Unit 7 PollutionTeaching FocusText AText BThemeSmog in My CityThe Thames Cleanup: An IncredibleAchievementVocabularypollution, pollute, relate,unusually, sale, rocket, evidence,plain, publish, main, growth,widespread, power, supply,industry, economic, unlikelysewer, industrial, block, reduce,shift, tide, highly, declare, contain,expand, compare, elsewhere,decade, environment, beyondPhrases andExpressionsset the tone for (something);check up on; run out; play down;to the contrary; at all costs; result in; come to terms with; turning point; sea of changeblock out; get rid of; give off;bring into place; stop from; besatisfied with; compared toGrammar1) How to use participle clauses to replace non-restrictive relativeclauses or adverbial clauses (“Focusing on Sentence Structure”)2) How to use words of coordination (3) (“Basic Writing Skills”)WritingWriting MemosTeaching Plan单元主题Pollution课时安 排8教育教学目标(学生)To do volunteer work of protecting the environment in your daily life.To search online to find out more examples like the cleanup project of the Thames and make your own plans to clean some rivers or cities in China.To be familiar with the context meaning and the use of those vocabulary of the two texts listed in the above table.To be familiar with the collocation of those phrases and expressions listed in the above table.To be able to make sentences with result in, be related to, come to terms with, and run out.To be able to rewrite sentences after models, using a participle clause to replace a non-restrictive relative clause or an adverbial clause.To learn rules of using conjunctions and adverbials of comparison and contrast.To learn to write memos.教学设计教 学 内 容Section AText A: Smog in My CitySection BText B: The Thames Cleanup: An Incredible AchievementSection CPractical Writing: Writing Memos教学活动安排建议Leading In and Exploring the Topicl Guide the Ss to do the Exploring the Topic exercise on P118 of SB. Then give them five minutes to discuss the following three questions:1) Do you know of a city has a serious smog problem?2) What can the local government do to deal with the problem?3) What can the citizen do in their daily life to help?Section A Reading Throughl Show the students the text structure provided on P241-242 of TB and ask them to read through the text with the help of the text structure.l Give the students 10 minutes to read the text carefully by themselves and write down the sentences that they cant understand.l Divide the class into several groups and ask them do discuss their sentences in groups and find those sentences that are difficult for all the group members.l One representative from each group share his groups difficult sentences with the class. Explain those sentences to the class.l Give the class 6 minutes to find the answer to the following questions and write down the answers in their own words:1) How serious is the smog situation in the city?2) What change has occurred in the attitude of the government toward the problem?3) What is the cause of the problem?4) Are there any chances that things will get better in the future?l Ask some students to read aloud their answers in class. Give them help where necessary.Basic Writing Skills1) Prepare a PPT with sentences of the exercise on P127 and P128 of SB.2) Ask some students to tell their answers to the class and explain why.3) Check the understanding of the class by explaining the examples given on P127 of SB.Section B Reading Morel Divide the class into 4 groups and assign each group one of the following tasks before class:l 1) Introduce the Thames briefly to the class;2) Tell the class the pollution problem occurred in the history of the Thames;3) Introduce the Victorian sewer system to the class;4) Tell the class the process of the Thames cleanup in no more than five sentences.l Ask each group to finish its task in class. Give help when necessary.l Allow the class 5 minutes to discuss the following two questions:1) What can we learn from the cleanup process of the Thames?2) What can we do to clean a local river in our hometown?Section C Practical Writingl Guide the students to finish the three exercises on P135 to P136 of SB according to the samples given.l Search online to find a Chinese Memorandum and change it into an English one, using the form learned in this unit.课 后 学 习 设 计作业v Finish all the exercises in Unit Seven.v Read the passage in Reading Out on Page 122of SB and recite it.v Write a proposal to the local government, stating your plan of dealing with the pollution problem in your city.v Search online to find a Chinese Memorandum and change it into an English one, using the form learned in this unit.课后总结与反思