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Getting students ready for learning and revision （2 mins） |
Class activity |
Show some pictures about pollution and let the Ss speak out the effects of different sorts of pollution. T: Hi, everyone. We have known some kinds of pollution. Can you list them? Ss: Yes. Water pollution, soil pollution, light pollution, air pollution, and noise pollution and so on. T: Now look at these pictures carefully. What problems do they cause? S1: Water pollution can make people sick. S2: Soil pollution causes unhealthy food. S3: Light pollution hurts our eyes. S4: Air pollution causes breathing problems. … T: Very good. In this lesson, let’s talk about noise pollution. |
Speak out the effects of different sorts of pollution. … Ss: Yes. Such as water pollution, soil pollution, light pollution, air pollution, noise pollution and so on. … S1: Water pollution can make people sick. S2: Soil pollution causes unhealthy food. S3: Light pollution hurts our eyes. S4: Air pollution causes breathing problems. … |
通过图片复习不同种类的污染情况，为学习噪音污染进行热身，打开思维。 |
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Lead-in (2 mins) |
Class activity |
Play some loud rock music and let the Ss discuss their feelings. T: Now let’s listen to some music. Then talk about your feelings. ... T: What do you think of the music? Ss: I don’t like it. / I think it’s cool. T: If I play rock music very loud at midnight, will you enjoy it? Ss: No. / Terrible. T: Why? Ss: Because it makes lots of noise. We can’t sleep at all. … |
Listen to some loud music and discuss their feelings. Ss: I don’t like it. / I think it’s cool. Ss: No. / Terrible. … Ss: Because it makes lots of noise. We can’t sleep at all. … |
摇滚乐能够吸引学生的兴趣，有很多年轻人喜欢，教师在使用摇滚乐引出噪音时，要注意提前预测学生的反应，如果有学生回答的结果不是你想要的，要继续引导 如： T: What do you think of the music? Ss: I think it’s cool. T: If I play rock music loud at midnight, will you enjoy it? Ss: No. /Terrible. T: Why? Ss: Because it makes lots of noise. |
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While-reading (10 mins) |
Individual work Individual work Group work |
Step 1: Let the Ss read 1a quickly, check what things can make noise in 1a. T: Excellent. Now read 1a quickly, check what things can make noise in 1a. … S1: Printing machines. S2: The airplanes. S3: Loud pop music … Step 2: Lead the Ss to read 1a, find the words in 1b and guess the meanings of them according to the content. Then match the words with the meanings. Finish 1b. T: Now read 1a, find the words in 1b and guess the meaning of them according to the content. Then match the words with the right meanings. Finish 1b. … T: What does “produce” mean? S1: It means “制造” in Chinese. T: What’s the English meaning of it? S2: It means “ grow or make something” in English. T: What’s the meaning of “deaf”? S3: It means “聋的” in Chinese. T: How to express it in English? S4: Deaf means “not be able to hear”. … Step 3: Let the Ss read 1a carefully and finish the task in 1c. T: Please read the passage to find out the topic sentence of the passage. … T: OK. Have you found the topic sentence of the passage? S: Yes, noise is a kind of pollution and is harmful to humans’ health. T: Right. Now read Para 2 and 3 to find out how noise harms people’s health and fill in the blanks. … T: OK. Have you finished? How does noise harm people’s health? S2: People often go deaf. S3: People often feel uncomfortable and unpleasant. S4… S5... T: That’s right. Which sentence has the same meaning as “is harmful to”? Can you find it? S6: “does harm to”. T: And which sentence shows that many young teenagers’ hearing in America is not good? S7: “Many teenagers in America can hear no better than 65-year-old people do”. T: Why is the hearing of many young Americans not good? S8: Because they always listen to loud pop music. T: Has noise caused you any problems? S9: Yes, I can’t sleep well so that I feel sleepy in class. S10: Yes, I can’t do my homework correctly. |
