unit 2 the environment project teaching aims1.help ss learn and use english by doing a project. 2. encourage ss to use they have learnt to complete a project. teaching important points help ss how to plan and do research for the report. teaching difficult points help ss how to cooperate each part of work together. teaching methods 1.students-centered. 2.teacher & students’ interaction. 3.multimedia way. teaching aids1.the multimedia. 2. the blackboard. teaching procedures: step 1 lead-in show some pictures of the yangtze river and tell ss the purpose of the class. step 2 learning the text 1) pide ss into groups and ask them to read their assigned paragraph and report the main idea of the if to the class. p1the environmental problems of the yangtze river have raised concern. p2many people have recognized the importance of protecting the yangtze river and many environmental organizations and projects have been set up. p3two special government projects are under way to protect the river. one is the water and soil preservation project. p4the second project is a nature reserve for white-flag dolphins. p5 the environmental situation of the yangtze river is improving. 2) encourage ss in other groups to raise as many questions as possible. 3) ask ss to read the report carefully and answer the questions. 4) ask ss to form into groups and discuss the following questions. a.why have the environmental problems of the yangtze river raised concern both nationally and internationally? b.what does the green river organization do? c.what problems do the two government projects focus on? d.what did farmers have to do under the water and soil preservation project? e. what does the second project concern? extension questions: f. do you think the environmental situation of the yangtze river is getting better? why? g. what else can we do to protect the yangtze river? 5) ask ss to read the article again and analyse the structure of it. 6) ask ss to do close test. 7) have ss do part b1 & b2, d1 & d2. step 3 writing a report planning work in small groups. discuss what you read on the previous page, briefly discuss the questions below and then decide on a topic for your report. have it approved by your teacher. what do you think are the biggest environmental problems in china? the topic for your report will be ___________________________. discuss the tasks listed below and decide which group members will be responsible for each task. write the names beside the work each member is going to do. (remember, two or three people can work on the same task!) research __________________________________________________ write the outline ____________________________________________ write the report ____________________________________________ preparing members responsible for doing research need to find information from various sources on the topic you have chosen. the group should discuss the information found, and decide what to increase include in the report and what to leave out. those responsible for writing the outline should organize the information the group has decided to use and write an outline for the report using that information. the outline should be approved by the whole group. producing group members who are writing the report will have to write it based on the outline. all group members should edit the report before it is passed on to another group for editing. your group will be editing another group’s report at the same time. while editing, you should read the report closely and look for the following: sentence structure organization punctuation vocabulary grammar spelling during the editing stage, correct any mistakes you find and offer suggestions to the group on how they can improve their report. ask for comments on your report as well. presenting the report should be written and checked once more for mistakes. present your report to the class. put your report up on the display wall of your classroom for everyone to see. self-assessment reading for information? presenting your point of view? reading a report about environmental protection? writing a report? if you are not confident about some of the items above, make an action plan so you can improve on them.