5 10 Para 11 Reasons to move Place to move to Challenges they met benefits they got Summary Is it worth it 5 2 Design of Ss Activities Part 3 Reading Practice 1 Why did the author and his family want to live off the city 2 What was so unusual about the place they finally decided to move to 3 What were the challenges they met the first 4 months 4 How did the family solve the problems of electricity and water 5 What are the lessons or benefits they get from the experience of living off the grid 6 What are the ways suggested in the article as to how to live a green and sustainable life Ss Independ study Group Work Ss falls into group and be responsible for their reading tasks After finding the answers exchange their notes and discussion on the best answers and present the answers in public 5 2 Design of Ss Activities Part 4 Key Words Expressions 1 Ss Group work Ss to read to their group members the following words and correct each other s pronunciation mistakes Independ Study Ss read out the words in public 5 2 Design of Ss Activities Part 4 Key Words Expressions 2 Ss Independ Study Group Work Guess the meaning of the following expressions according to the context and present their answers Part 6 Practice of Assignment in after class Of Unit 1 Ss Ss finish the Exercises of the Unit in advance raise questions if they had any problem while they were doing it Text A II Focusing on Language in Context 1 Key words Expressions 1 1 1 3 P 21 2 Usage P 22 23 4 1 Cloze P 24 随堂作业业 Must 快速对答案 教师答疑 T Ask Ss to finish the Exercises of the Unit in advance and T checks the answer and answer Ss questions if they have any problem while they are doing it 6 1 Practice of Language Points On Living Green Directions For this part you are going to write a short essay on the topic On Living Green You should write at least 120 words but