Read 1a quickly and check what things can make noise in 1a. S1: Printing machines. S2: The airplanes. S3: Loud pop music … Read 1a, find the words in 1b and guess the meanings of them according to the content. Then match the words with the right meanings. Finish 1b. S1: It means “制造” in Chinese. S2: It means “grow or make something” in English. S3: It means “聋的” in Chinese. S4: Deaf means “not be able to hear”. Read 1a carefully and finish the tasks in 1c alone. Then work in groups to discuss their answers. S: Yes, noise is a kind of pollution and is harmful to humans’ health. S2: People often go deaf. S3: People often feel uncomfortable and unpleasant. S4… S5... … S6: does harm to … S7: “Many teenagers in America can hear no better than 65-year-old people do”. … S8: Because they always listen to loud pop music. … S9: Yes, I can’t sleep well so that I feel sleepy in class. S10: Yes, I can’t do my homework correctly. |
初读第一遍时，让学生带着pre-reading 的问题浏览文章，整体感知文章大意，为完成while-reading中的任务做准备。 1b中呈现的五个单词中，只有produce不是生词，因此，教师在安排活动时，应该先让学生通过语境，猜测词义，再完成match的活动。 任务型阅读在中考中占有一定的分值，因此，在做阅读任务时，要注意以下几点： 1. 教师应该合理利用课文中的任务，逐步实现学生对文章的理解，并突破难点。 2. 教师把握每个任务的难度和层次，安排任务时，做到从易到难，各个突破。 3. 根据实际情况，教师可以增设和删减与课文相关的任务，贴合中考要求。 |
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Post-reading (10 mins) |
Individual work Individual work |
Step 1: Let the Ss read 1a carefully, find out the difficult points. The teacher collects the Ss questions and list them out on the Bb. T: Read 1a again and find out the difficult points. Please collect them in groups and list them on your small Bb. … T: OK. Now look at the points of Group One on the Bb. If you have the same questions please delete. (Teacher uses gestures to explain “delete”.) Now look at this sentence “People who work and live in noisy conditions go deaf easily.” It’s long, but you can understand it by dividing it into two sentences “People go deaf easily.” and “People work and live in noisy conditions.” (Write down the two sentences on the Bb, and then ask them to deal with other long sentences like this.) T: OK, look at this sentence “Many teenagers in America can hear no better than 65-year-old people do”. It means “Many teenagers can hear as badly as 65-year-old people do.” Can you understand it? … Step 2: Guide the Ss to complete the passage with correct form of each word. Finish 2. T: Now please complete the passage with correct form of each word in 2. … T: Now check the answers together. S1: pollution S2: uncomfortable S3: unpleasant … |
Read 1a carefully, find out the difficult points. (The Ss need to take notes while the teacher is giving some explanations.) Guide the Ss to complete the passage with correct form of each word. Finish 2. S1: pollution S2: uncomfortable S3: unpleasant … |
本环节具体操作说明： 1. 学生在组内归纳好本组讨论出的问题，并写到小黑板上。 2. 教师任意选择一组作为主讲，让其他组组长删除组内与其相同的问题。 3. 让学生再补充讲解其他组剩下的问题，相同的问题不作重复讲解。 |
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Finishing Task 3 and 4 （10 mins） |
Group work |
Let the Ss discuss one kind of pollutions according to the information they collected before class. Then make a report like 4. T: OK, you have collected some information about various pollutions before class. Now choose one kind of pollution and discuss it in groups. Maybe the questions in 3 can help you to organize your report. … S1: What is air pollution? S2: T: Now report to the whole class. Who can have a try? S1: Water pollution is very serious and we can find it almost everywhere…. S2: Light pollution haven’t caught people’s eye yet… … T: You did a good job! After class, write your report in your exercise book and hand it in in time. |
Discuss one kind of pollution in groups according to the information they collected before class. Then make a report like 4. S1: What is air pollution? S2: S1: Water pollution is very serious and we can find it almost everywhere…. S2: Light pollution haven’t caught people’s eye yet… |
运用课前收集的信息做报告，可以检查学生课后作业的完成情况。 |
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Summarizing and assigning homework (5 mins) |
Class activity |
Step 1: Let the Ss go through what they have learned today. T: Now, let’s go over what you have learned today, including words, phrases and sentences. And each student has to present one. S1: go deaf S2: hearing loss S3: do harm to … Step 2: HMK: Assign 4 as the HMK |
Go over together what they have learned today and each student speaks out one word or phrase to check their achievement. … S1: go deaf S2: hearing loss S3: do harm to … Write a passage about one sort of pollution. |
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